Romina Power, in a duet with her husband Al Bano, attracted the attention of the whole world. Stately, beautiful and, of course, talented - but suddenly she disappeared from the screens and as if from an active life.
Romina Power is one of the recognized world beauties who has driven more than one generation of men crazy. At the same time, she was a woman deeply in love and devoted to one - Al Bano. Beauty, talent, aristocratic upbringing and … personal tragedy - the star of the 80s, Romina Power, still excites the public's imagination and arouses interest in her person.
A star is born
Romina's biography begins on October 2, 1951. She was born in the city where the dream factory is located - Los Angeles. The baby's family was not easy. Her father is actor Tyrone Power, her mother is Linda Christian. The first made his daughter famous from the cradle, because being a sought-after actor, he was photographed with her on the cover of a magazine.
Romina is not the only heir to her parents - she has an older sister, Taryn. The acting family turned out to be weak - as soon as the girl was 5 years old, her father left the family. But he did not live alone for long, a year later he died of a heart attack. Both daughters stayed with their mother, who decided to go on a big trip with them and show the girls the world. Together they visited Mexico and Italy.
The future star blamed her mother for everything that happened in their family and, naturally, showed her complete disobedience. The mother even had to send her to a closed school located in England to pacify the character of the obstinate girl. But even here Romina did not give in to education - she skipped lessons, refused to listen to teachers. As a result, the prim British could not stand it and asked to take the girl's documents.
The next attempt by the mother to calm her daughter down was screen tests. Their girlfriend was just brilliant and soon appeared in one of the roles in the movie "Household in Italian". The painting is dated 1965, Romina was 14 years old at that time. The mother saw her daughter's career somewhat interesting - she believed and insisted that she should act in films of the erotic genre while the girl has a young body. After all, it is youth that can be used to climb well. Romina's mother even came to the shooting and gave her daughter her recommendations on how to behave in the frame, what poses and gestures to use. As a result, the work was going on actively, and by the age of 16, Romina was already a coveted actress for fairly eminent directors.
Love for music
In parallel with filming a movie, the girl was also fond of music. At the age of 17, she went to Italy - here the artist and aspiring singer was going to receive an appropriate musical education. On the set, she met an extraordinary man - a young artist Al Bano Carrizi. He himself says about this meeting that the girl looked younger than her years and was noticeably emaciated. Therefore, he had an irresistible desire to feed her a good dinner. At that time he was 25 years old, and he had already gained a certain share of popularity in Italy and conducted song competitions in San Remo.
The romance, literally flaring up instantly between these creative personalities, very quickly grew into a marriage. However, Romina's mother categorically did not want to see a man from a poor family as her daughter's husband. After the wedding, personal life for Romina Power came to the fore, she decided to stop filming, devoting herself to music. Together with Al Bano, she recorded several songs, but they did not find a response from the public.
For the next 10 years, Romina's work was mainly in the family - as a wife, she established family comfort and raised children. He and Al Bano had four of them. The singer himself, these years, also quite unsuccessfully stormed the musical Olympus - for example, in 1976 he performed at Eurovision, where he took only 7th place, which upset him very much.
History of success
Everything changed in 1982. The couple went into the second round and recorded a song that made them famous all over the world and gave their duet special popularity. She is still known in Russia - this is Felicita. At that time, she entered the top three leaders of one of the most recognized music competitions in San Remo. The song caused a completely different look at the couple, who took not only excellent performance, but also unusual compatibility in appearance - the beautiful Romina and the somewhat awkward and simple Al Bano.
In the same year, the Carrisi couple decided to consolidate their success and recorded another composition, finally conquering the audience. Hit Angeli raised them to the rank of coveted stars at various performances. Their contribution was estimated at several million dollars, which they were able to earn by touring the country with concerts.
Two years later, as critics noted, the couple recorded a real masterpiece Ci Sara - a composition that elevated them to first place in San Remo. They became regulars on magazine covers. In 1987, a new hit, and again a 100% hit. The song Liberta was equated with the anthem of the Italian Republic.
Mother of the family
Traveling with Al Bano to concerts in different cities and countries, Romina missed children very much. In 1970, their daughter Ilenia was born, three years later the family was replenished with the son of Iari, then in 1986 and in 1987 two daughters appeared in the family - Christel and Romina Jr. Often grandparents helped touring parents with raising their children.
At the beginning of their life together, Al Bano had disagreements with his mother-in-law, but he was able to settle them, and peace in the family was restored.
Personal tragedy
In 1994, Romina Power found herself under a blow of fate - on January 1, her eldest daughter Ilenia, who went to collect texture for her work on literature in Orleans, disappeared. Moreover, this disappearance has not yet been solved.
The girl simply disappeared without a trace. Police, parents, and even representatives of the Sicilian mafia were looking for her. There were many versions of her disappearance. However, until now, none have found their confirmation. For Romina Power, this was the most serious test that completely changed her life. She still, as she assures herself, believes that her daughter is alive. She often dreams of Ilenia, who says that where she is now, she feels good and calm. And the mother thinks that everything is all right with her.
After the disappearance of her daughter, she blamed her husband for everything for a long time. He tried not to react and supported her as best he could. However, once, giving another interview, he imprudently said that in his opinion his daughter was dead. Romina, on the other hand, regarded such words as betrayal. In 1999, the woman filed for divorce.
In 2001, the area of interest of the former star became artistic activity. In 2006-2007. she even organized solo exhibitions in Milan. She later moved to live in America.
Romina now
Today Romina Power lives a calm and quiet life. She continues to release songs and even record albums, and she also continues to paint. The woman is often invited to various television broadcasts, and she herself has already tried herself as a screenwriter for documentary projects.
