Facts: - instrument: vocals , portuguese guitar - birth name: '' ' maria severa onofriana '' ' - origin: lisbon , portugal - death date: 30 november 1846 - genre: fado - alias: a severa - birth date: 1820 - name: '' ' maria severa onofriana '' ' - background: solo_singer - image: maria severa - fado-sangerin . jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maria severa-onofriana .
maria severa onofriana -lrb- 1820november 30 , 1846 -rrb- , also known simply as a severa , is regarded as the first fado singer to have risen to fame , attaining a near-mythical status after her death .fado has been described as the portuguese expression of ' the blues , ' and fado roughly means fate .