Nati Mistral
Nati Mistral ( Natividad Macho Álvarez , born December 13, 1928 in Madrid ; † August 20, 2017 there ) was a Spanish singer and actress .
Life
At the age of twelve, Nati Mistral won a Radio Madrid music competition in which she had taken part without her parents knowing. She then attended the Conservatory and played small roles in classical pieces like Antígona and Don Gil de las calzes verde at the Teatro Español de la Plaza de Santa Ana under the direction of Cayetano Luca de Tena . Together with Tony Leblanc , she became a member of the music group of Lola Flores and Manolo Caracol in 1944 . In 1945 she adopted the stage name Nati Mistral on the occasion of the Nobel Prize award ceremony for Gabriela Mistral . With the song Dos Cruzes she had her first great success as a singer.
Her career as a film actress began in 1947 with films such as La muralla feliz , Oro y marfil and La nao Capitana . With the theater group Los Vieneses she undertook her first tour through Europe. In 1957 Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick wrote the revue Te espero en Eslava for her , which brought her final breakthrough as a singer. Two years later she appeared as Mari Gaila alongside Milagros Leal and Manuel Dicenta and under the direction of José Tamayo in Ramón María del Valle-Inclán's Divinas palabras .
There followed roles and a. in La perríchola by Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena , Fortunata by Benito Pérez Galdós , Zapatera prodigiosa by Federico García Lorca and Medea by Miguel de Unamuno . In addition, she was also active as a film actress. In 1962 she won the gold medal of the Circulo de Bellas Artes . In 1992 she sang with Rocío Jurado and Juana Reina in the Copla andaluza - musical Azabache . In 2006 she received the Premio Mayte de Teatro , the following year the gold medal of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Premio Nacional de Teatro Pepe Isbert .
literature
- Manuel Gómez García: Diccionario del teatro , Ediciones AKAL, 1998, ISBN 9788446008279 , p. 558
- Enrique García-Herreros: Los carteles de cine de Enrique Herreros y otras obras importantes , EDAF, 2007, ISBN 9788441420090 , pp. 228-29
Web links
- Nati Mistral in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nati Mistral at Allmusic (English)
- Nati Mistral at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ El País: Muere Nati Mistral a los 88 años . In: EL PAÍS . August 20, 2017 ( elpais.com [accessed August 20, 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mistral, Nati |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Macho Álvarez, Natividad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish singer and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th August 2017 |
| Place of death | Madrid |