Maria Gay, the Glossary
Maria Gay (12 June 1876Spanish Civil Registry, Barcelona,. – 29 July 1943) was a Catalan opera singer, a mezzo-soprano born as Maria de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Ada Adini, Bel canto, Boston Opera Company, Brussels, Carmen, Catalonia, Chicago Tribune, Columbia Records, Ferncliff Cemetery, Giovanni Zenatello, Habanera (aria), Hartsdale, New York, La Scala, Lily Pons, Manhattan, Mezzo-soprano, Milan, Phonograph record, Tenor.
- 19th-century Spanish women opera singers
- 20th-century Spanish women opera singers
- Opera singers from Catalonia
Ada Adini
Ada Adini or Adiny (1 March 1856 – February 1924) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international career from 1876 up into the first decade of the 20th century.
Bel canto
paren)—with several similar constructions (bellezze del canto, bell'arte del canto, pronounced in English as)—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing. The phrase was not associated with a "school" of singing until the middle of the 19th century, when writers in the early 1860s used it nostalgically to describe a manner of singing that had begun to wane around 1830.
Boston Opera Company
The Boston Opera Company (BOC) was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from 1909 to 1915.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
Carmen
Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet.
Catalonia
Catalonia (Catalunya; Cataluña; Catalonha) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.
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Ferncliff Cemetery
Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum is a cemetery in Greenburgh, New York, United States, about north of Midtown Manhattan.
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Giovanni Zenatello
Giovanni Zenatello (22 February 1876 – 11 February 1949) was an Italian opera singer.
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Habanera (aria)
Habanera ("music or dance of Havana") is the popular name for "" ("Love is a rebellious bird"), an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen.
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Hartsdale, New York
Hartsdale is a hamlet located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, United States.
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La Scala
La Scala (officially italics) is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy.
Lily Pons
Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic lyric coloratura soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s.
Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.
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Milan
Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.
Phonograph record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
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Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.
See also
19th-century Spanish women opera singers
- Avelina Carrera
- Concepció Bordalba
- Elena Sanz
- Giuseppina Huguet
- Isabella Colbran
- Joaquina Sitches
- Julia Espín y Pérez de Collbrand
- Lorenza Correa
- Lucrecia Arana
- Maria Galvany
- Maria Gay
20th-century Spanish women opera singers
- Ángeles Gulín
- Ángeles Ottein
- Ainhoa Arteta
- Ana María González (Spanish singer)
- Avelina Carrera
- Concepció Bordalba
- Conchita Badía
- Conchita Supervía
- Elvira de Hidalgo
- Enedina Lloris
- Giuseppina Huguet
- Graziella Pareto
- Isabel Rey
- Itxaro Mentxaka
- Josefina de la Torre
- Julia Fons
- Lucrezia Bori
- Maite Arruabarrena
- Manuela Trasobares
- María Bayo
- María José Montiel
- María José Moreno
- María Remolá
- María Ros
- María Uriz
- Maria Barrientos
- Maria Galvany
- Maria Gay
- Marina de Gabaráin
- Mercedes Capsir
- Mercedes Llopart
- Montserrat Caballé
- Ofelia Nieto
- Pilar Lorengar
- Rosa Rey
- Silvia Tro Santafé
- Teresa Berganza
- Victoria de los Ángeles
Opera singers from Catalonia
- Àngel Òdena
- Carlos Cosías
- Concepció Bordalba
- Conchita Badía
- Conchita Supervía
- Enric Martínez-Castignani
- Francesc Viñas
- Giacomo Aragall
- Giuseppina Huguet
- Graziella Pareto
- Hipólito Lázaro
- José Bros
- José Carreras
- Juan Oncina
- Manuel Ausensi
- Manuela Trasobares
- Maria Barrientos
- Maria Gay
- Mercedes Capsir
- Mercedes Llopart
- Montserrat Caballé
- Montserrat Martí
- Nuria Rial
- Paolo Rosich
- Ramon Gener Sala
- Stefano Palatchi
- Tino Folgar
- Vicente Sardinero
- Victoria de los Ángeles
- Xavier Sabata
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gay
Also known as Gay, Maria, Maria Gay Zenatello.