Word: azucena
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mules, Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, soprano, made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera Company, Manhattan. Her bosom did not tremble nor her knees quiver as she thrilled the assemblage with the resonance, flexibility and persuasion of her voice, for she was, even then, no neophyte. She had done her Azucena in Trovatore 20 years earlier in Dresden, her Erda in London, Bayreuth and Berlin. Manhattan welcomed her. After a number of successful seasons, she retired, with becoming dignity and an nounced that her future performances would be limited to concert engagements. Last week, after a concert in Kansas City...