Mala femmina lyrics english

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Malafemmena - 1951 first played on 18 March 2016.
A melancholy story about a man betrayed by the woman he loved, it was written in 1951 by Antonio De Curtis, the beloved Totò.

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Roberto Murolo was a musical institution, both in his home of Napoles and all of Italy, during the middle and second half of the 20th century. The son of poet Ernesto Murolo and the former Lia Cavalli, he was born in 1912 and showed a strong interest in music from an early age, especially singing and playing the guitar, at which he became extremely proficient. He spent his early professional years as a member of a quartet, with which he performed away from Italy from 1939 through 1946. His solo career -- focused almost exclusively on Neopolitan song, traditional and popular alike, began with his return to Italy in 1946. In addition to establishing himself as a concert artist and a popular figure on radio, with his romantic, sentimental sound, he also did some acting in movies, appearing in the 1953 crime drama The Counterfeiters, made in Italy by director Franco Rossi. Murolo became virtually a cultural ambassador from Naples to the world, and it was because of his recordings and performances that Neopolitan song was spread across five other continents. He was very conscious of th

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Totò’s Malafemmena

There are some Neapolitan songs I love for the lyrics, others for the music, and some for reasons I find hard to explain.

Malafemmena, or Evil Woman as it is known in English definitely falls into the latter category.

I don’t know what it is about the song, it just haunts me. It carves out a tiny little piece of my soul every time I hear it and I connect with the song in a way that defies explanation.

Femmena
Tu si na malafemmena
Woman
You are an evil woman

A melancholy story about a man betrayed by the woman he loved, it was written in 1951 by Antonio De Curtis, the beloved Totò. Better known as a comedic actor than songwriter, Totò was not only the prince of laughter but a dramatic actor, poet, writer, and singer as well. Born in Naples Rione Sanità district, Totò would become one of the most influential Italian artists of the 20th century. His Malafemmena, one of the most beloved Neapolitan songs of all time.

The man in the song is none other than Totò himself. The malafemmena is his wife, or rather his ex-wife, Diana Bandini Lucchesi