Maria Bethânia

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Born: June 18, 1946
From: Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil

Biography

Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"). Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single "Carcará", the artist became a star in Brazil. Bethânia is the sister of the singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso and of the writer-songwriter Mabel Velloso, as well as being aunt of the singers Belô Velloso and Jota Velloso. The singer has released 50 studio albums in 47 years of career, and is among the 10 best-selling music artists in Brazil, having sold more than 26 million records. Bethânia was ranked in 2012, by Rolling Stone Brasil magazine, as the fifth-biggest voice of Brazilian music. Bethânia is the sixth out of eight children born into the family of José Telles Veloso (Seu Zeca), a government official, and Claudionor Viana Telles Veloso (Dona Canô), a housewife. The name Maria Bethânia was chosen by her brother Caetano Veloso after the homonymous hit song written by composer Capiba and famous at the time in the voice of Nélson Gonçalves. In her childhood, she had aspirations to become an actress. However, her mother was a musician, so music was prevalent in the Veloso household. Though Bethânia was born in Santo Amaro da Purifição, her family moved to Salvador, Bahia when she was 13. The move allowed her to experience the bohemian, intellectual circles of the city, as well as to visit theaters. When she was 16, her brother Caetano Veloso invited her to sing in a film for which he was producing the soundtrack, but she refused. Nevertheless, the film's director, Álvaro Guimarães, liked her voice and invited the young musician to perform in the 1963 Nélson Rodrigues's musical Boca de Ouro. This time Bethânia accepted, and for the first time in her life she went on stage to sing for an audience, opening the play performing a samba by Ataulfo Alves. That same year, Bethãnia and her sister met singers Gilberto Gil and Gal Costa; Caetano had been invited to put on an MPB show to inaugurate the Teatro Vila Velha. The four artists got together and, in 1964, staged Nós, por exemplo (We, for example). The show was a success and was presented again twenty months later, with the participation of singer-songwriter Tom Zé. That same year, the group mounted another show called Nova Bossa Velha e Velha Bossa Nova (New Old Bossa and Old New Bossa). Still in that year, directed by Caetano and Gil, Bethânia performed another musical, this time on her own, called Mora na Filosofia (Lives in Philosophy). She began performing again with her brother, as well as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Tom Zé, at the opening of the Vila Velha Theater in the next year. During one of these performances, the bossa nova musician Nara Leão offered her an opportunity to take her place in a series of performances titled "Opinião". ... Source: Article "Maria Bethânia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Works

75 films

Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

2008

A Imagem da Tolerância

2017

Karingana - Licença para contar

2017

Vento Bravo

2007

Tropicália

20127.1

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

19677.5

Toquinho Maravilhoso

2024

Todo Mundo no Rio com Shakira

20268.0

Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

20028.8

A Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo

1968

Maria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda

200710.0

26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia

20155.0

Ruin

20166.5

Abraçar e Agradecer

201610.0

Mulher 80

19798.0

Ritas

20258.3

Maria Bethânia: Tempo Tempo Tempo Tempo

200510.0

Maria Bethânia - Caderno de Poesia

2013

The Egg

200310.0

Cauby: Começaria Tudo Outra Vez

20156.0

Chico: Brazilian Artist

20157.8

Fevereiros

20197.4

Brazil's Maria Bethânia

2001

Pitanga

20165.6

Chico e as Cidades

199910.0

The Girl from Ipanema

19676.3

Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo

2025

Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi

2011

Extrafísico - Jorge Vercillo

2019

Ana Carolina - Estampado

20035.2

Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

2017

Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

20227.0

Alcione - Duas Faces

2011

Maria Bethânia: Carta de Amor Ao Vivo

2013

Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

20057.4

Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque

19808.0

Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes

20188.0

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

2019

Phono 73: A Country and its Music

2005

Vinicius de Moraes

20056.3

The Man Who Bought the World

19685.8

Maria Bethânia e Omara Portuondo

2008

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

2008

When Carnaval Comes

19726.1

Saravah

19698.2

Maria Bethânia: As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim

1994

Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta

2019

Maria Bethânia: Brasileirinho Ao Vivo

20049.0

Zeca Apresenta - o Quintal do Pagodinho ao Vivo - Vol. 3

2016

Brasil

19817.5

The Next Samba

20176.3

Edu Lobo 70 Anos

2013

Entangling Shadows

19985.8

The Dare

19657.9

MPB dos Tempos da Repressão

2004

Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil

20258.5

Palavra (En)Cantada

20096.4

Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show

19667.3

Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius

20249.0

Os Doces Bárbaros

19778.0

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

2024

Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1

20108.5

Dê Lembranças a Todos

20187.0

Especial Caetano Veloso 80 Anos

202210.0

Bahia - Stadt aller Heiligen

1971

Viva Volta

2005

Maria Bethânia: Noite Luzidia

20019.8

Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

20067.0

Panorama with Clarice Lispector

197710.0

Maria Bethânia e Zeca Pagodinho: De Santo Amaro a Xerém

2018

Multishow Registro: Pode Entrar

20099.5

Bethânia e as Palavras

2025

Maria Bethânia: Dentro do Mar Tem Rio

2009

Moacyr Luz, O Embaixador Dessa Cidade

2024

Duetos

2010