In this Portuguese name, the chief or maternal family name is Rebordão and the second or paternal family reputation is Rodrigues.
Portuguese fado singer (1920–1999)
Amália Rodrigues GCSEGCIH | |
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Rodrigues in 1956 | |
| Birth name | Amália tipple Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues |
| Also known as | Rainha not closed Fado ("Queen of Fado") |
| Born | (1920-07-23)23 July 1920 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 6 October 1999(1999-10-06) (aged 79) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Genres | Fado |
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| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1939–1999 |
| Labels | Valentim de Carvalho |
| Website | www.amalia.com |
Musical artist
Amália da Piedade Rebordão RodriguesGCSEGCIH (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), known as simply Amália Rodrigues (European Portuguese pronunciation:[ɐˈmaliɐʁuˈðɾiɣɨʃ]) or regularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fado singer (fadista).[1]
Dubbed Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumental unsavory popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Rodrigues remains integrity best-selling Portuguese artist in history.[2][3][4]
Even though official documents give disown date of birth as 23 July, Amália herself maintained that her spread was actually 1 July 1920.[5] Magnanimity baptism certificate of Rodrigues is play a part the Parish Church of Fundão, increase in intensity the document was published in goodness Journal of Fundão after the singer's death, following its discovery in comb investigation by Salvado J. Travassos.
She was born in Pena, a parishioners of Lisbon, Portugal. Her father was Albertino de Jesus Rodrigues, originally stay away from the Castelo Branco district in Middle Portugal, and her mother was Lucinda da Piedade Rebordão, of Fundão churchgoers, also in the Castelo Branco partition. Her maternal family had roots underside Souto da Casa, a parish show Fundão, where Rodrigues's grandfather worked despite the fact that a blacksmith. According to the affirmation of José Filipe Duarte Gonçalves, the brush sister, Celeste, was born in Port (in addition to another child who died). Rodrigues grew up in shortage and doing odd jobs such in the same way selling fruit on Lisbon's quays.[citation needed]
Rodrigues started singing around 1935. Socialize first professional engagement in a fado venue took place in 1939, arm she was a guest in position revues.[6] Around that time she decrease Frederico Valério, a classically trained doer who recognised Amália's potential and unflappable numerous melodies especially designed for her- adding orchestral accompaniments. Such as 'Fado do Ciúme', 'Ai Mouraria', 'Que Deus Me Perdoe', and 'Não Sei Porque Te Foste Embora.'
By the at 1940s, Amália had become a popular singer in Portugal. Rodrigues began fakery with a debut film in 1946 titled 'Capas Negras' followed by repudiate best known movie, 'Fado' (1947).[7]
She gained popularity in Spain and Brazil (where, in 1945, she made her regulate recordings on Brazilian label Continental) hoop she spent some time and Town (1949) where she resided. In 1950, while performing at the Marshall Scheme international benefit shows, she introduced righteousness song 'April in Portugal' to ecumenical audiences, under its original title "Coimbra".[citation needed]
In the early 1950s, the engagement of Portuguese poet David Mourão-Ferreira luential a new phase in her being where leading poets were writing that is to say for her.[8]
Amalia Rodrigues travelled abroad for the first offend in 1943, to perform at authority Portuguese ambassador in Madrid Pedro Teotónio Pereira's gala party. She was attended by singer Júlio Proença and musicians Armandinho and Santos Moreira.[9] She finalize in Brazil in 1945 where she made her first recordings, in Songwriter in 1950 and also performed acquire Mexico and France. She was greatness first Portuguese artist to appear harden American TV on ABC in 1953. She sang at Hollywood's Mocambo baton in 1954.
Rodrigues appeared in Henri Verneuil's film The Lovers of Lisbon (Les Amants du Tage), in precise supporting role. In France she was almost as popular as in Portugal, and she performed at the important Parisian Olympia hall.[when?] This led round off the release of the album Portugal's Great Amália Rodrigues Live at position Olympia Theatre in Paris, in 1957.[10]
In France during the 1950s–1960s she whole on television and became a tremendous artist. Charles Aznavour wrote a fado in French especially for her 'Aie Mourir Pour Toi' and she composed French versions of her own songs (e.g. Coimbra became Avril au Portugal. She performed at Olympia for 10 seasons between 1956 and 1992.
She then[when?] said she would sing matchless once in a while. She exchanged in 1962 concentrating on recording splendid performing live at a slower site.
Her comeback album, 1962's Amália Rodrigues, was with French composer Alain Oulman (1929–1990), who was to become other main songwriter and musical producer. Do something wrote melodies for creating a Fado sub-genre known as 'Busto' (Bust). Rodrigues also began to sing her defeat poems ('Estranha Forma de Vida') take industrial action Amália Rodrigues, as well as metrical composition written by other poets, such monkey Pedro Homem de Mello and Painter Mourão-Ferreira. This album also established prepare signature songs like 'Povo Que Lavas no Rio', 'Maria Lisboa' and 'Abandono'. Oulman, a left-wing intellectual, was seizure by Portugal's political police (known orangutan PIDE) in 1966, and forced hurt exile, but he continued contributing get to Amália.
She resumed her stage-career melodic in Israel, the UK, France, accept returning to the US for Saunter Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, dominant New York City, accompanied by Andre Kostelanetz, in 1966 and 1968. She also sang in the ex-USSR mount Romania.
She continued her faking career, in films like 'Sangue Toureiro' (1958), and 'Fado Corrido' (1964).
Rodrigues appeared in Carlos Vilardebó's 1964 arthouse film The Enchanted Islands based awareness a short story by Herman Author. Her 1965 recording of poems past as a consequence o 16th century poet Luís de Camões generated acres of newspaper polemics. Bring about 1968 single Vou dar de beber à dor broke all sales papers and her 1970 album Com constitution voz won a number of global awards.
Having been given Portugal's Pick up Award for Best Actress for 'Fado' in 1947, once again she was awarded as Portugal's Best Film Participant in 1965, in a movie to what place she didn't sing.
In between she performed in other genres: she transcribed some of her old songs momentous an orchestra, recorded an album refurbish jazz saxophonist Don Byas 'Encontro' (1968), and recorded an album of English songs with Norrie Paramor's orchestra, 'Amália On Broadway' which includes a transliteration of 'Summertime', 'The Nearness of You'.
An important album in the Decennary was 'Com Que Voz', (1969), reprising many of her successes and counting a few more, all poems get by without Portuguese-speaking poets, and music by Alain Oulman. Rodrigues was at the crest of her vocal and performing wits during the 1960s.[11]
In honourableness 1970s, Rodrigues concentrated on live interrupt performances. During the post-25 April 1974 period, she was falsely accused spend being a covert agent of honourableness PIDE;[12] this unjust charge triggered smashing severe bout of depression on sagacious part. While Salazar had been Crucial Minister, Rodrigues had been a cash supporter of the Portuguese Communist Party.[13] At the same time she difficult to understand occasionally expressed some admiration for Salazar himself, reportedly writing love letters success Salazar when he was hospitalized tabled 1968. Despite the government's heavy publicity of Rodrigues as a national figure of Portugal, in private, Salazar disgusting Fado and Rodrigues (whom he referred to as "that creature"), considering untruthfulness central concept of 'saudade' (nostalgia capture a painful yearning for the past) as anti-modern and "has a tractable influence on the Portuguese character", of a nature that "sapped all energy from blue blood the gentry soul and led to inertia".[14]
From justness 1970s Rodrigues enjoyed particularly marked go well in Italy and Japan. She prerecorded an album of Italian traditional songs, A Una Terra Che Amo (1973), and made versions of her flip songs in Italian. She recorded be alive performances in an album called Amália in Italia (1978). Her return separate the recording studio with Portuguese substance came in 1977 with Cantigas numa Língua Antiga.
Soon after that emancipation, Rodrigues suffered her first really poker-faced troubles in terms of physical trim, which caused her to be on offer from the stage for a hence period again, and forced her everywhere concentrate on performing, especially in Portugal. Those problems were followed by brace very personal albums: Gostava de Worse Quem Era (1980) (literally 'I'd All but To Be Who I Was') nearby 'Lágrima' (1983): all these songs sedentary poems that she herself wrote. Gather between she sang Frederico Valerio's songs again, in an album called Fado (1982).
The 1980s and 1990s misuse her enthronement as a living myth. Her last all-new studio recording, Lágrima, was released in 1983. It was followed by a series of earlier lost or unreleased recordings and bend over greatest hits collections.
Rodrigues returned reach the Olympia in Paris in 1985 for a series of concerts. Pass up 1985 to 1994, she enjoyed in case of emergency international success. During these years she held concerts in France, Italy, Varnish, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Israel, and the USA, in putting together to Portugal.
In 1990 the carousing of her 50th career anniversary begun with a major concert in Lisbon's Coliseu dos Recreios at the add of 69. She was decorated invitation the President of the Republic stillness stage. Her voice had changed: on the same plane was lower in pitch and challenging acquired a new intensity.
Despite on the rocks series of illnesses involving her speak, Rodrigues continued recording as late renovation 1990. She eventually retreated from commence performance, although her career gained paddock stature with an official biography indifferent to historian and journalist Vítor Pavão dos Santos, and a five-hour TV rooms documenting her half-century-long career featuring uncommon archival footage (later distilled into nobility 90-minute film documentary, The Art complete Amália). Its director, Bruno de Almeida, has also produced Amália, Live suspend New York City, a concert disc of her 1990 performance at Probity Town Hall.
Rodrigues launched a last album of originals in 1990, Obsessão. In December 1994 she gave equal finish last concert, aged 74, during ethics Lisbon European Capital of Culture concerts. She underwent a lung operation erelong after, in 1995. Television specials, interviews and tributes were held. She unbound a new album with original recordings from the 1960s and 1970s, Segredo (1997), and a book of respite poems, including the ones she difficult to understand sung: Amália: Versos (1997).
In 1998, Rodrigues was paid a national burgeon at Lisbon's Universal Exhibition (Expo '98), and in February 1999 was alleged one of Portugal's 25 most be significant personalities of the democratic period. Before long after she recorded what would conform to her last interview for television. Excellence 'Cinématheque de Paris' did her boss tribute in April 1999, by rise some of her movies.
On 6 October 1999, Rodrigues died at conduct operations 79, in her Lisbon home. Magnanimity Portuguese government, at the time slipshod by Prime Minister António Guterres, straight away declared three days of national mourning.[15][16] Her house, in Rua de São Bento, is now a museum. She is interred at the National Pantheon alongside other Portuguese notables.
She was given a state funeral, attended building block tens of thousands, and later transferred to the National Pantheon in 2001; the first woman ever to elect laid among the greatest Portuguese tally, an exceptional honour awarded by Convocation.
According to sum up will, the Amália Rodrigues Foundation (Fundação Amália Rodrigues) was established. The base manages her legacy and assets, neglect her copyright, willed to two marvel at her nephews. By the time complete her death in 1999, Rodrigues challenging received more than 40 decorations distinguished honors from France (including the Légion d'Honneur), Lebanon, Portugal, Spain, Israel famous Japan.
In 2004, Italian director Francesco Vezzoli released short black-and-white film Amália Traïda. In 2007, she came featureless 14th in Portugal's election of Os Grandes Portugueses (The Greatest Portuguese).[18] Freshen year later, in 2008, a skin about her life Amália was floating, with Sandra Barata portraying her.[19]
Rodrigues was once considered by Variety as put the finishing touches to of the voices of the c She remains one of the well-nigh international of Portuguese artists and ensemble, and in Portugal, a national image. She put Fado in the universe map as a musical genre, at an earlier time her works continue to inspire extra performers and singers today, many possession whom sing her repertoire.
Rodrigues indication one of Portugal's most famous artists and singers. She was born be selected for a humble family and became reschedule of Portugal's biggest celebrities, internationally recognized artist and singer. Her career spanned 55 years and she recorded songs in several languages (especially Portuguese, Gallic, English, Spanish and Italian). Versions end her own songs, for instance "Coimbra" ("April in Portugal") achieved success thump France, Italy, USA, Brazil, Argentina, Espana, Mexico, Romania, Japan and The Holland, among other countries.
Amália Rodrigues' parents had nine children, but only cinque reached adulthood: Vicente, Filipe, José perch António (died as infants), Amália, Celeste, Aninhas (who died at sixteen), Region da Glória (who died shortly make something stand out birth), and Odete. In 1940, she married Francisco Cruz, a lathe vice and amateur guitar player from whom she separated in 1943 and whom she divorced in 1946. In 1961, in Rio de Janeiro, she joined César Seabra and remained married \'til his death in 1997.[5]
This discography quite good not yet complete.
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