Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo (born in Havana, Cuba on 29 October 1930) is a Cuban singer whose career has spanned over half a century.
Portuondo was born in October 1930 in Havana, one of three sisters; her mother came from a wealthy Spanish family, and had created a scandal by running off with and marrying a black professional baseball player. Omara started her career in 1945 as a dancer at Havana's Tropicana Club (following her older sister, Haydee). The two sisters used to sing for family and friends Read Full BioOmara Portuondo (born in Havana, Cuba on 29 October 1930) is a Cuban singer whose career has spanned over half a century.
Portuondo was born in October 1930 in Havana, one of three sisters; her mother came from a wealthy Spanish family, and had created a scandal by running off with and marrying a black professional baseball player. Omara started her career in 1945 as a dancer at Havana's Tropicana Club (following her older sister, Haydee). The two sisters used to sing for family and friends, however, and after a brief time in a band called Loquibambla Swing, in 1952 they got together with two friends (Elena Bourke and Moraima Secada) and formed the singing group Cuarteto las d'Aida, backed by pianist Aida Diestro. The group had considerable success, touring the United States, performing with Nat King Cole at the Tropicana, and recording an album for RCA Victor.
In 1959 Portuondo recorded a solo album, Magia Negra, involving both jazz and Cuban music. This didn't, however, mark the beginning of a solo career, and although Haydee left the group in 1961, Omara continued singing with Cuarteto las d'Aida until 1967.
In 1967 Portuondo embarked on a solo career, and in the same year represented Cuba at the Sopot Festival in Poland, singing Juanito Marquez' "Como un Milagro". Alongside her solo work, in the 1970s she sang with charanga band Orquestra Aragon, and toured with them.
In 1974 she recorded, with guitarist Martin Rojas, what would become one of her most critically acclaimed albums in which she sings praises to Salvador Allende and the people of Chile a year after the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Among many other hits from the album, she also praises the work of Ernesto "Che" Guevara in the beautiful "Hasta Siempre".
During the 1970s and 1980s Portuonda enjoyed considerable success at home and abroad, with tours, albums (including one of her most lauded recordings in 1984 with Adalberto Alvarez), film rôles, and her own television series. Her international profile was due to soar, however, in 1996.
Portuondo sang (duetting with Compay Segundo) on the album Buena Vista Social Club in 1996. This led, not only to more touring (including playing at Carnegie Hall with the Buena Vista troupe) and her appearance in Wim Wenders' film The Buena Vista Social Club, but to two further albums for the World Circuit label: Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo (2000) and Flor de Amor (2004). In July 2005 she presented a symphonic concert of her most important repertoire at the Berlin Festival Classic Open Air am Gendarmenmarkt for an audience of 7,000. The entire program was specially orchestrated by Roberto Sánchez Ferrer, a colleague with whom she had worked during her early years at Havana's Tropicana Club. Scott Lawton conducted the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
Portuondo was born in October 1930 in Havana, one of three sisters; her mother came from a wealthy Spanish family, and had created a scandal by running off with and marrying a black professional baseball player. Omara started her career in 1945 as a dancer at Havana's Tropicana Club (following her older sister, Haydee). The two sisters used to sing for family and friends Read Full BioOmara Portuondo (born in Havana, Cuba on 29 October 1930) is a Cuban singer whose career has spanned over half a century.
Portuondo was born in October 1930 in Havana, one of three sisters; her mother came from a wealthy Spanish family, and had created a scandal by running off with and marrying a black professional baseball player. Omara started her career in 1945 as a dancer at Havana's Tropicana Club (following her older sister, Haydee). The two sisters used to sing for family and friends, however, and after a brief time in a band called Loquibambla Swing, in 1952 they got together with two friends (Elena Bourke and Moraima Secada) and formed the singing group Cuarteto las d'Aida, backed by pianist Aida Diestro. The group had considerable success, touring the United States, performing with Nat King Cole at the Tropicana, and recording an album for RCA Victor.
In 1959 Portuondo recorded a solo album, Magia Negra, involving both jazz and Cuban music. This didn't, however, mark the beginning of a solo career, and although Haydee left the group in 1961, Omara continued singing with Cuarteto las d'Aida until 1967.
In 1967 Portuondo embarked on a solo career, and in the same year represented Cuba at the Sopot Festival in Poland, singing Juanito Marquez' "Como un Milagro". Alongside her solo work, in the 1970s she sang with charanga band Orquestra Aragon, and toured with them.
In 1974 she recorded, with guitarist Martin Rojas, what would become one of her most critically acclaimed albums in which she sings praises to Salvador Allende and the people of Chile a year after the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Among many other hits from the album, she also praises the work of Ernesto "Che" Guevara in the beautiful "Hasta Siempre".
During the 1970s and 1980s Portuonda enjoyed considerable success at home and abroad, with tours, albums (including one of her most lauded recordings in 1984 with Adalberto Alvarez), film rôles, and her own television series. Her international profile was due to soar, however, in 1996.
Portuondo sang (duetting with Compay Segundo) on the album Buena Vista Social Club in 1996. This led, not only to more touring (including playing at Carnegie Hall with the Buena Vista troupe) and her appearance in Wim Wenders' film The Buena Vista Social Club, but to two further albums for the World Circuit label: Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo (2000) and Flor de Amor (2004). In July 2005 she presented a symphonic concert of her most important repertoire at the Berlin Festival Classic Open Air am Gendarmenmarkt for an audience of 7,000. The entire program was specially orchestrated by Roberto Sánchez Ferrer, a colleague with whom she had worked during her early years at Havana's Tropicana Club. Scott Lawton conducted the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
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La Sitiera
by Omara Portuondo
Sitiera mía
Dime qué has hecho
De nuestro dulce hogar
Cuna que un día
Fue la alegría
De todo aquel sitial
Lágrimas vierte la sitiería
Que tiende a desolar
Y es por no verte
Reina, que un día
Fuiste de aquel lugar
Ya el jilguero se alejó
De aquel frondoso algarrobo
Y hasta la mata de jobo
Nos da muestra de dolor
La sitiera se ha marcado
Y yo enamorado lloro por su amor
Y es para la sitiería
Cual si fuera un día
Que le falta el sol
Ven sitiera por favor
Ven de nuevo a mi retiro
Y gozaremos de amor
Al son del timple y el güiro
Ven sitiera por favor
Ven de nuevo a mi retiro
Y gozaremos de amor
Al son del timple y del güiro
Ven sitiera por favor
Ven de nuevo a mi retiro
Y gozaremos de amor
Al son del timple y del güiro
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: RAFAEL LOPEZ GONZALEZ
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
by Omara Portuondo
Sitiera mía
Dime qué has hecho
De nuestro dulce hogar
Cuna que un día
Fue la alegría
De todo aquel sitial
Lágrimas vierte la sitiería
Que tiende a desolar
Y es por no verte
Reina, que un día
Fuiste de aquel lugar
Ya el jilguero se alejó
De aquel frondoso algarrobo
Y hasta la mata de jobo
Nos da muestra de dolor
La sitiera se ha marcado
Y yo enamorado lloro por su amor
Y es para la sitiería
Cual si fuera un día
Que le falta el sol
Ven sitiera por favor
Ven de nuevo a mi retiro
Y gozaremos de amor
Al son del timple y el güiro
Ven sitiera por favor
Ven de nuevo a mi retiro
Y gozaremos de amor
Al son del timple y del güiro
Ven sitiera por favor
Ven de nuevo a mi retiro
Y gozaremos de amor
Al son del timple y del güiro
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: RAFAEL LOPEZ GONZALEZ
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Paquito Martinez Aledo
! Que voz tan preciosa ! Preciosa canción que oigo con frecuencia, me emociona... Gracias Omara por tu maravillosa voz. Desde España con toda mi admiración y cariño
Sarai Suárez
Qué bonito es el son cubano pero es mejor oírlo con esta voz tan agradable
joaquin Trevejo
Bolero atemporar, cuando yo no e este aquí se que alguien te escuchara como te escucho yo y ahí donde este me sentiré alegre que otro corazón late como late el mio.
Rosa Carmina Huerta
Romantica forma de cantarlo excelente bolero con tan bella mujer Omara Portuondo no m canso de fe escucharla
elmacha74
Masterpiece? Legend? Classic? Help me out cause those words are not even close to describe such phenomenon....Speechless...Just Listen and smile...Imagine yourself where you want to be...This song will take you there!!
Lázaro Carlos Hernández Portuondo
Genial, genial.
hatchhome
I will never forget the day you slipped the headphones over my head and welcomed me into your world of Latin music. This song was my first of many to dance with you and it brings me instantly back to that young gringo so in love with a hot Latina.
marta cernadas
hatchhome lo
Roberto Martinez Morales
hermoso son cubano cantado por omara portuondo
Karol Franck
Majestuosa!!! Su interpretación es inmejorable :-) Amo a Omara Portuondo!!!