UBACH SOLÀ, Mercedes

Mercedes Ubach Solà was born in Terrassa on October 29, 1869, the third of five children of Narcisa Solá and Antonio Ubach. In 1895 she married the manufacturer Alfonso Freixa i Argemí, with whom she had five children. In 1907 she premiered two zarzuelas that were very well received in Barcelona. El redoblante , a zarzuela in one act and three scenes, based on a historical episode from the preliminaries of the French Revolution with a libretto by José del Cacho and performed by the baritone Gregorio Cruzada, premiered on March 8 at the Teatro Nuevo; and La gran turca, a comic-lyric farce in one act, with text by José Angulo and José del Cacho, premiered at the Teatro Cómico on June 19, 1907. This work was also performed a few months later in Zaragoza and Palma de Mallorca. She died on February 23, 1935, at the age of 66, and was buried in Terrassa.