A Cause for Singing

The 2026 exhibition "A Cause for Singing," highlights four noted opera singers and the causes they championed both on and off the stage: Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935), who used her concert platform to raise thousands of dollars for humanitarian aid during WWI; Lillian Nordica (1857-1914), who raised her voice to support the fight for women’s right to vote; Marian Anderson (1897-1993), whose voice was a beacon of hope and a symbol of equality throughout the Civil Rights Movement; and Ululani Robertson (1890-1970), the first Hawaiian artist to achieve international fame in opera and an outspoken champion of Hawaiian culture and equal rights. The exhibition includes artifacts loaned from the Nordica Homestead Museum and the Danbury Museum. 

The Sembrich is open daily from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Their museum closes from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM.       

The photograph above is from the Nordica Homestead Museum.