Maria Gay (13 June 1879 - 20 July 1943) was a Catalan opera singer, a mezzo-soprano born as Maria de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés. She has sometimes been referred to as Maria Gay Zenatello. is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that...

Maria Gay

According to one story, young Maria was arrested for singing revolutionary or nationalist songs. She defiantly continued to sing them in prison, with a voice so fine she was offered a chance to study bel canto. Download high resolution version (399x732, 105 KB)Maria Gay, from 1909 book Heart Songs This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (399x732, 105 KB)Maria Gay, from 1909 book Heart Songs This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The term Bel Canto may refer to: Belcanto, a vocal technique; or Bel Canto, a novel by Ann Patchett. ...

In 1897 she married Catalan composer Juan Gay Planella. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1902 she debuted in the title role of Carmen in Brussels. She was a hit in the role and became one of the best regarded interpreters of "Carmen" of her era. She reportedly shocked and mesmerized audiences, portraying the gypsy girl as an impudent, magnetic, but coarse and unrefined peasant, eating an orange and spitting out the seeds before singing the famous Habanera. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Poster from the 1875 premiere of Carmen Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. ... For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (L.) Osbeck Orange—specifically, sweet orange—refers to the citrus tree Citrus sinensis (syn. ... The Habanera is an aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, adapted[1] from the habanera El Arreglito originally composed by Sebastián Yradier. ...

In 1906 she debuted at Milan's La Scala, where she met tenor Giovanni Zenatello. Gay and Zenatello would live together the rest of their lives, and were often described as husband and wife, although they may never actually have gotten married, and legally Maria Gay may still have been married to Juan Gay Planella until his death in 1926. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, by night. ... A tenor is a singer with a voice range from approximately C3 (one octave below middle C) to A4 (above middle C) in choral music, or to tenor C (C5, one octave above middle C) or higher in operatic music (see voice type). ... Giovanni Zenatello (2 February 1876 - 11 February 1949) was an Italian opera singer. ... Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She made a series of gramophone records for the Columbia Phonograph Company. Manufacturers put records inside protective and decorative cardboard jackets and an inner paper sleeve to protect the grooves from dust and scratches. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ...

Gay and Zenatello worked to find, help train, and promote promising young singers. Their most famous find was Lily Pons, who the couple managed until Pons and the couple had a falling out. Lily Pons as Rosina Lily Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976) was a French-born U.S. coloratura soprano. ...

Gay and Zenatello set up a home in Manhattan, New York City in 1936, where she lived the rest of her life. For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Maria Gay was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. Hartsdale is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York. ...