Nina Miranda

Nina Miranda was a singer born on 8 November 1925 ^[4]. Her career began in 1942, when she won a contest at the radio station CX 36 Radio Centenario; the prize was a three-month contract ^[1].

Her recording career began in 1947 with sides for the Sondor label with Juan Cao's orchestra, some of them in duet with Alberto Bianchi ^[2]. She also worked in live settings, including a season at the Hotel Rambla show with Emilio Pellejero's orchestra in 1948 ^[1]. In 1952 she joined Donato Racciatti for the sainete Tu cuna fue un conventillo at the Teatro 18 de Julio ^[1].

On 15 May 1952 she recorded Maula with Juan Esteban Martínez's orchestra at Sondor, and one source describes the recording as a hit ^[2]. On 12 August 1955 she moved to Buenos Aires, where she signed with Radio Belgrano and with the Odeon label and made her first records with Graciano Gómez ^[2].

She married on 11 October 1957 and stopped performing at her husband's request, according to an interview with her ^[1]. Her last recordings, made with her own group, date from 1958 ^[2]. In 2008 she appeared in El retorno de las cancionistas at Harrods in Buenos Aires ^[3]. She died in Buenos Aires in 2012 ^[2].

Early career

Miranda's career is first documented in 1942, when she won a contest at CX 36 Radio Centenario ^[1]. The prize was a three-month contract with the station ^[1].

In 1948 she performed a season at the Hotel Rambla show with the orchestra of Emilio Pellejero ^[1]. In 1952 she joined Donato Racciatti for a production of the sainete Tu cuna fue un conventillo, staged at the Teatro 18 de Julio ^[1].

Buenos Aires

On 12 August 1955 Miranda moved to Buenos Aires ^[2]. There she signed contracts with Radio Belgrano and with the Odeon record label ^[2]. Her first records in Buenos Aires were made with Graciano Gómez ^[2].

On 11 October 1957 she married. In an interview she said she stopped performing at her husband's request ^[1].

Recordings

Miranda's first recordings were made in 1947 for Sondor with the orchestra of Juan Cao ^[2]. Some of these were duets with the singer Alberto Bianchi ^[2].

On 15 May 1952 she recorded Maula with the orchestra of Juan Esteban Martínez, also at Sondor ^[2]. One source describes this recording as a hit ^[2]. A recording catalogue also lists a recording sung by Miranda dated 24 July 1952; the catalogue entry does not give its title or orchestra ^[5].

After her move to Buenos Aires she recorded for Odeon, first with Graciano Gómez ^[2]. Her last recordings were made in 1958 with her own group ^[2].

Later life

Decades after leaving the stage, Miranda appeared in 2008 in El retorno de las cancionistas, a production at Harrods in Buenos Aires ^[3]. She died in Buenos Aires in 2012 ^[2].