La Lupa (Swiss singer)

La Lupa is a Swiss singer and performer known in the Alps region for her eclectic stage performances while wearing colorful, eccentric costumes.[1]

Biography

She was born Maryli Maura Marconi in the Onsernone valley in the canton of Ticino, on 9 February 1947. She was given the name La Lupa when she was a teenager and kept it as her stage name. When he was 20 years old, she went to Zurich, where she lives.[2][3]

Career
La Lupa, Swiss singer

Her first public performance was in 1980, when she played the leading role in the open-air play "Der Suppastai" with singer-songwriter Walter Liethaof in the Arcas-Platz de Chur, Swiss canton of the Grisons.[4] Since then, she has produced around two dozen solo programs, often presented in Zurich spaces such as the Kunsthaus and the Stock Theater, accompanied by musicians Fortunat Frölich, Fabian Müller and Hieronymus Schädler on the stage, under the direction of Polish musician Michal Ratynski.[5]

Her productions and audio recordings include musical renderings from poets like Dante Alighieri, Kahlil Gibran, Guillaume Apollinaire, Angelo Poliziano, Rabindranath Tagore, Hildegard von Bingen, Pablo Neruda, Federico Garcia Lorca, Francesco Petrarca, Salvatore Quasimodo, Friedrich Schiller, Biagio Marin, and Fernando Pessoa.[6]<

She made a US tour in 1993, during which she performed in New York and Washington, and she also had performances in Stockholm, Paris, Kyiv, Napoli, Venice, Cairo and Amsterdam. In 1992 she performed at the EXPO'92 in Seville. Freshness, fusion of soul and core, ingenuity, and juxtaposed cultural richness are traits mentioned by commentators to describe La Lupa's art.[7][6] La Lupa's own definition of happiness is: "Happiness is when the struggle for life turns into the dance of life."

Media

A documentary about her life, directed by Lucienne Lanaz, was released in 1999.[8] Interviews with the artist from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (2018)[9] and the Italian National Radio (2021)[10] are available online.

Works

Selected recordings
  • Con Malizia E Passione (LP, Album); Folk, World, & Country; Zytglogge, ZYT 240, 1982.
  • Cammino E Canto (LP); Jazz, Rock, Pop, Contrabass - Fumio Shirato, Saxophone, Flute - Mario Giovanoli, Violin - Urs Walker, Vocals - La Lupa; Zytglogge, ZYT 250, 1984.
  • L'Amor Che Si Consuma (LP, CD); Folk, World, & Country; Cello - Fortunat Frölich, Viola Urzli Senn, Clarinet/Accordion - Hans Hassler, Vocals - La Lupa; Zytglogge, ZYT 265, 1988.
  • Poesie E Canzoni (CD, Album); Folk, World, & Country, Viola - Urzli Senn, Vocals - La Lupa; Zytglogge, ZYT 4297, 1993.
  • La Gira La Röda - Grazie Alla Vita, Folk, World, & Country, Viola-Urzli Senn, Violoncello-Fortunat Frölich, Vocals-La Lupa; (CD, Album), Zytglogge, ZYR 4540, 1995.
  • L'Odore Di Libertà (CD, Album), Folk, World, & Country; Cellos - Fabian Müller, Fortunat Frölich, Vocals – La Lupa; Jecklin Red Note, JC 106-2, 1996.
  • Amor (CD, Album); Classical, Folk, World, & Country; Saxophone - Harry Kinross White, Cello/arrangements - Fabian Müller, Vocals - La Lupa; MGB, CD 6188, 2002.

Publications
  • Schmid, Silvana (2011). La Lupa die Stimme der Wölfin [The voice of the she-wolf]. Gitty Darugar. Zürich. ISBN 978-3-85791-632-8. OCLC 724772627.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • * "La Lupa – Grazie alla vita". swissfilms. Retrieved 2023-03-06.[8]

References
  1. "Polvere di palcoscenico". Cooperazione. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  2. "Lupa, La Person 1947- | Schweiz. Sängerin, Interpretin Tessiner Volkslieder". lobid.org.
  3. Hauzenberger, Martin. "Neben dem Singen bleibt keine Zeit für anderes". zeitlupe.ch. pp. 24–29. Archived from the original on May 29, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ""Die Lieder sind Strophen zu meinem Lebenslied"". www.suedostschweiz.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  5. "Kunst: La Lupa feiert Premiere". Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  6. "Un accostamento istintivo. Maryli Maura Herz-Marconi e la Lupa di Avenches". www.go-italy.net. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  7. "Die singende Wölfin". Pauline Broccard. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  8. "LA LUPA – Jura Films". jura-films.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  9. "La Lupa, Sängerin". NZZ.ch. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  10. "Il gioco del mondo". Rsi.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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