Schumann-Heink
Americannoun
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Durbin was discovered by a casting director searching in Los Angeles singing schools for someone to play opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink as a child.
From Fox News
She was discovered by an MGM casting director searching Los Angeles singing schools for someone to portray the opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink as a child.
From New York Times
No amount of advice or persuasion can make her believe that her child cannot become another Tetrazzini, or Garden, or Schumann-Heink, if only the impresario will give her a chance.
From Project Gutenberg
An alto of extraordinary range, like Schumann-Heink, may be able to achieve high soprano in the head register.
From Project Gutenberg
Then a violin solo, “Tambourin Chinois,” by some man with a foreign name; and at last the record that he liked the best, the “Cradle Song,” by Schumann-Heink.
From Project Gutenberg
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