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Úrsula López
Úrsula López (31 October 1870 – 3 September 1966), stage name Úrsula Falcón Quintero, was a Spanish zarzuela and Variety show, variety singer and businesswoman. In addition to performing, she was known for her glamorous public image, often flaunting expensive clothes, jewelry, and an automobile. Biography Cuba and Mexico Úrsula López was born in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. The date of her birth is not known with certainty. It is listed as 31 October 1886 on her Documento Nacional de Identidad (Spain), National Identity Document (DNI), but her marriage certificate (she married Luis Bellido Hortelano in the parochial church of the Holy Spirit of Havana) gives her age as 25 on 29 April 1896, so she may have been born on 31 October 1870. In 1899, once the Cuban War of Independence was over, López moved to Mexico as a flamenco singer, beginning a successful artistic career. It was there that she gave birth to her son on 15 July 1903. According to Mexican critic and Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Palmas
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the most populous city in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, and the ninth-largest city in Spain with a population of 381,223 in 2020. It is also the fifth-most populous urban area in Spain and (depending on sources) ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain. Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, about west of the Moroccan coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Las Palmas experiences a desert climate,ThWorld map of Koppen-Geiger climate classification offset by the local cooler Canary Current, with warm temperatures throughout the year. It has an average annual temperature of . The city was founded in 1478, and considered the '' de facto'' (without legal and real recognition)''La Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida Theatre
The Avenida Theatre (''Teatro Avenida'') is a theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Overview The Avenida Theatre was inaugurated on Buenos Aires' central Avenida de Mayo in 1908 with a production of Spanish dramatist Lope de Vega's ''Justice Without Revenge''. The production was directed by María Guerrero, a Spanish Argentine theatre director who popularized classical drama in Argentina during the late 19th century and would establish the important Cervantes Theatre in 1921. The theatre became the chief venue for Spanish theatre in Buenos Aires after the conversion of the Cervantes into the National Comedy Theatre in 1933 and Federico García Lorca's play Bodas de Sangre was staged there that year. It soon earned renown for its varied operettas and zarzuelas (many led by renowned Spanish theatre director Federico Moreno Torroba), as well as for special events, such as a 1939 production of ''Aida'' for the benefit of Spanish charities dealing with the aftermath of that country' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Luna
Pablo Luna Carné (May 21, 1879 Alhama de Aragón – January 28, 1942 Madrid) was a Spanish composer.Vincent J. Cincotta Zarzuela, the Spanish lyric theatre: a complete reference 2003 "Along with Amadeo Vives, Jose Serrano, Francisco Alonso and Fcderico Moreno Torroba, Pablo Luna was one of Zarzuelas major exponents during the first half of the 20th century. The litheness and richness of his melody line with its broad thematic inspiration place Luna's works closer to Viennese operetta than Spanish zarzuela. Among his 168 works are: 18 operettas; 50 zarzuelas and sainetes," His best-known composition is the aria "De España vengo" from the zarzuela ''El niño judío''. Life Pablo Luna received his first lessons in music theory from an organist at a church in his birthplace, Alhama de Aragón. His father, Pablo Luna Ferrer, who was a member of the Civil Guard, had moved with his family to the valley of the Ebro. He studied harmony with Teodoro Ballo and composition with Miguel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique García Álvarez (playwright)
Enrique García Álvarez (1873–1931) was a Spanish playwright and composer. He wrote over 100 plays, including in collaboration with Pedro Muñoz Seca Pedro Muñoz Seca (20 February 1879 – 28 November 1936 ) was a Spanish comic playwright. He was one of the most successful playwrights of his era. He wrote approximately 300 dramatic works, both '' sainetes'' (short vignettes) and longer play .... References 1873 births 1931 deaths 20th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights {{Spain-playwright-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Arniches
Carlos Arniches Barreda (11 October 1866 – 16 April 1943)"Arniches (y Barrera), Carlos" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 577. was a Spanish playwright, born in Alicante. His prolific work, drawing on the traditions of the género chico, the zarzuela and the grotesque, came to dominate the Spanish comic theatre in the early twentieth century. After starting his career as a novelist and journalist, Arniches turned to theatre in 1888 with the publication of his first play, ''Casa editorial''. Much of his work is set in lower-class Madrid and uses colloquial language, song, dance and music. Arniches was complimented in a 1935 interview by Federico García Lorca, often a scathing critic of contemporary Spanish theatre, as 'more of a poet than almost any of those who are writing theatre in verse at the moment'. Following the end of the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Serrano (composer)
José Serrano Simeón (14 October 18738 March 1941) was a Spanish composer, known for producing zarzuelas. He was born in Sueca, Valencia, Spain. His most famous works include '' La dolorosa'' (''Lady of the Sorrows'') and ' (''The Song of Forgetting''). Serrano’s output mainly consists of popular, one-act zarzuelas, many filled with strong, dramatic and emotional situations. He is considered to be the musical heir of Federico Chueca and the influence of Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for List of compositions by Giacomo Puccini#Operas, his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he ... and Italian is evident in many of his works. Serrano died in Madrid aged 67. References External links * * 1873 births 1941 deaths People from Ribera Baixa Composers from the Valencian Community Spanish classical composers Spanish opera compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximiliano Thous Orts
Maximiliano Thous Orts, (1875 - 1947), also known as Maximilià Thous i Orts, was a Spanish journalist, writer, filmmaker, and playwright. Biography Although he was born in Asturias, his family were from Alicante, but when he became older, they moved to Valencia. While at Valencia, he studied law at the University of Valencia, but he then quit studying to learn literature and writing. In 1909, he wrote the lyrics to ''Himne de l'Exposició'', which is officially the anthem of the Valencian Community. In 1923, he began directing films. During the 1930s, Maximiliano was a host of a radio program, named Radio Valencia Cadena SER. However, some of the recording were lost until 2017. Works Filmography Source: * La alegría del batallón * La Bruja * La Dolores * Nit d'albaes Newspapers * El Guante Blanco See also * Spanish cinema The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema. Only a small port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Penella
Manuel Penella Moreno (31 July 1880 in Valencia – 14 January 1939 in Cuernavaca) was a Spanish composer. His father was the composer :es:Manuel Penella Raga, Manuel Penella Raga. His daughter Magdalena Penella Silva married the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso; through her, he was the grandfather of actresses Emma Penella, Elisa Montés and Terele Pávez. Although his most popular work at home and abroad is the oft-revived :es:Ópera española, opera española ''El gato montés'' (a special favourite of Plácido Domingo, who revived it several times and recorded it for Deutsche Grammophon), several of his other works still enjoy popularity in Spain and the Spanish-speaking world, notably the chamber opera '':es:Don Gil de Alcalá, Don Gil de Alcalá'' (scored in Mexican style for strings and harp), some of his revues and the ambitious, late zarzuela ''La malquerida'' (1935), based on the masterpiece by Jacinto Benavente. Works (not exhaustive) Operas * 1893 ''El queso de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Videgain
Salvador Videgain García (26 February 1886 – 12 October 1947) was a Spanish author and theatrical actor, director and producer. He was known for performing Comedy, comedic and zarzuela roles in Spain and the Americas, Américas during the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Madrid, where he also died. He was the son of singers and actors Salvador Videgain Gómez and Antonia García de Videgain, Antonia García. Biography Salvador Videgain García had heritage from the Basques, Andaluces and Irish people, Irish. He popularized the following actors in theatre: Ángel de Andrés, Celia Gámez, Rafaela Aparicio, José Álvarez 'Lepe', Teresita Silva, Raquel Daina. Although few people knew, Salvador belonged to one of the most important families in the country. He debuted in the arms of his parents in 1886, first with ''Water Last Year'' (1889), In the time that because this was categorized as frivolous fame got overwhelmed launch the genre of the magazine, which the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciudad Lineal
Ciudad Lineal (, "Linear City") is one of 21 district of Madrid, districts of Madrid, Spain. Geography Wards The district is administratively divided into nine wards: * Atalaya (Madrid), Atalaya * Colina (Madrid), Colina * Concepción (Madrid), Concepción * Costillares (Madrid), Costillares * Pueblo Nuevo (Madrid), Pueblo Nuevo * Quintana (Madrid), Quintana * San Juan Bautista (Madrid), San Juan Bautista * San Pascual (Madrid), San Pascual * Ventas (Madrid), Ventas History Its name, ''Linear City'', comes from the model of organization Linear city (Soria design), of the same name devised by the Spanish architect Arturo Soria y Mata. The ‘Ciudad Lineal’ takes a form of a city 400 meters wide, centered on a tramway (line 70 - closed in 1972) and a thoroughfare running in parallel. The main street in the district, ''calle de Arturo Soria'', bears his name. The city is the current headquarters for the flag carrier airline of Spain, Iberia (airline), Iberia. Mariano B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diva
Diva (, ) is the Latin word for a goddess. Diva is a name from Roman mythology, and is associated with the nouns divus, diva, which means god, goddess, and the adjective divinius, which means divine or heavenly. It has often been used to refer to a celebrated woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, theatre, cinema, fashion and popular music. If referring to an actress, the meaning of ''diva'' is closely related to that of '' prima donna''. Diva can also refer to a person, especially one in show business, with a reputation for being temperamental or demanding. Derivation The word entered the English language in the late 19th century. It is derived from the Italian noun ''diva'', a female deity. The plural of the word in English is "divas"; in Italian, ''dive'' . The basic sense of the term is ''goddess'', the feminine of the Latin word ''divus'' (Italian ''divo''), someone deified after death, or Latin ''deus'', a god. The male form '' divo'' exists in Italian and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Alonso
Francisco Alonso López (9 May 1887 – 18 May 1948) was a Spanish composer of popular theatre music and zarzuelas.Vincent J. Cincotta - Zarzuela, the Spanish lyric theatre: a complete reference 2003 "During his 48-year career, Alonso composed the music for 74 zarzuelas and sainetes liricos, 72 operettas and musical revues, 32 lyrical entremeses and other short musical pieces for the theatre, ..." Alonso's music is funny, cheerful, easy melody and with a popular accent. He excelled in pasodobles and chotis, which he impressed with grace and ease. Many of his works are still highly valued, as the pasacalle ''Los Nardos'', the chotis ''El Pichi'', both from ''Las Leandras'', the chotis ''Tabaco'' and cerillas from the revue ''Las de Villadiego'' or the song ''Maitechu mía'' (both with lyrics by Emilio González del Castillo). He wrote also two pasodobles for fiestas in the city of Alicante, Les Fogueres de Sant Joan, titled ''La festa del poble'', premiered in 1934, and ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
