MARIA BARRIENTOS - Wahnsinnsarie - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

Maria Barrientos, “Alfin son tua“ (Wahnsinnsscene) aus LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti) Barrientos was born in Barcelona on 10 March 1883. She received a thorough musical education (piano and violin) at the Music Conservatory, before turning to vocal studies with Francisco Bonet. She made her debut at the Teatro Novedades in Barcelona, as Ines in L’Africaine, in March 10th 1898, aged only 15, quickly followed by the role of Marguerite de Valois in Les Huguenots. She was immediately invited to all the major