The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-30
NINE. SBMBRICH'
KEEPS IN TOUCH.
BY TEACHING.
Opens Studio In NeT York
After Retiring From Grand
Opera In 1909

New York, Oct. 30-R-Opera
still holds For Mime. Marcella Sem
brich the same lure It had when,
as one of the brilliant coloratura
sopranos she was receiving the
worlds enthusiastic plaudits.
Her farewell performance at the
Metropolitan Opera House, where
she reigned twenty-five years, was
in 1909. But instead of retiring to
q life of leisure, after making final
appearances in Europe's principal
cities, she returned to New York
and opened her studio.
Teaches 4 Few Each Year
Out Of the hundreds that come
to her for training, she selects a
few each year and works with them.
Alma Gluck, now the wife Of Zim-
balist, the violinist, and Dusalina
Giannini, the young American girl,
are listed among her most success
Nine. Sembrich's last performance
at the Metropolitan was the scene
of remarkable Representation. A
crowded house and fellow artists
heaped flowers and gifts upon her.
Embraced Carus0 Al Farewell
Caruso, who had made his Ameri-
can debut Ia "Rigoletto." with
Nine. Sembficf dpp0sfte him, kissed
her hand and she threw ner arms
around his neck. His gift was q
silver loving cup.
Several days later. as the diva
was about to sail, q messenger
handed Nine. Sembrich package
which she found contained q dix-
mond studded watch and fob, q gift
from Mrs. George J. Gould.
Asked why she left the operate
stage at the zenith of her success,
the singer said:
1T is better that ] leave now,
when everyone is asking why, than
to leave later when my ability
might be less"
Nine. Sembrich often speaks of
Caruso SO. She sang opl.o.;.t, ....n
eight years.
warmed Al Tenor's Voice
"Well do / recall his debut. He
was then q polished artist and his
voice-it was the same golden
voice that in later years was to
make him famours-then was more
the lyric than the heroic tenor.
II never at any time, when sing
ing with Caruso, entertained the
slightest doubt as to perfect Coop
Grafton on his part. His voice was
unique. ! was impressed the first
time l heard it, with its warmth,
its big body. And then, he knew
how to manage it. Oh, how he
could manage it!
"There were times when he was
suffering from a cold, when he
would say to me: Unless this cold
improves we had better not try the
high notes tonight, but if I feel
equal to them I will give you the
signal. A pressure Of the hand will
let you know l am feeling fit
And then at the critical moment
would come that pressure, his voice
rising and soaring over the audi
ence in those trying measures.
Made Her Debut At 10
The daughter Of musician,
Kasimir Kochanski, Nine. Sembrich
was playing the violin and piano
at the age Of four. At twelve she
was playing in public to aid her
family. She then studied under
Stengel, whom she later married.
After teaching her all he knew, the
professor took his student to
Vienna to complete her work under
Liszt.
There it was discovered she had q
fine voice and she decided upon a
vocal career. The result was that
1t the age Of nineteen, in 1877, she
made her i debut In II Puritani.".
The primas donna sang first in the
United States in 1883. Now at the
age of sixty-eight, she still carries
IN NV teaching others.