María de Lurdes Lusía Antonia Picot Hirones ( Cat. María de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés , better known as Maria Gai Zenatello Italian; María Gay Zenatello ; June 12, 1876 , Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain - July 29, 1943 , New York York , USA ) - Spanish and Catalan singer (mezzo-soprano). Sister of the artist .
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| Date of Birth | June 12, 1876 |
| Place of Birth | Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain |
| Date of death | July 29, 1943 (67 years old) |
| Place of death | New York , New York , USA |
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| A country |  Spain |
| Professions | Opera singer music teacher |
| Singing voice | mezzo soprano |
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Biography
Apprentice Ada Adini . In 1897, she married the Catalan composer . Since 1902, she first performed in concerts, and then at the Theater de la Monnet in Brussels . Since 1906, in La Scala , Milan , where she met with Giovanni Zenatello , who became not only a vocal partner, but also a husband, though only in 1926, after the death of the singer’s first husband, because he did not give a divorce. She toured with Zenatello in St. Petersburg in 1908 and in Moscow in 1924. Since 1908, they lived in the United States . In 1908-1909 she was a soloist at the Metropolitan Opera New York Theater, in 1910-1912 at the , and in 1913-1927 at the . She made a lot of records at Columbia Records . Since 1927, she led the singing school in New York. She was buried in Ferncliffe Cemetery .
Parties
- Carmen Georges Bizet - Carmen
- Samson and Delilah Camille Saint-Saens - Delilah
- " Aida " by Giuseppe Verdi - Amneris
Literature
- Theatrical Encyclopedia. Ch. ed. S. S. Mokulsky. T. 1 - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, A - “Globus”, 1961, 1214 stb. with ill., 12 l. ill.
- Musical Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. G.V. Keldysh. - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1990. - p. 121 - ISBN 5-85270-033-9
Links
- Maria Guy at Allmusic