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Pietra Montecorvino (born 2 December 1962 in Naples) is an Italian singer and actress. Her real name is Barbara D'Alessandro and her pseudonym is a play on the name of the small town of Pietramontecorvino near Foggia in south-east Italy. She and her longterm companion Eugenio Bennato have two children, Carola and Fulvio.
Montecorvino made her acting debut in the film "FF.SS." in 1983. With fellow actor Renzo Abore she released a single called "Sud" from the film the same year. She later went on to star in movies like La Ciorta de Feliciello and Cavalli Si Nasce.
Montecorvino has become well known for her rasping voice and emotional delivery.
Her first solo single was "Una città che vola/Tutta pe' mme", in 1988. In the same year she performed three duets with Italian singer/songwriter Angelo Branduardi, "Fruit", "Tango" and "Bluebeard", on his album Bread and Roses. She did not release her first solo album, Segnorita, until 1991, when she was nearly 30, but there have been several other albums since. [1]
Montecorvino appeared on the British TV music programme Later... with Jools Holland on 21 April 2004.
On 30 August 2009, Montecorvino took part in a concert to celebrate the inaugural Italian-Libyan Friendship Day before Libyan head of state Muammar Gaddafi and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Afterwards, she gave an interview in which she explained her view of the two leaders. [2]
Gaetano "Nino" D'Angelo is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, television personality, film director, screenwriter and author.
Canzone napoletana, sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song, is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well represented by female soloists as well, and expressed in familiar genres such as the love song and serenade. Many of the songs are about the nostalgic longing for Naples as it once was. The genre consists of a large body of composed popular music—such songs as "'O sole mio"; "Torna a Surriento"; "Funiculì, Funiculà"; "Santa Lucia" and others.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Eleonora Giorgi is an Italian actress.
Toto the Sheik is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. It is a parody of desert films such as The Son of the Sheik and Siren of Atlantis.
Toto Looks for a Wife is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Ave Ninchi and Marisa Merlini.
"Malafemmena" is a song written by the Neapolitan actor Totò in 1951. It has become one of the most popular Italian songs, a classic of the Canzone Napoletana genre, and has been recorded by many artists.
The LP World Tour 2009 was the fifth concert tour by Italian singer Laura Pausini, starting in Brescia on 28 February 2009 and ending in Milan on 23 December 2009. This tour was in support of Pausini's album Primavera in anticipo / Primavera anticipada which was released in 2008.
The Inedito World Tour was the sixth world tour by Italian singer Laura Pausini, in support of her eleventh studio album, Inedito / Inédito. It was planned to visit America, Europe, and Australia but ended on 15 September 2012, after Pausini announced she was pregnant. Due to the announcement, the tour was cut short, and plans for a second American leg, a second European leg, and the tour's debut in Australia were cancelled.
Dubbing Brothers International Italia is an Italian dubbing studio based in Rome. It is the Italian division of the Saint-Denis based dubbing studio Dubbing Brothers.
Eugenio Bennato is an Italian folk musician and songwriter. He is the brother of the musician Edoardo Bennato.
Cavalli si nasce is a 1988 Italian comedy film written and directed by cartoonist Sergio Staino. The film won the Silver Ribbon for Best Score.
Antonino "Nino" Porzio, is an Italian singer and actor. He has released six albums and his songs have been included in various Italian and international compilations.
"Lazzarella" is a song composed by Domenico Modugno and Riccardo Pazzaglia. The song, with a performance by Aurelio Fierro, ranked second at the fifth edition of the Festival di Napoli. It also got an immediate commercial success, peaking at second place on the Italian hit parade.
Giovanna Nocetti, known mononymously as Giovanna, is an Italian singer, record producer and songwriter, mainly successful in the 1970s.
Ilaria Stagni is an Italian actress and voice actress.
Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza is a 2003 Italian animated film, with some dialogues made in Neapolitan, directed by Maurizio Forestieri and distributed by Medusa Film and Lanterna Magica. The film is loosely based on the novel Il Cuoco prigioniero by Roberto Piumini and Edoardo Porcaro.
"Comme facette mammeta" is a song published in 1906 by Salvatore Gambardella and Giuseppe Capaldo, whose title may be translated as "How your mother did". The song is about a boyfriend telling his girlfriend the recipe that her mother used to make her, like “a basket full of strawberries from the garden, apples, sugar and cinnamon to knead her beautiful lips”
Roberto Piumini is an Italian writer, known particularly for his children's stories.
La Lupa is a Swiss singer and performer known in the Alps region for her eclectic stage performances while wearing colorful, eccentric costumes.
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