RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Helmer Fernando Meirelles’ O2 Filmes will produce a biopic of star Elza Soares, considered one of the greatest samba singers ever and a symbol of the struggle against racism ...

Elza Soares, the prolific Brazilian singer who recorded 35 albums and opened the 2016 Olympics in Rio, died Thursday, according to an Instagram post shared on her official page. She was 91. According ...

Family and friends gathered at Rio de Janeiro's Municipal Theater on Jan. 21 to pay their respects. By The Associated Press Brazilians on Friday (Jan. 21) were grieving the loss of legendary samba ...

She won the title of "singer of the millennium" in a BBC London competition in 1999. By Associated Press Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares died in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon (Jan.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares died in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist's official Instagram account. She was 91. The singer "moved ...