She was born Victoria de los Ángeles López García in the porter's lodge of the University of Barcelona to Bernardo Lopez Gómez (or Gamez), a university caretaker, and Victoria García. Her birth name has sometimes been misreported as Victoria de los Angeles Gómez Cima. She studied under Graciano Tarragó at the Barcelona Conservatory, graduating in just three years in 1941 at age 18. The soprano married Enrique Magriñá in 1948 and had two sons. Her husband and one of their sons preceded her in death. She died on 15 January 2005 of heart failure in her native Barcelona, aged 81. She had been hospitalised for a bronchial infection since 31 December 2004.
