Maruja Troncoso Ortega

Maruja Troncoso Ortega (born 18 January 1937) is a Spanish lyric soprano and professor of singing.

Maruja Troncoso Ortega
Born
María Josefa Troncoso Ortega

(1937-01-18) 18 January 1937
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Alma materSeville Higher Conservatory of Music
OccupationSinger, professor

Biography

Maruja Troncoso Ortega was born into a family with a close relationship to music. Her father, Claudio Troncoso, was a violinist and director of the Municipal Band of Arcos de la Frontera. From a young age she felt attracted to show business, becoming part of the Friends of Art Society of Jerez and acting in several amateur theater productions at the Teatro Villamarta in Jerez de la Frontera.

She studied violin with José Martínez Carmé and sang with Francisco Martín Soto, presenting herself as a free student for exams for the Middle Degree of violin and Superior Degree of singing at the Seville Higher Conservatory of Music, obtaining the Extraordinary End of Course Award in the specialty of singing.

Her debut as a singer was at the Jerez Orfeón, with whom she participated in numerous concerts: zarzuelas, sacred music, and some novelties such as Las tres Cantigas de Alfonso X el Sabio.[1] She also appeared with the group Aficionados Líricos Reunidos,[2] who performed every Sunday at the Teatro Villamarta, promoted by Agustín Brotón.

In concert, 7 July 1966

At 28, Troncoso moved to Madrid, looking for new horizons to develop her career, and continued studying with Miguel García Barroso. She responded to the public call for admission to the RTVE Choir, obtaining a place. There she had the opportunity to sing under the baton of Igor Markevitch, Nadia Boulanger, Odón Alonso, Ros Marbá, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and García Asensi, among others. In 1967 she joined the Compañía Lírica Amadeo Vives, directed by José Tamayo, performing at Summer Festivals in Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville, with the Antología de la Zarzuela for several years. She was later part of the Compañía del Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid.

She obtained the position of professor of singing at the Conservatory of Seville in 1982,[3] and was subsequently promoted to the chair. She has collaborated on the selection of the members of the Teatro Villamarta Choir in Jerez, where she taught a singing course.

She published a master lesson, La voz humana y el canto lírico (ISBN 9788493121327), in 2000.[4]

She has been a member of the Royal San Dionisio Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters since 2001.[5]

Repertoire

Zarzuelas
  • "La verbena de la Paloma"
  • "La revoltosa"
  • "La del manojo de Rosas"
  • "La reina Mora"
  • "Agua, azucarrillos y aguardiente"
  • "Los gavilanes"
  • "La viejecita"
  • "La canción del olvido"
  • "La corte de Faraón"
  • "La Tabernera del Puerto"
  • "Bohemios"
  • "La Parranda"
  • "Pan y Toros"
  • "Luisa Fernanda"
  • "El Caserío"

Operettas

Notable students
  • Rosa María de Alba, soprano[7]
  • Elisa Beltrán, soprano[8]
  • Rosario Hidalgo López, director of the Triarte Center for Artistic Studies[9]
  • Angel Hortas, musical director of the Cathedral of Jerez and organist[10]
  • Pilar Marchena, flamenco singer-songwriter[11]
  • Alicia Molina García, soprano[12]
  • Amanda Serna, soprano[13]
  • María del Valle Duque Vassal'lo[14]

References
  1. de la Plata, Juan (1 February 2012). "Tres cantigas del Rey Sabio". Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. "Los 'ases líricos' jerezanos". Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). 29 September 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. "Resolución plazas del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Sevilla" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (169): 19220. 15 July 1982. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. "La voz humana y el canto lírico Conservatorio Superior de Música 'Manuel Castillo' de Sevilla: acto de apertura del curso académico 1995/96: lección magistral a cargo de la catedrática de canto Maruja Troncoso Ortega" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  5. "Académicos Correspondientes" (in Spanish). Royal San Dionisio Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. "Festivales de España". ABC (in Spanish). 4 July 1968. p. 85. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. "Hoy, concierto de la Bética Filarmonica en la Catedral, dirigida por Francisco J. Gutiérrez Juan" [Today, Concert By the Bética Philharmonic in the Cathedral, Directed by Francisco J. Gutiérrez Juan] (in Spanish). Arte Sacro. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  8. "Nacida para cantar y presentar" [Born to Sing and Present]. Huelva Información (in Spanish). 19 December 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  9. "Rosario Hidalgo López. Directora, Iniciación a la Música, Lenguaje Musical, Coro" (in Spanish). Triarte Center for Artistic Studies. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  10. "Curriculum Vitae de Ángel Hortas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal San Dionisio Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  11. "Pilar Marchena" (in Spanish). El Arte de Vivir el Flamenco. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  12. Gallego Morales, Sebastian Manuel (13 April 2016). De música y músicos [Of Music and Musicians] (in Spanish). Liber Factory. p. 364. ISBN 9788499495156. Retrieved 15 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  13. "Amanda Serna" (in Spanish). El Arte de Vivir el Flamenco. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  14. "Curso de Canto" [Singing Course] (in Spanish). Juventudes Musicales de España. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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