Rosa Balistreri

Rosa Balistreri
Balistreri in Sanremo
Born(1927-03-21)21 March 1927
Licata, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Died20 September 1990(1990-09-20) (aged 63)
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Occupationssinger
guitarist
songwriter
Years active1966–1990

Rosa Balistreri (21 March 1927 – 20 September 1990) was an Italian singer and musician. Her hoarse voice charged with melancholy and strong personality made her a Sicilian icon of the twentieth century, much like the writer Leonardo Sciascia, the poet Ignazio Buttitta and the painter Renato Guttuso, who counted all three among her admirers. She is known for singing in her native Sicilian language.

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