# Lalla Miranda

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{{Short description|Australian opera singer (1874–1944)}}
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'''Lalla Miranda''' (1874–1944) was an Australian [coloratura soprano](/source/coloratura_soprano) who was primarily active in Belgium, France, and Great Britain. Born in Melbourne, she was the daughter of opera singers David Miranda and Annetta Hirst and the older sister of opera singer Beatrice Miranda. After studies in London and Paris, she made her professional opera debut in [The Hague](/source/The_Hague) in 1898. She then appeared in numerous operas in Amsterdam in successive years. In 1899 she was a resident artist at [La Monnaie](/source/La_Monnaie). She made several appearances at the [Palais Garnier](/source/Palais_Garnier) in Paris and at theatres in the French Provences during the first two decades of the 20th century. In 1900–1901 and from 1907–1911 she was committed the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House) on London. In 1910 she was committed to both the [Manhattan Opera Company](/source/Manhattan_Opera_Company) and the [Philadelphia Opera Company](/source/Philadelphia_Opera_Company). She notably opened the 1910 season at the [Manhattan Opera House](/source/Manhattan_Opera_House) in the title role of [Donizetti](/source/Donizetti)'s ''[Lucia di Lammermoor](/source/Lucia_di_Lammermoor)'', a role for which she was famous. In New York and Philadelphia she also sang Gilda in ''[Rigoletto](/source/Rigoletto)'', Olympia in ''[The Tales of Hoffmann](/source/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann)'', and the title role in ''[Lakmé](/source/Lakm%C3%A9)''.
In 1912 she was released to join the Quinlan Opera Company for its season in Melbourne and Sydney, where she was well received. She returned to Paris, where she was invested in the [Legion d'Honneur](/source/Legion_d'Honneur).<ref>{{cite book|title=Singers of Australia |author1=Barbara Mackenzie |author2=Findlay Mackenzie |year=1967 |publisher=Lansdowne}}</ref>
After 1918 she was intermittently active with the [Carl Rosa Opera Company](/source/Carl_Rosa_Opera_Company). She retired in the early 1920s. She made only a few recordings on the [Pathé Records](/source/Path%C3%A9_Records) label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosting.operissimo.com/triboni/exec?method=com.operissimo.artist.webDisplay&id=ffcyoieagxaaaaabdjir&xsl=webDisplay&searchStr=Lalla|title=Lalla Miranda|work=[Operissimo concertissimo](/source/Operissimo_concertissimo)|access-date=2011-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709094504/http://hosting.operissimo.com/triboni/exec?method=com.operissimo.artist.webDisplay&id=ffcyoieagxaaaaabdjir&xsl=webDisplay&searchStr=Lalla|archive-date=2018-07-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Category:1874 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:Australian operatic sopranos
Category:Musicians from Melbourne
Category:19th-century Australian women opera singers
Category:20th-century Australian women opera singers
Category:Australian expatriates in France
Category:Australian expatriates in England
Category:Australian expatriates in Belgium

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