Celeste Rodrigues
Maria Celeste Rebordão Rodrigues ComIH was a Portuguese fadista and the younger sister of Amália Rodrigues.Biography
After Carnation Revolution in 1974, she went to Canada for six months, where her only marriage to actor Varela Silva ended in divorce; then she moved to the USA. She commuted for many years between her two residences in Lisbon and Washington DC, where her two daughters live.
Although she did not achieve nearly as comprehensive a career as her sister, she was able to achieve substantial fame in her own right with recordings such as Lenda das Algas, Já é tarde and the emblematic Fado Celeste achievements.Discography
- 2007 Fado Celeste
Compilations
- 1995 O Melhor dos Melhores n.º 55