Known as the soprano who most performed in Pablo Casals’ magnum opus, El Pessebre, as well as interpreter of his art songs, Olga Iglesias was born on March 22, 1929 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The youngest of eight children born to Rafael Iglesias Normandín and María Victoria Antoni Rodríguez, Olga Iglesias was exposed to music through her older siblings who played the piano and the violin. Showing talent in singing at an early age, at 14 she began studying with renowned Puerto Rican tenor, Antonio Paoli, while still attending Central High School in Santurce, Puerto Rico. In 1947, Olga Iglesias made her public debut on May 4 at La Fortaleza, the official residence of the governor of Puerto Rico, during the first annual “The Week of Music”. During this occasion she sang Verdi’s “Caro nome” from Rigoletto and “Ah, fors’è lui” from La Traviata.