Victoria de los Angeles biography

Synopsis

Victoria de los Angeles made her operatic debut was at Barcelona in 1944. She performed at the Paris Opera and La Scala, Milan, Covent Garden, the New York Metropolitan and subsequently at all the great houses and festivals throughout the world and retired from the stage in 1969. She is noted particularly for her 19th-century Italian roles and for her performances of Spanish songs.

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Lyric soprano, born in Barcelona, NE Spain. Her operatic debut was at Barcelona in 1944. She then performed at the Paris Opera and La Scala, Milan (1949), Covent Garden (1950), the New York Metropolitan (1951), and subsequently at all the great houses and festivals throughout the world. She is noted particularly for her 19th-c Italian roles and for her performances of Spanish songs. After retiring from the stage in 1969, she continued to give recitals.