Operatic lyric soprano Victoria de los Ángeles - born Victoria de los Ángeles
López Garcia in Barcelona, Spain on November 1, 1923 – is now acknowledged as
one of the greatest voices of the 20th century. Encouraged by her father to
follow music as a career, she studied voice at the Barcelona Conservatory for
three years, graduating in 1941. She made her operatic debut at the Liceu in
Barcelona the year she graduated and returned four years later to the same venue
to make her professional debut. She won first prize at the Geneva International
Music Competition in 1947, which led t...