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Antonia Zárate
Antonia Zárate (1775, Barcelona – 1811) was a Spanish actress. Life Born Antonia de Aguirre y Murguía, her birth name reveals her family's Basque people, Basque origins. She was the daughter of the actor Pedro de Zárate Valdés, director of a company which was performing "in the lands of Aragón" at the time of her birth She seems to have arrived in Cadiz at the end of the 18th century. Emilio Cotarelo y Mori, Cotarelo followed her progress in the Madrid theatres - she had success throughout Spain, but mainly acted in the Spanish capital. She is mentioned in 1797 as being in Madrid with Rita Luna and Isidoro Máiquez in Luis Navarro's company, contracted to the Coliseo de la Cruz. A year later Cotarelo mentions her singing with Manuela Correa and the same company, now at the Coliseo del Príncipe. She was still there in the 1801-02 season, mentioned as a 'matron of serious character' and a year after that she is recorded as working at the Teatro de los Caños del Peral as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Goya Y Lucientes - Portrait Of Antonia Zárate - WGA10053
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Comunitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque language, Basque is spoken, "Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan language, Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called "Pancho". "Kiko (given name), Kiko" is also used as a nickname, and "Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico (other), Chico" (''shíco''). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish. People with the given name * Pope Francis is rendered in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |