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Betty Fabila
Betty Fabila (born 28 May 1929) is a retired Mexican soprano opera singer and biologist.
Born in Mexico City, she studied at Mexico's National Conservatory of Music and the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico under the baritone David Silva. In 1950, she made her operatic debut as Musetta in "La bohème" at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and went on to sing leading roles there in operas including "La traviata", "Madama Butterfly",
Mexico City, Fabila she gave the first modern performances of solo cantatas by the Italian baroque composer Giacomo Facco, whose scores had been discovered by her husband in the National Library of Paris.
Zanolli and Fabila's daughter, Betty Zanolli Fabila, is a classical pianist and music teacher.
Sources.
- Díaz Du-Pond, Carlos, "La ópera en México de 1924 a 1984: testimonio operístico", Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1986
External links.
- Betty Fabila's blog
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