Maria Teresa de Noronha

Maria Teresa do Carmo de Noronha Serôdio Guimarães ( born November 7, 1918 in Lisbon, † July 4, 1993 in São Pedro de Penaferrim, Sintra circle ) was a singer of fado.

She came from a noble family and sang fado early in the circle of friends and family. As she begins to sing in Fadolokalen, it arouses the interest of fado circles of Lisbon. In 1939, she takes her first single, O Fado dos Cinco Estilos ( " Fado of 5 styles " ), after it was further known through appearances on the radio. She gets own radio show at the Emissora Nacional, Fado e Guitarradas that is sent for 23 years.

Her way of singing and performing her bring increasingly popularity and reputation. She is invited to the opening of the airline Lisbon - Rio de Janeiro and sings in 1946 in Madrid and at the Book Fair in Barcelona at the invitation of the Spanish state.

In 1962, she leaves the Emissora Nacional and singing from then only in private and on selected occasions. So she sings, for example, in Monaco at the invitation of Rainier III. (Monaco) and Grace Kelly, both in private and in the Monte Carlo casino, and enters 1964 in England ( in the Portuguese Embassy and on radio and television by the BBC ).

From 1939 she took on shellac records and published 1959-1972 numerous records. The last time she sang in public in 1976 listen Fado O Picadeiro by António Chainho, where she attended the vocals of the singer Manuel de Almeida and was asked by him to sing a song.

Her style has often been dubbed as " fado aristocrático ", probably with a view to their lineage. However, she sang on the contrary, almost without exception the " fado castiço ", a Fado, which is based on folk poets, and the original traditions in the neighborhoods of ordinary people.