Singer, cabaret performer and actor. Raquel Meller popularised songs like La Violetera and El Relicario. She made her début at the Teatre Arnau in 1911, and by the 1920s was already performing on the famous stages of Paris, New York and Los Angeles. She also starred in silent films such as Violetas Imperiales (1923) and Carmen (1926). During the 1930s she lived in France, where she was extremely well-known. Later, after the Civil War she returned to Barcelona, where she revived the play La Violetera.
The Hostafrancs metro stop is near Barcelona’s theatre land, Av. Paral·lel.
A singer, cabaret performer and actress. She made songs like La Violetera and El Relicario popular in the 1920s, from the Teatre Arnau to the most renowned international stages.