Romina Arena
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| Background information | |
| Born | May 12, 1980 |
| Origin | Palermo, Sicily |
| Genres | Pop classical crossover, operatic pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, writer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | Design House/Toshiba-EMI, CP Productions/BMG, PC Music, Outback Records, NMG Records, Perseverance Records, Lakeshore Records |
| Website | www |
Romina Arena (born May 12, 1980) is an Italian-American popera, operatic pop, pop classical crossover, rock opera and new-age singer-songwriter.
Romina Arena born and raised in Sicily, of a Sicilian mother Rita and a Roman father Renato. By the age of four, Arena became a Mouseketeer for Topolino, the Italian version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club. She also performed as a classical ballerina in the major Italian Theatres at the age of seven. Performing with other children from different parts of Europe. Arena developed a knowledge of 10 languages, including Italian, English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Greek, Bulgarian and Hebrew. Arena calls herself "the voice of women with a broken heart" but is also referred to as "the voice of women who never give up" When Arena was a teenager after leaving Disney behind and starting a solo career, she was attacked at the backstage of a prime time television show in Sicily and her attacker severed her vocal cords with a pocket knife, leaving her comatose. Her physicians told her she would never sing again. However, she completely recovered over a three-year period. She fully regained her vocal abilities; a side effect of the attack was that she developed a five-octave vocal range as a result of the trauma to her pharynx.
After Arena’s father Renato died, she left Italy for the US with her mother. There she came under the wing of Sal Pacino and his wife Katherin Pacino, the father and stepmother of the actor Al Pacino. She resides in Los Angeles, California
In 2000, Arena signed a production deal with music producer Bob Johnston to produce a full 12 song studio album. The album was never released. In 2001, Arena covered the Japanese classic song, "Subaru", originally written and recorded by Shinji Tanimura. In 2003, Microsoft used her first Rock Opera single "Satellite" (Recorded in English and Italian) as the theme song for the video game Project Gotham Racing 2. According to her interviews and press releases, Arena has had several number-one hits in Italy, Germany, Australia and Japan, selling over 4 million records worldwide over the life time of her career.
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