Spanish soprano Consuelo Rubio (above) studied voice in Madrid and came to public attention in 1953 when she won the International Voice Competition at Xinebra.
Her career took her to the Spanish music centers as well as to Aix-en-Provence, Chicago, Vienna, Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Amsterdam, Rome, Brussels, Turin, Buenos Aires, and the Hollywood Bowl; her wide-ranging repertoire included Susanna in NOZZE, Carmen, Mimi, Donna Elvira, Eva in MEISTERSINGER, Elisabetta in DON CARLO, and Strauss's Ariadne.
Consuelo Rubio did not leave many recordings - and some of the ones she did make were only issued on vinyl. But here is a sampling of her spirited, soprano Carmen:
Consuelo Rubio - Seguidilla - CARMEN - Leopold Simoneau
She also Marguerite on the classic Igor Markevitch 1961 recording of Berlioz's DAMNATION DE FAUST:
Consuelo Rubio - D'amour l'ardente flamme ~ DAMNATION DE FAUST
Ms. Rubio passed away in 1981 at the age of 54.
~ Oberon