Téti

Origin

Quixadá, CE

Also known as

Maria Elisete Morais de Oliveira

Years Active

1972

Genres

MPB, música popular brasileira

Instruments

voice

Biography

Téti, stage name of Maria Elisete Morais de Oliveira, was born in Quixadá around 1944 and established herself as one of the most expressive voices of Ceará's music starting in the 1970s. She was part of the celebrated cultural movement known as Pessoal do Ceará, sharing stages and recording studios with major names in Brazilian song such as Belchior, Ednardo, Fagner, Fausto Nilo, and Rodger Rogério, whom she would later marry and start a family with. Alongside Rodger Rogério, she recorded the striking album Chão Sagrado in 1974, in addition to participating in the historic collective record Pessoal do Ceará – Meu Corpo Minha Embalagem Todo Gasto na Viagem, released in 1972 by Continental.

The singer's solo career also yielded fundamental works for regional and national discography, including the 1979 LP Equatorial and the albums Téti (1997), Téti do Pessoal do Ceará (2000), and Nós Um (2006). Her artistic trajectory maintained strong family and generational ties, frequently featuring collaborations with her children Daniela, Pedro Rogério, and Flávia in concerts and recordings. More recently, she participated in the Futuro e Memória project in 2015 and celebrated her return to the stage in 2019 with the show Reinvenção, presented at the Cineteatro São Luiz.

Discography

• Do Pessoal do Ceará (1998)
• Nós Um (2005)
• NOSSO CAMINHO (2026)