Enrique Gandía
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")
Picture source
In RA format
| Enrique Gandía sings | La fosca: Ay, infeliz! morir así
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| La fosca, a zarzuela by Luis Arnedo, is a parody of Tosca; but as you'll hear, it includes Aida as
well as "Musica proibita" all in one go. Gandía sang in the work's 1905 world premiere in Madrid. |
I would like to thank Anton Bieber for the recordings and label scans (La fosca, Jota aragonesa).
I would like to thank Vladimir Efimenko for the recording (La bruja).
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