Susana Zabaleta Ramos (; born September 30, 1964) is a Mexican soprano singer and actress.
Early life
Born in
Monclova
Monclova (), is a city and the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. According to the 2015 census, the city had 231,107 inhabitants. Its metropolitan area has 381,432 inhabitants and a ...
,
Coahuila
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Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...
, she moved to
Mexico City
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in 1985. In 1986 she performed in the Sala Ollín Yoliztli and interpreted opera performances, such as ''
La Traviata
''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...
'', ''
Dido and Aeneas
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'' and ''
Eneas
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''. She also performed with the group "Quien es quien".
Career
In 1987 Zabaleta debuted on the stage with the musicals ''El violinista en el tejado'' and ''
Don Quijote de la Mancha
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Places
*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
''. In 1989 she participated in the musicals ''¡Que plantón!'' and ''Sor-Presas''. In 1991 she participated in the Mexican version of ''
Cats
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'' along with
María del Sol
María del Sol (; born Marisol de las Mercedes Echánove Rojas October 24, 1961 in Guanajuato, Guanajuato) is a Mexican singer. She is the daughter of lawyer Alonso Echánove and the actress/journalist Josefina Echánove and the younger sister of ...
.
In 1995, she recorded her first album titled ''¿O fué un sueño?'' and in 1996, recorded the Spanish version of the
Disney
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's film ''
Pocahontas
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'': ''Los Colores en el viento'' .
Her acting career started in the
telenovelas
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include ''teleserye'' (P ...
in 1993. In 1996 she filmed her first film ''
Sobrenatural'', a horror film directed by her husband, the film director Daniel Gruener.
In 1999, she participated in the Mexican movie ''
Sexo, pudor y lagrimas'' (directed by
Antonio Serrano) for which she won the
Silver Ariel
The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...
Award as Best Actress.
In recent years Zabaleta has collaborated with the Mexican composer
Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican Maya peoples, Mayan musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the ...
with whom she has recorded two albums: ''de la A a la Z'' (2006) and ''Amarrados'' (2009).
In 2011, Zabaleta debuted as host of her own TV show, ''Susana Adicción'', on the Mexico's Unicable network.
Filmography
Television
Stage credits
Host
Discography
References
External links
Susana Zabaleta official website
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1964 births
Living people
20th-century Mexican women opera singers
Mexican film actresses
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican television actresses
Mexican stage actresses
Ariel Award winners
People from Monclova
Actresses from Coahuila
Musicians from Coahuila
Mexican sopranos
21st-century Mexican women singers