Ada Navarrete

Ada Navarrete was from Mérida, Yucatán, the daughter of Rodolfo Navarrete Sosa (a lawyer) and Leonor Tappan Polanco. Dates of her birth vary from 1880 to 1893 in sources.[https://books.google.com/books?id=wew6AQAAMAAJ&dq=Ada+Navarrete&pg=RA7-PA18 "New Prima Donna Coloratura from Yucatan"], Musical Courier (August 23, 1917): 18."Yucatan Sends Star" The New York Times (August 26, 1917): 78. {{ProQuest| }}

Navarrete, a coloratura soprano, began as a professional singer in Mexico City. She headlined her own touring company, managed by her husband.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gk80AQAAMAAJ&dq=Ada+Navarrete+opera&pg=RA15-PA2 "Soprano from Yucatan Claims Admiration of our Opera-Goers"] Musical America (September 8, 1917): 2.Mariano del Cueto, [http://www.proopera.org.mx/pasadas/sepoct7/revista/38-memorias-ada-sep15.pdf "Ada Navarrete: La soprano mexicana que cantó con Caruso"] Pro Ópera (September 2015): 38–40. She became a member of the Boston Grand Opera in 1917, promoted along with Tamaki Miura by opera impresario Max Rabinoff,[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23638689/ada_navarrete_1917/ "Navarrete is Making Good"] El Paso Herald (July 10, 1917): 12. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} to emphasize Boston's international company."One Hundred Cities in Boston Opera's Itinerary" Musical America (October 20, 1917): 10.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23638744/ada_navarrete_1917/ "Rabinoff Brings out New Soprano"] Tampa Times (September 29, 1917): 14. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} Her American debut came as Gilda in Rigoletto that year. "Navarrete's voice is rather light in the lower register," explained one critic, "but this is more than atoned for by its marked sweetness in the upper."[https://books.google.com/books?id=wew6AQAAMAAJ&dq=Ada+Navarrete&pg=RA20-PA7 "'Butterfly' Begins Boston Opera Company's Season"] Musical Courier (November 15, 1917): 7. She also sang the parts of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1917.[https://books.google.com/books?id=wew6AQAAMAAJ&dq=Ada+Navarrete&pg=RA26-PA15 Advertisement], Musical Courier (December 27, 1917): 15. She had a contract with the Metropolitan Opera in New York,[https://books.google.com/books?id=CVczAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ada+Navarrete+Carrasco&pg=PR180 "Personal Notes"] The South American (October 1919): 13.Jacob Warshaw, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AnFnAAAAMAAJ&dq=Ada+Navarrete+opera&pg=PA255 The New Latin America] (Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1922): 255. and sang with Enrico Caruso when he toured Mexico in 1919. She also sang in Havana and Montreal.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23638550/ada_navarrete_1920/ "Ada Navarrete to Sing Here After Notable Successes in Four Countries; Loves El Paso"] El Paso Herald (September 17, 1920): 5. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}

Ada Navarrete married Honorato Carrasco. They had six children, including two daughters who became actresses, Ada Carrasco (1912–1994) and Queta Carrasco (1913–1996). Navarrete died in 1967, in Mexico City.Fernando Muñoz Castillo, [http://www.poresto.net/ver_nota.php?zona=yucatan&idSeccion=33&idTitulo=320945 "Adda Navarrete, la distinta prima donna"] Por Esto!.

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• Jaime Said, [http://saidretro.blogspot.com/2014/10/caruso-en-mexico.html "Caruso en Mexico"] Said Retro (October 4, 2014).

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Category:Singers from Yucatán (state)

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