Mercedes Capsir [SEP] voice type
Mercedes Capsir
Mercedes Capsir (; 20 July 1895 – 13 March 1969) was a Catalan Spanish opera singer, a high coloratura soprano, particularly associated with light Italian roles, such as Lucia and Gilda.
Life and career.
Mercedes Capsir was born in Barcelona, Spain, in the same house where another Spanish soprano had been born 12 years earlier, Maria Barrientos. She studied (piano, composition, voice) at the Music Conservatory in Barcelona, before making her debut in Genora, in 1913, as Gilda
"Il Re" at La Scala in 1929.
Capsir retired from the stage in 1949, her final performance took place at the Liceo in Barcelona, as Carolina in "Il matrimonio segreto", and then turned to teaching. She died, aged 73, in Suzzara (Lombardy, Italy).
Mercedes Capsir recorded in 1928, complete versions of "Il barbiere di Siviglia" and "Rigoletto", opposite Riccardo Stracciari and Dino Borgioli. She also recorded the first ever complete "Lucia di Lammermoor" and