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Ernestine Schumann-Heink

1861 - 1936

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Ernestine Schumann-Heink (15 June 1861 – 17 November 1936) was a Bohemian-born Austrian-American operatic dramatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the flexibility and wide range of her voice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernestine Schumann-Heink has received more than 158,041 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernestine Schumann-Heink is the 1,223rd most popular singer, the 579th most popular biography from Czechia and the 7th most popular Czech Singer.

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  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ernestine Schumann-Heink ranks 1,223 out of 4,381Before her are Eddy Wally, Playboi Carti, Barney McKenna, Roland Orzabal, Betty Curtis, and Atsushi Sakurai. After her are Lhasa de Sela, Carlos Vives, Helmut Lotti, Izumi Sakai, V, and Jacques Higelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Ernestine Schumann-Heink ranks 112Before her are Ernest Renshaw, Mikhail Matyushin, Nikola Ivanov, Helen Herron Taft, Frederic Remington, and Saint-Pol-Roux. After her are Phyllis Allen, Émile Grumiaux, Hans Goldschmidt, Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Frederick Russell Burnham, and Malalai of Maiwand. Among people deceased in 1936, Ernestine Schumann-Heink ranks 152Before her are M. R. James, Oscar von Sydow, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Horacio Vásquez, and Ludwig von Falkenhausen. After her are Fulgence Bienvenüe, Rodney Heath, Alexandros Papanastasiou, Henry B. Walthall, Marianne Hainisch, and Niels Neergaard.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ernestine Schumann-Heink ranks 579 out of 1,200Before her are Vilém Blodek (1834), Jaroslav Bouček (1912), Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Vasyl Durdynets (1937), Ferdinand Brokoff (1688), and Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn (1844). After her are Marie Kovářová (1927), František Janda-Suk (1878), August von Pelzeln (1825), Alexander von Krobatin (1849), Karel Kolský (1914), and Svatopluk Čech (1846).

Among SINGERS In Czechia

Among singers born in Czechia, Ernestine Schumann-Heink ranks 7Before her are Karel Gott (1939), Helena Vondráčková (1947), Marta Kubišová (1942), Emmy Destinn (1878), Maria Jeritza (1887), and Leo Slezak (1873). After her are Iveta Bartošová (1966), Magdalena Kožená (1973), Marta Jandová (1974), Ewa Farna (1993), Filip Bandžak (1983), and Benny Cristo (1987).