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Avelina Carrera
Andrea Avelina Carrera (1871–1939) was a Spanish
Avelina Carrera
operatic soprano who frequently performed at the Gran Teatro
del Liceo in Barcelona. It was there she made her debut in
1889 as Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin as a substitute, receiving
enthusiastic reviews. In the 1890s, she toured Spain but also
appeared in Italy and Portugal, while in the early 1900s she
performed in Latin America. In March 1896, at Milan's La
Scala she appeared in the world premiere of Umberto
Giordano's Andrea Chénier, creating the role of Maddalena.
On retiring in 1910, she trained students in Barcelona.

Contents
Early life and education
Career
References
Born Andrea Avelina
External links
Carrera y Terris
2 January 1871

Early life and education Barcelona, Spain

Died 25 February 1939
Born on 2 January 1871 in Barcelona, Andrea Avellina Carrera (aged 68)

y Terris studied first under Esteban Puig and the tenor G. Rubí, Barcelona,
Tintorer but then went on to spend three years as a pupil of Spain
the composer and conductor Juan Goula.[1] When she was
Occupation Operatic soprano
only 16, Goula arranged for her to sing in concerts.[2]
Voice teacher

Career Organization Liceu

In November 1889 at the Liceu in Barcelona, Goula managed to have Carrera, now 18, stand in for
an indisposed Medea Borelli in the role of Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin.[2] Her professional
performance was such a huge success for a debutante that not only did she receive enthusiastic
reports from the critics but the audience even suggested she should continue to replace Borelli.[2]
Other successes in Barcelona included Margherita in Gounod's Faust in April 1890 and in May,
Catherine in the Spanish premiere of Bizet's La jolie fille de Perth for which she received not only
an ovation but was inundated with flowers, fans and other gifts.[2]

In 1893, Carrera sang in Naples' Teatro di San Carlo, first appearing once more in the role of
Elsa,[1] then on 1 April as Zelica in the world premiere of Daniele Napoletano's Il profeta velato del
Korosan.[1][3] At the end of the year, at the Teatro de São Carlos in Lisbon, she appeared as
Brünnhilde in Wagner's Die Walküre,[1] remaining in early 1894 to perform the title role in Verdi's
Aida, Rachel in Halévy's La Juive and Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff.[2]

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In March 1896, at Milan's La Scala she created the role of Maddalena in the world premiere of
Giordano's Andrea Chénier, alongside Giuseppe Borgatti in the title role,[1] remaining for a total of
11 performances.[2] Back in Barcelona, at the Liceu in 1898 she appeared in Verdi's Otello and
created the role of Criseide in Rubinstein's Néron. In February 1900, she appeared first in Turin
with 11 performances of Lohengrin and then in Argentina where from May to August at the Teatro
de la Ópera in Buenos Aires she appeared in Verdi's Aida, in Andrea Chenier, in Gounod's La
reine de Saba[1] and in the local premiere of Alberto Franchetti's Cristoforo Colombo.[1][2] She
also appeared that year as a guest performer in Havana and Mexico City and in 1901 in Cairo.[1]
She created the title role of Bruniselda by the Catalan composer Enric Morera in 1904. In 1907 and
1908 she took part in a series of recording sessions in Milan for Fonotipia. From 1909, she trained
students in Barcelona including the coloratura soprano Margarita Salvi.[2]

Avelina Carrera died in Rubí near Barcelona on 25 February 1939, aged 68.[1][2]

References
1. Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). Carrera, Avelina (https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq
_5dFeL0C&pg=PA736). Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. p. 736.
ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
2. Dzazópulos, Juan (September 2017). Avelina Carrera. The Record Collector, Vol. 62 Issue 3.
p. 128-149.
3. "Il profeta velato del Korasan" (https://opac.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/bncf-prod/resource?uri=MUS028
0225&v=l&dcnr=7) (in Italian). Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

External links
Search Results for Avelina Carrera, soprano (https://charm.rhul.ac.uk/discography/search/sear
ch_advanced?operatorSel_0=and&parameterSel_0=performer&parameterKey_0=artist_00363
3&parameterKeyTxt_0=Avelina%20Carrera,%20soprano) charm.rhul.ac.uk
"Avelina Carrera (Soprano)" (http://forgottenoperasingers.blogspot.com/2013/11/avelina-carrer
a-soprano-barcelona-1871.html). Forgotten Opera Singers. 19 November 2013.
Avelina Carrera, Poveri fiori (Adriana Lecouvreur) [1908] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q
rPGJ8e6o44) on YouTube

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