DISCUSSION: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Classical Music and Politics, including contributions from Béla Hartmann and James Ross.
THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL: Roderic Dunnett previews the 2024 edition of the UK's oldest music festival, 27 July until 4 August.
ARTICLES BEING VIEWED NOW:
- Intelligently Structured and Winningly Executed - Mike Wheeler is impressed by Fenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe's Buxton Festival recital marking the centenary of the death of Gabriel Fauré
- February 2023 New Releases - Browse a large selection of new recordings
- Spotlight. Musical Siblings - Gerald Fenech heartily recommends Isata Kanneh-Mason's new Mendelssohn album
- vocal music
- Comment
The Catalan soprano Victoria De Los Ángeles was born in Barcelona on 1 November 1923, and died there on 15 January 2005, aged 81.
She studied singing and piano at Barcelona's Conservatorio de Liceo, making her début at the Palay de la Musica Catalana in 1944. She went on to win the Geneva International Singing Competition in 1947, bringing her to the attention of the BBC, who invited her to sing Salud in Falla's La Vida Breve. During the following four years, she made débuts in Paris, Milan, London and New York.
Her repertoire was wide, principally from Mozart to Wagner. She recorded for EMI for almost thirty years, with a creamy voice and a natural, unaffected simplicity which were adored by audiences around the world, whether she was singing opera or Spanish song.