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Teresa Berganza Vargas OAXS (16 March 1933 – 13 May 2022) was a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with roles such as Rossini's Rosina and La Cenerentola, and later Bizet's Carmen, admired for her technical virtuosity, musical intelligence, and beguiling stage presence.
May 13, 2022 · Teresa Berganza, a Spanish mezzo-soprano and contralto renowned for her roles in the operas of Rossini and Mozart and especially for the title role in Bizet’s “Carmen,” died on Friday in...
May 28, 2024 · Teresa Berganza (1933–2022) was a Spanish mezzo-soprano known for her performance of coloratura roles in the operas of Gioachino Rossini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and for her concert singing.
Teresa Berganza, born in Madrid, was educated in piano studies, harmony, chamber music, composition, organ, and cello, and she achieved her goal of “bene fundada est domus iste”. With all this knowledge she worked in singing, an art that she defines as a “leafy tree seeded at the shore of the river of life”.
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May 16, 2022 · Teresa Berganza, a Spanish mezzo-soprano admired for her lithe, radiant, immaculately crafted performances in the operas of Mozart and Rossini, died May 13 at her home in the ancient city of...
May 15, 2022 · Teresa Berganza, one of the greatest coloratura mezzos of the last century and a major figure in the Rossini revival, has died aged 89. Born in Madrid in 1933, Berganza trained in her home city with Spanish soprano Lola Rodríguez Aragón, who persuaded her to embark on a singing career rather than following a religious vocation.
