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" .
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,[1] [2] and later became a naturalised citizen.[3] She studied under famed Cuban tenor Francisco Fernández Dominicis. She made her professional debut in 1958 with the Aguilá-Martelo company in the title role of Emilio Arrieta's opera Marina.
Remolá returned to Barcelona after decades of living in Cuba to spend time with her dying mother.[4] She later settled in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and led a quiet life with teaching.
On 19 September 2010, an homage gala was held for her at the Sala Máximo Avilés Blonda, of the Palacio de Bellas Artes.[5] [6] [7] In October 2011, she returned to Havana for an invitation by the UNEAC and the Ópera de la Calle.[8]
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.[9]