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Marcella Sembrich: Poland’s First Opera Superstar
Marcella Sembrich as Rosina, photo: wikimedia She made her debut as an opera singer in Athens in 1877 as Elvira in The Puritans by Vincenzo Bellini. A year later she already had a contract with the ...
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MME. SEMBRICH DISPLEASED.; Chicago Opera Audience Refused to Cease Applauding Fritzi Scheff Even When Older Prima Donna Came On.
CHICAGO, April 18. -- Little Fritzi Scheff put Mme. Sembrich's nose out of joint at the Auditorium this afternoon -- at least, that was the interpretation placed on the incident by the 5,000 ...