Acting
Community Rating
6.2
TMDB estimate
Born
September 10, 1923
Died
November 1, 2008 (age 85)
Born in
Ichocan, Cajamarca, Peru
Yma Sumac (born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo, September 10, 1923 – November 1, 2008), was a Peruvian–American coloratura soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous exponents of exotica music. Sumac became an international success based on her extreme vocal range. She had six and a half octaves according to some reports, but other reports (and recordings) document four and a half at the peak of her singing career. (A typical trained singer has a range of about three octaves).

Repertoire of Death
as Music
2025

Dérapages
as Music
2020

Gold Eye Ball
as Music
2008

Yma Sumac: The Inca Castafiore
1993

Goodbye to Cali
as Additional Music
1990

What do old bears dream of?
as Music
1982

Fol-de-Rol
as Various Characters
1972

The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964

Las canciones unidas
1960

Music of Always
1958

Omar Khayyam
as Karina
1957

Climax!
as Maria Santez
1954

Secret of the Incas
as Kori-Tica
1954