Conchita Supervia

A vivacious singer whose dusky voice was an acquired taste for many listeners, Conchita Supervia was an inimitable interpreter of mezzo soprano roles in the early nineteenth century repertory long before great bel canto revival of the 1950s. Her exceedingly rapid vibrato disturbed some, but added to the piquancy of her interpretations. Moreover, she was always an engaging personality on-stage. After training at the Colegio de las Damas Negras in her native Barcelona, Supervia made an early stage debut. Although the opera was an obscure one by Stiattessi and the role a small ...