What is "conchita"

Conchita is originally a diminutive for the Spanish given name Concepción. Conxita is the Catalan equivalent. Conchita is also the diminutive of concha (seashell).

Concita may refer to:

• Conchita Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican author and mystic
• Conchita Campbell (born 1995), Canadian actress
• Conchita Carpio Morales (born 1941), Philippine Ombudsman
• Conchita Cintrón (1922–2009), Peruvian Bullfighter
• Conchita Leeflang, Surinamese songstress
• Conchita Martínez (born 1972), Spanish professional tennis player
• Conchita (musician) (born 1981), Spanish singer
• Concepcion Picciotto, American protester
• Conchita Wurst (born 1988), Austrian singer
• Conxita Julià (born 1919), Catalan nationalist and poet

• Conchita (genus), a genus of hister beetle
• Conchita (opera), an opera by composer Riccardo Zandonai
• "Conchita" (song) by Lou Bega
• Conchita (album), debut studio album by Conchita Wurst

Conchita (born Concepcion Mendivil in Helsinki, Finland) is a Spanish singer.

Conchita is an opera in four acts and six scenes by composer Riccardo Zandonai. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Maurizio Vaucaire and Carlo Zangarini which is based on Pierre Louÿs's 1898 novel La Femme et le pantin. The work premièred in Milan at the Teatro dal Verme on 14 October 1911 with soprano Tarquinia Tarquini, who later married Zandonai in 1917, in the title role. Her portrayal was lauded by critics and she went on to perform Conchita at the Royal Opera, London (1912), the Cort Theatre in San Francisco (1912), the Philarmonic Auditorium in Hollywood (1912), the Heilig Theatre in Portland (1912), the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia (1912), the Chicago Grand Opera Company (1913), the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1913), and the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples (1913).

Conchita is the debut studio album by Austrian pop singer Conchita Wurst. It was released on 15 May 2015 by Sony Music Entertainment. The album includes the singles " Heroes", " You Are Unstoppable" and her Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winning song, " Rise Like a Phoenix".