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8 unusual facts about Elvira


Carlos Maya

Carlos Alberto Maya Lizcano (born March 16, 1972 in Elvira) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Venezuela.

Carolina Kuhlman

Her most known parts was Emma in Korsfararne (The Crusaders) by Koetzebue, Hildegard in Joahnna av Montfaucon by Kotzebue, Cherubin in The marriage of Figaro, the deaf and mute boy Jules in Abbe del'Épée by Bouilly, Mrs Dorsan in Den ondsinta hustrun, (The Evil Wife) Elvira in Tartuffe.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Which entitles her to all of Morgana's worldly possessions, a mansion in Fallwell, Massachusetts, a Poodle who doesn't really seem to be what it appears, and a book of what she considers cooking recipes.

Bob's infatuation with Elvira also infuriates his love interest Patty who, with the help of several members of the school board and PTA sabotage Elvira's good name and her attempts to open a late night film fest using Bob's theater, the last straw breaking when in a Flashdance scene, she is covered in tar instead of a bucket of water and feathered by Patty, humiliating her.

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

The game begins following events of the 1988 film Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Elvira: The Arcade Game

CU Amiga awarded the game 82% and praised the graphics, describing the game as "brilliant arcade fun," but lacking any longevity.

Gregory of Elvira

Gregory Bæticus (died c. 392) was bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain, from which he derived his surname.

Skylite

Amidst the popularity of The Oak Ridge Boys (specifically when they switched to country music and the hit Elvira), many compilations were made with some of the material from their Skylite recordings.


277 Elvira

Elvira is possibly named for a character in Alphonse de Lamartine’s Méditations poétiques (1820) and Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (1830).

Battle of Aguioncha

Justo Pérez de Urbel argued that the absence of Rodrigo and Gonzalo from court during the regency of Elvira was evidence that during this period they were de facto independent, but they were in León on 20 September 968 for the confirmation of a noble gift to the abbey of Sobrado.

Best of the West

Sam's family was made up of his Southern belle wife, Elvira (played by Carlene Watkins) and his smart-mouthed son, Daniel (Meeno Peluce).

Carlos Paez

In April 2001, Paes, son of Olimpia's former Brazilian striker Ernesto Paes de Oliveira and Elvira Bustillo, was arrested by police in La Ceiba for carrying cocaine with him in his car.

Claypool Comics

Claypool Comics is an American comic book publishing company created in 1993, known for publishing such titles as Peter David's Soulsearchers and Company and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark comics, as well as Richard Howell's Deadbeats and, (with Steve Englehart), Phantom of Fear City.

Eldin Huseinbegović

As a songwriter he intensively cooperates with the biggest musical names in the region (Dino Merlin, Hari Mata Hari, Marija Šerifović, Elvira Rahić, Enes Begović, Osman Hadžić, Dženan Lončarević, Jelena Tomašević).

Elvira and the Party Monsters

Elvira and the Party Monsters is a 1989 pinball game designed by Dennis Nordman and Jim Patla and released by Midway (under the Bally label), featuring horrorshow-hostess Elvira.

Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus

The main character is Elvira's boyfriend, whose mission is to save Elvira, captured by the demon Cerberus who wants to use her magical power for his own aims.

Elvira Popescu

Together with Elena Văcărescu, Anna de Noailles, and Marthe Bibesco, Elvira Popescu is considered to be the inspiration for Henri Matisse's painting, La Blouse Roumaine (1940).

Elvira Todua

Elvira Zurabovna Todua is an Abkhazian Russian football goalkeeper, currently playing for Rossiyanka in the Russian Championship.

Franklin Hooper

He was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, the son of William Hooper and Elvira Pulsifer Hopper, and grew up on his parents' farm.

Gabriella Tucci

A versatile singer and an accomplished actress, Tucci was able to tackle a wide range of roles from bel canto to verismo, singing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Elvira in I puritani, Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in La traviata, and Marguerite in Faust, as well as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier and the title role in Tosca.

Galen Clark

In 1910 he died at the home of his daughter Dr. Elvira M. Lee in Oakland, California.

They had two children who survived until after their parents' deaths: Elvira M., who married and became a doctor in Oakland, California; and another daughter who married John T. Regan of Springfield, Massachusetts.

García López de Cárdenas

Cárdenas was born in Llerena, Spain, son to Alonso de Cárdenas y doña Elvira de Figueroa and Maria García Osorio.

Gómez González de Manzanedo

Their children were Diego, Elvira, Gil, Gonzalo, Inés, Juan, Manrique, and Jimena, who married Pedro Fernández de Castro.

Gris Grimly

This video, although produced on a shoestring budget, was filmed partially at the legendary Magic Castle in Hollywood, and it starred Cassandra Peterson as her cult persona, Elvira.

Horia Sima

He died in Madrid and was buried alongside his wife Elvira Sima in Torredembarra (near Barcelona).

Joe Kirk

Born Ignazio Curcuruto (simply known by his pet name Nat Curcuruto to his family), Kirk was born in New York City as one of four children - Letitia, Philip (1902 - 1995), Nat (1903 - 1975), and Josephine - to the Sicilian American immigrants Giuseppe "Joe" Curcuruto and Elvira Puglisi Curcuruto (1882–1977).

Jolana Fogašová

Some of the roles she has created on stage are Dorabella (Mozart: Così fan tutte), Donna Elvira (Mozart: Don Giovanni), Amneris (Verdi: Aida), and the title role in Georges Bizet's Carmen among others.

Kim Weaver

She especially likes playing the part of Elvira in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit.

Leslie and the LY's


2008 - Zombie Killer (Single) (on 7" vinyl only) (featuring Elvira)

Maria Barrientos

She remained committed to that house through 1920 where her other roles included Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Amina in La sonnambula, Elvira in I puritani, Gilda in Rigoletto, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and the title roles in Lakmé and Mireille.

Marianne Shine

She appeared as Elvira in Blithe Spirit and Miriam in Postmortem both at Ross Valley Players, Nara in An Honest Arrangement at the San Francisco Theatre Festival, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Helen of Troy in Trojan Barbie at The Exit Theatre.

Myra Merritt

She was to appear with that company many times through 1991, including appearances in L'enfant et les sortilèges (as the Fire, directed by John Dexter), the Centennial Gala (the duet from Don Giovanni), La bohème (as Musetta, opposite Plácido Domingo), Les contes d'Hoffmann (as Antonia, conducted by Julius Rudel), Porgy and Bess (as Clara), L'italiana in Algeri (as Elvira) and Don Giovanni (as Zerlina).

On the Television

Some well known actors appeared regularly as guest stars like Rose Marie, Glenn Shadix, Avery Schreiber, Elvira, Phil Hartman, Brian Bonsall, Eve Plumb, and Christopher Knight.

Pilar Lorengar

She went on to play Desdemona in Otello at the San Francisco Opera, Violetta in La traviata at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera.

Rachel Yakar

Her repertory included Mozart's Donna Elvira from Don Giovanni, and First Lady from The Magic Flute; Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea and Rameau's Aricia; Jean-Baptiste Lully's Climène from Phaëton, Leclair's Circé in Scylla et Glaucus; Arthur Honegger's Diane from Les aventures du roi Pausole and Francis Poulenc's Madame Lidoine from Dialogues of the Carmelites.

Sophie Löwe

Her most prominent performances were as the title character in Gaetano Donizetti's Maria Padilla (Milan, 1841), as Elvira in Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani (Venice, 1844), and as Odabella in Verdi's Attila (Venice, 1846).

Stefka Evstatieva

In addition to performing as a concert singer her major operatic roles included Aida, Donna Elvira, Desdemona, Leonora in Forza del Destino, Maddalena in Andrea Chénier, Élisabeth de Valois in Don Carlos, Amelia and the Russian roles of Lisa and Tatyana.

Suzanne Adams

Her roles at the Met included Juliette, Marguerite, Marguerite de Valois from Les Huguenots, Micaela from Carmen, Cherubino from Le nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira from Don Giovanni, Philine from Mignon, Berthe from Le prophète, the Forest Bird from Siegfried, Nedda from Pagliacci, Gilda from Rigoletto, Infanta from Le Cid, Inès from L'Africaine, and Mimì from La bohème among others.

Sylvia Stahlman

She made her debut at La Monnaie in Brussels, as Elvira in I puritani, in 1951, and remained with that theatre until 1954.

The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket

Gloria Swanson - Farina, Elvira's Daughter (as Gloria Mae Swanson)

The Stoned Guest

Some character names, such as "Don Octave" and "Donna Ribalda" play on the Mozart opera, referring to Don Ottavio and Donna Elvira respectively, while the castanet-clicking "Carmen Ghia" plays on the title character of Bizet's opera (and puns on the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia).

Thommy Berggren

After the success of Elvira Madigan, financially tempting offers began to pour in for Berggren, including the opportunity to sign a contract with Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.

Valleyspeak

Among the recognizable characters with Valley Girl accents are Cher Horowitz of Clueless and Elvira.

Waiting for the Hearse

She storms into Sergio's house who's getting ready with his perfidous wife Elvira (China Zorrilla) and their daughter Matilda (Andrea Tenuta) to welcome, with the classic Sunday meal, newly rich Antonio (Luis Brandoni) and Nora, his wife (Betiana Blum), who ascended socially and economically in unclear circumstances.

William V. Wheeler

Wheeler kept in touch and remained close with family from his mother’s side; his aunt, Elvira Stubbs Pray, her four children, and her husband, who was a renowned Quaker preacher, gave Wheeler a Bible that he would later carry with him into the American Civil War.


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