Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of a royal hunting lodge, the Palace of Zarzuela, near Madrid, where that type of entertainment was allegedly first presented to the court. The palace in turn was named after the brambles that grew there.
Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington, better known by her stage-name Tongolele, is an American dancer, actress and vedette.
Lilia Guadalupe Mendiola Mayares, better known by her stage name Lyn May, is a Mexican vedette, exotic dancer and actress. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s, a popular sex symbol, and one of the main stars of Ficheras cinema.
Tonadilla was a Spanish musical song form of theatrical origin; not danced. The genre was a type of short, satirical musical comedy popular in 18th-century Spain, and later in Cuba and other Spanish colonial countries.
Meche Barba was a Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumberas film".
The Rumberas film was a film genre that flourished in Mexico's Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Its major stars were the so-called rumberas, dancers of Afro-Caribbean musical rhythms. The genre is a film curiosity, one of the most fascinating hybrids of the international cinema.
The copla, copla andaluza, canción andaluza, canción española, tonadilla or canción folklórica is a form of Spanish popular song, deriving from the poetic form of the same name. Although the genre has a long heritage, it flourished in the 1930s and 1940s, and is epitomized by songwriters Antonio Quintero, Rafael de León and Manuel Quiroga.
Couplets were wittily ambiguous, political, or satirical songs in an number of European countries, usually performed in cabaret settings, usually with refrains, often used as a transition between two cabaret numbers. Couplets could also be independent stage numbers. A coupletist is a poet, singer, or actor who specializes in couplets.
Excitante is an Argentine musical & theatre show that acted in the theatre of Mar del Plata and later Villa Carlos Paz. The show was presented and let by the creators Miguel Ángel Cherutti and Nito Artaza, and also led by vedette, Adabel Guerrero and singer Estela Raval. The show debuted in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires on 2 December 2010, ending in September. The musical's third musical cycle debuted in Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba in December. It has recently finished its fourth and last cycle in the months of April and May, with the death of its lead woman, Raval, on 6 June 2012 in Buenos Aires.
A vedette is the main female artist of a show derived from cabaret and its subcategories of revue, vaudeville, music hall or burlesque. The purpose of the vedette is to entertain and captivate the public. Vedettes are expected to sing, dance and act on stage. Particularly accomplished artistes are considered super vedettes or first vedettes. Vedettes often appear alongside groups of dancers, flashy and revealing costumes, magicians, comedians, jugglers, or even performing animals. Vedettes specializing in burlesque generally do striptease and may also perform nude on stage.
Claudia Ciardone is an Argentine model, theatre actress and vedette who started her career after being the first person to be eliminated in Big Brother season 4 in Argentina, she had a relationship with Ricardo "El comandante" Fort. She was born in Loma Hermosa, Argentina.
Paquita Escribano was a popular Spanish singer. A cupletista and tonadillera, she recorded 39 albums. Among her most popular songs were Ven y ven , El polichinela, El apache moderno, La mariposa, Tirana del Tripilí, La foot-balista, Mimosa, ¿Solo o con leche?, La cucaracha, Zulina, la esclava, Bella samaritana and La guitarra agarena. She retired to Valencia with her husband where she died in 1970.
María Antinea was a Spanish actress, vedette, dancer, cupletista and tonadillera.
María del Rosario Mendoza Chávez was a Mexican vedette, actress, dancer, and singer. During the 1970s–1980s, she was one of the highest grossing artists in the Mexican sex comedy film genre.
Juana Amanda Seux Ramírez, better known as Wanda Seux, was a Paraguayan-Mexican vedette, dancer, and actress, who enjoyed a long career in film, television, and theatre in Mexico.
Thelma Delia Suklenik Snopik, better known by her stage name Thelma Tixou, was a Mexican vedette and actress of Argentine origin. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s, and she became famous worldwide for her role as The Tattooed Woman in Alejandro Jodorowsky's cult classic film Santa Sangre (1989).
Teatro Maipo is a historic theatre in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded in 1908 by entrepreneur Charles Seguin, and was first called the Scala Theater. It later changed its name to the Esmerelda Theatre and eventually to the Maipo theatre. It has closed and reopened several times, most recently in 1994. The history of the Maipo theatre is the subject of a novel by historian Carlos Schwarzer.
Lola Montes was a Spanish singer whose real name was Mercedes Fernández. She began in the artistic world as a dancer at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Later, she performed as a singer in different Zarzuela performances and still later, she was an interpreter of cuplés. On July 20, 1921, she premiered the cuplé El novio de la muerte at the Teatro Vital in Málaga, with lyrics by Fidel Prado Duque and music by Juan Costa Casals, obtaining enormous success. Shortly after, she performed it in Melilla and the song, after being adapted, became the official hymn of the Spanish Legion.
Rosita Rodrigo was a Spanish actress, vedette, dancer and songwriter, highly successful in Spain, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina. Among her most popular songs are the Valencian zarzuela, "Les barraques" and "Muñequita de trapo." She was also linked to politics, such as her relationship with Alfonso XIII.
Teresa Juliana Lucía Maraval Torres was a Spanish tonadillera, cupletista, and actress who also made a career in Argentina. In Spain, she performed in the Teatre Principal, Teatro Romea, and Teatro Maravillas. In Argentina, she was a performer at the Odeon Theater, Teatro Splendid, Teatro Marconi, Teatro Avenida, Teatro Comedia, Teatro Empire, Teatro Nuevo, Teatro Nacional, and Teatro Florida/Galería Güemes. Her film debut occurred in 1929, in La del Soto del Parral.
