Fleta Miguel, *28 December 1893 Albalate del Cinca, †30 May 1938 La Coruña, Spanish tenor. After studying at the conservatory in Barcelona, he continued his training in Italy under L. Pierrich. On 14 November 1919 he made his debut in Trieste as Paolo in Francesca da Rimini by R. Zandonai. In 1921 he performed in Bologna and Monte Carlo, and in 1922 he appeared in Rome in the world premiere of Zandonai’s Romeo and Juliet, after which he undertook an artistic tour of South America (1922). From 1923 to 1924 he was a soloist at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. In 1926 he created the role of Prince Calaf in the world premiere of G. Puccini’s Turandot at La Scala. He enjoyed success on the opera stages of Vienna, London, Paris, Buenos Aires, and also Warsaw. After 1928, he sang exclusively in his native Spain. One of the last masters of the old Italian bel canto school, he possessed a beautiful voice as well as superb technique, and was regarded by many as the successor to E. Caruso.
