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The song is available in two languages: Spanish [5] and French. [6] El Cordobés' story was also the basis for the musical Matador (1987) by Mike Leander and Eddie Seago. Poet Mike O'Connor included "Canción del Cordobés", about the matador's breakout performances in Mexico City in 1964, in his poetry volume When the Tiger Weeps, (2005).
a One ear, both ears, or even both ears and tail are awarded by the crowd during a bullfight to matadors who give an outstanding performance. [7]b Literally meaning "with flying feet", it is a kill in which the matador runs at the bull, instead of letting the bull charge him.
Manolete died on 29 August 1947, following a fatal goring that occurred in his appearance alongside the up-and-coming matador Luis Miguel Dominguín in the town of Linares. As he killed the fifth bull of the day, the Miura bull Islero, Manolete was gored in his right thigh, in an event that left Spain in a state of shock. The cause of his death ...
José Gómez Ortega (8 May 1895 – 16 May 1920), commonly known as Joselito (Spanish pronunciation:), was a Spanish matador in the early twentieth century. [ 1 ] Younger brother of matador de toros Rafael Gómez Ortega ("El Gallo"), Joselito was considered a child prodigy and was the youngest bullfighter to receive the title of matador de ...
Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (6 June 1891, Seville – 13 August 1934, Madrid) was a Spanish matador. [1] [2]After his death following a goring in the Plaza of Manzanares, he was memorialized by several poets of the Generation of '27, notably by Federico García Lorca in his Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías ("Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías", sometimes translated under the title "Lament for ...
Don Flamenco, Spanish boxer and bullfighter in the video game Punch-Out!! Grampa Simpson, in The Simpsons episode "Million Dollar Abie" Lydia González, in 2002 Spanish drama film Talk to her by Pedro Almodovar; Paco Pedro, regarded as the world's greatest matador and seducer, has appeared in three short films to date
Francisco Romero (1700–1763) was a significant Spanish matador.He reputedly introduced the famous red cape into bullfighting in around 1726.[1] [2]He was apparently the inventor of several characteristics that started to be used in a key period for bullfighting when the modern on foot system was defined, as the use of the muleta (cape) and estoque (sword) to kill the bull face to face, thus ...
Miguel Báez Espuny (5 October 1930 – 18 May 2022), [1] better known as "El Litri", was a Spanish bullfighter, a descendant of one of Huelva's foremost bullfighting dynasties. His grandfather, his father, and his half-brother were likewise bullfighters, although it was he himself who outshone them all in fame and recognition.