Raffaella Carra

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Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (born 18 June 1943), better known as Raffaella Carrà (Italian: [raffa'?lla kar'ra]), is an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, and actress.

She is a popular figure in Europe and Latin America, both as a result of her many well-known taped presentations and records, and because of her many popular TV shows.

Carrà is widely regarded as a gay icon.

Early life

Carrà was born on 18 June 1943 in Bologna to Raffaele Pelloni and Angela Iris Dell'Utri (of Sicilian ancestry) her parents, however, separated shortly after the wedding and Carrà spent most of her childhood between her mother's bar and the ice cream shop in Bellaria – Igea Marina. At the latter establishment, she grew up watching the television programme Il Musichiere, learning by heart titles, ballets, and refrains of the songs.

When she was only eight years old, she left the Romagna Riviera to continue her studies directly in Rome at the National Academy of Dance. At the age of 14 she dropped out of ballet classes. In 1952 she began her studies at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia until she graduated in 1960.

Personal life and death

Carrà had a ten-year relationship with the television author Gianni Boncompagni, author of her greatest musical hits. She later met Sergio Japino, who was 9 years younger than her and at that time was the choreographer in two of her programs: Pronto, Raffaella? and Fantastico 3. Although they separated in the 1990s, they maintained a good personal and professional relationship to such an extent that it was he who announced Carrà's death in 2021. Previously, she had other romantic relationships with singer Little Tony whom she met in 1961 during the filming of the movie 5 marines per 100 ragazze, with Juventus footballer Gino Stacchini (which lasted eight years) and was also courted by Frank Sinatra, with whom she shared the set of the film Von Ryan's Express in 1965, but she rejected the flirting.

She never married. According to Carrà, she did not believe in marriage. She did not have children, although she wanted to; when she tried to have children, her doctor told her that she would not be able to. Instead, she decided to adopt several children from around the world from a distance.

Raffaella Carrà was very attached to Monte Argentario in Tuscany, where she lived for many years. Her villa in Cala Piccola was a source of inspiration for many of her broadcasts, even for the title of the TV program Carràmba! Che sorpresa. She was a big fan of football team Juventus.

Carrà died in Rome on 5 July 2021, at the age of 78. Carrà died from lung cancer. Two days later, the funeral procession was held from her home, passing through RAI's central studios, the Foro Italico and Teatro delle Vittorie to reach the Capitolium, where the mortuary chapel was set up at Rome's City Hall. Carrà's body, after being cremated according to her expressed will, was taken to the places most dear to the artist, including Porto Santo Stefano and San Giovanni Rotondo, in the Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.

Carrà revealed in a 1977 interview that she was a communist. She said: "I always vote communist. On a struggle between workers and businessmen, I'll always be on the workers' side."

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Career

She met director Mario Bonnard, who starred her in his film Tormento del passato, in which she played the character of Graziella at the age of 9.

Carrà made her debut as a recognized actress in 1960 in the film Long Night, and I co-directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Marcello Mastroianni in 1963. During the same year, she appeared in the French film La chance et l'amour with Michel Piccoli. She appeared in several Italian peplum films, including Fury of the Pagans (1961), Atlas of the Son of Hercules (1961), and Princess of Hercules (1962), as well as comedies and action films including 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1965), as well as comics and adventure films such as 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1964).

Carrà moved to Hollywood in 1965 after signing a 20th Century Fox and following in the footsteps of her colleagues, Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren and Virna Lisi. Frank Sinatra, Edward Mulhare and Trevor Howard appeared in the film Von Ryan's Express. She appeared in an episode of the American television series I Spy starring Bill Cosby and Robert Culp in 1966. Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? She was sick and dissatisfied with Los Angeles' life, and she returned to Italy the same year she appeared in several Italian and French films, including Le Saint prend l'affût (1966). (1969) and Cran d'arrêt (1970), as well as a few television shows.

Carrà was seen on the National Program Tutto per bene, a television version of Luigi Pirandello's novel of the same name on March 3, 1967.

She made a special broadcast on the second national network, Tempo di samba, in January 1968. She appeared in Processo di Famiglia by Diego Fabbri in June and, at the end of the following year, she appeared in Il sorriso della gioconda.

Dante Guardamagna gave her the pseudonym Carrè in the mid-1960s; an artist who loved painting, he used Raffaella to match her real name, reminding him of the painter Raphael Sanzio with the surname of painter Carlo Carrà.

Carro performed as a guest actor in the 1970s' program Io, Agata e tu, together with Nino Ferrer. Canzonissima 70, a Saturday night film in which she was also an actor and dancer, was recruited shortly after by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). Canzonissima 71 and Canzonissima 74, respectively, in which she also performed her hit song "Ma che musica Maestro," she performed. She appeared alongside Georges Descrières in the French-produced television series Arsenio Lupin in 1971, and appeared in the episode "La donna dai due sorrisi" in La Donna dai due sorrisi.

She and singer Mina Mazzini appeared on Rai Milleluci in 1974.

Carrà made her first appearance on television Espagnola (TVE) in 1975 after her triumph on the Italian market when she appeared in the variety show 'Seoras y seores! She has since released a compilation album with Spanish versions of her songs. TVE recruited her to host four episodes of the variety show La hora de... in 1976.

Carrà concentrated more on her singing career during her time in Europe, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Greece, Greece, and, particularly in Latin American countries. A far l'amore comincia tu, the English version of her most chart-wide success, besides winning multiple gold and platinum accolades around the world, was one of her most resounding hits.

Carriere's 1976 debut of the album Forte forte forte forte, which was released in 36 countries around the world, and earned her a Gold medal in Canada.' In 1977, Fiesta, which features Eurodisco tracks, was released; the album was referred to as "symbol" of the soubrette.

Carrà appeared on the Chilean program Sábado gigante in 1978. "Hay que venir al sur," the Spanish translation of "Tanti Auguri," was released that year, and it was another of Carrà's most popular hits.

In 1980, she appeared in the film Bárbara, shot in Argentina and released for the South American market, marking her last major actress role. It was also in that year she released the album Mi spendo tutto, which includes the song "Pedro," one of her biggest hits.

Millemilioni, the first international television cooperation experiment, was broadcast in 1981: five specials filmed in a new capital: Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rome, and Moscow.

She appeared on Fantastico 3 alongside Corrado in 1982 and performed "Ballo ballo," the opening theme song, despite some of the Beatles' plagiarising "Eleanor Rigby."

Raffaella Carrà 82, a tribute to Fantastico's success, was published by Franco Bracardi and Danilo Vaina, among other things, and Gianni Boncompagni, G. Belfiore, and Giancarlo Magalli. Carrà was named the guest of honor at the Via del Mar International Song Festival in Chile later this year.

She appeared as a guest at the San Francisco Music Festival 1983 as a guest. Valsiglio's "Soli sulla luna" and "Ahi," as the singer puts it, are songs recorded specifically for the occasion.

Carrà anchored Pronto Raffaella, the first midday program on Rai that cemented her role as a host as the show became a hit, with more than 14 million viewers tuning in to see her interview with Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Carrà also performed the program's theme song: Fatalità.

The success of Pronto, Raffaella?

In 1984, she received the European Television Magazines Association's "Female TV Personality at European Level," a prize she was given. "The most loved by Italians" was the subject of her two-year, multimillion-dollar contract with kitchen manufacturer Scavolini. The conductor's pay for an exclusive three years was at the forefront of a tense debate with RAI's then prime minister, Bettino Craxi, who characterized the sum as "immoral and scandalous" during the first year. Carrà also released Fatalità (1983) and Bolero (1984), both of which were released at the time.

She appeared on television and in the United States' 1985-86 television season, beginning with Rome, the first ten episodes of which were broadcast from Rome, while the last five were broadcast live from the Rai Corporation's New York studios, and thanks to Rai International, who is widely distributed throughout North and South America. Raffaella also interviewed and debriefed with notable guests such as Henry Kissinger, Joe Cocker, Ricciante, Patty Pravo, Patty Pravo, Riccardo Cocciante, Patty Pravo, Stewart Rogers, and Sammy Davis Jr. who performed the theme song "Fidati!" "Bellissimo" and "Bellissimo" are two Italian terms. The program's opening and closing theme songs are included in the album Fidati!, which was released in the same year. Carrà's program placed the company once more in the center of the controversy due to high production costs, particularly for the episodes that were broadcast via satellite from the United States. However, the show was a huge hit, so much so that it reignited the attention of American televisions that welcomed Raffaella to the most popular talk shows of the time, as well as Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan, and David Letterman.

Carrà performed both the opening theme song, "Curiosità," and the closing theme song, "Casa dolce casa," during the 1986–87 season. Carrà reacted to an article published by the weekly scandal tabloid Novella 2000 by accusing her of neglecting her dying mother. In fact, Raffaella's mother died in 1987. Raffaella paid tribute to her mother during another episode of Domenica, dedicating her song "I thank you live" to her.

She signed a multi-million dollar deal with Fininvest in 1987, which lasted two years. On Sunday evenings, the first appearance on Canale 5 of Carrà dates back to 1987: Benvenuta Raffaella was shown on late evenings, and the Raffaella Carrà Exhibition followed shortly after. In the spring of 1989, Il principe azzurro, Carrà's last plan for Canale 5, was followed.

Carrà hosted the new program Weekend of Rafaella, in which she starred with a fresh mature style, ditching tights and bodysuits as the experience with Fininvest came to an end. Ricomincio da Due was the program's sequel.

Carrà returned to Rai in early January 1990 to host her new show Raffaella Venerd, Sabato e Domenica... E saranno famosi.

Miriam D'Az Aroca, Cuando caliente el sol, a two-part Rai and TVE co-hosted two shows in Italy and Tossa de Mar, Spain, simultaneously to both countries in June 1990.

In May 1991, she presented the Telegatto awards with Corrado.

Despite the uproar caused by Roberto Benigni's appearance on Rai 1, she co-anchored Fantastic 12 on Saturday night, receiving ratings below expectation.

Carrà returned to televisionE from 1992 to 1995, hosting three seasons of Hola Raffaella! for which she gained three TP de Oro and the early evening show A las 8 con Raffaella. En casa con Raffaella, she became the Spanish counterpart of Fininvest, Telecinco, in the 1994–95 season.

Carràmba returned to Rai 1 at the end of 1995. Che sorpresa. She appeared on Carrêmba in 1996 and 2000 from 1998 to 2000.

Che sorpresa, Carrambà!

Una, 40 minuti, Raffaella, Centoventitré, and I Fantastici di Raffaella.

She appeared in Unamamma per caso, a four-part RAI miniseries in 1997, in which she played the role of a single journalist. It was her last time on a scripted TV series. In 1997, the San Francisco Music Festival was not allowed to stage.

Ramón Garca, co-hosting 1998, is thrilled to live from Puerta del Sol in Madrid.

With Paolo Bonolis, she presented Gran Premio Internazionale dello Spettacolo in 2000.

The following year, she hosted the 51st edition of the San Francisco Music Festival, which saw little success, alongside Piero Chiambretti, Enrico Papi, Megan Gale, and Massimo Ceccherini. Carrà confessed that choosing a format that was more musical than television was wrong. Carrà's fourth iteration of Carràmba brought him to prime time on Rai 1 after a year off. Che sorpresa.

In 2004 she hosted the program Sogni,

Ramón Garca and Loles León co-hosted the nine-hours television show Contigo on TVE on December 19, 2004. She and Robbie Williams were invited to Diego Maradona's program La Noche del 10, which was on October 24th. Carrà hosted Rai Amore, a recreation of TVE's Contigo, in the spring of 2006. It was devoted to long-distance adoptions and it received over 150,000 adoptions.

Fabio Canino, a writer who was aided by Roberto Mancinelli, wrote Raffabook, a book published in 2006. Più che uno show del sabato sera del sabato sera. Tiziano Ferro released E Raffaella è mia, dedicated to Carrà's appearance in the videoclip, on the album Nessuno, whilst the Spanish singer Roser released Raffaella, a tribute to Carrà's greatest hits sung in Spanish. In December 2006, she appeared at the gala for TVE's 50th anniversary.

Raffaella's career culminated in two CDs and a DVD that collected all the theme songs performed and danced by Raffaella during her career, which was released on November 30th, 2007.

In 2008, TVE selected her for three shows related to the Eurovision Song Contest. The first was the selection process, which aired on March 8th Salvemos Eurovisión. In addition, she held two galas devoted to this festival.

Carrà returned to Rai 1 to premiere a new version of Carràmba shortly after! Che fortuna, a programmed by the audit, has a daily audience of 5,000,000 and a maximum of 6,000,000.

Carrà returned to Spain to host an episode of Saturday Night Live on Cuatro in April 2009.

Mito in tre minuti by Antimo Verde was also published in 2008, an artistic biography based on research findings. Raffica – Balletti & Duetti was released on November 7th, a second box set of two CDs and a DVD with a collection of television performances by Carrà.

Carrè directed and produced Il Gran Concerto, a television program in which the RAI National Symphony Orchestra performed pieces of classical music and opera.

Renato Zero performed on the album Triangolo from his album Sei Zero in 2010. On October 5th of the same year, the two performers also performed at Zero's concert.

Italy returned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest after 13 years of absence, and Rai selected Carrance to host and report from Italy on the final night of the festival, as well as the jury's and televoting results. In the summer of 2011, French DJ Bob Sinclar remixed her hit song A far l'amore comincia tu, which was renamed Far l'amore. Paolo Sorrentino's remix appeared in the soundtrack of his Academy Award-winning film The Great Beauty later this year.

Queen Isabella I of Castile appeared in various TIM commercials later, together with Neri Marcorè. She appeared on Il Gran Concerto, the Rai 3 television show hosted by Alessandro Greco, in October 2011. For the fourth year in a row, she was once more the producer of the Rai 3 television show Il Gran Concerto.

She appeared in the Concerto per l'Emilia in June 2012 in support of the people impacted by the tsunami in November and May 2012, in which she performed Rumore, one of her hits.

Carrà had intended to return to host the Saturday night show on Rai 1, but the program, tentatively titled Auditorium, was cancelled. In February 2013, she became one of the coaches, as well as Noemi, Piero Pelù, and Riccardo Cocciante in the program The Voice of Italy on Rai 2.

On July 16, 2013, she released Replay, a dance number that was accompanied by the album Replay (The Album). The album and Cha Cha Ciao's second single were released on November 19th, thirteen years after her previous studio album was released.

In the same year, she appeared in the film Colpi di fortuna directed by Neri Parenti. She appeared in The Voice of Italy as a mentor with Piero Pelù, Noemi, and rapper J-Ax in 2014.

She appeared on the first evening of the San Francisco Festival in February of the same year, performing a medley of songs from her new album.

With Joaqun Cortés, she returned to Rai 1 for a new talent show in the 2014-2015 television season, dubbed Forte forte forte.

Emis Killa, Max Pezzali, and Dolcenera announced that she would leave the program beginning on February 24th, 2016. On December 19, she hosted 60 aos juntos, TVE's 60th Anniversary Gala. Samuel Pietrasanta, one of her contestants', became a music producer in the summer of 2017.

Carrà's last album before her death, Ogni volta è Natale, was released on November 30, 2018. Chi l'ha detto, an unreleased track, was sent to radios on November 16th and published on YouTube alongside the music video on November 23rd. After two years of absence as a guest of Fabio Fazio in Che tempo che fa and by Carlo Conti at Un Natale d'Oro Zecchino, she returned to television in late 2018. She returned to television in the spring of 2019 as the host of an interview series featuring well-known personalities from show industry, culture, and sports. Posted in prime time on Thursdays on Rai 3 from 4 April to May, A raccontare comincia tu was broadcast in prime time on Thursdays from 4 April to 9 May. Following its popularity, the show was announced with a new cycle of four episodes, which aired from October to November.

The musical film Explota Explota in Spanish cinemas was released on October 2nd, 2020, by Uruguayan Nacho lvarez, and it was based on Carrà's songs, she appeared as a cameo. The film has been available in Italy (with the name Ballo Ballo) on Amazon Prime's digital platform since January 25th, 2021. The film was nominated for three Goya Awards and three Feroz Awards.

RAI director Stefano Coletta revealed on television that there were plans to ask Carrà to present the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 and the Sanzo Festival the same year.

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