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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]
Getting There is a 2002 direct-to-video film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
The Hawks and the Sparrows is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival where a "Special Mention" was made of Totò, for his acting performance.
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.
Chane't Johnson was an American actress, director, producer and acting coach.
Caprice Italian Style is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by six different directors, including Mario Monicelli and Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film starred both Totò and the comedy team of Franco and Ciccio.
"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.
Kristie Reeves is a German actress, musical theater performer and producer. She started her performance career as a dancer in Germany at the age of seven. By the time she was a teenager she was touring Germany with her dance company JDC and after on made her switch to musical theater. Her first acting role was in the feature film September Song which premiered at the Munich Film Festival in 2001. She has danced with Jennifer Lopez and her choreographies have won her numerous awards.
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, supporting her eleventh studio album Inedito / Inédito. It was planned to visit America, Europe and Australia, but ended on 15 September 2012, after Pausini announcing she was pregnant. Because of the announcement, the tour was cut short, and plans for a second American leg, a second European leg and visiting Australia for the first time, were cancelled.
Michela Miti is an Italian actress and television presenter.
Time for Loving is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It obtained a great commercial success and launched a short-living subgenre of revival-nostalgic comedy films. It also generated a sequel, Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo. For her performance in this film Virna Lisi won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and a Silver Ribbon in the same category.
Eugenio Bennato is an Italian folk musician and songwriter. He is the brother of the musician Edoardo Bennato.
The Delmé Quartet, aka The Delmé String Quartet, was a String quartet, founded in London in 1962. In 1967, it became the first string quartet to be attached to a British university as Artist-in-residence—in this case, the University of Sussex. The quartet also spent four years as performing Fellows at Lancaster University, and taught the art of quartet performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. They toured extensively and released 30 albums.
Edelweiss is a Russian-Bulgarian actress, TV host, erotic model and former pornographic actress. She lives in Italy and is married to the Bulgarian photographer Aleksandar "Alex" Lomski.
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.
"Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat" is a song written by Leon René, Otis René and Emerson Scott in 1941.
Gianluca Testa is an Italian actor, director and singer-songwriter.
Jean Bouchéty was a French musician, bassist, composer and conductor. He has composed several soundtracks.
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.
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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