The Kosciuszko Foundation has announced the return of the Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition. Established in 1968 to honor the legendary Polish soprano and nurture the next generation ...

Marcella Sembrich was one of the great sopranos of her age. After her sensational debut in 1883 at the Metropolitan Opera, she established a career that made her a celebrity throughout the world. She ...

When in 1909 plump little Marcella Sembrich sang her farewell to opera, Manhattan’s Metropolitan built her a throne on the stage, fairly swamped her with flowers, gifts, eulogies. Operagoers that ...

Last heard at the Metropolitan Opera in 1972, La Sonnambula has appeared only intermittently in the company's repertory, but always to feature great coloratura sopranos, such as Marcella Sembrich, ...