Cantantes líricas galegas dos séculos XIX e XX. De Galicia aos teatros de Europa, América e África

Abstract

Durante séculos, as mulleres foron protagonistas silenciadas na historia da música. En Galicia, esta invisibilización vese agravada pola escasa documentación colleitada e traballada ata o momento, pola falta de recoñecemento institucional e pola limitada presenza de figuras femininas nos relatos oficiais da historiografía musical. A exposición Cantantes líricas galegas dos séculos XIX e XX. De Galicia aos teatros de Europa, América e África ‒que decorreu no Colexio de Fonseca entre o 4 de outubro e o 16 de novembro de 2024 e viaxou logo (abril-maio de 2025) ao Centro Galego de Lisboa‒ naceu como resposta a esta omisión histórica. O evento e este libro derivado do mesmo recuperan a memoria e poñen en valor a dimensión vital e profesional de vintetrés mulleres extraordinarias, emprendedoras, valentes e protagonistas de éxitos internacionais, que, coa conquista de infinidade de escenarios, contribuíron de forma decisiva á proxección cultural de Galicia moi para alén das súas fronteiras.

For centuries, women have been silenced protagonists in the history of music. In Galicia, this invisibility is exacerbated by the scarcity of documentation collected and analysed to date, by the lack of institutional recognition, and by the limited presence of female figures in the official accounts of music history. The exhibition Galician Opera Singers of the 19th and 20th Centuries: From Galicia to the Theatres of Europe, America and Africa – which took place at the Colexio de Fonseca between 4 October and 16 November 2024 and subsequently travelled (April–May 2025) to the Galician Centre in Lisbon – was conceived as a response to this historical omission. The event and this book, which stems from it, recover the memory and highlight the personal and professional lives of twenty-three extraordinary, enterprising, courageous women who were protagonists of international success and who, by conquering countless stages, contributed decisively to the cultural projection of Galicia far beyond its borders.