Helena Arizmendi

A student of Maria Barrientos, she made her début in 1945 in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colón where in 1948 she partnered Beniamino Gigli as Mimi in La Bohème.

[4] As a child, Helena Arizmendi began singing popular songs with her mother while living in La Plata where her father was employed.

In 1944, thanks to her good looks and composure, she was given a small singing part in Gólgota, a drama inspired by the Hungarian artist Lajos Vadja.

[4] Arizmendi first sang at the Teatro Colón in 1945 in Gluck's Armida[2][5] but her official début was in 1948 as Mimi in La Bohème, together with Gigli as Rodolfo.

[6] Her recordings include her interpreting Mimi with Gigli in La Bohème and with Maria Callas and Mario del Monaco in Turandot.