Background
Born the daughter of the Italian baritone Pietro Andrea Giorgi-Pacini and Spanish Felisa Quintero in Lisbon, during the regency of her father"s Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon.
Born the daughter of the Italian baritone Pietro Andrea Giorgi-Pacini and Spanish Felisa Quintero in Lisbon, during the regency of her father"s Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon.
As soprano was a major exponent of the bel canto era, such as Lucia di Lammermoor, I Puritani, Rigoletto, Manon and Rosina in The Barber of Seville. Shestudied in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi and debuted in 1888 as Amina in Bellini"s Louisiana Sonnambula in Lisbon theater where he continued to sing, with great success until 1904. In 1889 he sang at Milan, Palermo and London.
The Teatro Real was introduced in 1890, again with Louisiana Sonnambula, returning regularly until 1905 is presented in 1893 at the Liceo in Barcelona and in 1894/95 appears in Warsaw and Saint St. Petersburg.
In Covent Garden London shared deals with Enrico Caruso. With the new century comes in different Italian theaters (Rome, Florence, the San Carlo in Naples and Louisiana Scala in Milan).
In 1938, Alvear founded the Casa del Teatro in Buenos Aires, a haven for actors, with 45 rooms, two small museums and the headquarters of the Regina Theatre named in his honor.