In 1949 Victoria de los Angele's sang in a broadcast by the BBC of La Vida Breve by Manuel De Falla.
Also in 1949,Victoria de los Angeles recorded Clavelitos and other songs with Gerald Moore as the piano accompanist.
After that------the rest is history----the Met,Covent Garden,La Scala--WORLDWIDE!
Her extensive operatic repertoire extended from La Traviata, Carmen,La Boheme, Butterfly,Manon,. Don Giovanni, The Barber of Seville, Pelleas and Melisande,Marguerite in Faust,Marriage of Figaro, to Dido and Aeneas with Sir John Barbirolli conducting.
The Spanish song Clavelitos became one of her very popular Recital encores.
MAIN PHOTO is Victoria de los Angeles with her younger son Alejandro who lived in Barcelona.
The CD photo is from the Catalonia Downe's Syndrome Foundation.
The Foundation Victoria de los Angeles is based in Barcelona-----they have many photos and an-online shop.
Victoria de los Angeles. Born and died in Barcelona. 1923-2005
