page_title: Ernestine Schumann-Heink
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Ernestine Schumann-Heink / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: Austrian-born American opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936)
context_page_description: Ernestine Schumann-Heink was an Austrian-born German-American operatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the flexibility and wide range of her voice.
context_section_description: She performed with Gustav Mahler at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, during the Hamburg company's London season in 1892, and became well known for her performances of the works of Richard Wagner, forging "a long and fruitful relationship with Bayreuth" that "lasted from 1896 to 1914".
  Schumann-Heink's first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City was in 1899, and she performed regularly there until 1932. She recorded the first of her many musical "gramophone" performances in 1900. Several of these early sound recordings originally released on 78 RPM discs have been reissued on CD format. Although there are some imperfections in her singing, her musical technique still leave a deep impression on audience.
caption: Schumann-Heink in 1916
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