La Lupa

La Lupa is a Swiss singer and performer known in the Alps region for her eclectic stage performances while wearing colorful, eccentric costumes.

Biography She was born Maryli Maura Marconi in the Onsernone valley in the canton of Ticino, on 9 February 1947. She was given the name La Lupa when she was a teenager and kept it as her stage name. When she was 20 years old, she went to Zurich, where she lives.

Career

Her first public performance was in 1980, when she played the leading role in the open-air play "Der Suppastai" with singer-songwriter Walter Liethaof in the Arcas-Platz de Chur, Swiss canton of the Grisons. Since then, she has produced around two dozen solo programs, often presented in Zurich spaces such as the Kunsthaus and the Stock Theater, accompanied by musicians Fortunat Frölich, Fabian Müller and Hieronymus Schädler on the stage, under the direction of Polish musician Michal Ratynski.

Her productions and audio recordings include musical renderings from poets like Dante Alighieri, Kahlil Gibran, Guillaume Apollinaire, Angelo Poliziano, Rabindranath Tagore, Hildegard von Bingen, Pablo Neruda, Federico Garcia Lorca, Francesco Petrarca, Salvatore Quasimodo, Friedrich Schiller, Biagio Marin, and Fernando Pessoa. <

She made a US tour in 1993, during which she performed in New York and Washington, and she also had performances in Stockholm, Paris, Kyiv, Napoli, Venice, Cairo and Amsterdam. In 1992 she performed at the EXPO'92 in Seville. Freshness, fusion of soul and core, ingenuity, and juxtaposed cultural richness are traits mentioned by commentators to describe La Lupa's art. Interviews with the artist from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (2018) and the Italian National Radio (2021) are available online.

Works

Selected recordings Con Malizia E Passione (LP, Album); Folk, World, & Country; Zytglogge, ZYT 240, 1982. Cammino E Canto (LP); Jazz, Rock, Pop, Contrabass - Fumio Shirato, Saxophone, Flute - Mario Giovanoli, Violin - Urs Walker, Vocals - La Lupa; Zytglogge, ZYT 250, 1984. L'Amor Che Si Consuma (LP, CD); Folk, World, & Country; Cello - Fortunat Frölich, Viola Urzli Senn, Clarinet/Accordion - Hans Hassler, Vocals - La Lupa; Zytglogge, ZYT 265, 1988. Poesie E Canzoni (CD, Album); Folk, World, & Country, Viola - Urzli Senn, Vocals - La Lupa; Zytglogge, ZYT 4297, 1993. La Gira La Röda - Grazie Alla Vita, Folk, World, & Country, Viola-Urzli Senn, Violoncello-Fortunat Frölich, Vocals-La Lupa; (CD, Album), Zytglogge, ZYR 4540, 1995. L'Odore Di Libertà (CD, Album), Folk, World, & Country; Cellos - Fabian Müller, Fortunat Frölich, Vocals – La Lupa; Jecklin Red Note, JC 106-2, 1996. Amor (CD, Album); Classical, Folk, World, & Country; Saxophone - Harry Kinross White, Cello/arrangements - Fabian Müller, Vocals - La Lupa; MGB, CD 6188, 2002.

Publications 1981: LA LUPA CON MALIZIA E PASSIONE, with instrumental ensemble. Music: Fortunat Frölich 1982: MAGGIO - on Lake Zurich, organized by the Presidential Department of the City of Zurich, staged by Rosina Kuhn, music by Walther Giger 1982: LA LUPA CANTA BUSCAGLIONE, with jazz ensemble 1982: LA GENTE E LE SUE STORIE, with instrumental ensemble 1983: MA LA VITA, with instrumental ensemble 1984: CAMMINO E CANTO, with instrumental ensemble 1986: L'AMOR CHE SI CONSUMA, with instrumental ensemble 1986: LORELAY, LORELAY, LORELAY, musical by Anne Cuneo for the voice of La Lupa 1987: PASSEGGIATA TRA GLI ANNI 20 E GLI ANNI 50, with instrumental ensemble 1988: NINNA NANNA, lullabies with Nikola Weisse, Urs Senn, viola (reprise 1998) 1988: ANNATA LUCULLO - MUSICALE LUPURZIANA (6 seasons - staged meal with Urzli Senn) Since 1989: LAMENTI, from the St. Petersturm and Grossmünsterturm, Zurich: She sang these Lamenti (lamentations) from the plague period from Venice for 20 years to remember death during the days before Good Friday. 1989: CUORI, PICCHE E FIORI, with U. Senn, F. Frölich, H. Hassler 1990: Book “LIEDER DER WOLF / CANTA LA LUPA” by Carlo Bernasconi (Swiss publishing house) 1991: AD OCCHI SPERTI SOGNO... with Urzli Senn, Fortunat Frölich, Hans Hassler 1992: LE QUATTRO STAGIONI, concert cycle with the Graubünden Chamber Orchestra, soloist 1993: LA GIRA LA RÖDA - GRAZIE ALLA VITA, with Urzli Senn, Fortunat Frölich, Franco Mettler 1994: CANTO ALLA LUNA, with Irene Schweizer 1995: L'ODORE DI LIBERTA, with Fortunat Frölich, Fabian Müller 1997: SPECCHIO DELLA MIE BRAME with Fortunat Frölich, Fabian Müller 1997: CON TENERA FOLLIA / WITH TENDER MADNESS, poems by Alberto Nessi, with Roger Girod 1999: VOLO E MI RICORDO - solo 2001: AMOR CHE NELLA MENTE MI RAGIONA, with Fabian Müller, cello, Harry Kinross White, saxophone, directed by Michael Ratynski 2003: EFFIMERO IL TEMPO, with Harry White, arrangements / compositions Walther Giger, directed by Michael Ratynski 2004: DUM VACAT/AS LONG TIME REMAINS, poems by Fabio Pusterla, with Roger Girod 2004: HAPPY DAYS, by Samuel Beckett, directed by Thomas Hostettler 2006: ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD, monologue by Gabrielle Alioth. Producer: Margrit Raguth 2006 CHE FORTUNA ESSERE FELICI, with Harry White saxophone, compositions/arrangements: Walther Giger, directed by Michael Ratynski 2008: SUONATE CAMPANE with Walther Giger, guitar and arrangements, directed by Michael Ratynski Performances of ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD in the gypsum mine in Schleitheim

2009: THE CHILD, monologue by Margrith Raguth, directed by Michael Ratynski Photo project: La Lupa da Biondi - idea: La Lupa, photos Barbara Graf Horka

2010: MATER, guitar/arrangements Walther Giger, directed by Michael Ratynski

2013: COLORI - i canti del mondo, with Hieronymus Schädler, flute, directed by Michael Ratynski

2015: ARS AMANDI - The Art of Loving, by Ovid, with Hieronymus Schädler, flute, directed by Erica Hänssler 2017: MONDO MIO! - The world is mine! With Hieronymus Schädler, flute, directed by Michael Ratynski 2019: VOLO E MI RICORDO - Solo, directed by Eric Rohner 2023: SOGNI D'ACQUA - Solo