Lucília do Carmo

In the 1980s, she withdrew from artistic life. Undoubtedly, she remains in the public's and critic's memory as a lady of fado corrido, considered one of the best voices of Fado ever.

In 1947, two years after the end of the Second World War, Carmo and Almeida opened a fado house, called Adega da Lucília, which later changed its name to O Faia. The house, where Carmo was the main artistic performance, was located in Bairro Alto, right in Rua da Barroca. Knowing several casts over the years, singers from different generations sang there, such as Alfredo Marceneiro, Tristão da Silva, Carlos Ramos or Camané. Ary dos Santos, who also frequented O Faia, said one day of the fado singer "Lucília do Carmo is, as far as I am concerned, a fado classic!."

Next, she retired for five years from Lisbon's cultural circles, acting in Brazil and Mozambique, where she exhibited, among other spaces, at Casino da Costa, in Lourenço Marques. From her time at that casino, she would report the newspaper Canção do Sul, of 16 August 1943, of the "(...) formidable success achieved by the popular singer Lucília do Carmo".

Carmo married Alfredo de Almeida and in 1939 her son Carlos do Carmo was born, who, influenced by his mother, would later become a great fado singer, with a successful national and international career.

Her debut as a fado singer took place at Retiro da Severa, in 1936, when she was only 17 years old, in the presence of the owners and businessmen of the most typical fado houses in Alfama, Bairro Alto and Mouraria, typically the three Lisbon fadistas neighborhoods. Her presence on stage and voice captured the audience's attention and recognition came quickly.

Lucília Nunes de Ascensão do Carmo (4 November 1919 – 19 November 1998) was a famous Portuguese fadista (fado singer) and the mother of Carlos do Carmo.