Maria Severa Onofriana
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| Birth name | Maria Severa Onofriana |
| Also known as | A Severa |
| Born | 26 July 1820 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 30 November 1846 (aged 26) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Genres | Fado |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, portuguese guitar |
Maria Severa Onofriana (26 July 1820 – 30 November 1846), also known simply as A Severa, was a Portuguese fado singer and guitarist. She is regarded, in her short life, as the first fado singer to have risen to fame, attaining a near-mythical status after her death. Fado has been described as the Portuguese expression of "the blues", and fado roughly means 'fate'.
Biography
Maria Severa Onofriana was born in
13th Count of Vimioso, who took her to bullfights
(a public and important social event of that time).
She died of
common grave in the Alto de São João Cemetery
.
In popular culture
Maria Severa's fame grew also due to a novel by
.A romantic musical, Maria Severa Onofriana, opened on 19 July 2011 at the Shaw Festival in
Niagara-On-The-Lake
, Ontario, with book, music and lyrics by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli, directed by Jackie Maxwell and starring Julie Martell as Maria Severa.
References
- Maria Severa musical
- Fado bibliography at José Lúcio Ribeiro de Almeida – Instrumentos Musicais Populares Portugueses
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