Maria Ofelia Erenia Nieto Iglesias ( stage name, Ofelia Nieto;

Algete Algete () is a town and municipality in central Spain. It lies in the comarca de Alcalá in the autonomous community of the Community of Madrid. It had a population of 19,345 in 2008. Algete is northeast of the capital. Sights include the churc ...

, March 18, 1898 –

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, 22 May 1931) was a Spanish opera and zarzuela singer. She was the daughter of José Nieto Méndez, a notary of

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of ...

, and Erundina. She was a sister of

Ángeles Ottein María de los Ángeles Nieto Iglesias ( stage name, Ángeles Ottein; Algete, 24 June 1895 – Madrid, 12 March 1981) was a Spanish soprano, opera and zarzuela singer. She was the daughter of José Nieto Méndez, a notary of Burgos Burgos () i ...

and José Nieto, who were also opera and zarzuela singers. Nieto was 14 when she debuted in

Amadeu Vives i Roig Amadeu Vives i Roig (; 18 November 1871 – 2 December 1932) was a Spanish musical composer, creator of over a hundred stage works. He is best known for '' Doña Francisquita'', which Christopher Webber has praised for its "easy lyricism, fluen ...

's ''Maruxa'' in the title role. After marriage, she retired in 1928.

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Actas de Nacimiento y Bautismo de Ofelia Nieto y Ángeles Ottein
1931 deaths 1898 births Spanish sopranos Singers from Madrid 20th-century Spanish women opera singers {{Spain-singer-stub

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