Maria Galvany [SEP] voice type
Maria Galvany
Maria Galvany or María Galvany (1878? - 2 August 1927) was a Spanish coloratura soprano known for her showy, virtuoso singing technique. Her career, however, ended in obscurity.
Her biography and operatic engagements.
Very little is known about the life of this singer. It is generally accepted that she was born in 1878 in Granada, Spain, though the exact year and date of her birth are disputed (some sources give 1874 or 1876). She appears to have studied, however
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Sources.
- Nicholas E. Limansky. "Oxford's Opera Quarterly Journal". #20: 505-512. 2004.
- Leo Riemens. "Notes to the Maria Galvany's Lebendige Vergangenheit CD". Historic Recordings, Austro Mechana. 2003.
External links.
- The Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project: Maria Galvany – Maria Galvany's 1910 rendition in Italian of "Der Hölle Rache" from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Downloadable mp3 file.