Mariza, fado

She sings of impossible pain and fervent joy, of life's cruelty and love's intensity. Like

tango and flamenco, Portuguese fado is deeply emotional music, full of passion and

grief-suffused with a poetic mystery. Mariza's profound and highly original approach to

fado combines her beguiling presence with her huge, dark voice to project a raw

expressiveness that will linger in your memory like a lost illusion.

PRE-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION, 6:45 pm

"When Mariza sings, time stands still...we are all with her, caught in her trap." --BBC Radio