. "Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Mezzo-Soprano" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "solo recital" . . . "1927-12-10T15:00:00"^^ . "Direction: George Engels\r\nFarewell New York Recital\r\nFrom the New York Times review (\"Schumann-Heink Sings Farewell,\" Dec. 11, 1927, pg. 31):\r\n\"Walter Damrosch presented a portfolio containing letters from Governors of the forty-eight states expressing regret at her retirement. Colonel Douglas I. McKay, representing the American Legion, three members of which bore to the stage a great American flag, made an address extolling the singer for her patriotic services during the war, and Marcella Sembrich, a fellow-artist of Mme. Schumann-Heink at the Metropolitan during the early days of her career in this country, greeted the singer across the footlights and presented a bouquet of roses.\"" . .