Word: conchitas
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From the boxes on the shady side, elegant ladies waved their lace handkerchiefs. In the sol (sunny side), two-peso fans whistled and yelled, tossed their hats into the ring. Conchita had done it again-with as much skill and grace as the three top-flight matadors who had preceded her on the program, the last big corrida of the bullfighting season. While the stands roared "Olé, Olé!", Conchita received a gold cup for the best performance...
Bull rings have seen lady bullfighters before, but none like Conchita. Not only is she an expert matadora-her capework equal to that of many a top-notch matador-but she is a rejoneadora (equestrienne bullfighter) as well. Earlier in the afternoon, she had given an exhibition of this ancient style of bullfighting (now seldom seen professionally except in Portugal), in which horse & rider maneuver as one, make passes at the bull and elude his charges, until they get him in position for the final thrust...
Ever since she made her first appearance in Mexico last summer (and killed three bulls in one afternoon), Conchita has been first in the hearts of Mexican bullfight fans. Only 17 years old and weighing 108 lbs., she looks like a beautiful porcelain doll. In the ring she is not only exquisitely graceful-especially on her prancing, high-stepping mount-but absolutely fearless...
...Died. Conchita Supervia, 37, famed Spanish coloratura mezzo-soprano, wife of a British timber merchant named Ben Rubenstein; in childbirth; in London. Beauteous Mme Supervia once appeared with the Chicago Civic Opera Company (TIME...
...Irela's Irishman is shellshocked, dies. Years later, when she has grown old and dumpy, Irela's faithful impresario urges her to retire gracefully. Obstinately singing Mimi in La Bohême, she beholds the audience giving its applause to a young and vivacious Musetta (Soprano Conchita Supervia). Afterward Theodore visits .her, tells her he is free. But when Irela suspects he pities her, she brusquely dismisses...