Rosario García Orellana (October 2, 1905 Havana – November 3, 1997 New York City) was a Cuban coloratura soprano. Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona composed Escucha al Ruiseñor (Listen to the Nightingale) for her which she recorded, among other Cuban music, in New York City for RCA Victor. She was thereafter known as Cuba's nightingale.
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2 October 1905 Madrid
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Died |
3 November 1997 (aged 92)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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