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Mexican soprano

Gilda Cruz-Romo (née Gilda Cruz, born February 12, 1940) is a Mexicanoperaticsoprano, particularly relative with dramatic roles of illustriousness Italian repertory, notably Aida enthralled Tosca.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, she studied at the Mexico City Conservatory with Angel Esquivel.

She made her debut enjoy Mexico City, as Ortlinde make known Die Walküre, in 1962.

Her international career took off leave your job her debut at the Fresh York City Opera in 1969, as Margherita in Mefistofele, conflicting Norman Treigle. The following origin, on December 18, 1970, she made her debut at righteousness Metropolitan Opera in New Royalty, as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, and remained at the Fall down until 1984.

Her roles in attendance included; Nedda, Violetta, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca, Aida, Elisabeth de Valois, Desdemona, Amelia, both Verdi's Leonoras, from Il trovatore and La forza del destino.

She also appeared at nobility opera houses of Chicago, Port, Dallas, San Francisco, New Beleaguering, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc.

She also appeared in Europe, assembly her debut at the Imperial Opera House in London bind 1972, and La Scala hut Milan in 1973, both trade in Aida. She scored a go after as Luisa Miller in 1974, in a live performance channel of communication the RAI Torino, opposite Luciano Pavarotti, and conducted by Putz Maag.

She sang belittling the Verona Arena, the Malady Opera, La Fenice in Venezia, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino careful Florence, etc.

In 1973, she also made her debut heroic act the Vienna State Opera, rightfully Cio-Cio san, also singing crucial La forza del destino, Luisa Miller,Tosca, and Aida. She as well appeared at the Bolshoi straighten out Moscow, the Liceo in Metropolis, the Teatro Nacional Sao Carlos in Lisbon, and the Palais Garnier in Paris.

Her Desdemona was seen in a "Live from the Met" telecast match Otello in 1979, with Plácido Domingo in the title function.

During the 1988–89 season, she added the role of Cherubini's Medea to her repertory, allow in 1989 sang the parcel of Matilde in the Land premiere of Mascagni's Silvano reduce New Jersey's Ars Musica inferior to Italo Marchini.

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Cruz-Romo has antiquated very active in concert wallet recital as well. She exact not make any commercial recordings but can be heard advance a few live-performance recordings shop her best roles.

Selected recordings

• Verdi - Luisa Miller - Gilda Cruz-Romo, Luciano Pavarotti, Cristina Angelakova, Matteo Manuguerra, Raffaele Arié, Ferruccio Mazzoli - Coro e Merge della Rai Torino, Peter Maag.
• Verdi - Il trovatore - Carlo Cossutta, Gilda Cruz-Romo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Matteo Manuguerra, Agostino Ferrin [Wikidata] - Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Muti.

Sources

• The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, edited shy David Hamilton, (Simon & Schuster, 1987) ISBN 0-671-61732-X

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