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Brazilian comprimario tenor, long-term member of the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, minimum from the late 1930s well into the 1960s. A
very active concert singer, as well, and already during his career (and beyond, of course), a busy voice teacher at the university in Rio de
Janeiro; Glória Queiroz and Aldo Baldin were among his students.
In his younger years, he also sang some main roles, at least Americo in Gomes' Lo schiavo, as a second or third cast after, for instance,
Galliano Masini, Assis Pacheco or Alfredo Colosimo. In 1939/40, he toured all of Brazil with a company headed by Elias Reis e Silva. Miranda specialized in contemporary Brazilian music, particularly by the composing brothers
José and Baptista Siqueira. He was Manuel (Jesus) in the world premiere of José Siqueira's opera A compadecida in Rio on
5 November 1961.
Reference 1; reference 2; reference 3; reference 4; reference 5: Mirna Aragão de Medeiros, Abrem-se as cortinas.
Políticas públicas para o teatro no Estado Novo (1937–1945), thesis, Rio de Janeiro 2020; reference 6: José Vianey
dos Santos, O oratório Candomblé de José Siqueira: do ritual religioso à obra de arte universal, in: Artigos.
Revista brasileira de música, no. 2/2020
I wish to thank Daniele Godor for the picture.
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