“Unlocking the Past: Discover the Haunting Voice of Frida Kahlo in This Rarely Heard Recording”
According to the Guardian, the audio came from a collection of old tracks from a radio show called “El Bachiller” — named after its host Álvaro Gálvez y Fuentes who was also known as “The Bachelor” — and aired during the show’s premiere episode in 1955, the year after Kahlo’s death.
The library’s National Director Pável Granados said that Kahlo’s voice is one of the “most requested and sought-after” from the library.
“Frida’s voice has always been a great enigma, a never-ending search,” Granados told the press. “Until now, there had never been a recording of Frida Kahlo.”
Mexico Secretariat of Culture/TwitterFrida Kahlo’s voice recording displayed during the Mexican government’s announcement of the discovery.
The finding was announced by Mexico’s secretary of culture, which has a team of specialists still completing the verification of the recording to determine whether it is indeed Frida Kahlo’s voice.
But experts are confident that it is the voice of the famed artist.
A few clues hint to the recordings authenticity. First, the original label on the recording noted that the voice in the audio belongs to the artist who “no longer exists.” The recording is estimated to have been made in 1953 or 1954, around the same time that Frida Kahlo died.
But the biggest clue perhaps lies in the recording itself. In the two-minute clip, a woman can be heard speaking in a lively, robust tone:
“He is a gigantic, immense child, with a friendly face and a sad gaze,” the woman says in Spanish, continuing:
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