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Birthday
*** ,1922
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Death day
November 1, 2008 (86 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
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Celebrities born on September 13
Born in 1922
Born in Cajamarca, Peru
Virgo named Yma
Opera Singers from Peru
Opera Singers born in Peru
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Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac is a Peruvian soprano coloratura soprano. She was one of the most famous representatives of exotic music in the 1950s. Sumac became an international success thanks to her amazing voice. According to some reports, she is 5 octaves tall, but others record 4 and a half intervals at the peak of her singing career. On a live recording of "Chuncho", she sang a scale on four and a half octaves, from B₂ to G♯₇. She can sing notes on the pitches of a low male voice as well as the notes on the pitch of a normal soprano. The bass and treble can be heard in the song "Chuncho". She also seems to be able to sing in a remarkable "double voice". In 1954, music critic and composer Virgil Thomson described Sumac's voice as "very deep and warm, very high and like a bird", noting that his range "was very close to five octaves. But by no means inhumane or lavish in the "sound.
Birth nameZoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo
BornSeptember 10, 1922, Callao, Lima, Peru
DiedNovember 1, 2008, Los Angeles, California, United States
GenresExotica, world, mambo, lounge
Occupation(s)Singer, artist
InstrumentsVoice, sopranino, soprano, mezzosoprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, bass
Years active1942–2006

About Yma Sumac

Opera Singer Yma Sumac was born in Cajamarca, Peru on September 13, 1922. She dies at the age of 86, on November 1, 2008.

Sumac, sometimes known as The Peruvian Songbird, was a soprano with a five-octave range who produced the single"Mambo!".

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Yma Sumac before becoming famous

Yma Sumac was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1922 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Her big break came as a result of her friendship with bandleader Moises Vianco.

Achievement of Yma Sumac

In the 1950s, she was a big fan of exotica music.

Yma Sumac's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

On June 6, 1942, she married Moises Vivanco, and they remarried the following year after their divorce in 1957.

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She appeared on TV Show Host David Letterman's Late Show in 1987.

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Yma Sumac Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Yma Sumac updated on March 13 2023.