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La Lupa is a Swiss singer and performer known in the Alps region for her emotional, live performances that weave together a variety of elements such as Italian folk songs, classical music, poetry and dialectal mottos, while dressed vividly in sophisticated colorful costumes, garnished with matching, imaginative hats. Her artistic profile has received wide attention in the Swiss media. A documentary about her life, directed by Lucienne Lanaz, was released in 1999. Interviews with the artist from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (2018) and the Italian National Radio (2021) are available online.

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

Career
Her first public performance was in 1980, when she palyed 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 USA 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. La Lupa's own definition of happiness is: "Happiness is when the struggle for life turns into the dance of life."

Previous projects
1981: DER SUPPASTEI, female lead in this folk opera; Chur

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 - MUSICAL LUPURZIANA (6 seasons - staged meal with Urzli Senn)

Since 1989: LAMENTI, from the St. Peter Tower and Grossmünster, Zurich

1989: CUORI, PICCHE E FIORI with U. Senn, F. Frölich, H. Hassler

1990: Book «LIEDER DER WÖLFIN / 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 Bündner 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 -

1999: LA LUPA - GRAZIE ALLA VITA Documentary film by Lucienne Lonaz

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 by Walther Giger, directed by Michael Ratynski

2004: DUM VACAT 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 DER UNDERWELT in the gypsum mine in Schleitheim

2009:

DAS KIND - monologue by Margrith Raguth, directed by Michael Ratynski

Photo project: "La Lupa da Biondi" - idea: La Lupa, photos by Barbara Graf Horka

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

2011: The voice of the wolf - biography by Silvana Schmid

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, mine! With Hieronymus Schädler, flute, directed by Michael Ratynski

2019: VOLO E MI RICORDO - Solo, directed by Eric Rohne

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

 * Schmid, Silvana (c 2011), Die Stimme der Wölfin (The voice of the she-wolf), photos by Gitty Darugar, published by Limmat Verlag, Zürich. ISBN 978-3-85791-632-8 . OCLC 724772627
 * Documentary film about La Lupa by Lucienne Lanaz(1999): LA LUPA - Grazie alla vita.