María Remolá

María Remolá (7 December 1930 — 9 December 2021) was a Spanish-born Cuban operatic soprano. She was known for her coloratura soprano voice and was nicknamed "the Cuban Nightingale" .

Life and career Remolá was born in 1930 in Barcelona. At the suggestion of an aunt of hers, who recognised her singing, she settled in Havana, Cuba in 1952 to pursue voice lessons, and later became a naturalised citizen. She studied under famed Cuban tenor Francisco Fernández Dominicis. She later settled in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and led a quiet life with teaching. In October 2011, she returned to Havana for an invitation by the UNEAC and the Ópera de la Calle.

Remolá spent her final years in a nursery home in Santo Domingo, where she died on 9 December 2021, two days after her 91st birthday.