Riccardo Cocciante

Riccardo Cocciante, also known in French-speaking countries as Richard Cocciante (born February 20, 1946), is a French-Italian singer-songwriter and actor. His oeuvre includes recordings in Italian, French, and Spanish; he has recorded some of his songs in all three languages.__NOTOC__He was born in in Saigon, French Indochina, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to an Italian father and a French mother. He moved to Rome, Italy at the age of 11 where he attended school and started his career as musician coming to success around 1972. He also lived in the USA and Ireland. In 1976, Cocciante covered the Beatles song "Michelle" for the musical documentary "All This and World War II".

In 1991 the won the Sanremo Festival with the song "Se stiamo insieme", and for Christmas 1997 legendary Spanish operatic tenor and friend Plácido Domingo invited him to sing at Domingo's annual Christmas in Vienna concert, together with Sarah Brightman and Helmut Lotti.

As of 2008, Cocciante has three musicals running, probably "Notre-Dame de Paris" being the most known. This musical may later be put into competition against another musical in progress, "Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical)".

Discography

* "Mu" (1972)
*"Poesia" (1973)
*"Anima" (1974)
*"L'alba" (1975)
*"Concerto per Margherita" (1976)
*"Riccardo Cocciante" (1978)
*"...E io canto" (1979)
*"Cervo a primavera" (1980)
*"Q Concert" (1981)
*"Cocciante" (1982)
*"Sincerità" (1983)
*"Il mare dei papaveri" (1985)
*"Quando si vuole bene" (1986)
*"La grande avventura" (1988)
*"Viva! " (1988)
*"Cocciante" (also known as "Se stiamo insieme"; 1991)
*"Eventi e mutamenti " (1993)
*"Il mio nome è Riccardo" (1994)
*"Un uomo felice" (1994)
*"Innamorato" (1997)
*"Istantanea" (1998)
*"Notre-dame de Paris live Arena di Verona" (2002)
*"Songs" (2005)

Musicals

*"Notre-Dame de Paris" (2001; lyrics by Luc Plamondon)
*"Giulietta e Romeo" (2007; lyrics by Pasquale Panella)
*"Le Petit Prince (musical)" (2007; lyrics by Elizabeth Anais)

References

*cite book|first=Pierguido |last=Asinari|title=Riccardo Cocciante. 1971-2007. Dalla forma canzone al melodramma|location=Rome|publisher=Editori Riuniti|publisher= 2007

External links

* [http://www.coccianteworld.com Coccianteworld]
* [http://www.cocciante.net cocciante.net ]
* [http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6146.asp Biography of Richard Cocciante] , from Radio France Internationale
* [http://www.italica.rai.it/index.php?categoria=bio&scheda=cocciante Biography of Riccardo Cocciante] , from RAI International