Tosca (singer)

Tiziana 'Tosca' Donati is an Italian singer and actress, born on 29 August 1967 in Rome.

She began her artistic career in the small theatre company of Checco Durante, a piano bar in her home town. Her career was then launched by Renzo Arbore in a television broadcast “Il Caso Sanremo” with Lino Banfi.

In 1989 she sang the song “Carcere ‘e mare” (Prison of Sea) for the title-track of the film “Scugnizzi” directed by Nanni Loy.

In 1992 she released her first album eponymously named “Tosca” and she took part in the Sanremo Festival as part of the youth category with the song “Cosa farà Dio di me” (What God shall do with me). In 1993 she worked on her second album entitled “Attrice” (Actress).

In 1996 she performed in several excellent collaborations: with Lucio Dalla she sang duet in the song “Rispondimi” (Answer Me), with Riccardo Cocciante she sang “L’Amore Esiste Ancora” (Love Still Exist), with Renato Zero she sang “Inventi” (You Think up), and finally with Ron she won the Sanremo Festival with the song “Vorrei Incontrarti Tra Cent’Anni” (I Want To Meet You In One Hundred Years). Afterwards, she released the “L’Altra Tosca” (The Other Tosca), an anthology of all her most significant duets. In the October of the same year she played the protagonist in “Il Carro Fantastico” (The Fantastic Cart)in the La Scala Theatre of Milan. Also in 1996, she performed the title-track to the movie Jane Eyre directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

In 1997 she participated in the San Remo Festival again with the song “Nel Respiro Più Grande” (In The Biggest Breath), written by Susanna Tamaro and set to music by Ron. In the spring of the same, she came out with her fourth album “Incontri e Passaggi” (Meetings And Passings) in which she performed songs written for her by Ennio Morricone, Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Ivano Fossati and others.

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