Romina Power
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Romina Francesca Power is an American
-born singer and actress.
, California
, Romina Power is the eldest daughter of American
actor Tyrone Power
and his second wife, actress Linda Christian
.
After her parents divorced in 1956 her mother took Romina and her sister Taryn
to live all around the world but mainly in Mexico
and Italy
where she and her sister spent much of their childhood, although Romina attended college in England
.
Her interest in music was evoked in her childhood by American musical
s from the 1950s, Mexican Mariachi
bands and Italian music from the 1960s. In her early teens Power discovered The Beatles
and Bob Dylan
, which inspired her to compose music. After receiving a guitar
as a birthday gift, she learned chord
s and wrote her first songs.
She appeared in several mainly Italian language
films from the age of 14, including the 1968 adaptation of the Marquis de Sade
's novel Justine directed by Jesus Franco
.
She met her singer and actor husband Albano Carrisi
whilst acting in films in the 1960s. They married in 1970. In 1975 they formed a singing duo
, which became well known in Italy
, Germany
, Austria
, Spain
, France
, Greece
, Latin America
, Eastern Europe
, and the USSR, releasing multiple albums in different languages and achieving 7th place in both the 1976 and 1985 Eurovision Song Contest
for Italy
. The couple divorced in 1999. They have four children:
In 2005 she was a judge in the Italian TV show Ballando con le Stelle
("Dancing with the Stars").
Between 2006 and 2007 Romina organized exhibitions of her paintings, mainly in Milan
. At the same time she dedicated herself to directing her film "Upaya" (2006).
In spring 2007 Romina Power bought a house in Sedona, Arizona
, United States
and decided to leave Italy forever and move to the United States. The clamorous interview in which she revealed her plans was published in an Italian magazine Diva e donna. According to Romina, she was perceived by the Italian public merely as a performer of Il ballo del qua-qua (a song for children, from her and Al Bano's album Felicità, 1982), and for her it was difficult to establish herself in Italy as a painter and writer. Furthermore, she was disturbed by intrusive attention of the local press that published multiple articles with speculations about her private life and disappearance of her daughter Ylenia. The Italian people reacted with disappointment at Power's statements, because for decades, she lived and performed in Italy, surrounded by the affection of the Italian public.
Shortly after her move in, in 2008, her mother Linda Christian
was diagnosed with colon cancer, so she went live in her mother's house in Palm Springs
, where she remained for three years, until the life's end of her mother, on July 22 2011.
In November 2009, in an interview, said she thought of returning permanently in Italy, because of the strong bond with the nation, the culture, the Italian lifestyle, that she prefers than the U.S..
Romina is a polyglot
who speaks five languages: English
, Italian
, Spanish
, French
and Dutch
.
The songs Sharazan and Felicità of Al Bano & Romina Power are covered in German in 1982. The German version of Felicità was sung by Conny & Jean
The song "Fragile" was originally recorded by Greek singer Vicky Leandros
in 1983.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-born singer and actress.
Biography
Born in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Romina Power is the eldest daughter of American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. , usually credited as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as Ty Power, was an American film and stage actor who appeared in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan,...
and his second wife, actress Linda Christian
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican movie actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film Tarzan and The Mermaids...
.
After her parents divorced in 1956 her mother took Romina and her sister Taryn
Taryn Power
Taryn Stephanie Power is an American actress and the younger daughter of the actor Tyrone Power and his second wife, Mexican actress Linda Christian.Deutsch, Linda . , Lewiston Evening Journal...
to live all around the world but mainly in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
where she and her sister spent much of their childhood, although Romina attended college in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Her interest in music was evoked in her childhood by American musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
s from the 1950s, Mexican Mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
bands and Italian music from the 1960s. In her early teens Power discovered The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
and Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, which inspired her to compose music. After receiving a guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
as a birthday gift, she learned chord
Guitar chord
In music, a guitar chord is a chord, or collection of tones usually sounded together at once, played on a guitar. It can be composed of notes played on adjacent or separate strings or all the strings together...
s and wrote her first songs.
She appeared in several mainly Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
films from the age of 14, including the 1968 adaptation of the Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...
's novel Justine directed by Jesus Franco
Jesús Franco
Jesús "Jess" Franco is a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England...
.
She met her singer and actor husband Albano Carrisi
Albano Carrisi
Albano Carrisi , better known as Al Bano, is an Italian singer, actor and winemaker.-Biography:He was born in the town of Cellino San Marco , where he still lives....
whilst acting in films in the 1960s. They married in 1970. In 1975 they formed a singing duo
Al Bano and Romina Power
Al Bano and Romina Power were an Italian pop music duo formed by then-married couple Albano Carrisi and Romina Power. They are best known for their songs "Felicità", "Sempre sempre", "Nostalgia Canaglia", and "Libertà"...
, which became well known in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
, and the USSR, releasing multiple albums in different languages and achieving 7th place in both the 1976 and 1985 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
for Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The couple divorced in 1999. They have four children:
- Ylenia MariaYlenia CarrisiYlenia Maria Sole Carrisi was a poet, painter, world traveller and Italian TV celebrity. She was the letter-turner on La Ruota Della Fortuna, the Italian version of Wheel of Fortune.-Family:...
(b. 1970), who went missing in New Orleans, LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, in 1994 - Yari Marco (b. 1973), their only son
- Cristel Chiara (b. 1985), who appeared in the ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Reality TV show La Fattoria (The Farm) - Romina Iolanda (b. 1987), who appeared in the 2005 edition of ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Reality TV show Isola dei Famosi (Italian version of SurvivorSurvivor (TV series)Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe...
) with her father.
In 2005 she was a judge in the Italian TV show Ballando con le Stelle
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
("Dancing with the Stars").
Between 2006 and 2007 Romina organized exhibitions of her paintings, mainly in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
. At the same time she dedicated herself to directing her film "Upaya" (2006).
In spring 2007 Romina Power bought a house in Sedona, Arizona
Sedona, Arizona
Sedona is a city that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and decided to leave Italy forever and move to the United States. The clamorous interview in which she revealed her plans was published in an Italian magazine Diva e donna. According to Romina, she was perceived by the Italian public merely as a performer of Il ballo del qua-qua (a song for children, from her and Al Bano's album Felicità, 1982), and for her it was difficult to establish herself in Italy as a painter and writer. Furthermore, she was disturbed by intrusive attention of the local press that published multiple articles with speculations about her private life and disappearance of her daughter Ylenia. The Italian people reacted with disappointment at Power's statements, because for decades, she lived and performed in Italy, surrounded by the affection of the Italian public.
Shortly after her move in, in 2008, her mother Linda Christian
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican movie actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film Tarzan and The Mermaids...
was diagnosed with colon cancer, so she went live in her mother's house in Palm Springs
Palm Springs
Palm Springs is a desert city in CaliforniaPalm Springs may also refer to:* Palm Springs, Florida* Palm Springs, Hong Kong, a residential development in Yuen Long, Hong Kong* Coachella Valley, also known as the Palm Springs area...
, where she remained for three years, until the life's end of her mother, on July 22 2011.
In November 2009, in an interview, said she thought of returning permanently in Italy, because of the strong bond with the nation, the culture, the Italian lifestyle, that she prefers than the U.S..
Romina is a polyglot
Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the act of using, or promoting the use of, multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of...
who speaks five languages: English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
.
Filmography
- Menage all'italiana (Menage Italian Style, 1965)
- Come imparai ad amare le donne (How I Learned to Love Women, 1966)
- Per amore... per magia... (For Love... for Magic, 1967)
- Assicurasi vergine (Insurance on a Virgin, 1967)
- L'oro del mondo (The World's Gold, 1967)
- Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme24 Hours in the Life of a Woman24 Hours in the Life of a Woman is a 1968 French drama film directed by Dominique Delouche, based on the novel 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau by Stefan Zweig. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France...
(24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, 1968) - MayerlingMayerling (1968 film)Mayerling is a 1968 romantic tragedy film starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner, Geneviève Page, James Robertson Justice and Andréa Parisy. It was written and directed by Terence Young...
(1968) - Il suo nome è Donna Rosa (Her Name is Donna Rosa, 1969)
- Pensando a te (Thinking of You, 1969)
- Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
- Femmine insaziabili (The Insatiables, 1969)
- Las Trompetas del a pocalipsis (Trumpets of the Apocalypse, 1969)
- Mezzanotte d'amore (Midnight of Love, 1970)
- Angeli senza paradiso (Angels Without Paradise, 1970)
- Champagne in paradiso (Champagne in Paradise, 1983)
- Il ritorno di Sandokan (The Return of Sandokan, 1996, TV miniseries)
- Tutti i sogni del mondo (All the Dreams in the World, 2003, TV miniseries)
- " 24 Hours In The Life Of A Woman "
- Upaya (2005) Writer and Director
Solo
- 12 Canzoni E Una Poesia (1969)
- Ascolta, Ti Racconto Di Un Amore (1974)
- Con Un Paio Di Blue-Jeans (1974)
With Al Bano
- Atto I (1975)
- Des Nuits Entières (1976)
- 1978 (1978)
- Aria Pura (1979)
- Momentos (1979)
- Sharazan (1981) (Spanish)
- Felicità (1982)
- Felicidad (1982) (Spanish)
- Che Angelo Sei (1982)
- Que Ángel Será (1983) (Spanish)
- The Golden Orpheus Festival 1984 (1984)
- Effetto Amore (1984)
- Sempre Sempre (1986)
- Siempre Siempre (1986) (Spanish)
- Libertà ! (1987)
- Libertad (1987) (Spanish)
- Fragile (1988)
- Fragile (Spanish) (1988)
- Fotografia Di Un Momento (1990)
- Fotografía De Un Momento (1990) (Spanish)
- Corriere Di Natale (1990)
- Weihnachten Bei Uns Zu Hause (1991)
- Navidad Ha Llegado (1991) (Spanish)
- Vincerai (1991)
- Vencerás (1991) (Spanish)
- Notte E Giorno (1993)
- El Tiempo De Amarse (1993) (Spanish)
- Emozionale (1995)
- Amor Sagrado (1995) (Spanish)
- Ancora- Zugabe (1996)
The songs Sharazan and Felicità of Al Bano & Romina Power are covered in German in 1982. The German version of Felicità was sung by Conny & Jean
Conny & Jean
Conny & Jean were a singing duo in Germany, which was successful in the 1970s and 1980s. Their penultimate Single Hilf mir, ich lieb' dich / Wege durch die Nacht was produced by Dieter Bohlen.- Singles :...
The song "Fragile" was originally recorded by Greek singer Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros is a Greek singer with a long international career. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou...
in 1983.