Article: Rodrigues, Amália

Am á lia Rodrigues

Portuguese vocalist Am á lia Rodrigues (1920-1999), performing and recording in the Lisbon-based fado style, became a legendary figure in the national mu sical life of her country and a much-loved ambassa dor of Portuguese culture abroad.

Rodrigues had an unusually long career, making her debut in 1939 and singing until the last few years of her life. She achieved considerable exposure in the United States in the 1950s but declined opportunities for wider success. Her smoky, passionate singing epitomized fado in its combination of intense emotion, sadness, and nostalgia, merging to create the uniquely Portuguese sentiment known by the untranslatable word ...

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