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Although Bellini conceived the role of Adalgisa originally for a soprano, it is usually now sung by a mezzo-soprano. Caballé was one of few sopranos to have recorded the role, although she was over age 50 at the time of the recording in 1984. [48] In 1986, she also took a role in the biographic film Romanza final, directed by José María Forqué.
Gulín's voice was rich and large, but capable of agility. Her career was cut short in 1987 due to serious health problems. She died in Madrid. She was married to the baritone Antonio Blancas. In 1980, the couple appeared together in the world premiere of Federico Moreno Torroba's opera, El poeta, with Plácido Domingo in the title role. Their ...
Operatic soprano: María Alejandra Barrientos Llopis (4 March 1884 [1] - 8 August 1946) was a Spanish opera singer, a light coloratura soprano. Biography
María Remolá (7 December 1930 — 9 December 2021) was a Spanish-born Cuban operatic soprano. She was known for her coloratura soprano voice and was nicknamed "the Cuban Nightingale" (el Ruiseñor Cubano).
Lorenza Pilar García Seta (16 January 1928 – 2 June 1996), known professionally as Pilar Lorengar, was a Spanish soprano.She was best known for her interpretations of opera and the Spanish genre Zarzuela, and as a soprano she was known for her full register, a youthful timbre as well as a distinctive vibrato.
Singer Leonard Warren died after performing in the opera La forza del destino at the New York Metropolitan Opera. He had sung Don Carlo's act III aria, which begins Morir, tremenda cosa ("to die, a momentous thing"), when he started coughing and gasping. He fell face first to the ground and it was revealed he had died of a massive heart attack.
Lola Rodríguez de Aragón (29 September 1910 – 30 April 1984) was a Spanish soprano singer, entrepreneur and music teacher. She founded "Escuela Superior de Canto" and taught music to several well known Spanish musicians.
Teresa Berganza Vargas OAXS (16 March 1933 – 13 May 2022) was a Spanish mezzo-soprano.She is most closely associated with roles such as Rossini's Rosina and La Cenerentola, and later Bizet's Carmen, admired for her technical virtuosity, musical intelligence, and beguiling stage presence.