Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition Finals 2015 at Hunter College in NY

THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition

The auditions will start at 11:00am until about 4:00pm, with a one hour intermission. You are welcome to come and listen at any time on Sunday.

The Competition honors the great Polish soprano Marcella Kochanska Sembrich, who made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1883. After an enormously successful career, the popular singer founded the vocal programs at both the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute. Previous winners of the competition include Barbara Hendricks and Jan Opalach.

This year the competition has turned out to be very successful, considering that the number of contestants have greatly increased and that we have now also attracted a number of International contestants from Japan, China, South Korea, France, Canada, Puerto Rico and Poland. The auditions will start starting at 11:00am until about 4:00pm, with a one hour intermission. You are welcome to come and listen at any time on Sunday.

General Admission $10

SZYMANOWSKI
Życzenia/Wunsche - Op.24 Nr - 1 Polish, German
Słowik/Die Nachtigall - Op.31 Nr 2 - Polish, German, French
Trzy pieśni do słów D. Dawidowa/Three songs with the words of D. Davidov
Wschód słońca - Op.32 Nr 1 - Russian/ Polish
Bezgwiezdne niebo - Op.32 Nr 2 - Russian, Polish
Jesienne słońce - Op.32 Nr 3 - Russian, Polish
Pieśni Muezzina Szalonego/Songs of an Infatuated Muezzin
Allah Akbar - Op.42 Nr 1 - Polish, French, German
O, ukochana - Op.42 Nr 2 - Polish, French, German
Ledwie blask słońca - Op.42 Nr 3 - Polish, French, German
W południe - Op.42 Nr 4 - Polish, French, German
O tej godzinie - Op.42 Nr 5 - Polish, French, German
Odeszłaś na pustynię - Op.42 Nr 6 - Polish, French, German
Siedem pieśni do słów Jamesa Joyce'a/Seven songs with the words of James Joyce - English, Polish
Gentle Lady/Droga mona -Op.54 Nr 1 - English, Polish
Pieśni kurpiowskie/The Kurpia Songs
Lecioły zórazie/Reihe flogen - Op.58 Nr 1 - Polish, French, German
Wysła burzycka/Wetter ind wind - Op.58 Nr 2 - Polish, French, German
Uwoz mamo/Mutter, schau gut an - Op.58 Nr 3 - Polish, French, German
U jeziorecka/Druben beim See dort - Op.58 Nr 4 - Polish, French, German

POLISH OPERATIC REPERTOIRE

SOPRANO
Halka, act 4 - Polish/Italian
Halka, act 2 - Polish/Italian
Hrabina, act 3 - Polish/Italian
Hrabina - Eva's Aria - Italian
Hanna Straszny Dwór- Polish/German
Arioso/Zelma/Casanova - Polish/German
Arioso/Caton/ Casanova - Polish/German
King Roger - Roksana's Song - Polish/German
Aria Bony/Bona's Aria - Polish
Wanda's Aria/Zamek na Czorsztynie - Polsih
Nealia's Aria/Paria - Polish

MEZZOSOPRANO
Jadwiga's Aria/Straszny Dwór - Polish/German
Bronia's Aria/Hrabina - Polish/Italian

TENOR
Kazimierz/Hrabina - Polish
Kazimierz/act1/Hrabina - Polish/Italian
Stefan/Straszny Dwór/act 3 - Polish/German
Jontek's Aria/Halka/act 4 - Polish/Italian
Jontek/act 4/Halka - Polish/ Italian
Casanova/Casanova - Polish/ German
Aria Manru/act 2 - Polish/German

BARITONE
Janusz/Halka/act 1 - Polish/Italian
Miecznik/Straszny Dwór act 2 - Polish/German
Aria Nikita/Zamek na Czorsztynie - Polish
Marcin's Aria/Verbum Nobile - Polish

BASS
Aria/Skoluba/Straszny Dwór - Polish/German
Aria/Stolnik/Halka/act 1 - Polish/Italian
Chorąży/Hrabina/act 1 - Polish/Italian