Miranda Tini (Maria), mezzo soprano, was born in South Africa. She sang Queenie in Show Boat (Kern), Jezibaba in Rusalka (Dvorak), Zita in Gianni Schicchi (Puccini), Frankie in Carmen Jones (Bizet), Giovanna in Rigoletto (Verdi) and Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflote (Mozart). This is her Israeli Opera debut.