Enrique Gandía
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Enrique Gandía was a zarzuela tenor active at least from the 1900s to the 1920s. Although he must have
been quite well-known at his time (cf. the above August 1920 magazine cover), his career is all but undocumented. On 22 January 1910 at the
Teatro Real in Madrid, he participated in a "patriotic performance to erect a monument to caporal Noval". On 9 July of the same year at the
Teatro Apolo (in Madrid, as well), he sang Fernando in the world premiere of La reina Mimi by Amadeo Vives. He made recordings for
Gramophone and Odeon between 1905 and 1921, approximately.
Reference 1; reference 2: Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger,
Wien; reference 3; reference 4: Youtube channel "zarzuelaoro"; reference 5: Aria CD
booklet ("50 tenors espanyols")
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I would like to thank Vladinir Efimenko for the recording.
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