Codice albumGBB-F-001044

Codice inventarioGBB-F-001044-0000

1916 ca, USA : The celebrated spanish opera Diva coloratura soprano MARIA BARRIENTOS (1883 - 1946). Barrientos was born in Barcelona, where she received a thorough musical education (piano and violin) at the Music Conservatory, before turning to vocal studies with Francisco Bonet. She made her debut at the Teatro Novedades in Barcelona, as Ines in L'Africaine, in 1898, aged only 15, quickly followed by the role of Marguerite de Valois in Les Huguenots.Barrientos made her Metropolitan Opera debut on January 31, 1916, in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor with Giovanni Martinelli as Edgardo, Pasquale Amato as Enrico, and Gaetano Bavagnoli conducting. She remained committed to that house through 1920 where her other roles included Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Amina in La sonnambula, Elvira in I puritani, Gilda in Rigoletto, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and the title roles in Lakmé and Mireille.

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