Fanny Anitúa Medrano (22 January 1887 – 4 April 1968)[1] was a renowned Mexican contralto opera singer.

Daughter of Antonio Sarabia Anitúa, who worked in mining, and Josefa Medrano Yanez.

The father moved with his wife and two daughters to Topia, Durango, when Fanny was three years old.

She debuted at Teatro Nazionale in Rome in 1910, singing the role of Orfeo from the eponymous Christoph Willibald Gluck opera.

[3] She has been considered one of the last true contraltos in the history of modern singing with low notes, wide and deep, with a sonorous and extended voice and with a solid technique that allowed her to perform Rossini despite the limited knowledge of coloratura at that time.