Ángela Peralta was an operatic soprano of international fame and a leading figure in the operatic life of 19th-century Mexico. Called the "Mexican Nightingale" in Europe, she had already sung to accla
Ángela Peralta Castera
Ángela Peralta circa 1875
Proscenium and stall of the Ángela Peralta Theater in Mazatlán
Aniceto de los Dolores Luis Gonzaga Ortega del Villar was a Mexican medical doctor, composer, and pianist. Although he had a distinguished career as a physician and surgeon, he is also remembered toda
Ángela Peralta
…the leading female roles in three operas by Mexican composers: Ildegonda (1866) and Gino Corsini (1877) by Melesio Morales, and Guatimotzin (1871) by Aniceto Ortega del Villar. There are several tributes to Peralta across Mexico. Among them is the Ángela Peralta Esplanade, a pedestrian corridor connecting the Palacio de Bellas…
Aniceto Ortega Villar (1825–1875)
Ortega, Aniceta, fl. ca. 1860.
Sheet music for Zaragoza and Brillante, published in 1875 by Pond & Co, New York