Milva

Maria Ilva Biolcati, OMRI, known as Milva [ˈmilva], is an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She is also known as La Rossa, due to the characteristic colour of her hair, and additionally as La Pantera di Goro, which stems from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female singers of the 1960s, combining the names of animals and the singers' birth places. The color also characterizes her leftist political beliefs, claimed in numerous statements. Popular in Italy and abroad, she has performed on musical and theatrical stages the world over, and has received popular acclaim in her native Italy, and particularly in Germany where she has often participated in musical events and televised musical programmes. She has also released numerous albums in France, Japan, Korea, Greece, Spain and South America.