Amália

The word kitsch springs irresistibly to mind when this smash hit musical about the life and work of the late, great fado diva Amália Rodrigues is mentioned. It offers a selection of the most famous songs of this exponent of Lisbon's trademark soulful music, many of them written by Portugal's leading poets and composers. Two actress-singers play Amália - one the rising star and the other the ageing icon. The show, put on in a pleasingly seedy theatre tucked round the back of the Avenida da Liberdade downtown, is packed out every night. Amália died last October, prompting three days of national mourning, but this show is just one sign that she is lives on in the hearts of Lisboetas. In Portugese.

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