Oralia Dominguez (25 October 1925 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico – 25 November 2013 in Milan, Italy) was a Mexican operatic mezzo soprano, or contralto, who performed at many of the world's leading opera houses.
[1] She was born in the city of San Luis Potosí in northern Mexico and studied at the National Conservatory of Music where she made the acquaintance of the composer Carlos Chavez who championed her career.
In 1955, she made her debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden singing the role of Madame Sosostris in the world premiere of Michael Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage.
Her other recordings, mainly live performances, include Samson et Dalila, Aida, La Gioconda (La Cieca), Il tabarro, Un ballo in maschera, Trovatore, Tippett's Midsummer Marriage (Madame Sosostris), Verdi's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle, De Falla's El amor brujo, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Brahms's Alto Rhapsody.
On DVD is found a 1958 performance from Naples of La forza del destino, with the contralto as Preziosilla, opposite Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Franco Corelli, Boris Christoff, and Renato Capecchi.