In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bordalba and the second or maternal family name is Simón.
Concepció Bordalba i Simón (1866 – 6 June 1910)[1][2][non-primary source needed] was a Catalan operatic soprano who performed under the name Concetta Bordalba outside her native Spain. She spent most of her career in Italy or with touring Italian opera companies and was particularly known for her performances as Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin and Margherita in Boito's Mefistofele.[1][3]
Bordalba was born in Barcelona and studied at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in her native city. While there she sang in the opera Laura Debellan which Marià Obiols had composed especially for the students at the conservatory. By 1881 she had been engaged as a principal soprano for the opera season at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid. After further studies with Federico Blasco in Milan she made her debut in Italian opera houses in 1887, singing Elisabetta in Don Carlo at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and Leonora in Il trovatore in Venice. She went on to sing leading dramatic soprano roles in Italy, as well as appearing with touring Italian opera companies in North America in 1889 and South America in 1892. She also sang in Moscow in 1890 appearing in the title role of Aida and as Valentine in Les Huguenots.[4][1]
In 1894, Bordalba appeared in Naples at the Teatro Mercadante where she sang the title role in the world premiere of Giordano's Regina Diaz[5] and at the Teatro San Carlo where she sang Marguerite in La damnation de Faust. She was at La Scala in Milan in 1896, again singing Marguerite as well as Maria in Mascagni's Guglielmo Ratcliff. Although her career was primarily in Italy or with Italian touring companies, she returned to her native Barcelona in 1897 to sing Leonora in Il trovatore at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and in the 1901/1902 season when she again sang Leonora, as well as Elsa in Lohengrin. She retired from the stage in 1904 and then taught singing at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu where her students included Elvira de Hidalgo who, in turn, became the teacher of Maria Callas. Bordalba died in Barcelona in 1910.[6][1]
concepció, bordalba, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, bordalba, second, maternal, family, name, simón, simón, 1866, june, 1910, primary, source, needed, catalan, operatic, soprano, performed, under, name, concetta, bordalba, outside, native, spai. In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Bordalba and the second or maternal family name is Simon Concepcio Bordalba i Simon 1866 6 June 1910 1 2 non primary source needed was a Catalan operatic soprano who performed under the name Concetta Bordalba outside her native Spain She spent most of her career in Italy or with touring Italian opera companies and was particularly known for her performances as Elsa in Wagner s Lohengrin and Margherita in Boito s Mefistofele 1 3 Concepcio BordalbaBornConcepcio Bordalba i Simon1866Barcelona SpainDied6 June 1910 1910 06 07 aged 43 Barcelona SpainOther namesConcetta BordalbaOccupationOpera singer soprano Life and career EditBordalba was born in Barcelona and studied at the Conservatori Superior de Musica del Liceu in her native city While there she sang in the opera Laura Debellan which Maria Obiols had composed especially for the students at the conservatory By 1881 she had been engaged as a principal soprano for the opera season at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid After further studies with Federico Blasco in Milan she made her debut in Italian opera houses in 1887 singing Elisabetta in Don Carlo at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and Leonora in Il trovatore in Venice She went on to sing leading dramatic soprano roles in Italy as well as appearing with touring Italian opera companies in North America in 1889 and South America in 1892 She also sang in Moscow in 1890 appearing in the title role of Aida and as Valentine in Les Huguenots 4 1 In 1894 Bordalba appeared in Naples at the Teatro Mercadante where she sang the title role in the world premiere of Giordano s Regina Diaz 5 and at the Teatro San Carlo where she sang Marguerite in La damnation de Faust She was at La Scala in Milan in 1896 again singing Marguerite as well as Maria in Mascagni s Guglielmo Ratcliff Although her career was primarily in Italy or with Italian touring companies she returned to her native Barcelona in 1897 to sing Leonora in Il trovatore at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and in the 1901 1902 season when she again sang Leonora as well as Elsa in Lohengrin She retired from the stage in 1904 and then taught singing at the Conservatori Superior de Musica del Liceu where her students included Elvira de Hidalgo who in turn became the teacher of Maria Callas Bordalba died in Barcelona in 1910 6 1 References Edit a b c d Kutsch Karl Josef and Riemens Leo 2004 Bordalba Concetta Grosses Sangerlexikon 4th edition vol 4 p 506 Walter de Gruyter ISBN 359844088X in German Civil Registry of Barcelona Birth 1862 register number 4109 Dead 1910 register number 6507 not specific enough to verify Gran Enciclopedia Catalana Concepcio Bordalba Retrieved 12 November 2017 in Catalan Here her date of birth is given as 13 September 1862 La Correspondencia musical 26 October 1881 Teatro Apolo opera Espanola p 5 Casaglia Gherardo 2005 Regina Diaz 5 March 1894 L Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia in Italian Gran Teatre del Liceu Cronologia Il trovatore 1853 2009 Retrieved 12 November 2017 in Spanish Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Opera Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Concepcio Bordalba amp oldid 1144677469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
