Lucilla Galeazzi (born in Terni on 24 December 1950) is an Italian folk singer. She performs modern versions of traditional Italian folk music. She has also performed in operas. [1]
"Bella ciao" is an Italian protest folk song from the late 19th century, originally sung by the mondina workers in protest against the harsh working conditions in the paddy fields of Northern Italy.
Éva Henger is an Italian-Hungarian actress, television personality, singer, model, internet personality, and former pornographic actress.
Italian folk music has a deep and complex history. National unification came quite late to the Italian peninsula, so its many hundreds of separate cultures remained un-homogenized until quite recently. Moreover, Italian folk music reflects Italy's geographic position at the south of Europe and in the center of the Mediterranean Sea: Celtic, Slavic, Arabic, Greek, Spanish and Byzantine influences are readily apparent in the musical styles of the Italian regions. Italy's rough geography and the historic dominance of small city states has allowed quite diverse musical styles to coexist in close proximity.
Ricchi e Poveri is an Italian pop group formed in Genoa in 1967, originally consisting of Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu, Franco Gatti and Marina Occhiena. Active since the late 1960s, they have sold over 20 million records.
Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo is a musical work by Emilio de' Cavalieri to a libretto by Agostino Manni (1548-1618). With it, Cavalieri regarded himself as the composer of the first opera or oratorio. Whether he was actually the first is subject to some academic debate, as is whether the work is better categorized as an opera or an oratorio. It was first performed in Rome in February 1600 in the Oratorio dei Filippini adjacent to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.
Marco Ambrosini is an Italian musician, composer and arranger living in Germany.
L'Arpeggiata is a European early music group led by Christina Pluhar, and founded by her in 2000. The group has presented both traditional early music and also several collaged and themed performances and recordings.
Josetxu Obregón is a Spanish cellist, specializing in early music performance.
Marcello Vitale is a performer and recording artist on the chitarra battente and baroque guitar, as well as a composer and a teacher of these instruments.
Riccardo Fogli is an Italian singer.
Giovanna Marini is an Italian singer-songwriter and researcher of ethnomusicology.
Talco is an Italian ska punk band and alternative band from Marghera, Venice. Musically the group combines the horns and rhythms of ska-punk with Italian folk music. Their lyrics reflect the band's support for left-wing politics and often include anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and anti-imperialist themes. Musical influences include The Clash, Ska-P, Modena City Ramblers and especially Mano Negra, often describing their sound as "patchanka" after Mano Negra's first album.
Núria Rial is a Spanish soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart opera roles, and German, French, Catalan and Castillian art songs.
Isabella Biagini, born Concetta Biagini, was an Italian actress and showgirl.
Marco Beasley is an Italian tenor, voice-actor and musicologist.
Giovanna Daffini was an Italian singer, associated with the Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano movement.
Juti Ravenna was an Italian painter.
Fiorenza Calogero is an Italian world music singer and actress from Naples, Italy.
Cascina Sant'Ambrogio is the oldest among the farmhouses in Brugherio, Italy. It is annexed to Saint Ambrose Church from which it takes its name.