Rita Montaner Musical artist

Rita Montaner, born Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (21 October 1900 – 17 April 1958), was a Cuban singer, pianist, actress and star of stage, film, radio and television. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette (a star), and she was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on various occasions. She was probably the best-loved female star in Cuba of the period 1920–1960; they called her Rita de Cuba. Though classically trained, her mark was made as a singer of Afro-Cubanist salon songs.She was one of three great musicians born in the small town of Guanabacoa in the province of Havana; the others were Bola de Nieve and Ernesto Lecuona. The lives of the three friends were connected professionally; they worked together many times.

Personal facts

Rita Montaner
Alias (AKA)Rita de Cuba
Birth dateOctober 21, 1900
Birth place
Havana , Cuba , Guanabacoa
Date of deathApril 17, 1958
Place of death
Havana , Cuba

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Musical artist

Career started1920
Career ended1958
associated musical artist
Bola de Nieve
Ernesto Lecuona
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Zarzuela

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