Ruth Fernández
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Ruth Fernández was a Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate. According to the "Comisiones Nacionales para la Celebración del Quinto Centenario", she is said to be one of three
Ruth Fernández's grave at Cementerio Civil de Ponce
Antonio Paoli
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Antonio Paoli was a Puerto Rican tenor. At the height of his fame, he was known as "The King of Tenors and The Tenor of Kings." He is considered to be the first Puerto Rican to reach international fam
Ruth Fernández
…commission as one of the three Latin American artists who have contributed the most in uniting Latin America. In 2000, she was paid a tribute in the Antonio Paoli Hall of the Luis A. Ferré Center for the Performing Arts in Puerto Rico. During the tribute she was proclaimed "The Singer of the Century" of Puerto…
Antonio Paoli, tenor operístico puertorriqueño nacido en Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico
His sister Amalia Paoli, an opera soprano
Competitor Caruso who was shareholder at the old New York City Metropolitan Opera House ("The Old Met") made sure Paoli was not allowed to sing at the Met.
Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan has a hall named in Paoli's memory.