标题：奥马拉·波图昂多
介绍
Omara Portuondo，(欧玛拉.普同多)(1930—) 古巴音乐界杰出的女名伶，古巴音乐界杰出的女伶，虽然她凭借早期的作品已在古巴成名，但她引起国际上的瞩目还是在1996年参与了德国著名导演维姆·文德斯的记录片《The Buena Vista Social Club》(乐士浮生录)音乐专辑和录影带的演唱之后。2000年，她发行了第一张独唱专辑《The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo》，作为古巴最好的音乐大师她把古巴的传统音乐呈现给听众。1930年出生的 Portuondo歌声柔和甜美，完全听不出是一个年逾七旬的老人的歌喉。 
Omara音色美如佳酿，味道越旧越醇，尽展拉丁及古巴音乐精髓。这次为Omara现场伴奏的乐队，是在经典的埃格雷姆录音室与她一起灌录其最新专辑《Flor de Amor》的原班音乐精英，保证将Omara的完美声色，原原本本奉上。  
作品
  1.Buena Vista Social Club Presents
发行日期：2000年4月，Elektra
制作人: Jerry Boys, Nick Gold
策划人: Jerry Boys, Simon Burwell
流派: Latin
2.Flor de Amor 
曲目 (14)
发行日期：2004年5月，MCD World Music  　　制作人: Ale Siqueira, Demetrio Muniz, Jerry Boys, Nick Gold
策划人: Ale Siqueira, Flavio DeSouza, Jerry Boys
流派: Latin
3.Gracias 
曲目 (13)
发行日期：2008年9月，World Village  流派: Latin
1.Yo VI
2.Adiós Felicidad
3.O Que Será (A Flor Da Terra)
4.Vuela Pena
5.Cuento Para un Ni&ntilde;o
6.Amame Como Soy
7.Tú Mi Desenga&ntilde;o
8.Cachita
9.Rabo de Nube
10.Gracias
11.Nuestro Gran Amor
12.Lo Que Me Queda por Vivir
13.Drume Negrita
评价
OmaraPortuondo　(欧玛拉•普同多)(1930—)举止优雅唯美浪漫OmaraPortuondo是Buena Vista Social Club乐团中唯一的女性，也是至今仍健在的团员。谈吐举止优雅的她对于多种风格的歌曲都能诠释拿捏得很到位，但她最深入人心的还是“Bolero”式情歌，《乐》中她和Ferrer深情对唱情歌《Silencio》(寂静)，唯美浪漫忧伤的歌词从她醇厚磁性的歌声中流转而出，让每一位听者都柔肠寸断。在阿姆斯特丹演唱会上她自己也陶醉在歌曲营造的情景中深受感动，但还是忍到了最后才流泪，于是便有了Ferrer为她轻拭泪水这感人一幕。
古巴乐史上是如此形容欧玛拉的：70年代，古巴情歌的最佳诠释者。欧玛拉的情歌，低回中游动著生命的呼吸，听者自然地应予性感的、呼之欲出的爱情，那是古巴情歌的魔咒，更是欧玛拉嗓音的魔咒。 欧玛拉诠释古巴情歌之好，语言已不足以形容，引借古巴93岁国宝级乐人赛根多（Compay Segundo）的形容：「欧玛拉是古巴女性歌者中的『好中之最』。」
by Craig Harris
Omara Portuonda is the grand old lady of Cuban music. While her early recordings made her a star in Cuba, her participation in the 1996 album and video documentary, The Buena Vista Social Club, brought her to international attention. Her solo album, The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo, released in 2000, reinforced her status as one of Cuba's greatest musical ambassadors.
A native of Havana, Portuondo was one of three daughters born to a baseball player on the Cuban national team and a woman of Spanish heritage who left the comfort and support of her wealthy family home to marry the man she loved. Her parents' singing provided the soundtrack for her early life. As a youngster, she sang in school choirs and music classes.
Heavily influenced by an older sister, Haydee, a dancer at the Tropicana cabaret, Portuondo attended many of the troupe's rehearsals. When the ensemble found itself short one dancer, in 1945, she was recruited to fill the vacancy. The experience launched her on a career as a dancer and she formed a successful partnership with Rolando Espinosa. Portuondo balanced her dancing with singing engagements with friends, including Cesar Portillo De La Luz, Jose Antonio Mendez, and pianist Frank Emilio Flynn, calling themselves Loquimbambla Swing. The group helped to pioneer the filin style of music that blended bossa nova and American jazz. For a while, she also performed with Orquestra Anaconda.
In 1952, Portuondo joined with her sister and Elena Burke to form a vocal group, Cuarteto d'Aida. The group's sound was established with the addition of pianist and director Aida Diestro and female vocalist Moraima Secada. Although she released her debut solo album, Magia Negra, in 1959, Portuondo continued to work with the group.
Cuarteto d'Aida's fortunes were drastically effected by the Bay of Pigs crisis in 1961. Although they had become frequent performers in Miami, FL, they were prevented from returning as the relationship between Cuba and the United States collapsed. While Portuondo returned to her homeland, continuing to perform with Cuarteto d'Aida until 1967, her sister elected to remain in the United States.
Although she performed with Orquestra Aragon in the 1970s, Portuondo had settled into semi-retirement by the mid-'90s. Her plans to slow down her career were altered after Ry Cooder, who was in Cuba recording with the Chieftains, heard her sing in 1995. When he returned, the following year, to produce The Buena Vista Social Club, Portuondo was invited to become a featured vocalist with the all-star group. In 1998, Portuondo recorded a duo album, Desafios, with Cucho Valdes.