Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Maria Carta
Sign in to saveItalian musician (1934-1994)
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 25 inbound references to Maria Carta, and connects out to Sardinia, Siligo and Toulouse.
It is catalogued under topics including 1934 births, 1994 deaths and 20th-century Italian actresses.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- CANTO RITUALE
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Siligo, Sardinia, Italy
Maria Carta (24 June 1934 – 22 September 1994) was a Sardinian folk music singer-songwriter. She also performed in film and theatre. In 1975 she wrote a book of poetry, Canto rituale (Ritual Song). Throughout her 25-year career she covered the richly diverse genres of traditional music of her native Sardinia (Cantu a chiterra, ninne nanne—children's lullabies, gosos, Gregorian chants, and more),…
Known for
- Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore — Madre2025
- The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 — Vito's Mother2016
- Disamistade — Madre di Sebastiano1988
- I padroni dell'estate1987
- The Professor — Madre1986
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
- Un reietto delle isole — Joanna Willems1980
- Jesus of Nazareth — Martha1977
- Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television — Mrs. Andolini1977
- La Cecilia — Olimpia1976
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1934-06-24
- Active to
- 1994-09-22
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,593
- Total plays
- 13,238
Tags
Maria Carta (Siligo, Sassari, June 24, 1934 - Rome, September 22, 1994) was a Sardinian folk music singer-songwriter. She also performed in film and theater and wrote a poetry book, Ritual Song, in 1975. In her 25-year career, she covered the richly diverse genres of traditional music of her native land (ninne nanne—children’s lullabies, gosos, Gregorian chants, and more), often updating them with a modern and personal touch. She succeeded in bringing Sardinian folk music into wider popular awar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Siligo
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Sardinian
- Field of work
- poetry
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Polydor
- Official website
- www.fondazionemariacarta.it
- Image
- Maria Carta.jpg
- Residence
- Rome
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1934-06-24
- date of death
- 1994-09-22
- Commons category
- Maria Carta
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Maria Carta
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0