Teresa Berganza
Also known as María Teresa Berganza Vargas, Teresa Berganza Vargas
Spanish mezzo-soprano
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Los Lieder de Gustav y Alma Mahler
- Don Giovanni
- Arias of the 18th century
- Un monde habité par le chant
- Arie italiane barocche
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Film & TV
Acting · Madrid, Spain
Teresa Berganza Vargas OAXS (born 16 March 1935) is a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Bizet. She is admired for her technical virtuosity, musical intelligence, and beguiling stage presence.
Known for
- El corazón del Teatro Real — Self2018
- Grimm — Mother2003
- Cuéntame cómo pasó — Helena Berriatúa2001
- Cuéntame cómo pasó — Marquesa 12001
- Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti — Dorabella1995
- Le monde est à vous — Self1987
- Da Capo — Self1986
- Georges Bizet: Carmen — Carmen1980
Article
Teresa Berganza Vargas OAXS (16 March 1933 – 13 May 2022) was a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with roles such as Rossini's Rosina and La Cenerentola, and later Bizet's Carmen, admired for her technical virtuosity, musical intelligence, and beguiling stage presence.
Berganza was a key singer in a Rossini renaissance which explored less-performed operas and restored the leading roles to mezzo register. She appeared as Zerlina in Joseph Losey's Don Giovanni film in 1979. She participated in the opening ceremonies of the Expo '92 in Seville and of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.