OOOOOOOPS. I just realized that this story might not be true! although I
have great faith in Grandmother's veracity. And I also know that
Schumann-Heinke suffered financial problems in her life, which is probably
why she was playing Katisha in Pittsburgh, PA instead of enjoying a
well-deserved retirement.
Liz, repentant
>From: "Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...>
>From: "Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...>
>Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
>To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] Schumann-Heinke
>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 12:23:53 -0800
>
> >From: Annie Hughes <aehughes@y...>
> >From: Annie Hughes <aehughes@y...>
> >
> >I studied with Edna J. Wood when I was young who was
> >Carol Burnett's voice teacher (before she was famous).
> > Miss Wood studied with Ernestine Schumann-Heinke - is
> >anyone familiar with her?
> >
>
>Uh, sort of. My grandmother saw her play Katisha in "The Mikado."
>Remarked
>that by then she was so crippled that she could barely move around the
>stage.
>
>Elizabeth Finkler
>http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/
>mightymezzo@h...
>
>"...and she knew that we are bound, one to another, in licentious
>benevolence, for only a single day, and that day was nearly over." --John
>Cheever, "Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor"
>
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