Virginia Vera

Virginia Vera née Borioli (1898–1949) was an Italian-born Argentine singer, guitarist, composer and actress who gained fame in Buenos Aires from the mid-1920s.

Strongly influenced by local folk music, her favorite genres were the tango, milonga and ranchera.

After her father died in 1902, the family emigrated to Argentina where they settled in the little village of Herrera Vegas to the northwest of San Carlos de Bolívar in the province of Buenos Aires.

When her mother died soon afterwards, she was brought up in nearby Pehuajó by her uncle and aunt, José María Roggero and his wife Luisa.

[1] After singing in her husband's circus from 1915, she first performed in Buenos Aires in the Rex Theatre in 1927, gaining increasing popularity thanks to radio broadcasts and her associations with other guitarists.