Lourdes Ambriz’s Legacy Honored with Wikipedia Update

September 1, 2025 - The online community commemorated celebrated Mexican soprano Lourdes Ambriz Márquez today, as her Wikipedia entry was updated to reflect her full list of honors and contributions to the world of opera.

According to the revision history, the page-originally created following her passing on August 28, 2025-now includes:

  • Her receipt of Mexico’s Bellas Artes Medal in 2024, one of the nation’s highest artistic distinctions.
  • Details of her tenure as Artistic Deputy Director (2014-2015) and Artistic Director (2015-2017) of the Ópera de Bellas Artes.
  • A complete list of premieres she championed, including works by Mario Lavista, Víctor Rasgado, Roberto Morales, Manuel Henríquez Romero, and Hilda Paredes.

The update also clarifies her birth year as 1961 and her early debut with the Compañía Nacional de Ópera in 1982, alongside her international engagements with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Orchestra, and Germany’s Chamber Academy.

This enhancement to her biography ensures that future readers will encounter a thorough account of Ambriz’s artistic achievements-from voicing Belle in Disney’s Spanish-language Beauty and the Beast to leading Mexico’s premier opera institution-preserving her memory for generations of music lovers.