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Marcella Sembrich   (1858 – 1935) was the stage name of the Polish coloratura soprano, Prakseda Marcelina Kochańska. She was born   in Wis...

Jackie Evancho:   The Phenomenon       I had to think long and hard to decide how such an article as this, on a 13 year old ch...

It is both a pleasure and an honor   for me to welcome the return today of our distinguished guest writer Gioacchino Fiurezi Maragioglio, ...

Neil Shicoff was born in   Brooklyn in 1949, the son of New York cantor Sidney Shicoff.   He was precocious, and took advantage, from a yo...

This is another blog in which I am going to have to excuse myself at the beginning for not being able to be objective, such is my admirat...

It is a real pleasure —and distinct honor—for me to welcome the return today of our very distinguished guest writer, Mr. Gioacchino Fiur...

Today, I wish to begin a new short series on Great Opera Singers, dedicated to current child singers whom I see as “on the rise,” which i...