SEMBRICH, MARCELLA

sĕmˈbrĭk, 1858–1935, stage name of Praxede Marcelline Kochanska, Polish coloratura soprano. She studied piano and violin at the Lemberg Conservatory. Urged by Liszt to train her voice, she studied in Vienna and Italy and made her operatic debut in Athens in 1877. After singing in Dresden and in London, she made her American debut (1883) at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, where she sang regularly from 1898 to 1909. She gave concerts until 1917; afterward she taught at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and at the Juilliard School of Music. She was considered the greatest coloratura of her day.

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books on: Sembrich Marcella  - 60 results

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Women Remembered: A Guide to Landmarks of Women's History in the United States
Book by Marion Tinling; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: Historic Sites--United States--Guidebooks, Women--United States--Monuments--Guidebooks
...4; adm. 3 BOLTON LANDING Sembrich, Marcella Stengel , 1858-1935, Singer; NAW Marcella Sembrich Memorial Studio, State 9N...George The Polish-born singer Marcella Sembrich made an American appearance...
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A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather
Book by John March, Marilyn Arnold, Debra Lynn Thornton; Greenwood Press, 1993
Subjects: Cather, Willa--1873-1947--Criticism And Interpretation--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...of the Lark . N: SoL III , 4 SEMBRICH, MARCELLA. Born Praxede Marcelina Kochanska...Pattis q.v. greatest rival, Sembrich had a voice that was remarkable...Modjeska spoke of her friendship with Sembrich, whom Modjeska often entertained...
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Biographical Dictionary of American Music
Book by Charles Eugene Claghorn; Parker Publishing, 1973
Subjects: Music--United States--Bio-Bibliography, Musicians--United States--Biography--Dictionaries
...choral concerts in Boston 1782, 1786, and 1787 . SEMBRICH, MARCELLA b. 1858 Wisniewszyk, Galicia, Russia, d. 1935...coloratura soprano. Born Praxede Marcelline Kochanska, Sembrich being her mothers maiden name; studied piano with...
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Music in My Time: And Other Reminiscences
Book by Daniel Gregory Mason; Macmillan & Co., 1938
Subjects: Composers--United States--Biography, Mason, Daniel Gregory--1873-1953
...281 , 287 , 302 . Schumann-Heink, Mme., 149 . Sembrich, Marcella, Frontispiece, 209 . Sharp, Cecil, 374 , 376...letter of, 106 , 340 . Stengel, Mr. Husband of Mme. Sembrich , Frontispiece. Stevenson, 23 , 51 , 82 , 121...
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The Story of the Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1950: A Candid History
Book by Irving Kolodin; Alfred A. Knopf, 1953
Subjects: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), Opera--New York (State)--New York
...Henderson on, 162 , 353 ; salary of, 195 , 205 ; at Sembrich farewell, 240 ; Times on, 155 , 169 ; and Tosca...company, 423 ; Henderson on, 291 ; return of, 344 Sembrich, Marcella, 89 - 90 , 124 , 147 , 150 -1, 154 -7, 164...
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journal articles on: Sembrich Marcella  - 4 results

 
 
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The Contralto Voice
Journal article by Elwood Mckee; ARSC Journal, Vol. 40, 2009
Subjects: Sound recordings--Sound recording reviews, The Contralto Voice (Sound recording)--Sound recording reviews
...but on two notable occasions she replaced ailing colleagues on short or no notice. In Philadelphia, she replaced Marcella Sembrich as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by learning the part in Italian (rather than German) overnight. On another...
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Current Bibliography
Journal article by Tim Brooks; ARSC Journal, Vol. 42, 2011
Subjects: Nonfiction--Bibliography, Scholarly periodicals--Bibliography
...Austrian Embassy in NYC); soprano Licia Albanese, 97; mezzo-soprano Lucielle Browning, 97 (last living pupil of Marcella Sembrich); actress/singer Patricia Morison, 96 (Kiss Me, Kate); singer Kay Armen, 95; tenor Piero de Palma, 94...
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Notes for Notes
Journal article; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 66, 2009
Subjects: Academic libraries, Archives & records, Awards & honors, Boards of directors, Chamber music, Colleges & universities, Donations, Library science, Meetings, Nominations, Performing arts, Publications
...press clippings are also included. Several of the letter-writers, such as Emma Albani, Emma Eames, Emma Calve, Marcella Sembrich, Lucienne Breval, and Pauline Viardot, will be well known to students of the period. Male writers represented...
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The Music of Wagner in Toronto before 1914
Journal article by Carl Morey; Canadian University Music Review, Vol. 18, 1998
Subjects: Classical music, Composers, Music history, Musical performances, Toronto Ontario Canada, Wagner, Richard (1813-83)
...Lohengrin, in 1893 with Marie Tavary, in October 1901 in a brilliant performance conducted by Walter Damrosch with Marcella Sembrich, Louise Homer, and Jacques Bar, in 1904 and 1905 by the Henry W. Savage Company, in 1912 by the Aborn English...


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magazine articles on: Sembrich Marcella  - 4 results

 
 
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Obituaries: Hugh Allen Wilson
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 45, March 2011
...Presbyterian Church in Glens Falls, conductor emeritus of the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, past president of the Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum in Bolton Landing, and a member of the Eastern New York AGO Chapter. He was also founder and co...
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Letter from Toronto
Magazine article by William Littler; Opera Canada, Vol. 48, January 2007
Subjects: Canada, Cultural centers, Opera companies, Theaters & cinemas
...Torontos Grand Opera House did no less, with Sarah Bernhardt and Sir Henry Irving treading the boards when the divas Marcella Sembrich and Emma Albani (Canadas own "Queen of Song") werent warbling from them. What is different about the Four Seasons...
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What Makes Ruby Run
Magazine article by William Littler; Opera Canada, Vol. 50, Summer 2009
Subjects: Canada, Careers, Mercer, Ruby, Opera, Singers
...and the Banff Centre. While New York brought about the chance to study with the legendary Metropolitan Opera diva Marcella Sembrich, it also brought about the chance to sing Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Juilliard. As luck would have...
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Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous Charles M. Schwab's "riverside" and His Aeolian Organ
Magazine article by Rollin Smith; The American Organist, Vol. 41, September 2007
...Homer, and Ernestine Schumann-Heink performed often at "Riverside." After she had retired from the stage, Marcella Sembrich sang each year on the Sunday nearest Schwabs birthday (February 18) as her present to him. Schwab was particularly...


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encyclopedia articles on: Sembrich Marcella  - 3 results

 
 
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Sembrich, Marcella
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEMBRICH, MARCELLA sem brik, 1858 1935, stage name of Praxede Marcelline Kochanska, Polish coloratura soprano. She studied piano and violin at...
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Music
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Bix ; Gieseking, Walter ; Richter, Sviatoslav ; and singers, e.g., Deller, Alfred ; Merrill, Robert ; Sembrich, Marcella ; and Sinatra, Frank . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Gobbi, and Leontyne Price . Among the many other great stars who have appeared at the Met over its many years are Marcella Sembrich , Dame Nellie Melba , Lilli Lehman , Feodor Chaliapin , Lauritz Melchior and Luciano Pavarotti . Metropolitan Opera...


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