Amália Rodrigues (Photo: Teia da Língua Portuguesa)
Flashback: In 1989, the celebrated famous Amália Rodrigues under the sympathy of the whole Portuguese people 50 years their stage presence. Great artists such as Federico Fellini, Mario Vargas Llosa and Sophia Loren her congratulations to the anniversary was in Portugal at that time published a well-equipped 8-he-CD box. After their last great concerts in New York and Lisbon in 1990, she held until her death even more isolated, always acclaimed performances.
Amália, as all loving and was called respectfully, has during more than fifty years on the world stage somewhat achieved what took other approaches, only very few artists: it was not only the artistic national heroine of Portugal - in the cult probably only behind Pessoa and Camões - but their appearance and their work brought the fado - a resident only in Portugal municipal art song form usually melancholy character - out into the world. Given the economic and linguistic dominance of English and American pop music an incredible achievement. The entire Portuguese nation is indebted to Amália, it was 1990 when the artist, the highest state award Portugal, the Grand Cross of the Order of Santiago de Espada, was presented.
Amália is now called by critics in the same breath as the Callas, Bessie Smith, Edith Piaf and Ella Fitzgerald. Their influence on the Portuguese and, increasingly, also on the European musical culture is hard to overestimate. When captured the last ten years, the singer Misia with its mix of Portuguese fado and French chanson, the European cities that is without what Amália Rodrigues has created of repertoire and artistic standards, unthinkable. The success of Bevinda, a singer who combines fado roots with a delicate pop music, and Teresa Salgueiro, the singer of the most important band in Portugal, Madredeus, would be impossible without the work fulfilled Amália. Amália promoted the emergence and spread of a sophisticated civilization fado, the Portuguese music scene and what impressed the Portuguese live music and feel. Singers such as Beatriz de Conceição, Maria da Fé and Lenita Gentil, or the younger Cristina Branco, Ana Moura, Katia Guerreiro, Mariza, and cause continued their classical Fado singer tradition. As
very own music creation Portugal, fado is not for authentic folk music is still the classic. It is an oral tradition, alive remained high artistic City Music, the only one that Europe has not. The origin of the fado is controversial. Some say Fado tribe of gypsy songs from the ancient Alfama district of Lisbon, others that sailors had introduced this art of song two hundred years ago from Brazil. The spirit of fado is described by all the same - through the so-called Saudades, the Portuguese sense of unfulfilled longing action for love and security. Amália Rodrigues describes fado
: "We had Portuguese to complain much, because we were here, where none go there if you do not want to. Our country is bordered by Spain, nothing else, just the dangerous sea. And so we were always with swords and war and has the sea, and we went out to sea, so we have long suffered. And this is an action, and fado is an elegy. "
Amália was born sometime in July 1920. She sang - even in competitions - even as a child. In 1939 she obtained José Soriano, manager of the restaurant famous Retiro da Severa, in his house. Within a few weeks, they become the local celebrity. With a highly acclaimed tour in 1943 in Madrid began her international career. As it stands in 1956 at L'Olympia, the most famous variety theater in Paris, on stage, their legendary reputation is sealed. Since then, she is one of the audience favorites. But it is celebrated not only in the Romansh-speaking countries. Even the far-eastern Japan takes a liking to their music. Apparently their interpretation of art touches so directly, that language barriers are no obstacles. Fado Amália opened up new horizons. Their performances, in which she appeared always dressed in black, have made history. Equally stunned their high ornamentation reminiscent of Moorish influences. Of their personality to let high-profile composers and poets inspired that you wrote a whole series of new pieces.
loneliness,
before the sun disappears like a lost bird.
loneliness ...
I will also Adieu to say?
The whole secret of life is like a star,
like a star in these ashes,
before the sun disappears.
loneliness.
Amália was like a saint, especially for the poor, for which she used regularly with aid projects. Although they officially during the Salazar dictatorship regierungsnah was, then she donated money illegally again and again for the Communist Party. Amália Rodrigues died on 6 October 1999 in the age of 79.
, tens of thousands of her in the Basilica de Estrela in Lisbon farewell. The then European TV channel Euronews transferred live for several hours, the funeral service. The Portuguese President ordered three days of national mourning, the current election campaign has been set. Amália was buried in the cemetery Lisbon Prazeres. 2001 led to her remains in the National Pantheon in Lisbon Church of Santa Engracia, an honor that she was presented with the first and only woman given.
fulfilled Amália sarcophagus in the church of Santa Engracia, the National Pantheon in Portugal. (Photo: MB)
In Rua de Sao Bento in Lisbon houses the museum dedicated to her Fundação Museu Amália Rodrigues. Their lives and music are the subject of the musical Amália, which premiered 2002nd
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