Paloma San Basilio
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Paloma San Basilio is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a Spanish
Spain
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singer. Although she was born in Madrid, at the age of 6 months the family moved to Sevilla ( Andalucia region of Spain), where she was raised till the age of 8. Her family then moved to Lugo
Lugo
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:...
in Galicia.
She starred in the Spanish language premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Weber's Evita at Teatro Monumental in Madrid. The show later transferred to Barcelona and certain cities in Latin America. She represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge"....
in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
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, with the ballad "La fiesta terminó
La fiesta terminó
"La fiesta terminó" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed in Spanish by Paloma San Basilio....
" (The party ended), and finished 14th. She also starred in highly acclaimed Madrid productions of Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote...
and My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
, and Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria (musical)
Victor/Victoria is a musical with a book by Blake Edwards, music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and additional musical material by Frank Wildhorn...
.
She recorded several tracks with Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...
and a particularly notable duet version of 'Soledad' by Emilio Jose.
Discography
- Sombras (1975)
- Donde Vas (1977)
- En Directo (En vivo) (1978)
- Beso a beso... dulcemente (1979)
- Evita (musical) (1980)
- Ahora (1981)
- Dama (1982)
- Al Este del Edén (1994)
- Como un Sueño (1995)
- Clásicamente Tuya
- El Hombre de la Mancha (musical) (1998)
- Los diez de Paloma San Basilio (2002)
- Invierno Sur (2007)
- Encantados (2008)