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Mar 6, 2009 · If you want a sense of the glorious emotional excesses that permeate fado, the soul music of Portugal, you need only listen to the legendary fadista Amália Rodrigues, who tremulously...
- Carlos Saura
May 15, 2017 · The greatest Portuguese fadista of all time was Amália Rodrigues, the ‘Queen of Fado’ – the entire country even went into three days of mourning when she passed away in 1999 – but here are a few current fado singers who have definitely made names for themselves.
- Nina Santos
May 22, 2024 · Fado singer Carminho wowed audiences with her performance in Poor Things. Here's where she catches fado in Lisbon, from the iconic Mesa de Frades to insider hangout Tasca da Bela.
Fame gave Jaime Santos the opportunity of participating in the film «Fado - História de uma Cantadeira» (1948), directed by Perdigão Queiroga. Also in 1948 he accompanied Amália in short films by Augusto Fraga on fado themes. He also participated in the film Les amants du Tage» (1955), by Henri Verneuil.
The film combines fado performances from top artists, dance from Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde and archive footage. In the song centrepieces, artists deliver contemporary versions of fado classics. Lined up fadistas include young female star Mariza as well as Grammy award-winner Carlos do Carmo.
Júlio Dantas’ work would later be adapted to movies by Leitão de Barros, who directs the first sound film in 1931, also named “A Severa". The movie premiered at São Luiz, in a national event environment, on the 18 June 1931, and stayed on for over 6 months; it was seen by over 200.000 spectators.
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The Queen of Fado, Amália Rodrigues, brought fado to an international stage with such celebrity that the entire country mourned her passing for three days. And modern fado, with singers like Mariza, Katia Guerreiro, and Antonio Zambujo, put fado on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
