The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-10
The Coming Of Sernbrich.

Ut is generally conceded that Nine.
Il Niarcela Senbrich. whose appearance ~
8 tile Academy OF Music on March 10th
may well be considered an event of cS-
ceptional Significance, Is the most emil
nent living exponent of the Italian "a
OF singing, usually called 'bel canto.
Bs In concert or in opera, she easily out
franks the comparatively few great prima
Y donnas OF the day. ON the concert plat"
form She has gained such triumphs as
no singer has won since the days of
.Adelina Patti and as a member of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. in New
York. she has been Mr.. Conreld's most
attractive star
Marcella Sembrich was born nj Wisne-
y wezyk. Her father. who was a violins'
and self-taught pianist, began to teach
y her piano playing when she was four
q years old and at the age of six she be-
x gan to study the violin. Kokhansky was
n very poor. and little Mairclra Ind
zTeto begin to earn her own living ut the
* age of twelve. An old Pole, named Lano.
4 witch took a great interest in all young
talent, and he set himself to mature that
9TH of the young Marcella. He sent her u
ssstlle conservatory at Lcopei. whose prin-
cipal is said to have been n pupil OF
Chopin There she began her advanced
83 studies under n young teacher named
wilhelm stengcl who for four years
her the works of Bach. Beethoven
Mozart Chopin and Mendelssohn, and
was then convinced that she knew all ne
could teach her. Mr.. Stengel was so
Fl much interested in his pupil that he sent
k%her to Vienna to study under Epstein
This master discovered the beauty of her
Y voice, ana advised her to put aside piano
work for a time in order to devote hee-
III self to the study of singing
81 Acting upon this advice she Went 70
y Milan and studied with the greatest
Il yigor under I.amperti, the younger for
two wears She made her debut as Lucia
at the ROYAL OPERA Dresden, under her
sinother's maiden name of Sembrich. ilcr
success was very IL re, but she felt
that her voice and st We're best suited
to the Italian stage, and she returned
* To Milan, where She sang Lucia In ltal'
s ian.
She called later upon Ernest Gye, then
manager of Covent Garden Theatre. Lor-
& don and asked for an engagement, Mt
Csyc gave her a hearing and at once en-
gagged her for five years. Her success
IN London was enormous. She left Lot-
don to travel singing with immense favci
VI Iii Warsaw St Petersburg, Moscow aac
iisj Madrid.
Si Nine. sembroh now the wife OF hol
@ea1ly teacher and friend. Prof. Stensel
Sss sang all over the Continent Her success
sSsS in Berlin and Vienna has been immense
ls5 end all the famous critics, from Edouart
@ Hanslick down united In one grand choru
of praise. Her return to New YORK an
Is. her triumphs as q member of the Metro
\ politan Opera Company are too recent :.
Y need further mention
Nine Sembrchs voice is a pure higl
soprano. of exquisite color, and rangin
s3 from C below the treble clef to f in al.
She Is absolute mistress Of polished lie
cato singing. She presents very rar
and interesting combination of talent
.# One finds in her one OF the creates
coloratura singers on the operatic stage
and also one, Of the greatest intcrpre
si3 ters Of Liedeie Bes:les she is a clevc
n pianist, betty Il pupil of the great Iisz
and also a skilful voinist, having ha
Mt the age of twelve years old to ear
her living by means Of playing the VOL
wherever she could find an engagement
Il She has frequently given charity cor
certs in which she has furnished the er
tire program of songs and instrument
music, and her genius Is 80 great that
is said she would be one of the famol
pianists or violinists We're she not alreat
as the most famous priroa donna in Il
X world.
This viii be her first appearance
Richmond and Will indeed be an opocl
marking musical event, as the rush I
81 tickets has already proven the high g
@ teen in which she is held by lovers
SS music, The list of patronssncudes near
every name of social prominence In t
city.
Nine. sembrich will be assisted
Mr.. Ellison Van Hoose, noted tenc
who is exceedingly popular amol
Richmond people, Her accompanist
the piano will be the no less Dist
guished Frank La Fargo, who win al
gf9s appear as n soloist,
Marie Cahill Here This Week.
Marrying Mary With Marie Cal
as the star, will be seen here at I
Academy on Thursday night, under
management of Daniel V. Arthur. i
5ss,book of the new musical play is
Edwin Milton Royle, and lis said