What is Teresa Berganza?
{{Infobox person | honorific-prefix = [[The Most Excellent|Excelentísima Señora]] [[Don (honorific)|Doña]] | name = Teresa Berganza | honorific-suffix = [[Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise|OAXS]] | image = Teresa Berganza 1957.jpg | caption = Berganza in 1957 | birth_name = Teresa Berganza Vargas | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|3|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Madrid]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|5|13|1933|3|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[San Lorenzo de El Escorial]], Spain | occupation = {{hlist|Opera singer|teacher}} | yearsactive = 1955–2022 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Félix Lavilla]]|1957|1977|end=div.}} | website = {{url|http://www.teresaberganza.com/}} }} '''Teresa Berganza Vargas''' <small>[[Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise|OAXS]]</small> (16 March 1933 – 13 May 2022) was a Spanish [[mezzo-soprano]]. She was known for her roles as Rossini's [[The Barber of Seville|Rosina]] and [[La Cenerentola]], and Bizet's [[Carmen]]. She appeared as Zerlina in [[Joseph Losey]]'s [[Don Giovanni (1979 movie)|''Don Giovanni'' movie]] in 1979. She took part in the opening ceremonies of [[Seville Expo '92|Expo '92]] in [[Seville]] and the opening ceremonies of the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona. Berganza died on 13 May 2022 in [[San Lorenzo de El Escorial]], Spain at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20220513/8264098/muere-teresa-berganza-mezzosoprano-cantante-opera.html | title = Muere la mezzosoprano Teresa Berganza | newspaper = La Vanguardia | date = 13 May 2022 | language = es | access-date = 13 May 2022 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berganza, Teresa}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish singers]] [[Category:Spanish stage actors]] [[Category:Spanish movie actors]] [[Category:Actors from Madrid]] {{bio-stub}}