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The contralto voice has the lowest tessitura of the female voices and is noted for its rich and deep vocal timbre. [2] True operatic contraltos are very rare. [ 3 ] The following is a list of contralto singers who have regularly performed unamplified classical or operatic music in concert halls and/or opera houses.
For classical and operatic singers, their voice type determines the roles they will sing and is a primary method of categorization. In classical music, a "pure" contralto is considered the rarest type of female voice. [3] In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender, not their vocal range. [4]
The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range.In four-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by either low women's or high men's voices.
Carmen Amaya (2 November 1918 – 19 November 1963) occasionally known by the stage name La Capitana, was a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is often hailed as "the greatest Flamenco dancer ever" [1] and "the most extraordinary personality of all time in flamenco dance."
Josef de Mendoza y Ríos (1761–1816) was a Spanish astronomer and mathematician of the 18th century, famous for his work on navigation. Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (1928–1980), naturalist, leading figure in ornithology, ethology, ecology and science divulgation
Olga Sacharoff (1889‒1967), Georgian-born Spanish Surrealist painter; Matilde Salvador i Segarra (1918–2007), composer, painter; Isabel de Santiago (1666–c. 1714), Quito-born Spanish painter specializing in the Virgin and baby Jesus; Ángeles Santos Torroella (1911–2013), Surrealist painter
Esther Bendahan (born 1964), Moroccan-born Spanish-language novelist, essayist, living in Spain; Pilar Benejam Arguimbau (born 1937), geographer, writer and academic; Maria Beneyto (1925–2011), poet; Mercedes Bengoechea (born 1952), feminist sociolinguist, professor; Elisa Beni (born 1965), journalist, novelist
[4] [5] International organizations and trade groups such as the Latin Recording Academy include Portuguese-language music in the Latin category. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Billboard categorizes an artist as "Latin" if they perform in Spanish or Portuguese.