Carmen AÃda Barros Alfonso (born 7 January 1925) is a prominent
Chilean actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera. In
addition, she is a professor of acting perception, diction, and vocal
projection, and a theater and opera director. She is known for being
the first to portray the character Carmela in the Isidora Aguirre play
La pérgola de las flores [es] in 1960.Carmen Barros is the elder of
two siblings. Because of her father's military profession, which
caused him to be sent on missions in Germany, as well as to different
garrisons in the country, Carmen never stayed more than seven months
at one school. She lived between Santiago, other cities of the
country, Peru, and Europe, and learned to speak German before
Spanish.However, she attended the French Nuns, a women's college where
she was the "wild card" of the course for any artistic competition
involving dancing or acting.When she was 14 her father was assigned as
Chilean ambassador to Germany, and that change marked her life. It was
1940 and World War II was in full development. A lot of people Barros'
age that she met on this trip she never saw again; they joined
Hitler's army to colonize Europe and fell out of contact. As a
counterpoint, the cultural opportunities of Berlin influenced her
future career: concerts, opera, theater; despite the horror of the
war, that never changed. She tried to resume her basic education, in a
German school, but could not stand being in a co-educational one, so
she chose to retire and take private classes at home. However she
never finished her studies.
Chilean actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera. In
addition, she is a professor of acting perception, diction, and vocal
projection, and a theater and opera director. She is known for being
the first to portray the character Carmela in the Isidora Aguirre play
La pérgola de las flores [es] in 1960.Carmen Barros is the elder of
two siblings. Because of her father's military profession, which
caused him to be sent on missions in Germany, as well as to different
garrisons in the country, Carmen never stayed more than seven months
at one school. She lived between Santiago, other cities of the
country, Peru, and Europe, and learned to speak German before
Spanish.However, she attended the French Nuns, a women's college where
she was the "wild card" of the course for any artistic competition
involving dancing or acting.When she was 14 her father was assigned as
Chilean ambassador to Germany, and that change marked her life. It was
1940 and World War II was in full development. A lot of people Barros'
age that she met on this trip she never saw again; they joined
Hitler's army to colonize Europe and fell out of contact. As a
counterpoint, the cultural opportunities of Berlin influenced her
future career: concerts, opera, theater; despite the horror of the
war, that never changed. She tried to resume her basic education, in a
German school, but could not stand being in a co-educational one, so
she chose to retire and take private classes at home. However she
never finished her studies.
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