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The composer María José Valério, who gave voice to the “Sports March”, died this Wednesday in Lisbon, at the age of 87, a victim of covid-19, reported a source from Casa do Artista.
The interpreter of “Menina dos Telefonos” (1961) died at the Hospital de Santa María, where she was admitted.
From her full name Maria José Valério Dourado, she was born on May 3, 1933 in Amadora and starred in other hits such as “Olha o Polícia Sinaleiro” and “As Carvoeiras”.
Niece of the composer Frederico Valério (1913-1982), in the 1950s she participated in several variety programs of the then National Station, and in the experimental broadcasts of RTP, in Feira Popular, in Lisbon, after having attended the Preparation Center. of Artists of Radio of the National Station.
In 2000, he participated in the television series “Casa da Saudade”, written by Filipe la Féria, with Carmen Dolores, Anita Guerreiro, Virgílio Teixeira, Raul Solnado, João d’Ávila, Helena Rocha and Artur Agostinho, among others.
Ten years before, he participated in the television series “Um Solar Alfacinha” along with Deolinda Rodrigues, Pedro Pinheiro, Carlos Cabral, Natalina José and Natália de Sousa, among others.
In cinema, he participated in the film “O Homem do Dia” (1958), by Henrique Campos and Teresita Miranda, starring the cyclist Alves Barbosa (1931-2018).
According to the “Encyclopedia of Music in Portugal in the 20th century”, his “vocal performance privileges the emancipation of the text with an open, chesty, powerful voice, with a hoarse timbre”, and highlights “its gestures as a way to enhance the emotional dimension of the text “.
In the 1960s, she was elected Radio Queen of Goa, a territory then under Portuguese administration.
In 1962 she married the bullfighter José Trincheira, who marked the current times, with live broadcast on RTP. The wedding was celebrated by the then Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Cerejeira, in the church of the Jerónimos Monastery, in Lisbon, with the Pope ringing the bells in Rome, as a sign of blessing.
The artist recorded, in honor of her husband, from whom she separated the pasodoble “Trincheira”, in which she praises her bullfighting skills. The bullfighter said goodbye to the bullring in 1989.
In 2004, he received the Medal of Merit from the City of Lisbon, gold degree. In May 2009, the municipality of Amadora inaugurated a cultural center that bears his name, in the parish of Venteira.
In 2017 he directed, with the singer António Calvário, the show “Do musical à revista”.
His repertoire, divided between fado and light song, includes songs such as “Cantarinhas”, “Fado da Solidão”, “Expedicionário”, “Um Dia”, “Casa Sombria”, “Deixa Andar”, “Férias em Lisboa”, “Longos Dias “,” Lisboa, Menina Vaidosa “,” Never Mais “, many from the duo of authors Eduardo Damas and Manuel Paião, who also sign the” Sports March “.
In the early 1970s, he spent a year in Brazil, one of several countries where he worked, in addition to Angola, France, Spain, Canada, and South Africa.
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