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
editRemolá 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.