Show Schumann Schumann-Heinle Unable to Sing at Farewell NEW YORK March 8 AP- AP Mine Ime Ernestine Schumann recent triumphs as Erda Mother Earth Earns in Wagners Wagner's Rheingold was in reality her farewell appearance on the stage of tire Metropolitan opera house She was to have appeared agaIn as Erda Elda this time in Siegfried at ata ata a matinee yesterday for her farewell farewell fare fare- well but a cold prevented her ap- ap Karin Branzell her Understudy understudy Un- Un sang the part Madame Schumann Schumann-Heink's condition condition con con- is not serious it was Said but for a prIma donna who Is almost almost al- al most 68 years old to sing Erda even without a cold Is something of an undertaking Sh recently announced she would retire tat lat the end of this season season sea sea- son and devote her remaining years ears to teaching |