- Oralia Dominguez
Oralia Dominguez (born
25 October 1925 ) is a Mexicanopera ticmezzo-soprano who has performed at many of the world's leadingopera house s.She was born in the city of San Luis Potosí in northern Mexico and studied at the National Conservatory of Music where she made the acquaintance of the composer
Carlos Chavez who championed her career. She made her professional stage debut at the Mexico City Opera in 1950.In 1951 she sang the role of Amneris in
Aida for the first time at thePalacio de Bellas Artes inMexico City withMaria Callas ,Mario del Monaco andGiuseppe Taddei under the direction of Italian conductorOliviero De Fabritiis . A recording of this performance has circulated since that time and is still regarded as one of the most exciting performances of this very popular opera on record.She made her European debut in 1953 at
London 'sWigmore Hall . In the same year she first appeared atLa Scala ,Milan , inAdriana Lecouvreur , and performed with the company inVerdi 's Requiem at theLucerne Festival . She recorded the Requiem the following year under the direction ofVictor de Sabata . In 1954, she appeared throughout Europe with such conductors asTullio Serafin ,Igor Markevitch ,Paul Kletzki andHerbert von Karajan . In 1955, she made her debut at theRoyal Opera House Covent Garden singing the role of Madame Sosostris in the world premiere ofMichael Tippett 'sThe Midsummer Marriage . Also in England, she appeared at Glyndebourne in the late 1950s as Isabella inL'italiana in Algeri and Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, and at Covent Garden in the latter role in 1967-8.Recordings
She performed the role of Erda in von Karajan's recording of
Wagner 's Ring with theBerlin Philharmonic . Her other recordings include "Aida", "La Gioconda", "Il tabarro", Verdi's "Requiem", Rossini's "Petite messe solennelle", and De Falla's "El amor brujo".References
*cite book | last = Sadie| first = Stanley (ed)| year = 1992| title = The
New Grove Dictionary of Opera | publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Oxford| id = ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2
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