Oralia Dominguez
Born: 25th October 1925, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Died: 25th November 2013, Milan, Italy
Nationality: Mexican
Oralia Dominguez was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 1925 and made her operatic debut in in a small role in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut in 1945. In 1950 she sang Amneris opposite the Aida of Maria Callas in Mexico City, and by the mid-1950s was a firm favourite in the UK following a sensational debut at the Wigmore Hall; in 1955 she created the role of Madame Sosostris in Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage at Covent Garden.