Artist Info: Celeste Rodrigues

Celeste Rodrigues (Maria Celeste Rebordão Rodrigues, Fundão, Portugal, 14 March 1923 – 1 August 2018) was a Portuguese fadista (fado singer) and the younger sister of Amália Rodrigues.

After Carnation Revolution in 1974, she went to Canada for six months, where her marriage to actor Varela Silva ended in divorce. She commuted between her two residences in Lisbon and Washington, where her two daughters live.

Although she did not achieve nearly as comprehensive a career as her sister [read more...]