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| birth_name = Consuelo Portela Audet |
| birth_name = Consuelo Portela Audet |
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| birth_date = 1885 |
| birth_date = 1885 |
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| birth_place = [[Placetas]], [[Las Villas (Cuba)|Las Villas]], |
| birth_place = [[Placetas]], [[Las Villas (Cuba)|Las Villas]], Cuba |
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| death_date = {{dda|1959|11|20|1885|df=y}} |
| death_date = {{dda|1959|11|20|1885|df=y}} |
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| death_place = [[Madrid]], |
| death_place = [[Madrid]], Spain |
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| occupation = [[Cuplé]] singer, business person |
| occupation = [[Cuplé]] singer, business person |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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[[File:La Chelito.png|thumb|La Chelito]] |
[[File:La Chelito.png|thumb|La Chelito]] |
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She was born in [[Placetas]], Las Villas, Cuba, to Spanish parents Antonia Audet and Isidro Portella.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-05-08 |title=Chelito, la bella cantante de cuplé que dio calabazas a un rey de España por el amor de un cubano |url=https://www.todocuba.org/chelito-la-bella-cantante-de-cuple-que-dio-calabazas-a-un-rey-de-espana-por-el-amor-de-un-cubano/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Todo Cuba |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Her father was the captain of the Civil Guard in Cuba.<ref name=":0" /> She started singing at the age of 14, while living in Cuba and performed at the Payret, Molino Rojo and Alhambra theaters.<ref name=":1" /> She had critics including clergy, who labeled her as “libidinous satan” in [[Diario de la Marina]], the Cuban newspaper.<ref name=":1" /> |
She was born in [[Placetas]], Las Villas, Cuba, to Spanish parents Antonia Audet and Isidro Portella.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-05-08 |title=Chelito, la bella cantante de cuplé que dio calabazas a un rey de España por el amor de un cubano |url=https://www.todocuba.org/chelito-la-bella-cantante-de-cuple-que-dio-calabazas-a-un-rey-de-espana-por-el-amor-de-un-cubano/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Todo Cuba |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Her father was the captain of the Civil Guard in Cuba.<ref name=":0" /> She started singing at the age of 14, while living in Cuba and performed at the Payret, Molino Rojo and Alhambra theaters.<ref name=":1" /> She had critics including clergy, who labeled her as “libidinous satan” in the ''[[Diario de la Marina]]'', the Cuban newspaper.<ref name=":1" /> |
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In 1910, her family returned to Spain.<ref name=":1" /> She performed mostly in the theaters in [[Barcelona]] and [[Madrid]].<ref name=":1" /> In 1915, an erotic novel about the life of Chelito was written by [[Joaquín Belda]] in the work "La Coquito";<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anastasio |first=Pepa |date=2016 |title=Erotismo feminista en España 1910-2015: Del dildo de la Chelito al posporno de De La Puríssima |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/letrfeme.42.1.0037 |journal=Letras Femeninas |language=es |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=37–54 |doi=10.14321/letrfeme.42.1.0037 |issn=0277-4356}}</ref> which was later made into a 1977 film of the same name, released in Spain. Her only film appearance was in the [[silent film]] ''El Conde Maravillas'' (1927) by [[José Buchs]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aguilar |first=Carlos |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LcLdDgAAQBAJ |title=Guía del Cine |date=2014-10-30 |publisher=Ediciones Cátedra |isbn=978-84-376-3332-9 |pages=1192 |language=es}}</ref> |
In 1910, her family returned to Spain.<ref name=":1" /> She performed mostly in the theaters in [[Barcelona]] and [[Madrid]].<ref name=":1" /> In 1915, an erotic novel about the life of Chelito was written by [[Joaquín Belda]] in the work "La Coquito";<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anastasio |first=Pepa |date=2016 |title=Erotismo feminista en España 1910-2015: Del dildo de la Chelito al posporno de De La Puríssima |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/letrfeme.42.1.0037 |journal=Letras Femeninas |language=es |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=37–54 |doi=10.14321/letrfeme.42.1.0037 |issn=0277-4356}}</ref> which was later made into a 1977 film of the same name, released in Spain. Her only film appearance was in the [[silent film]] ''El Conde Maravillas'' (1927) by [[José Buchs]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aguilar |first=Carlos |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LcLdDgAAQBAJ |title=Guía del Cine |date=2014-10-30 |publisher=Ediciones Cátedra |isbn=978-84-376-3332-9 |pages=1192 |language=es}}</ref> |
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After she retired from stage in 1928, she built and managed the [[Muñoz Seca Theater]] in Plaza del Carmen, [[Madrid]] in 1930.<ref name=":1" /> She also owned and managed the Salón Madrid; the Hall Encomienda, which became, after a reform, the [[Teatro Nuevo Apolo|Teatro Nuevo]]; and the Kursaal that she acquired in 1919 and renamed the Chanteclair.<ref name=":0" /> |
After she retired from stage in 1928, she built and managed the [[Muñoz Seca Theater]] in Plaza del Carmen, [[Madrid]] in 1930.<ref name=":1" /> She also owned and managed the Salón Madrid; the Hall Encomienda, which became, after a reform, the [[Teatro Nuevo Apolo|Teatro Nuevo]]; and the Kursaal that she acquired in 1919 and renamed the Chanteclair.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Other notable "Queens of cuplé" were [[La Fornarina (singer)|La Fornarina]] and [[Raquel Meller]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernández |first=Tomás |last2=Tamaro |first2=Elena |date=2004 |title=Biografia de La Bella Chelito |trans-title=Biography of La Bella Chelito |url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/b/bella_chelito.htm |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=En Biografías y Vidas, la enciclopedia biográfica en línea}}</ref> |
Other notable "Queens of cuplé" were [[La Fornarina (singer)|La Fornarina]] and [[Raquel Meller]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernández |first=Tomás |last2=Tamaro |first2=Elena |date=2004 |title=Biografia de La Bella Chelito |trans-title=Biography of La Bella Chelito |url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/b/bella_chelito.htm |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=En Biografías y Vidas, la enciclopedia biográfica en línea}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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* {{IMDb name|id=nm0691967|name=Consuelo Portela 'Chelito'}} |
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Latest revision as of 17:51, 24 October 2024
La Chelito | |
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 Portela-Audet in the early 20th-century | |
| Born | Consuelo Portela Audet 1885 Placetas, Las Villas, Cuba |
| Died | 20 November 1959 (aged 73–74) Madrid, Spain |
| Other names | Consuelo Portela-Audet, Consuelo Portela, La Bella Chelito |
| Occupation(s) | Cuplé singer, business person |
Consuelo Portela Audet (1885–1959), commonly called La Bella Chelito and La Chelito, was a Cuban-born Spanish cuplé singer from the early 20th-century, and a theater business owner.[1][2][3] She was a pioneer in the genre of picaresque cuplé.[4]
Biography
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She was born in Placetas, Las Villas, Cuba, to Spanish parents Antonia Audet and Isidro Portella.[5][2] Her father was the captain of the Civil Guard in Cuba.[2] She started singing at the age of 14, while living in Cuba and performed at the Payret, Molino Rojo and Alhambra theaters.[5] She had critics including clergy, who labeled her as “libidinous satan” in the Diario de la Marina, the Cuban newspaper.[5]
In 1910, her family returned to Spain.[5] She performed mostly in the theaters in Barcelona and Madrid.[5] In 1915, an erotic novel about the life of Chelito was written by Joaquín Belda in the work "La Coquito";[6] which was later made into a 1977 film of the same name, released in Spain. Her only film appearance was in the silent film El Conde Maravillas (1927) by José Buchs.[7]
After she retired from stage in 1928, she built and managed the Muñoz Seca Theater in Plaza del Carmen, Madrid in 1930.[5] She also owned and managed the Salón Madrid; the Hall Encomienda, which became, after a reform, the Teatro Nuevo; and the Kursaal that she acquired in 1919 and renamed the Chanteclair.[2]
Other notable "Queens of cuplé" were La Fornarina and Raquel Meller.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Review: The Plan". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ a b c d "Consuelo Portella Audet". Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ "Consuelo Portella Audet". El País (in Spanish). 2006-05-05. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ "LA CHELÍTO y su época". Archivo ABC (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. November 28, 1959. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chelito, la bella cantante de cuplé que dio calabazas a un rey de España por el amor de un cubano". Todo Cuba (in Spanish). 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ Anastasio, Pepa (2016). "Erotismo feminista en España 1910-2015: Del dildo de la Chelito al posporno de De La Puríssima". Letras Femeninas (in Spanish). 42 (1): 37–54. doi:10.14321/letrfeme.42.1.0037. ISSN 0277-4356.
- ^ Aguilar, Carlos (2014-10-30). Guía del Cine (in Spanish). Ediciones Cátedra. p. 1192. ISBN 978-84-376-3332-9.
- ^ Fernández, Tomás; Tamaro, Elena (2004). "Biografia de La Bella Chelito" [Biography of La Bella Chelito]. En Biografías y Vidas, la enciclopedia biográfica en línea. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
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