Codice albumGBB-F-001047

Codice inventarioGBB-F-001047-0000

1917 ca, NEW YORK, USA : The celebrated spanish opera Diva coloratura soprano MARIA BARRIENTOS (1883 - 1946) with italian tenore GIOVANNI MARTINELLI (1885 - 1969) in LAKME' by Léo Delibes. Photo by White, New York. 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.

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