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Hugo Avendaño
Hugo Avendaño Espinoza (8 March 1927 – 5 January 1998) was a Mexican singer and actor. Career He was a student of the Faculty of Medicine, UNAM, but abandoned his career of Medicine to studying singing in the position of baritone. He began his studies with lessons in vocal technique at the prestigious Academy of Singing. His teacher was Jose Pierson, who was also singing teacher to figures such as José Mojica, Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, Fanny Anitúa, Jorge Negrete, Pedro Vargas, Ramon Vinay, Francisco Avitia and José Sosa Esquivel. Later, he studied with private teachers like Rodriguez, Morelli, Rosette, then in New York at the Metropolitan Opera House with Dietch and Kimball and also with great baritone Leonard Warren. In 1950 he debuted at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, playing the role of Amonasro in the opera by Giuseppe Verdi, " Aida". He participated in several opera seasons in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Veracruz. His repertoire included operas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuxpan
Tuxpan (or Túxpam, fully Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano) is both a municipality and city located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The population of the city was 78,523 and of the municipality was 134,394 inhabitants, according to the INEGI census of 2005, residing in a total area of . The municipality includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are Alto Lucero and Santiago de la Peña. A local beachside community is also nearby. Overview Tuxpan or Túxpam, pronounced in Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Aztecs, literally means "Place of Rabbits", a compound of ''tochtli'' "rabbit" and ''-pan'' "place". The city is located on the banks of the Tuxpan River, which reaches the Gulf of Mexico downstream . Being the nearest port to Mexico City, Tuxpan is an important commercial link for Mexican imports and exports. Tuxpan is now primarily a grain port, with emphasis on soybeans and maize. Off-shore links to oil pipelines are used to transfer petroleum produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
