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Manuel Ausensi i Albalat (Catalan pronunciation: [mənuˈɛɫ əwˈsɛnsi]) (1919, in Barcelona – 2005, in Creixell, Tarragona) was a Catalan baritone opera singer. During the Spanish Civil War, he studied singing in Valencia and then in the Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona. His debut was in 1946 at the Tivoli Theater. In 1947 he sang in Donizetti's Anna Bolena at the Liceu. He retired in 1973, but in 1990 he returned for a benefit concert for the Opera House in Catalonia. In 1997 he received the Creu de Sant Jordi.