Al Bano and Romina Power (Al Bano & Romina Power) are a duet of Italian spouses, their composition "Ci sarà" ("So it will be") won 1st place in 1984.
The singer's name at birth is Albano Carrisi. He was born to poor peasants living in the small village of Cellino San Marco. Parents could neither read nor write, all their lives they were engaged in field work and cattle breeding, they were strict Catholics. Don Carmelito Carrisi (don Carmelito Carrisi, passed away in 2005) left his village only once, when the Second World War swept Albania, where he served under the banner.
On May 20, 1943, while Carmelito was still at the front, his wife Iolanda gave birth to a boy. The father named his son Albano in honor of the hostilities, which meant "Albanian", such a name did not exist in Italy. Subsequently, Albano had a brother named Franco (Franco).
Of all the inheritance, the boy had only talent and passion for music. In 1955, he composed his first song, and at the age of 16 he realized that he did not want to cultivate the vineyards until the end of his days, like his mother and father, he packed up and went to. The young man's career began with working as a waiter in a cafe, then he got a job on a conveyor belt, tried himself as a cook.
Six years after moving to Milan, Albano decides to try his hand at the New Voices competition of musicians (Adriano Celentano), where the successful debut of an aspiring musician leads to a victory and a contract with the recording studio Clan Celentano. The producer came up with a different name for the young man, advising him to break Albano into Al Bano. In 1965, the album "La strada" ("The Road") was released. With the composition “Devo dirti di no” (“I must tell you no”) from this disc, the singer tried to become a participant in the San Remo festival, but it did not work out. The fashionable and popular festival did not leave the song a chance to win at the stage of strict selection.
At the age of 24, the musician released the album Sole "(" In the Sun "), which brought him fame, glory and love of his future wife. A film of the same name was filmed on the single, on which Albano and Romina Power met for the first time.
Biography of Romina Power
Romina Francesca Power was born on October 2, 1951 in Los Angeles (Los Angeles), in a pair of Hollywood actors Tyrone Edmund Power and his second wife, Linda Christian.
Romina became famous from birth. A photo of Tyrone with a newborn daughter in her arms was seen by readers of all American and European newspapers. After 5 years, my father left the family, and a year later he died of a heart attack. A mother with two daughters: the eldest Taryn Stephanie and the youngest Romina moved to Italy.
Since the beginning of the divorce, Romina reproached her mother for all her troubles: in divorce, in the death of her father, in moving. She grew up and rebelled more and more, protesting with outright disobedience. Linda, not finding the strength to resist her daughter's behavior, sends her to a closed English school. Romina behaved terribly there too, did not want to obey the teachers, skipped classes. As a result, six months later, the negligent student was asked to pick up the documents.
Mother, trying to curb the irrepressible energy of her eccentric 14-year-old daughter, arranges screen tests for her, which she passes with brilliance. Romina got her first role in the film “ Household in Italian ”(“ Menage all'italiana ”, 1965).
The girl's partners on the set were: Ugo Tognazzi, Iolanda Gigliotti, known as Delida and Anna Moffo. The same year was marked by the release of Romina's first disc "Quando gli angeli cambiano le piume" ("When angels change their feathers"). Before meeting Al Bano on the set, Power had already taken part in 4 films. All the pictures were with a touch of eroticism, so the mother wanted. She attended all the shootings of her daughter and tried to give her advice. The woman believed that youth passes quickly, you need to have time to earn as much as possible on it.
The birth of a family
A 16-year-old girl came to the shooting of the film "Nel Sole" alone. Director Aldo Grimaldi and the main character the pictures saw a tired, frightened girl in front of them, whom they decided to feed for a start. This was the beginning of the romance of a simple country guy and a rich Hollywood bride.
The twenty-four-year-old singer became a friend and mentor for the girl. She liked his concern, and he flattered being a mentor.
Soon Romina gave up cinema and began to spend all the time with her beloved. Linda was horrified by the choice of her daughter, she met Carrisi with frank contempt. How could this nondescript bespectacled man, without money and position in society, lay claim to the hand of her pretty daughter! But the stubbornness of the young bride knew no barriers, in the spring of 1970, she told her groom that she was preparing to become a mother.
They decided to celebrate the wedding in the groom's village, inviting only the closest relatives and some friends. The parents of the young man also did not approve of the choice of their son, since a spoiled actress cannot become a good wife and mother. But Romina managed to win their confidence by convincing the peasants of her sincere love for their son.
Linda was furious, she suggested that her daughter give birth to a child and send him to a closed school, forgetting about the baby's father. Al Bano had to offer his mother-in-law a large amount of ransom in order to obtain permission for the wedding.
4 months after the celebration, baby Ilenia was born. Albano and Romina Power adored their daughter. The satisfied father promised, if need be, to bring his daughter the moon from heaven and bought his family a large house in Puglia.
The head of the family turned out to be a domineering and all decisive man. And the previously wayward young wife happily obeyed her determined husband. She happily did household chores and tried to please her husband.
The birth of a duet
But the Italian's desires were conflicting. He, amusing his own pride with his wife's obedience, did not want to see her only as a housewife. And after a few months of married life, the couple recorded a joint composition "Storia Di Due Innamorati" ("The Story of Two Lovers").
The listeners well received the song, but it was still far from world-famous fame. The musician was obsessed with the idea of fame, he went to any steps and every significant event Albano and Romina Power, together with the press, covered for the public from all sides. During the birth of their second son Jari, the young father gladly went to contacts with journalists and showed many photographs of his son.
In 1976, Al Bano with the song "Noi Lo Rivivremo" ("We would have lived it again") went to Eurovision, where he was awarded seventh place. The wife didn't really take into account that her husband was upset. This is a worthy result of hard work, but the musician didn't have enough. The first time Romina saw how her husband was stubborn when he promised to take part in the competition again and get 1st place.
A faithful and devoted wife, the true mistress of the Italian house, Romina did not seek public recognition of her talents, believing that one celebrity would be enough in a pair. After 10 years of marriage, she accidentally ended up in a recording studio to sing instead of the absent backing vocalist.
Unremarkable individually, husband and wife paired up were able to work miracles. Their duet in 1981 sounded unexpectedly harmonious and strong.
Joint creativity
In 1982, their finest hour came. The composition of the couple "Felicita" ("Happiness") was included in the top 3 at the competition in San Remo and it was a sensation. The song by Felicita Albano and Romina Power caused a lot of talk. Journalists argued that the girl makes up for her insufficiently good voice with beauty, and Al Bano's rustic appearance is good in pictures only when paired with his soul mate.
But they paid no attention to the press. Happy musicians have achieved worldwide fame. In the same year, the recorded composition "Angeli" ("Angels") to the end confirmed the spouses in the role of conquerors of the world stage. Giving a concert every day, Albano and Romina Power traveled to many halls, their fortune was estimated in millions of dollars, they were in love and happy with life.
Two years later, the San Remo festival brought another victory to the couple. Albano and Romina Power again created a masterpiece called "Ci Sara" ("Will"), deservedly taking the song 1st place. Newspapers were eager to start asking the winners tricky questions, which Romina and Al Bano parried with the dignity and wisdom of a loving and harmonious couple. The proof of their love was the birth of their daughter Christelle in 1984. In 1986, Romina Jr. saw the light.
Creative maturity
In 1987, the composition of the pair "Liberta" ("Freedom") became practically the anthem of the Italian Republic. Albano and Romina Power Liberta sang at numerous concerts, the composition conquered the hearts of music lovers all over the world and occupied the top of the charts. Al Bano wrote hits one after another. He was only interested in work. Although Romina missed her children very much, she could not leave her husband alone and followed him everywhere.
The young woman worried about the fact that their children knew and appreciated their grandparents more than their parents. She reassured herself only that she and Albano were working for the future of the children.
Even with millions, the husband was in no hurry to pamper his wife with precious trinkets, fur coats and cars. He invested in real estate and Romina supported her husband's aspirations. Four children had to be raised, taught, educated and provided with a decent life.
An exemplary family never gave the ubiquitous paparazzi a reason to denigrate their relationship. They were always together, donated a lot of money to charity, enjoyed taking pictures with their own and other people's children.
Decline in popularity
In the early nineties, Albano and Romina Power did not abandon songs, but the emerging crisis of their directions in music spurred the Italian to write even more and look for new approaches to the listener.
Efforts to conquer the American music market were overshadowed by the fame and scale of Albano's lawsuit against Michael Jackson. He claimed that Jackson's song "Will You Be There" was a plagiarism of his song "I Cigni Di Balaca" (The Swans of Balaca).
The court confirmed the fact of plagiarism and Jackson paid Albano a fabulous sum of money. The litigation, providing Al Bano with American fame, continued for more than one year.
Ilenia's Missing
Albano and Romina Power loved children and always tried to give them the best. Ilenia grew up as a calm, balanced girl, without giving her parents any trouble. She sometimes said that she wanted to go to her mother's homeland, but she successfully studied at the university and worked on television.
Once the girl fell asleep right at the festive table and from that moment her parents began to notice some inadequacy in her behavior. They could not even imagine that Ilenia's inhibition could be the result of drug use.
Albano and Romina allowed her to go to America, her daughter was going to write a book about street musicians and, it seems, the change of scenery was supposed to fix everything. On January 1, 1994, Ilenia called her parents from New Orleans for the last time, after which she disappeared.
The worried couple went to the police, but no trace of their daughter was found. For several years Romina was in severe depression, she could not get used to the idea that Ilenia would never return. The husband supported his wife as best he could, until one day he made a statement to the press that Ilenia was dead and he had already accepted this idea. Romina considered such words a betrayal. Al Bano began to work even more, completely abandoning his family. Romina did not get tired of consulting detectives, priests and psychics, until she took up yoga and left for India. From there she came reassured. The husband assumes that in India his wife cheated on him for the first time.
Romina decided to divorce. She stopped recognizing a simple country guy in a show business shark constantly chasing money. The husband practically did not pay attention to the children; he forced his wife, after a difficult fourth pregnancy, to get up and start recording a new album.
Romina was not easy, health, as well as love for her husband, were undermined. Al Bano's covetousness went beyond all bounds. He counted every lyre and demanded from his wife a full account of the money spent.
New life
In 1996, Al Bano began his solo career. His voice changed, became more colorful and effective, he did not need to adjust to the small range of his wife's sound. The song "E la mia vita" ("This is my life"), presented in San Remo in 1996, reflected all the tragedies in the fate of the musician: both the loss of his daughter and the break with his wife.
For six years, the couple hid their separation from the press. Everything became known after the appearance of Al Bano with a journalist from Slovakia.
In 1999, the couple officially divorced.
Albano and Romina Power today
Albano's second wife, Italian Loredana Lecciso, gave birth to another daughter, Jasmine, and a son, Albano, to the musician. The union turned out to be short-lived, after 5 years it fell apart. The last passion of Al Bano was Maria Osokina, a student of the philological faculty of Moscow State University and the organizer of the musician's tours. The press knows nothing more about her.
- The Italian has his own wineries, a recording studio, a hotel.
- Romina bought a house and lives in Rome. She is not married, writes books and paintings. The singer's paintings were exhibited in Venice with great success.
Daughters Christel and Romina became show stars, like their parents.
- In 1996, during the performance of the composition "This is my life", Albano knelt down in the final. Perhaps this is how he tried to ask Romina for forgiveness.
- All the characters in Romina's paintings stand with their backs to the viewer.
- In October 2015, in Moscow, Romina Power and Albano gave a concert together again, the first after 15 years of silence.
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Al Bano was born on May 20, 1943 in the village of Cellino San Marco (Apulia, Italy) into a family of peasants Ioalanda and Carmello Carrisi. Al Bano's father don Carmello was in Albania during the Second World War, and in memory of this he gave his son the name Albano (Albanian), although such a name does not exist in Italian. Later, Albano shared his name with Al Bano, and this became his stage name. Don Carmello died in 2005, Yolanda's mother is still alive. Al Bano has a brother, Franco.
Romina Power was born on October 2, 1951 in Los Angeles (California, USA) into a family of famous Hollywood actors Linda Christian and Tyrone Power. Romina's father Tyrone died in 1956, Linda's mother is still alive. Romina has a sister, Taryn, and a brother, Tyrone.
At the age of 12, Al Bano composed his first song, Addio Sicilia, which, by the way, was never recorded on records afterwards.
At the age of 16, Al Bano left his home and went to Milan, already then he firmly decided to become a singer. The first years in Milan were the most difficult - Al Bano had to work as a waiter, cook, and assembly line worker.
Finally, luck smiled at him in the form of Adriano Celentano, who in 1965 announced the New Voices competition, Al Bano won, and entered the Celentano clan. Since then, his life has changed: constant tours, trips around the country.
In 1965, his first disc, La strada / Devo dirti di no, was released at the Clan Celentano recording company. With the song Devo dirti di no Al Bano tried to get to San Remo, but it didn't work out, the 60s was the heyday of the festival and it was not so easy to get there.
And in 1967, fame came - the song Nel sole was a resounding success, in the same year his first album, Nel sole, was released.
Unlike Al Bano, Romina Power began not only as a singer, but also as a film actress. All her films and roles are of light erotic orientation. In 1965 she made her debut in the film "Household in Italian" with such stars as Hugo Tognazzi, Delilah, Anna Moffo. V the same year her first disc comes out Quando gli angeli cambiano le piume / Apri quell "ombrello. In 1966, the second film, "How I Learned to Love Women," where her partners were Robert Hoffman, Anita Ekberg.
In 1967, following the success of Nel sole, the feature film Nel sole was created, starring Al Bano and Romina. So they met on the set.
Based on the music of Al Bano, 7 feature musical films were created for the period 1967-1970: Nel sole 1967, L "oro del mondo 1968, Il suo nome e donna Rosa 1969, Pensando a te 1969, Il ragazzo che sorride 1969, Mezzanotte d" amore 1970, Angeli senza paradiso 1970, in which Al Bano and Romina played the main role (only in the film Il ragazzo che sorride 1969 Romina was replaced by another actress). All of these films were re-released on VHS by the Mondadori VIDEO label in 1997.
In 1968, Al Bano made his debut in San Remo with the song La siepe.
Al Bano is now releasing an entire album every year.
From the very beginning of his career, Al Bano has been balancing between pop and opera music, so it is no coincidence that in every album he included something "classic", be it "O sole mio, or Mattino, Anema e core or Core" ngrato.
The voice of Al Bano in the 1960s was much different from that of Al Bano in the 80s and subsequent years, it was more gentle, not so strong, the range was narrower.
Romina continued to act in films: "24 hours from the life of a woman" 1967, "Hot love of a youngster" 1968, "Nenasytyne women" 1969, plays in the television series "Nero Wolf". All films are replete with explicit scenes, including those with the participation of Romina. However, these films are now remembered only by connoisseurs of cinema. Romina played supporting roles in all these films. But Romina nevertheless went down in the history of cinema as the performer of the leading role of Justine in the film of the same name based on the film adaptation of the novel by Marquis de Sade.
The film "Justine" has been released on DVD several times in different countries, the series "Nero Wolf" has also been released on DVD in Italy. The rest of the films were released in the 80s and 90s on VHS (or were never released at all), were not reissued on DVD and now represent a collectible rarity.
In 1969, Romina's first solo album 12 canzoni e una poesia was released.
In 1970, the wedding of Al Bano and Romina took place, and 4 months later, the daughter of Elenia was born.
In 1971, Al Bano participated in San Remo for the second time with the song 13, storia d "oggi, but again did not achieve success.
In 1972, their son Jari was born.
Of the albums of Al Bano of those times, it should be noted his album Antologia from 1974 with classical opera arias from operas by Puccini, Mascagni, Donizetti.
In 1975, the first joint album of Al Bano and Romina Atto I was released.
In 1976, Romina takes part in San Remo with the song Noi due, but does not even make it to the final. In the same year, Al Bano and Romina took 7th place in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song We "ll live it all again.
In 1978, the second album Al Bano e Romina Power was released, 1978, in 1979, the album Aria pura.
In 1981 their song Sharazan was a big hit.
It should be noted that the albums of Al Bano and Romina until 1982 were never re-released later on CD.
In 1982, the famous Felicita thundered in San Remo, which made Al Bano and Romina famous all over the world. by the way she came second after Storie di tutti i giorni (Riccardo Fogli). All albums since 1982 are now also released in Spanish in Spain and Latin America where Al Bano and Romina are very popular.
And in 1984 Al Bano and Romina won the 1st place in San Remo with the song Ci sara. Then make a visit to Soviet Union, where in Leningrad they record an amazingly beautiful musical film "Magic White Night"With their best songs.
In 1985, Al Bano and Romina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Magic oh magic and again took 7th place, like 9 years ago. In the same year, their daughter Christelle was born.
Since 1986, all of their albums have been released on a very solid label WEA. In 1986, their album Semper Semper was released.
In 1987, the daughter of Romina (the youngest) was born. The album Liberta is published, Liberta is one of the most remarkable hits of the duo, a world song. They take part in San Remo with the song Nostalgia canaglia and take 3rd place.
In 1989, a new album Fragile and again 3rd place in San Remo with the song Cara terra mia. They will not take more prizes.
In 1990, two albums were released at once Fotografia di un momento and Weihnachten bei uns zu Hause, which collected popular Christmas songs.
In 1991, Al Bano and Romina took part in San Remo with the song Oggi sposi. The English version of this song Just merried was performed in San Remo by Romina's brother Tyrone Power. They publish the book "Autobiography from A to P", which came with a videotape with their best songs and interviews (the set book + videotape was published by the Rizzoli publishing house), as well as another Autoritratto videotape with songs and interviews on the Libra label. A new Vincerai album with remixes of the best songs is out.
In 1993, Al Bano and Romina Power released a new album Notte e giorno and toured the cities of America, which was reflected in the videotape L "America perduta, published by the Libra label. Also, the videotape from the Autoritratto dalla A alla R set of 1991 was reissued on the label. Warner Music Vision in Germany titled Unser Leben, unsere Familie, unsere Erfolge with German subtitles.
In 1994, their daughter Yelenia disappeared in America.
In 1995, the new album Emozionale was captured on the Una vita emozionale videotape, published on the Libra label. This album contains the song Cantico by Al Bano's duet with Montserrat Caballe. During this period, the relationship between Al Bano and Romina finally deteriorated. In fact, after 1995, they begin to live independently. Romina Power is filming The Return of the Sandokan in India, where she and the Indian actor Kabir Bedi have an affair.
In 1996, Al Bano took part alone in San Remo with the autobiographical song E "la mia vita, and took 7th place. Romina tried to release a new album, the songs were recorded, but no record company dared to release it. In the same year, Al Bano visited Japan with concerts, where he recorded a new disc with the best songs The best of Al Bano.
In 1997, Al Bano takes part in San Remo with the song Verso il sole. Records an album with classical opera arias Concerto classico, a divine album, an amazing voice, the sound is perfect. Among the compositions - Il mio concerto per te (to the music of Tchaikovsky's 1st concert), Anni (to the music of Beethoven's 7th symphony), Va pensiero (Verdi's music from the opera Nabucco), etc.
In 1998, the continuation of the "classic tradition" of Al Bano in the album Il nuovo conсerto.
In 1999, Al Bano participates in San Remo with an amazing composition Ancora in volo, only 6th place, publishes a new album Volare with popular Italian songs and a new album Il nuovo concerto (with the same name as a year ago), in which he, in particular, performed a song Notte di Buon Natale to music by Vangelis Conquest of paradise.
Romina Power, meanwhile, participates in television programs, writes books Cercando mio padre about her father Tyrone Power and Ho sognato don chisciotte, devotes herself to painting.
In 2000, Al Bano and Montserrat Caballe gave a joint concert at the Milan Cathedral, which was released on DVD in the Jubilaeum collection series.
In 2001, Al Bano recorded a new album Canto al sole, a year later a video version of this album was released on DVD.
In 2002, Al Bano recorded the "classic" album Carrisi canta Caruso with songs from the repertoire of the great Enrico Caruso, including one "duet" with Caruso.
Albums 2002 and 2003 Al Bano records on a new label for himself BMG, all previous albums were recorded on the label WEA.
In 2003, the album Buon Natale with Christmas songs and the album I grandi successi di Al Bano with two new songs Tu per semper and Mi sveglio e ci sei were released. These discs were not officially released, but sold as a supplement to the OGGI magazine in Italy.
In 2004, a new album, La mia Italia, was released on the "new" EDEL label with popular Italian songs. The album Buon Natale was reissued on the same label.
In 2005, Al Bano paid a visit to Moscow, where he gave a recital "Al Bano and His Lady", which was reflected in two audio discs "Al Bano and His Lady" 1 and 2, and in the DVD "Al Bano and His Lady »Released in Russia by ICA music label. A new album Le radici del cielo with new songs is out.
Romina Power tries herself as a director of the film Upaya, which is published on DVD along with the book of the same name.
In 2006, Al Bano released the album Il mio Sanremo with remixes of all his San Remo songs, from Devo dirti di no to Sei la mia luce, both songs, incidentally, did not make it to San Remo in 1965 and 2006, respectively. ... Also published is the collection Collezione italiana on two CDs, which contains 40 songs by Al Bano from the 1960s and 70s.
Soviet listeners learned Italian from their songs. This couple publicly demonstrated their love and were not afraid to kiss in front of camera lenses!
The feeling of happiness poured out from them in waves - and not some concocted by the yellow press, inflated for the sake of PR.
Their happiness was real ...
They met back in 1967 in Italy on the set of a film in which they were invited to play the main roles. It was love at first sight. She was 16, he was 24. She is a beautiful rich woman from a famous Hollywood family, he is the golden voice of Italy, who made his way with his talent.
Perfect match: Al Bano Carrisi and Romina Power
Romina Francesca Power was born in Hollywood, in a dream factory, in a wealthy family. Her father was the famous Hollywood actor Tyrone Power, and her mother was actress Linda Christian.
Since childhood, Romina was a very beautiful girl with extraordinary vocal abilities. She was brought up as a princess, not denying anything. Mother believed that Romina would make a career as an actress - one that she herself did not succeed in.
However, the tale quickly ended - Tyrone Power left the family for another woman when Romina was barely five, and died a year later. The mother took Romina to Mexico, then to Spain, and finally to Italy, to her husband's homeland.
Already at the age of 14, Romina began to make a career in cinema, then she recorded her first solo disc. The mother was proud of her daughter. Still would! Such successes, the beginning of recognition, fame, beauty. A great future awaited my daughter! ..
The first disappointment in Romin she experienced when she introduced her to her fiancé - a short, stocky Italian - bespectacled man with a ridiculous name, who sang some songs there and did not have a penny in his soul.
Al Bano Carrisi was indeed born into a very poor Italian family. His father plowed the land and raised livestock. He named his son Albano - in memory of the military actions in Albania, in which he participated during the Second World War.
Subsequently, ashamed of his unusual name, the singer divided it into two parts, becoming Al Bano Carrizi. He wrote his first song at the age of 12, and at 16 he came to Milan to pursue a singing career.
He had to work as a waiter, cook, worker on an assembly line, until in 1965 he took part in a competition organized by Adriano Celentano. There, luck finally turned to face him - he was noticed!
Al Bano releases his first disc, travels around the country on tour and finally becomes famous throughout Italy.
In 1970, the wedding of Al Bano Carrisi and Romina Power took place, who became the most beautiful and talented couple not only in Italy, but in the whole world. Romina Power managed to resist the influence of her mother, who raised two daughters alone and hates all men.
She was able to abandon American stereotypes and build a solid Catholic family in which the wife is completely subordinate to her husband - the head of the family, whose role was taken over by Al Bano. And in Italy they stopped looking askance at Romina, completely calling her “theirs”. After all, they were the perfect couple.
The embodiment of perfection
She wrote poetry, he wrote music. Together they performed their famous Felicita, Ci sara and many others. Based on his music, 7 films were shot, the main roles in most of them he played with Romina.
Beautiful, talented, rich and happy - they have become the embodiment of excellence. They did everything. In 1970, their firstborn was born - daughter Ilenia, three years later, son Jari, then daughters Christelle and Romina Jr. In 1976, their family duo represented Italy at Eurovision and took 7th place. They reached their peak of popularity in 1982 at the San Remo festival.
The couple toured all over the world, and the Soviet Union was not spared either. In Leningrad, they even managed to record a disc with their best hits. Album after album, prizes at world competitions, fame and love of millions of fans around the world - one can only dream of this, but, alas, happiness does not last forever.
Trouble knocked on the house ...
On January 6, 1994, Al Bano Carrisi and Romina Power filed a report with the police that their eldest daughter was missing. The last time they spoke to her was a week ago, when she called from America to wish the family a Happy New Year. She did not answer any more phone calls. 24-year-old Ilenia left for New Orleans for the famous festival of alternative youth.
Children often flew to America to visit Romina's numerous relatives. But this time Ilenia did not stop with them. She had other plans. Music, drugs, sexual freedom - this atmosphere of the festival attracted hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world. Then dozens of parents pounded the doorsteps of police stations, begging to find their missing children. Some have happened to be found. Most of them disappeared forever.
So it happened with Ilenia. Neither Romina's tearful appeals from TV screens with a request to give at least some information about their daughter, nor their influential connections in America, nor expensive private detectives could return Ilya.
The Carrisi family was in mourning. Romina, on the other hand, was simply distraught with grief: she refused a planned surgical operation, endangering her life, stopped noticing the other three children who needed her care. "I have no life without my daughter!" - she said to her husband. As a result, another child - the son of Jari - left Italy for Boston.
Al Bano suffered no less than Romina, but he was probably more fortunate - he managed to find solace in creativity. Yes, loss, grief, but we must continue to live on - for the sake of the family, for the sake of the remaining children, for the sake of our fans, in the end.
Once in an interview, he admitted: "Ilenia is dead, and I have already got used to this idea." Romina did not forgive him for these words. "You betrayed our daughter, and I don't want to live with a traitor!" - that was her verdict. After all, she herself believed, hoped that a daughter would still be found ...
Divorce in Italian
Family is the greatest value in Catholic Italy. Getting married here is easy, but getting divorced is not easy. It takes nerves, overcoming bureaucratic obstacles, large sums of money and years of waiting.
No, they did not break the dishes, did not scuffle in the streets, did not cheat on each other - in general, they deprived the public of the opportunity to gossip about their divorce. And many fans and just acquaintances did not fully believe that such a wonderful creative and family duet could fall apart. It turned out that it can.
In 1995, Al Bano and Romina recorded their last album, and a year later, Al Bano alone took part in San Remo with the autobiographical song E ’la mia vita (“ This is my life ”), at the end of which he falls to his knees. The whole world is sure that this is how he asks Romina for forgiveness ...
But days, months go by, and the well-known couple does not appear on the stage. And two years later, the paparazzi captured Al Bano with the Slovak journalist Gabriella Skrabakova, who was 26 years his junior. According to Al Bano, Gabriella interviewed him and was so sympathetic to the family grief that he fell in love with her.
Al Bano and Romina Power, the future performers of the world famous "Felicita", were married 42 years ago in the Italian church of Cellino San Marco. At that time, Al Bano was 27 years old, Romina was only 19. Al Bano had been a popular singer for several years, in 1967 he recorded the disc Nel Sol, which sold over a million copies.
When, at the age of 16, Albano Carrisi decided to conquer Italy, he left for Milan from a large cozy parental home in Cellino San Marco, where his family was engaged in the cultivation of grapes. The boy owes his name to his father's stay in a concentration camp on the territory of Albania: for some reason Carmelo Carrisi did not want to erase the sad episode from his memory and, as a reminder to his descendants, named his son, born in 1943, Albano - "Albanian".
In Milan, Albano Carrisi changed his name to the later became famous Al Bano, as well as a dozen professions - painter, waiter, cook, laborer. Having become popular, Al Bano traveled with concerts all over Italy and Switzerland, his work was so fond of not only ordinary listeners, but also people of art that the names of his songs migrated to the titles of films shot, possibly under the impression of what he heard.
On the set of one of these films, Al Bano met Romina Power. She was the daughter of Hollywood actor Tyrone Power, who left the family when Romina was five years old. At the time of Romina's acquaintance with Al Bano, the first was barely 16, and she had already starred in four Italian films.
Romina's mother, actress Linda Christian, spoke out against her daughter's marriage with an Italian singer, and the Al Bano family was at first quite hostile towards the young daughter-in-law. Al Bano's mother tried to influence the girl, for example, forced her to quit smoking, but all these attempts did not have a result.
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After the wedding, Romina insisted on settling in the house of the Al Bano family in Cellino San Marco: she wanted her husband to live surrounded by his relatives, and not in someone else's rented apartment somewhere in Rome or Milan, as he intended to do. In 1970, the newly-made couple had a daughter, who was named Ilenia.
Five years after the wedding, Al Bano and Romina released a joint disc, which became incredibly successful, and one of their songs took seventh place at Eurovision - only then Al Bano's mother felt feelings for her son's family and even hung a clipping from the magazine on the wall with photograph of Al Bano and his wife. Not only did the mother-in-law fall in love with her daughter-in-law, but the whole of Italy gradually began to forget about Romina's foreign roots, considering her to be theirs.
In 1982 the duo won third place in the prestigious San Remo music competition with the song "Felicita". In 1984 they already won the same competition, performing the song "Chi sara". In the same year, the semi-documentary musical film "Magic White Night" was released, filmed during the duo's stay in Leningrad. By that time, the duet of Al Bano and Romina had already become world famous and beloved, their records were sold in millions of copies, they were welcome everywhere not only because of their creativity, but also because of the genuine feelings that they, without hiding, felt for each other ...
By 1987, Al Bano and Romina already had five children, eldest daughter Ilenia grew up and sometimes performed on stage with her parents. But Al Bano became more and more boring over the years, he counted every lyre, although during their popularity he managed to become a very rich man. He began to find fault with the allegedly exorbitant expenses of his wife, and in the same 1987, despite the poor the physical state Romina, after the birth of another daughter, persuaded her to perform again in San Remo, where the popular couple were eagerly awaiting.
In 1994, the 24-year-old daughter of Romina and Al Bano Ilenia went on a trip to America, she was very sociable, made acquaintances easily, loved to sing, perform on stage and travel around the world. According to rumors, in New Orleans, she joined the ranks of a sect that practices drug use and human sacrifice. After that trip, Ilya seemed to be replaced, she left home - and disappeared. In the early days of her disappearance, Al Bano and Romine talked about seeing a girl like Ilenia rush into Mississippi, shouting "I belong to water!" The search for the girl did not give any results, Al Bano and Romina repeatedly appeared on television with requests to tell at least something about her fate, even if the truth was terrible, the unknown - that's what they suffered the most.
Due to the misfortune that befell their family, the spouses broke numerous contracts, canceled concerts, and forgot about creativity. Al Bano was the first to come to his senses, but Romina felt cramped within the walls of their common home, she went to the shooting of the series "Sandokan" in India, after which she told her husband that they needed to leave. Al Bano did his best to save their marriage, even staged a concert at the Vatican, after which the Pope blessed their union, but this did not help.
Soon, Al Bano had a mistress, who bore him a child, which was accepted by Romina very calmly, and in 1999 Romina and Al Bano divorced. Subsequently, Romina stated that at last, after the divorce, she would be able to live for herself and take a break from endless tours.
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Biography, life story of Al Bano
Albano Carrisi was born in 1943 on May 20. The name was given to him by his father in honor of the fact that he was in Albania during the war. There is no such name in Italian. Later, Albano's name was split into two and became a stage name. Father's name was Don Carmello Carrisi, he was a peasant and died in 2005. Mother is also a peasant named Joaland. Albano's brother Franco was also born in the Carrisi family.
Al Bano decided to become a singer at the age of 16. He went to Milan, where at first it was very difficult to live. He worked as a waiter, assembly line worker and cook. Then he was lucky, he entered the clan after winning a singing competition. Fame came to Al Bano, he began to tour and publish records. The first album was called "Nel sole". The feature film "Nel sole" was shot, starring Al Bano and the young Romina Power. The young people met on the set of the film. In the period 1967-1970s, several musical feature films were shot, starring Al Bano and his constant companion Romina Power. They were all reprinted again in 1997. Albano Carrisi released an album every year and kept balancing between pop and classical opera music. In the 80s, his voice changed, he became more gentle and not so strong.
Al Bano and Romina got married in 1970. They immediately had a daughter (after 4 months), they named her Elenia. In 1972, the couple had a son, Jari. In 1975, their joint album was released, and in 1976 they took seventh place at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1982, in the city of San Remo, they performed the song "Felicita", which thundered all over the world. Since then, all of their albums have been released in Spanish. They have become very popular. In 1984, again in San Remo, they won first place and then made a trip to the Soviet Union, where they recorded a stunningly beautiful musical film in Leningrad called "The Magic White Night". They again participated in the European Song Festival in 1985 and finished in seventh place, just like nine years ago.
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The second daughter Christelle was born in 1985, and in 1987 another child was born, daughter Romina. At the same time, their joint album was again released in a solid edition. With the song "Nostalgia" they took third place in the competition in San Remo. The couple published an autobiographical book with a videotape included and a separate videotape, as well as an album with remixes of songs.
In America in 1996, their daughter Yelenia disappeared. Al Bano and Romina's relationship soured. Romina began an affair with the Indian actor Kabir Bedi. In 1996, Albano Carrisi took part alone at the San Remo Festival and finished in seventh place. He traveled to Japan in 1996 and recorded again a classic album with opera arias, and also released several albums with popular songs. In 2000, he recorded on DVD a concert with Montserrat Caballe, which they performed at the Milan Cathedral. In 2002 and 2003, Al Bano recorded several new albums with popular songs and songs from Caruso's repertoire, one even "duet" with himself. In 2005, Karrizi came to Moscow, where he gave a recital entitled "Al Bano and His Lady". In 2006, an album of remixes with all the songs and several albums with new compositions was released again. A collection of songs from the 1960-1970s was also published.
In the life of Al Bano, there were two great loves. The first was Romina Power, with whom he lived for 30 years. The tragedy changed their relationship when their daughter was kidnapped at the age of 24. The life of the spouses turned into a series of quarrels and reproaches. The daughter was searched all over America, but was never found, there was no offer of ransom. The collaboration was still ongoing and even a joint disc was released, but it soon became clear that Al Bano had an affair with a journalist from Bratislava - Skabakova Gabriela. Gabriela was not around for long, he met a second true love. It was the Italian Loredana Lecchiso, who gave birth to Al Bano two children - the son of Albano Jr. and the daughter of Jasmine. The second marriage was not successful, Al Bano was a constant participant in scandals. He moved to live in the south of Italy and began to manage the family estate. He had at his disposal a huge complex of wineries, a restaurant, a recording studio, an agro-hotel. Every thing in his hotel was a work of art, and there were a lot of people who wanted to stay. Al Bano met a new passion and began to live with his Russian friend Maria Osokina. She was a student of the philological faculty of Moscow State University. She collaborated with Al Bano, organized tours for him, press conferences, attended meetings. Nothing is known about their personal relationship.