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COPYRIGHT 2005 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.
Barcelona, November 1, 1923--January 15, 2005
A peerless artist in a generation rich in great singers, Victoria de los Angeles triumphed in opera, in recital and on recordings with an ear-catching combination of warm, luxurious tone, immaculate intonation and masterful phrasing. Incomparable in opera roles that tapped her gift for expressing pathos--her Mimi and her Cio-Cio-San brimmed with the sound of tears unshed--de los Angeles also enjoyed successes as the Figaro Countess, Marguerite, Manon and Wagner's Elsa, Elisabeth and Eva. Her sunny good humor shone as Rossini's Rosina; her womanly dignity made her particularly moving in Otello and in La Traviata.
A beloved recitalist for more than four decades, de los Angeles was able to capture the attention--and the...
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