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Throughout the course, students learned to edit Wikipedia from scratch: From searching for reliable sources and researching in archives to writing and publishing complete biographies of historically invisible Spanish lyric women. They also worked on the encyclopedia's sister projects: uploading images to Wikimedia Commons and editing data on Wikidata.

In this edition, he has participated teachers and students of music subjects of ten Spanish universities and educational institutions: the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the University of Castile-La Mancha (UCLM), the University of Granada (UGR), the University of Oviedo (UNIOVI), the University of Salamanca (USAL), the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), the Alfonso X The Wise University (UAX) and the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid (RCSMM). The objective was to involve researchers in the elaboration of biographies and train them in the use of digital technologies to edit Wikipedia, thus contributing to create an accessible and diverse knowledge community.

With this new edition of the project Women of Zarzuela we have made a qualitative and quantitative leap compared to the previous year and the results have exceeded our expectations: increased engagement as well as a longer and more comprehensive training process has led us to a new way of approaching content creation on Wikipedia by expert people, which demonstrates the potential of Wikilearn as a platform to scale this type of training projects.

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> Results

Although during the course, students did research to create, translate and improve articles of all kinds, as well as release images on Wikimedia Commons and contribute to the Wikidata database, we collect below the data on the Women of the Zarzuela to which it contributed.

• Number of PARTICIPANTS in the course: 47
• Number of articles PUBLISHED: 44 [ CREATED: 22 | TRANSLATED: 22 ]
• Number of articles IMPROVED: 8
• Number of images RELEASE: 26
• Number of Wikidata items CREATED: 22

>> Articles created: 22

1. Mariana of Borja, the Borja (?-1681), Spanish actress and harpist
2. Francisca of Castro (1698-1738), Spanish singer and actress
3. Antonia Fernández, The Creole (19th century ‑XX), singer and actress of zarzuela gitana
4. Elena Faus Faus XIX‑XX centuries), Spanish composer, author and director
5. Matilde Zapater (19th century ‑XX), Spanish tiple and actress
6. Matilde Esteban and Vicente (1841-1915), Spanish lyrical singer
7. Dorinda Rodriguez (1862-1955), Spanish lyrical singer
8. Fausta Compagni Vidal of Aranzabe (1864-?), Spanish soprano
9. Amparo Romo Cardenal (1878-1968), Spanish comic tiple
10. Assumpció Paricio i Corbella (1882-twentieth century), Spanish tiple
11. Emerita Esparza (1885-1988), comic tiple, cupletista and Spanish actress
12. Blanquita Becerra (1887-1985), Cuban soprano and actress
13. Rosario Leonís Fair (1893-?), tiple and Spanish zarzuela singer
14. Tomasita Núñez (1901-1980), Cuban mezzo-soprano
15. Juanita Fabra (1905-1986), Spanish light tiple
16. Gloria Alcaraz Aguilar (1912-1967), Spanish tiple
17. America Crespo Sanchez (1922-1995), Cuban coloratura soprano
18. María Eugenia Barrios Acosta (1940), Cuban artist and soprano
19. Luisa Bascuñana Royo (1945), Spanish writer and composer
20. Raquel Lojendio (1972), Spanish soprano
21. Carol Garcia (1983), Spanish mezzo-soprano
22. Maria Luisa Corbacho (20th century), Spanish mezzo-soprano

>> Articles translated into Spanish: 22

1. Maria Soriano of Montañés (19th century-1865), Spanish zarzuela singer and actress
2. Emilia Moscoso Gonzalez (1829-1859), Spanish soprano
3. Josefa Mora Vergel (1830-?), contralto and Spanish musical teacher
4. Dolores Cortes Anton (1847-1912), Spanish soprano
5. Antonia García de Videgain, “la García”, (1850-1924), Spanish tiple and actress
6. Romualda Moriones (1851-?), zarzuela singer, Spanish actress and businesswoman
7. Àurea Rosa Clavé (1856-1940), Spanish composer, pianist, teacher and choral conductor
8. Conceived Ginot (1858-1934), Spanish pianist, music teacher and composer
9. Dolores Frau Julià (1882-1966), Spanish mezzo-soprano and pedagogue
10. Mercè Plantada i Vicente (1892-1976), Spanish soprano and teacher
11. Concepció Callao Franqués (1895-1959), contralto and Spanish teacher
12. Mary Isaura (1897-1982), Spanish soprano
13. Cecília Gubert (1906-1985), Spanish soprano
14. Marta Perez (1924-2009), Cuban-American mezzo-soprano
15. Antònia Vilàs i Ferràndiz (1926-2013), Spanish poet, singer and songwriter
16. Ana Maria Olaria (1931) lyrical soprano singer of opera and Spanish zarzuela
17. Mirna Lacambra Domènech (1933), Spanish soprano and music promoter
18. Amaia Zubiria Telleria (1947), Spanish singer
19. Enedina Lloris and Camps (1957), Spanish soprano
20. Look at Urbieta-Vega (1983), Spanish soprano
21. Mercedes Gancedo (1990), Argentine opera lyrical singer
22. Lidia Vinyes Curtis (20th century), Spanish mezzo-soprano

>> Articles improved: 8

1. Clotilde Perales XIX ‑XX), Spanish zarzuela actress and singer
2. Lucrecia López de Arana (1867-1927), Spanish tiple-contralto
3. Irene Alba Abad (1867-1930), tiple and Spanish zarzuela actress
4. Consuelo Hidalgo Mejia (1898-1946), Spanish actress and singer
5. Lola Montes (1898-1983), Spanish singer and actress
6. Pilarín Andrés (1921-2006), Spanish soprano
7. Ana Higueras Aragon (1944), Spanish soprano
8. Miracles Martin (1959), Spanish zarzuela singer

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> Images

In this second edition, and unlike the first, the course participants themselves have taken an active role in locating and releasing images. As part of the training itinerary, one of the exercises was to upload to Wikimedia Commons an own photograph under a free license, with the aim of understanding in first person the operation of the licenses of use and their implications before addressing the search for historical images. Some participants also went a step further and investigated and located images of zarzuela women in digital files to upload them to Commons as well.

In addition, we have the collaboration of two institutions. The National Library of Spain (BNE) provided a selection of images from its digital background already available under free license and ready to be incorporated into Commons. The selection was made by Julia Díaz Zubiaur and Elisa Cuña Migallón (Collections Management and Disclosure Service and Personal Scores and Funds Service), with the collaboration of Lorena Jiménez Martínez and Lorena Munilla Rodríguez (in practice), and the rights review of Ana González Vázquez, head of the Collections Management and Disclosure Service. The Centre for Documentation and Museum of Performing Arts of the Theatre Institute de Barcelona also collaborated with the project by contributing images from its documentary collection.

Among all these contributions, a total of 45 images were released, of which 26 correspond directly to Women of Zarzuela and have been incorporated into articles published during the course. In the category Category:Supported by Wikiesfera – Women of Zarzuela can be seen all 48 images of the project These have been released between 2025 and 2026.

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> Other contributions

As part of the training itinerary of the course, the students also created, translated and improved other Wikipedia articles related to the world of music and lyrics: biographies of singers, composers and directors, articles on operas and other works, and even scenic spaces. These contributions, although outside the specific scope of Spanish zarzuela, enrich the knowledge available in the encyclopaedia in Spanish.

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