In 2005, a memorial space was opened at the [[Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana]]in Porto Alegre, Brazil to house the Elis Regina Collection.{{Cite Web | Date = 2006-09-20 | Title = CCMQ celebrates a year of the Elis Regina Collection | URL = https: //estado.rs.gov.br ELIS-REPAGE | Access-Date = 2025-02-18 | Website = Portal of the State of Rio Grande do Sul | Language = PT}} The space exhibits audiovisuals, CDs, articles and other media materials and documents about the life and work of Regina.
In 2005, a memorial space was opened at the [[Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana]]in Porto Alegre, Brazil to house the Elis Regina Collection.{{Cite Web | Date = 2006-09-20 | Title = CCMQ celebrates a year of the Elis Regina Collection | URL = https: //estado.rs.gov.br ELIS-REPAGE | Access-Date = 2025-02-18 | Website = Portal of the State of Rio Grande do Sul | Language = PT}} The space exhibits audiovisuals, CDs, articles and other media materials and documents about the life and work of Regina.
In 2013 a musical She was portrayed by [[Andréia Horta]]in the 2016 movie “Elis” directed by Hugo Prata.{{Cite Web | Title = Elis | URL = http: //www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-235679/ | Access-Date = 29 March 2020 | Website = adorocinema.com}}
In 2013 a musical She was portrayed by [[Andréia Horta]]in the 2016 movie “Elis” directed by Hugo Prata.{{Cite Web | Title = Elis | URL = http: //www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-235679/ | Access-Date = 29 March 2020 | Website = adorocinema.com}}
Brazilian singer
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Elis Regina |
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Regina in 1964 |
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| Born |
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa March 17, 1945 |
| Died | January 19, 1982 (aged 36) |
| Other names | Pepper, hurricane |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1961–1982 |
| Spouses |
(m. 1967–1972) (m. 1973–1981) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | MPB, Bossa Nova |
| Labels | Continental, CBS, Philips |
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Musical artist |
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| Website | www |
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (March 17, 1945 – January 19, 1982), known professionally as Elis Regina (Brazilian Portuguese: [eˈliz ʁeˈʒinɐ]), was a Brazilian singer of Bossa nova, MPB and jazz music. She is also the mother of the singers Maria Rita and Pedro Mariano.[1]
She became nationally renowned in 1965 after singing “Arrastão” (composed by Edu Lobo and Vinícius de Moraes) in the first edition of TV Excelsior festival song contest and soon joined Or to BossaTelevision Program on TV Record. She was not her vocalization as well as her interpretation and performances in shows. Her Recordings Include “Like Our Parents” (Belchior), “Upa Neguinho” (E. Lobo and Gianfrancesco Guarnieri), “Madalena” (Ivan Lins), “House in the Field” (Zé Rodrix and Tavito), “Water of March” (Tom Jobim), “Behind the Door” (Chico Buarque and Francis Hime), “The drunk and the equilibrist” (Aldir Blanc and João Bosco), “Talking to the Bar” (Milton Nascimento).
Her death, at the age of 36, shocked Brazil.[2][3][4][5][6]
Biography
Elis Regina was born in Porto Alegre, where she began her career as a singer at an early age on the children’s radio show Clube de Guri.[7] In her early teens she signed a record contract and a couple years later traveled to Rio de Janeiro, where she recorded her first album.[7][2] She won her first festival song contest in 1965 singing “Arrastão” (“Pull the Trawling Net”)[8] by Edu Lobo and Vinícius de Moraes, which made her the biggest selling Brazilian recording artist since Carmen Miranda. Her second album, Two in the bossa with Jair Rodrigues, set a national sales record and became the first Brazilian album to sell over one million copies. “Arrastão” increased her popularity because the festival was broadcast via TV and radio. The record represented the beginning of música popular brasileira (Brazilian popular music) and contrasted with bossa nova. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she helped popularize tropicalismo with Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, and Caetano Veloso.
In 1970 she had her first son with first husband Ronaldo Bôscoli. Later on she had two more children with musician Cesar Camargo Mariano.
Regina was nicknamed “hurricane” and “little pepper”.[7] She moved to Rio around the time Brazil was ruled by a military group.[7] Although her popularity protected her from reprisal when she criticized the regime while on tour in Europe, she was threatened with imprisonment unless she sang the Brazilian national anthem at an event honoring the anniversary of the coup.[7] In the 1970s she recorded the album Elis and Tom In Los Angeles with Antonio Carlos Jobim.[7] In 1982 she was starting her third marriage when she died from a combination of alcohol and cocaine at the age of thirty-six.[7]
Death
On January 19, 1982, Regina died at the age of 36, from cardiac arrest, after consuming vermouth, cocaine and tranquilizers. More than 15,000 fans attended a musical wake in the Teatro Bandeirantes in São Paulo. She was buried in Cemitério do Morumbi.[9]
Legacy
On August 18, 1997 Regina was posthumously awarded with the rank of the Order of Prince Henry of Portugal.[10]
In 2005, a memorial space was opened at the Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana in Porto Alegre, Brazil to house the Elis Regina Collection.[11] The space exhibits audiovisuals, CDs, articles and other media materials and documents about the life and work of Regina.[11]
In 2013 a musical She was portrayed by Andréia Horta in the 2016 movie “Elis” directed by Hugo Prata.[12]
Studio albums
Live albums
In life
| Year | Album |
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| 1965 | Two in the bossa (with Jair Rodrigues) |
| 1965 | O up to do (WITH ZIMO TIO) |
| 1966 | Two in bossa nº 2 (with Jair Rodrigues) |
| 1967 | Two in bossa nº 3 (with Jair Rodrigues) |
| 1970 | Elis at the Praia Theater |
| 1978 | Time cross -sectional |
Posthumous
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Montreux Jazz Festival |
| 1982 | Blue train |
| 1984 | Starlight |
| 1995 | Elis Live |
| 1998 | Elis live |
| 2012 | One day |
Compilation albums
Posthumous
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Unforgettable successes of Elis Regina |
References
- ^ MCGOWAN, Chris; Pessanha, Ricardo (1998). The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil. Temple University Press. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-1-56639-545-8.
- ^ a b “Elis Regina (1945–1982)”. Federative Republic of Brazil. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ Goes, 2007, p.187
- ^ Pugal Hall, 2006, p.170.
- ^ Silva, 2002, p.193.
- ^ Arashiro, 1995, p.39.
- ^ a b c d e f g Dougan, John. “Elis Regina”. AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ “Database Folha – Newspaper Collection”. almanaque.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ “Elis Regina was the victim of overdose: how were the last hours of the singer”. Universe Online (in Portuguese). 2019.
- ^ “Foreign entities awarded Portuguese orders – Official Honorary Orders Page”. www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
- ^ a b “CCMQ celebrates a year of the Elis Regina Collection”. Portal of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). September 20, 2006. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
- ^ “Elis”. adorocinema.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Further reading
- Arashiro, Osny. Elis Regina for herself. M. Claret, 1995.
- Echeverria, Regina (1985) Hurricane Elis. Includes chronology and discography by Maria Luiza Kfouri. Rio de Janeiro: Nordic / Circle of the book. 363p. 2.ed. Rev. Ampl. 1994 (São Paulo: Ed. Globo); 3.ed. 2002 (Sao Paulo: Ed. Globe). 239p. ISBN 85-250-3514-9
- Goes, Ludenbergue. Brazilian woman first: the example and the life lessons of 130 Brazilian consecrated abroad. Publications Ediouro, 2007. ISBN 85-00-01998-0
- Kiechaloski, Zeca (1984) Elis Regina. Col. These gauchos. Porto Alegre: Tchê! 101p.
- Pugialli, Ricardo. Almanac of the Young Guard: In the packages of a decade full of embers, do you live?. Publications Ediouro, 2006. ISBN 85-00-02073-3
- SERSANO, José Roberto. (2005) Boulevard des Capucines. Olympia Theater, Paris 1968: Elis Regina and Bossa Jazz Trio in a Golden Time of MPB. Ed. Tree of Earth. 207p. ISBN 85-85136-29-4
- Silva, Walter. I’ll tell you: Brazilian popular music stories. Connex, 2002. ISBN 85-88953-05-6
- Elis Regina for herself. (1995) The Org. Arahiro Arahiro. Seo Powlo: Martin Claret. 2.ed. rev. 2004. 229p. ISBN 85-7232-085-7
- The best of Elis Regina. (2003) Melodies encrypted with the lyrics of 28 songs from the repertoire of Elis Regina. Ed. Brothers Vitale. 112p. ISBN 85-7407-088-2
