Zezé Motta
Internationally acclaimed/awarded actress Zezé Motta (the main role of Xica da Silva) is also a prolific and sensitive vocal interpreter, having had hits with "Trocando em Miúdos" (Chico Buarque/Francis Hime); "Dores de Amores" and "Magrelinha" (Luís Melodia); "Senhora Liberdade" (Wilson Moreira/Nei Lopes); "Prazer Zezé" (Rita Lee/Roberto de Carvalho); and "Crioula" (Moraes Moreira). Motta started as an actress in 1967 in the historical, successful, and polemical play Roda-Viva (Chico Buarque), directed by José Celso Martinez Corrêa. She also worked in other important plays, such as Arena Conta Zumbi (1969), Orfeu Negro (1972), and Godspell (1974), among others. Her first professional assignment as a singer was in 1971 as the crooner at the Balacobaco and Telecoteco clubs in São Paulo. She started to be recognizable by a larger audience after her show at the Modern Art Museum in Rio in that period. In 1975, she recorded for the first time, launching the LP Gerson Conrad e Zezé Motta, and three years later, she had her first individual abum, Zezé Motta. With Paulo Moura, Djalma Corrèa, and Jorge Degas, Motta recorded the interesting Quarteto Negro in 1987. Invited by the Brazilian Diplomatic Service, Motta performed in Hanover (Germany), at Carnegie Hall (New York, NY), France, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Angola, and Portugal. Internationally famous for her work in the main role of the film Xica da Silva, which was awarded in several countries, she also worked in several other important film productions, such as Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo, Tieta, and Orfeu. Also a TV actress, she has been working in the most popular soap operas and series from the last decades.
© Alvaro Neder /TiVo
Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
-
-
Magrelinha
Luiz Melodia, Anelis Assumpção, Zezé Motta
Pop - Released by Universal Music Ltda. on 6 Feb 2024
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Gerson Conrad & Zezé Motta
Brazil - Released by Som Livre on 1 Jan 1975
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
O Samba Mandou Me Chamar
World - Released by Coqueiro Verde Records on 27 Apr 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
-
-
-
Chave Dos Segredos
MPB - Released by Movieplay Digital on 1 Jan 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Magrelinha
Luiz Melodia, Anelis Assumpção, Zezé Motta
Pop - Released by Universal Music Ltda. on 6 Feb 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
O Grito
Pop - Released by Digitalize - Insetti Cultural on 8 Mar 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brazil Zeze Motta: Chave Dos Segredos
World - Released by Movieplay on 1 Jan 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -