Aurora Lacasa (born Paris 24 March 1947) is a popular singer of Aragonese (Spanish) provenance who has made most of her professional career in the German Democratic Republic[1] and, since 1989, in Germany.
Lacasa's translation job with the embassy placed her at the heart of important negotiations for the supply of modern machinery and vehicles, including trucks, to Cuba.
On the train from Berlin she fell into conversation with members of Oktoberklub, a left-leaning politically engaged East German music group then at the height of their success.
[3] With support from the GDR Broadcasting Corporation's youth radio programme, DT64, Lacasa was offered and accepted a training place as a singer at the National Studio for Entertainment Arts.
She also appeared in galas at Berlins's Friedrichstadt-Palast (review theatre), in other television shows such as "Weihnachten in Familie" (1985) and "Lutz und Liebe", and in live events across the country.
Hit songs included titles such as "Das kann doch nur Liebe sein" ("It really can only be love") (with Thomas Lück) and "Wenn die Wandervögel ziehn" ("If the migrating bird calls").
[3] The recording of "Weihnachten in Familie", created by Lacasa and her second husband, Frank Schöbel, and released as an LP in 1985, became East Germany's top selling disc.
In 2009 she was on the road again with her "Spurensuche" ("Looking for the way") solo programme, now incorporating some lighter songs, and not concentrated just on the exuberant Schlager music with which she first built her television career.