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Lisbon (Portugal), 18 July (EFE), (Camera: Paula Fernández).- Amália Rodrigues used to sell the friendly face of the Portuguese dictatorship and had to carry the label of the regime's singer. But what few people knew was that the Queen of Fado financed the anti-fascist resistance, which only came to light after her death.Considered the voice of Portugal and known in all corners of the world, Amália (1920-1999) remains a partly unknown figure a century after her birth and more than 20 years after her death.FOOTAGE OF THE AMALIA MURAL AND THE HOUSE-MUSEUM IN LISBON INCLUDES SOUNDBITES FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH MIGUEL CARVALHO.Translation:"Over the years I contacted many people who had directly or indirectly contacted Amália and discovered a completely mysterious figure. The same Amália with whom the regime flirted and who was used by the dictatorship, and who in certain cases allowed herself to be used, that same Amália had over several decades very often and with considerable financial contributions over time, provided precious help to families of political prisoners, to anti-fascist resistance and to various movements in opposition to Salazar. At the head is the Portuguese Communist Party.""I think Amália had a deep sense of humanity and knew that what people suffered, political prisoners... It was impossible for her not to know because in her house for decades there were these poets, singers, this intellectual aspect that was very connected to oppositionist sectors of the regime."
Lisbon, Jul 23 (EFE), (Camera: Nacho Ballesteros).- Portugal paid tribute to fado queen Amália Rodrigues one hundred years after her birth.FOOTAGE OF AMÁLIA RODRIGUES FOUNDATION.SOUNDBITES OF VICENTE RODRIGUES, PRESIDENT OF AMÁLIA RODRIGUES FOUNDATION:"The memory of Amália is still alive among the Portuguese and, for us, she is a reference. She is one of the most relevant figures we had in the 20th century in the cultural area.""We had two exhibitions touring the country when the pandemic arrived and we had to suspend them because people couldn't be in public spaces. We are going to resume at the end of July.""He sang in more than 50 countries and, despite the years after her death, she still has a very large number of fans around the world."
The streets of the capital Lisbon are deserted as Portugal enters a fresh national lockdown. IMAGES
Lisbon (Portugal), Sep 22 (EFE), (Camera: Cynthia de Benito).- The coronavirus may have disrupted the seating capacity, but will not disturb the intensity of the tribute to the centenary of Amália, the great diva of Fado, which hosts the Teatro Real in Madrid next Saturday. It's about making a virtue out of necessity. The event, the X International Fado Festival in Madrid, was intended to be the great commemoration abroad of the so-called "voice of Portugal", which was born 100 years ago.FOOTAGE OF THE FADO MUSEUM IN LISBON AND SOUNDBITES FROM FÁBIA REBORDÃO AND ANA MOURA, FADISTAS.TRANSLATION:REBORDÃO:"I am going to sing "Estranha forma de vida", which is one of the first songs Amália wrote, and therefore I chose that song, I recorded a video clip during the pandemic, at the beginning of the pandemic, I recorded it on my birthday, to offer it to all those who were in the first line, that was my way of paying homage. So I think that is going to be the icing on the cake of the concert, because it has different arrangements than Amália's, because I think we can change the form and not the content, I think the content should be kept. Therefore I am going to sing that song, "Estranha forma de vida" like so many others that I decided to pay homage to her especially in this year that is 100 years old". MOURA:"I think... I can talk about my case, right? I took a look at the box office and you can see that it is already being composed, and therefore, I feel happy to feel that interest from people, and the expectation is... for example, I was in France now and I felt that people were eager to hear music and to feel the comfort that music can give them. And therefore that is my expectation: that people feel related to the music I have to help them, and to the comfort that I can give them through the music that I sing."
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