Andrés Marín He was born in Teruel on 4 February 1843 and died in Madrid on 27 July 1896. He was admitted to the Madrid conservatory in 1862 and studied with José Inzenga, composer of many zarzuelas. He made his debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid in 1866 as a second tenor. He sang in Robert le diable, Le prophète, Saffo and Guillaume Tell. He soon graduated to principal parts. In the mid-1870s, Marín had tremendous successes in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. On December 6th, 1876 he had a triumph in Moscow in Aida with Adelina Patti and Mariano de Padilla. The same singers sang with him in Il trovatore and Linda di Chamounix. On December 19th, 1876 Marín sang Don Carlo in Moscow with Teresa Stolz, Mariano de Padilla, Cary, Jamet and Bossi. Marín was particularly applauded in the final duet with Stolz. He also sang Arnold in Moscow. During the same period, Marín had great success at Covent Garden, too: in May 1876, Marín appeared in Don Pasquale with Antonio Cotogni and the basso Giuseppe Ciampi. He sang in Il trovatore with Adelina Patti, Francesco Graziani and Sofia Scalchi. London further witnessed his interpretations in Martha, Guillaume Tell and I puritani. In 1878, Marín sang at the Tacon in Havana, and in Argentina. In 1880, he married the soprano Elisa Villar y Jurado. With the soprano Volpini, Marín sang in I puritani at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Palermo and at the Donizetti in Bergamo. The Italians used to call him Marini. This caused some confusion as Marín and Marini were sometimes thought to be two different tenors. He left the stage in 1890. Marín was a specialist of Arnold. Picture source: Eco de Teruel, 6 April 2014 |