Ada Falcon

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Ada Falcon, 1935

Aída Elsa Ada Falcón , or Ada Falcón (born August 17, 1905 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † January 4, 2002 in Salsipuedes , Argentina) was an Argentine tango singer and film actress of the twenties and thirties .

Life

Ada Falcón was born in Buenos Aires in 1905, where she began working in the theater at the age of eleven under the name “La joyita argentina” (the little Argentine jewel). At the age of 13 she appeared in her first film, "El festin de Los Caranchos" (1918).

She has worked in numerous musical performances as well as an actress in various theaters and in films. In 1925, the first tango recordings were made with her as a soloist and with the orchestra of Osvaldo Fresedo for Victor recordings. In 1929 she made recordings for Odeon with Enrique Delfino (piano) and Manuel Parada (guitar).

She became famous as the singer of Francisco Canaro , with whom she also had a turbulent romantic relationship that lasted more than 10 years. During this period she produced more than 100 recordings as a tango singer. Their voices ranged from the mezzo-soprano to the high soprano, which was unusual for the tango singers of the time, who generally had a very sharp voice.

She lived very well, loved luxury and furs, expensive jewelry and fame. From 1930 to 1942 she made more than 200 recordings and was at the height of her artistic work. In 1934 she played a role in the film Idolos de la radio . Because of her outstanding voice and not least because of her capricious personality as a classical diva, she was nicknamed "La Emperatriz del Tango" (The Empress of Tango).

In 1942 she suddenly withdrew from public life, lived in isolation in her house and avoided any contact with the outside world. The cause of all of this is a secret she never talked about. Many speculated that it could be related to the disappointed love for Canaro (who was married and could not bring himself to a divorce).

After a while she lived withdrawn and under simple conditions in a monastery in the hills of Córdoba (Argentina) . At the age of 96, she died on January 4, 2002 in a nursing home near Cosquín and found her final resting place in the Cementerio de la Chacarita just a few meters from Canaro's grave.

Film documents

Lorena Muñoz and Sergio Wolf released their documentary film "Yo no se que me han hecho tus ojos" ("I don't know what your eyes did to me") in 2003, which contains information about Ada Falcón's life and probably the last recordings before hers Includes death. In 1942 she had banned her from taking photos. In addition, she rarely gave interviews. The film title alludes to the Tango Vals that Canaro wrote (unusually including text) for Ada Falcón, probably not only for commercial-musical, but also for romantic reasons. The best-known recording dates from 1930 (with Ada Falcón and the Canaro Orchestra). The Vals is now an integral part of Argentine songs and the story of the Ada and Francisco affair is also very well known in Argentina. In 2010 it was filmed by Adrián Caetano as an episode of a television series (with limited reference to reality) under the name: "Lo que el tiempo nos dejó: Te quiero".

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