Yma Sumac

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Peruvian person human recording artist soprano singer

Yma Sumac was a renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized "Incan princess" persona in mid-20th-century popular and classical music.

Observed surface forms (1)

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Ymma Sumack 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Peruvian person ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
soprano singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940 ⓘ
alternativeName Imma Sumack ⓘ
associatedWith exotica music movement ⓘ
birthDate 1922-09-13 ⓘ
birthName Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo ⓘ
birthPlace Ichocán, Cajamarca, Peru ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Peru ⓘ
deathDate 2008-11-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
familyName Chávarri del Castillo ⓘ
genre Latin music ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
exotica ⓘ
world music ⓘ
givenName Zoila ⓘ
hasOnlineEncyclopediaEntry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yma_Sumac ⓘ
heritage Andean ⓘ
influenced later world music vocalists ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
memberOf Trío Suramericano ⓘ
notableFor Incan princess stage persona ⓘ
extraordinary vocal range ⓘ
notableWork Fuego del Ande ⓘ
Inca Taqui ⓘ
Legend of the Sun Virgin ⓘ
Mambo! ⓘ
Voice of the Xtabay ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
performedIn Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
placeOfBurial Hollywood Forever Cemetery ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
spouse Moisés Vivanco ⓘ
stageName Yma Sumac self-link ⓘ
vocalRange often claimed as five octaves ⓘ
over four octaves ⓘ
vocalType coloratura soprano ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imma Sumack → alsoKnownAs → Yma Sumac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ymma Sumack
Imma Sumack → alternateNameOf → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Inca Taqui → artist → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Legend of the Sun Virgin → artist → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Mambo! → artist → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Voice of the Xtabay → artist → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Moisés Vivanco → associatedWith → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Zoila → birthNameOf → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Fuego del Ande → composer → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Trío Suramericano → hasMember → Yma Sumac ⓘ
subject surface form: Ichocán
Chávarri del Castillo → isUsedBy → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Fuego del Ande → performer → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Inca Taqui → performer → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Mambo! → performer → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Voice of the Xtabay → performer → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Fuego del Ande → recordedBy → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Moisés Vivanco → spouse → Yma Sumac ⓘ
Yma Sumac → stageName → Yma Sumac self-link ⓘ