María Remolá
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).
Life and career
[edit]Remolá was born in 1930 in Barcelona. At the suggestion of an aunt of hers, who recognised her singing, she settled in Havana, Cuba in 1952 to pursue voice lessons,[1][2] and later became a naturalised citizen.[3] She studied under famed Cuban tenor Francisco Fernández Dominicis.[1] She made her professional debut in 1958 with the Aguilá-Martelo company in the title role of Emilio Arrieta's opera Marina.[2]
Remolá returned to Barcelona after decades of living in Cuba to spend time with her dying mother.[4] She later settled in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and led a quiet life with teaching.[1]
On 19 September 2010, an homage gala was held for her at the Sala Máximo Avilés Blonda, of the Palacio de Bellas Artes.[5][6][7] In October 2011, she returned to Havana for an invitation by the UNEAC and the Ópera de la Calle.[8]
Remolá spent her final years in a nursery home in Santo Domingo, where she died on 9 December 2021, two days after her 91st birthday.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Quiñones, Alfonso (15 August 2018). "María Remolá, el Ruiseñor que vive calladito en Santo Domingo" [María Remolá, the Nightingale who lives quietly in Santo Domingo]. Nota Clave (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ a b "La Soprano María Remolá en el Recuerdo". Nostalgia Cuba. 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Murió en República Dominicana "El Ruiseñor Cubano"". cubanosfamosos.com. 9 December 2021.
- ^ "María Remolá: "Nunca he dejado de ser cubana"". Café Fuerte. 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Concierto homenaje a María Remolá". El Nacional. 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Realizarán en República Dominicana gala homenaje a la cantante María Remolá". Cubadebate. 19 September 2010.
- ^ "María Remolá, el ruiseñor, una voz que continúa". Diario Libre. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Méndez Piña, Pablo Pascual (18 October 2011). "La soprano María Remolá regresó a Cuba". CubaNet.
- ^ Salazar, Francisco (27 December 2021). "Obituary: Soprano María Remolá Dies at 91". Operawire. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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