Broadcast: 23rd December 1936

Starring: Various

Added: Dec 23 2004

The Cavalcade of America pays tribute to one of the most beloved women of all time, Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, a great artist and a great humanitarian. Although born in Prague, Austrian-Hungary Madame Schumann-Heink became an American citizen and adopted America as her own land. The discovery that young Ernestine Roessler had been endowed with a remarkable voice came while the young girl was a student in the Ursuline Convent in Prague. In 1887 when she was 16 years of age her first great opportunity came. The famous tenor Labot impressed with her voice arrange an appointment for her to sing for the director of the imperial opera in Vienna.