Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Town Hall has announced Portuguese singer Mariza in a special streaming ...

With intense emotions in her voice, the great singer of fado music became the heart and soul of the Portuguese people. Amalia Rodrigues: The Voice Of Extreme Expression Amalia Rodrigues: The Voice Of ...

Few performers predominate a genre as Amália Rodrigues has with fado, from her rise in the 1930s and even beyond her death in 1999. Now, today’s leading ambassador of the mournful Portuguese genre, ...

Amalia Rodrigues, considered by many to be Portugal’s greatest singer, died Wednesday at age 79. Known for a haunting bluesy music called fado–fate in English–Rodrigues favored lyrics about longing, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Town Hall is pleased to announce Portuguese singer Mariza in a special ...

From the start, it doesn’t feel like fado. Nor does the players’ entrance fit the norm for Lisbon’s hallowed style of melancholy song. It is not the genteel Portuguese guitar but a sharp synthesizer ...

While Marta Pereira da Costa was a protégé of Carlos Gonçalves, an accompanist of legendary fado singer Amália Rodrigues, she didn’t see a clear path forward as a professional musician. Smitten with ...