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Pilar Lorengar | |
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Born | Lorenza Pilar García Seta 16 January 1928 Zaragoza, Kingdom of Spain |
Died | 2 June 1996 Berlin, Germany | (aged 68)
Occupation | Soprano singer |
Years active | 1949–1991 |
Organization | Deutsche Oper Berlin |
Title | Kammersängerin |
Spouse | Jürgen Schaff |
Awards | Order of Merit of Berlin, Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts (1991) |
Lorenza Pilar García Seta (16 January 1928 – 2 June 1996), known professionally as Pilar Lorengar, was a Spanish (Aragonese) soprano. She was best known for her interpretations of opera and the Spanish genre Zarzuela, and as a soprano she was known for her full register, a youthful timbre as well as a distinctive vibrato.[1]