Yma Súmac is a noted dramatic coloratura soprano of Peruvian origin. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music, and became an international success based on the merits of her extreme vocal range "well over three octaves" , and was commonly claimed to span four and five octaves at its peak .

Yma Sumac is the stage name of a Peruvian singer named Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo. When still a child in rural Peru , she attracted notice for her extraordinary voice, and joined the Compañía Peruana de Arte in the early 1940s. Imma Sumack first appeared on radio in 1942, and married composer and bandleader Moisés Vivanco on June 6 the same year. She recorded at least 23 tracks [9] of Peruvian folk songs in Argentina in 1943 . These early recordings for the Odeon label fea