Sandra Pires (singer)

Sandra Pires
Sandra Carla de Lopes Morato e Leal Pires Edit this on Wikidata
Born26 August 1969 Edit this on Wikidata
Dili Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationSinger Edit this on Wikidata

Sandra Carla de Lopes Morato e Leal Pires (born 26 August 1969) is a Portuguese singer and actor.

Sandra Pires was born on 26 August 1969 in Dili in Portuguese Timor.[1] She was initially raised by her grandparents in Portugal, then moved with her parents to Australia as a teenager. At age 15, she won the Australian television talent show Pot of Gold and went on to sing with a number of Australian bands, including Fifi Blue and The Flames and Spank You Very Much.[2]

She signed with BMG and moved to Vienna in 1992. In 1997, she released an English-language cover, "Here I AM", of Eros Ramazotti's hit "Adesso Tu".[1]

In 2005, she played Maria in The Sound of Music at the Vienna Volksoper, the first time the musical had ever been performed in Austria, the setting of the story.[3] In 2010, she played Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, also at the Volksoper.[1]

In 2021, she won season two of The Masked Singer Austria disguised as a baby elephant.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Forschungen, Institut für kunst-und musikhistorische (2002). "Pires, Sandra (eig. Sandra Carla de Lopes Morato e leal Pires)". ISBN 978-3-7001-3043-7 (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  2. ^ Davies, Nathan (January 4, 2019). "Rock City". Adelaide Advertiser. p. 27.
  3. ^ "The Sound of Music is coming home". BBC News. 2005-02-22. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  4. ^ lisa.trompisch (2021-03-22). "Masked Singer Austria: Der kleine Elefant mit der großen Stimme holte den Sieg". kurier.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-12.