Elisa Zamacois

Elisa Pedra Zamacois y Zabala (29 April 1838 in Bilbao – November 1915 in Buenos Aires) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was half-sister of the writer Niceto de Zamacois, and sister of the painter Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, and the actor Ricardo Zamacois, and also was aunt of the writers Miguel Zamacoïs and Eduardo Zamacois, and the music composer Joaquín Zamacois.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zamacois and the second or maternal family name is Zabala.
Elisa Zamacois
Elisa Zamacois portrait c. 1850
Born
Elisa Pedra Zamacois y Zabala

(1838-04-29)29 April 1838
Bilbao
DiedNovember 1915 (aged 77)
Buenos Aires
Occupation(s)Singer and actress

Biography

Elisa Pedra Zamacois y Zabala was born on 29 April 1838 in Bilbao, daughter of Miguel Antonio de Zamacois y Berreteaga, and his second wife, Ruperta María del Pilar de Zabala y Arauco.

Her family moved to Madrid,[1] where worked at Teatro de la Zarzuela.[2][3] She played Galatea in the homonym play along Modesto Landa (Pygmalion), Vicente Caltañazor (Midas) and Emilio Carratalá (Ganymede).[4]

Between 1859 and 1884 she wrote Cartas de Elisa de Zamacois a Francisco A. Barbieri.[5] She was the sister of the actor Ricardo.[6]

References
  1. de Cárlos, D. Abelardo (25 January 1871). "Ilustración Española y Americana". La Ilustración Española y Americana. 15 (1): 56.
  2. Vallejo y Galeazo, José. "Retrato de Elisa Zamacois". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Martínez Olmedilla, Augusto (20 April 1924). "Blanco y Negro". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. p. 47. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. "Galatea, zarzuela en dos actos, en verso, arreglada a la escena española por don Francisco Camprodon y don Emilio Álvarez, música de maestro Víctor Massé. Representada por primera vez en el teatro de la Zarzuela el 7 de febrero de 1868". Teatro Español. 37. 1839.
  5. "Zamacois, Elisa (ca. 1840–1915)". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. "Blanco y negro". Blanco y Negro. 38. 1928.
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