Donatella Rettore

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Rettore
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Rettore in 2008
Background information
Born
Donatella Rettore

(1955-07-08) 8 July 1955 (age 70)
Castelfranco Veneto, Veneto, Italy
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • lyricist
  • actress
InstrumentVocals
Years active1973–present
Labels
Website rettore.com

Donatella Rettore, also simply known as Rettore (born 8 July 1955) is an Italian singer and songwriter.

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Career

Born in Castelfranco Veneto, Province of Treviso, the daughter of a stage actress and a shopkeeper, Rettore started her singing career at 10 years old, as a member of a local band, I Cobra. [1] After graduating from liceo linguistico, she moved to Rome and pursue her musical career. [1] In 1973, she made her record debut with the singles "Anche se non lo sai" and "Quando tu", and toured as a supporting act for Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare and for Lucio Dalla. [1] In 1974, she took part in the 24th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with "Capelli sciolti", which was included in her debut album Ogni giorno si cantano canzoni d'amore. [1] [2] In the same period, she started collaborating with Claudio Rego, a member of progressive rock band Era dell'Acquario, who became her regular composer and later her husband. [1]

In 1976, Rettore got a major success in German-speaking countries with "Lailolà". [1] [2] In 1977, she returned at the Sanremo Music Festival with "Carmela"; according to the rules of that edition, which mandated a direct challenge between participants, she was eliminated by Albatros. [1] [2] [3] In 1978, she started performing just as Rettore and adopting a more trasgressive look, and one year later she had her domestic breakout with the single "Splendido splendente" and the album Brivido divino. [1] [2] In a few years, she cemented her success with a series of hits, including "Kobra", the Festivalbar winner "Donatella", "Lamette", and Elton John's penned songs "Remember" and "This Time". [1] [2]

Following La ragazza che portava fortuna, a 1980 film project directed by Giancarlo Prete and starring Rettore and George Hilton which was interrupted after a few days of shooting and eventually cancelled, [1] in 1982, she made her acting debut in Umberto Lenzi's comedy film Cicciabomba. [1] [2] In 1983, she released the less successful album Far West, with "Io ho te" serving as its lead single. [1] In 1986, she participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with "Amore Stella"; the following year, she collaborated with Giuni Russo on the summer hit "Adrenalina". [1] [2] Her following projects turned to be unsuccessful, and her career was eventually relaunched by her Sanremo Music Festival 1994 entry "Di notte specialmente". [2] In 2002, she was the subject of a tribute album ClonAzioni – Tutti pazzi per Rettore. [1] After appearing on the reality show La fattoria , in 2005, she released the album Figurine, which was followed by Caduta massi in 2011. [1] [2] In 2024, her duet with Ditonellapiaga, "Chimica", ranked 17th at the 72nd Sanremo Music Festival and was certified gold disc. [4] In 2025, she released the album Antidiva Putiferio. [5] [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982CicciabombaMiris BigolinFeature film debut
1989 Paganini Miss Wells
1991Strepitosamente... flopRaspa
2015#RomeoMystery womanShort film

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Meis, Gianluca (1 October 2019). #Rettore: Magnifico Delirio (in Italian). Vololibero. ISBN   978-88-97637-38-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Enrico Deregibus. "Rettore". Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN   8809756258.
  3. ↑ Oltolini, Chiara (13 February 2025). "Rettore: «Sono un'eterna dilettante»". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Cirinei, Cecilia (28 February 2022). "Il singolo 'Chimica' di Ditonellapiaga e Rettore ottiene il disco d'oro". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Marzi, Mattia (17 January 2025). "Tutti fenomeni? Per fortuna che c'è Rettore". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Gradi, Stefano (25 January 2025). "Rettore: «Sono un'antidiva e scateno un putiferio»". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
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