LISBON, Portugal -- Amalia Rodrigues, the Portuguese singer whose passionate performances of the country's brooding "fado" music took her from Lisbon taverns to worldwide fame, died yesterday. She was ...

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 ...

In 1920 the voice of Portugal was born. Her name: Amália Rodrigues. A new exhibition focussing on the musician's star-spangled life, titled 'Ah Amália - Living Experience', is opening in the ...

Last week, UNESCO added fado to its inventory of the world’s “intangible cultural heritage.’’ To friends of Portugal, this consecration only stated the obvious. Born in the steep streets and ...

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, ...

The exhibition features video-mapping, virtual reality and a full-scale hologram of the artist who put fado on the map. In 1920 the voice of Portugal was born. Her name: Amália Rodrigues. A new ...