Raquel del Rosario Macías (; born 3 November 1982) is a

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. She was the lead vocalist of the band (''Morpheus' Dream'').

Biography

Raquel is the second of six children. At the age of 14, she started writing the first of many songs. Raquel, a self-taught musician, was 17 when she met David Feito from

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, who headed a Celtic-based music group. In 2000, Raquel left her native Gran Canaria for Asturias with David and joined his group, ''Xemà'', finally to see their first album released. Soon after Raquel and David met Juan Luis Suárez, and the three created ''El Sueño de Morfeo''. Raquel del Rosario is the

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of this Spanish band, and she has written and composed most of their songs with the help of David and Juan. In 2011, she competed together with

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in the 2011 Sanremo Music Festival, where they finished in 8th place with the song "Fino in fondo". Then she took part in the

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, with her band El Sueño De Morfeo and the song "

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" (''With You Until The End''), representing Spain. They finished in 25th place in the final, second-to-last.

Personal life

In 2006, she married

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racing driver

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. They lived in

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until they moved to

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, near

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in 2006. In February 2010 they moved to

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, Switzerland in order to be closer to his new Formula One employer

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. On 20 December 2011 the couple announced their divorce to the press. In 2013, Raquel married Pedro Castro, a Galician photographer and film maker. He first met her while directing the video for her band's song "Si no estás". In 2014, she gave birth to their first child, Leo. In 2016, she gave birth to her second son, Mael.El Mundo
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References

External links

"El Sueño de Morfeo" Group Official Web Page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosario, Raquel del 1982 births Living people Singers from the Canary Islands People from Gran Canaria Spanish women singers El Sueño de Morfeo Racing drivers' wives and girlfriends de:Raquel del Rosario