Elisa Zamacois

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Elisa Pedra Zamacois y Zabala was a Spanish singer and actress born on 29 April 1838 in Bilbao. She died in November 1915 in Buenos Aires at age 77. She was part of a family of artists: her half-brother was writer Niceto de Zamacois; her brothers were painter Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala and actor Ricardo Zamacois; she was aunt to writers Miguel Zamacoïs and Eduardo Zamacois and to composer Joaquín Zamacois.

Her parents were Miguel Antonio de Zamacois y Berreteaga and his second wife, Ruperta María del Pilar de Zabala y Arauco. The family moved to Madrid, where Elisa worked at the Teatro de la Zarzuela. She acted on stage, playing Galatea in a production with Modesto Landa as Pygmalion, Vicente Caltañazor as Midas, and Emilio Carratalá as Ganymede. From 1859 to 1884 she wrote Cartas de Elisa de Zamacois a Francisco A. Barbieri.