Elis Regina
E520915
Elis Regina was a celebrated Brazilian singer renowned for her powerful voice, emotive performances, and major influence on Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) in the 1960s and 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elis Regina canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5460972 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elis Regina Context triple: [Brazilian popular music, hasNotableArtist, Elis Regina]
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A.
Yolanda Soares
Yolanda Soares is a Portuguese soprano and crossover singer known for blending classical music with fado and other contemporary styles.
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B.
Amália Rodrigues
Amália Rodrigues was a legendary Portuguese fado singer and actress, widely regarded as the "Queen of Fado" and a cultural icon of Portugal.
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C.
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian singer best known for popularizing bossa nova worldwide with her soft, intimate vocal style on classics like "The Girl from Ipanema."
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D.
Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira
Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira was a Brazilian educator and the first wife and close intellectual collaborator of influential pedagogue Paulo Freire.
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E.
Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian-American singer and songwriter known for her modern bossa nova style and smooth, intimate vocal performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elis Regina Target entity description: Elis Regina was a celebrated Brazilian singer renowned for her powerful voice, emotive performances, and major influence on Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) in the 1960s and 1970s.
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A.
Yolanda Soares
Yolanda Soares is a Portuguese soprano and crossover singer known for blending classical music with fado and other contemporary styles.
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B.
Amália Rodrigues
Amália Rodrigues was a legendary Portuguese fado singer and actress, widely regarded as the "Queen of Fado" and a cultural icon of Portugal.
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C.
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian singer best known for popularizing bossa nova worldwide with her soft, intimate vocal style on classics like "The Girl from Ipanema."
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D.
Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira
Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira was a Brazilian educator and the first wife and close intellectual collaborator of influential pedagogue Paulo Freire.
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E.
Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian-American singer and songwriter known for her modern bossa nova style and smooth, intimate vocal performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian singer
ⓘ
MPB artist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pimentinha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Festival de Música Popular Brasileira awards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Troféu Imprensa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cemitério do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | drug overdose ⓘ |
| child |
João Marcelo Bôscoli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maria Rita NERFINISHED ⓘ Pedro Mariano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-03-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-01-19 ⓘ |
| familyName | Carvalho Costa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Elis Regina Carvalho Costa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Música Popular Brasileira
ⓘ
bossa nova ⓘ jazz ⓘ samba ⓘ |
| givenName | Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Brazilian popular music
ⓘ
contemporary MPB singers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| movement | Música Popular Brasileira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| notableEvent | performance of "Arrastão" at 1965 TV Excelsior music festival ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Elis & Tom"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
album "Elis" (1972) ⓘ album "Falso Brilhante" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Alô, Alô Marciano" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Arrastão" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Casa no Campo" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Como Nossos Pais" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Madalena" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Romaria" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Upa Neguinho" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Águas de Março" (with Tom Jobim) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
recording artist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
César Camargo Mariano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ronaldo Bôscoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceType | mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1959–1982 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elis Regina Description of subject: Elis Regina was a celebrated Brazilian singer renowned for her powerful voice, emotive performances, and major influence on Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) in the 1960s and 1970s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.