Delia Rigal

Delia Rigal is the stage name of Delia Dominga Mastrarrigo (October 6, 1920 - May 8, 2013), an Argentine soprano with a relevant performance at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in the period 1943-1955, La Scala in Milan and the Metropolitan Opera from New York where she sang for seven consecutive seasons beginning with his debut in 1950.
Biography.
Dramatic soprano spinto, a disciple of Rosalina Crocco, debuted on June 20, 1942 at the Teatro Colón, at age 21. Her main roles were Violetta in La Traviata, Desdemona in Otello and Elisabetta in Don Carlo, this last was the role of her debut in the Metropolitan in New York in 1950 and with whom he said goodbye in April 1957. In that room (and on tours with the company) he sang more than 100 performances such as Nedda, Tosca, Aida, Donna Elvira, Condesa Almaviva , Violetta and Leonora.
At the Teatro Colón she made her debut in 1941 in a small role in Lohengrin, continuing with Diana in Iphigenie that same season. The following year he was part of the second cast of La Traviata and Simon Boccanegra and in 1944 he created the Empress Augusta in Héctor Panizza's opera Byzantium, who also premiered Aurora in 1945. Between 1945 and 1955 it was Armida, Rezia, Manon Lescaut, Iphigénie in Tauride, Aida, Leonora, Alcestes, Countess Almaviva, Thais, Tosca, Maddalena and Fiora. He sang at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Opera in Paris, Havana, the Municipal Theater of Chile, the Teatro Solís in Uruguay. She emigrated for political reasons in 1955, after being displaced from the Colón Theater in September of that year, settling in Long Island, United States.
In 1989 she received the Konex Platinum Award, an important argentine cultural award.