Violetta Villas
Violetta Villas , bourgeois Czesława Maria Gospodarek, b. Cieślak (born June 10, 1938 in Verviers , Belgium ; † December 5, 2011 in Lewin Kłodzki , Poland ) was a Polish chanson singer who specializes in coloratura soprano .
She was internationally known as the voice of the atomic age , the singing star of the continent , the voice of French Champagne and as the Polish Yma Sumac . As the first star of the Casino de Paris in the Hotel The Dunes of Las Vegas (1966–71), she appeared there during the 1960s at times with Frank Sinatra , Paul Anka , Charles Aznavour , Sammy Davis and Barbra Streisand . She worked as an actress in six films, sang in several musical shows , composed , recorded a total of over 300 chansons in 10 languages (Polish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Neapolitan, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese) and earned countless numbers - one hits. In Poland she was a sex idol until the 1970s.
Despite her international success, Violetta Villas was a very controversial person. Many were bothered by her unnatural, bombastic and kitschy appearance and criticized her alcohol and morphine addiction. The uncovering of her secret activities as an informant for the SB (Stasi 1956-90 in Poland) under the code name Gabriella hurt her even more . Eventually, a delusional disorder led her to complete isolation because she largely avoided everyone during the last years of her life.
Violetta Villas was the recipient of the prestigious Gloria Artis Medal for cultural merit . She is an honorary citizen of Lewin Kłodzki (Poland) and New Britain (Connecticut) in the USA.
Life
Childhood and Adolescence (1938-59)
Violetta Villas (real name Czesława Maria Cieślak ) was born in 1938 in the Clinique Saint-Elisabeth Verviers near Liège as the daughter of a Polish working-class family. Her father Bolesław Cieślak (1907–60) was a miner in the coal mine in Liège and conductor of the mining orchestra , her mother Janina Cieślak, nee. Malczyk (1914–85) took care of the household. Villas spent her childhood in Liège and grew up in a conservative family. In Belgium she was baptized Violetta Élisa , but her father registered her in Polish as Czesława Maria .
She had three siblings: her sister Wanda (1931-2006) and her two brothers Jerzy (1933-87) and Ryszard (1940-2010). The Cieślak children could speak French, Italian and German.
In the autumn of 1946 the Cieślak family came to the newly founded People's Republic of Poland and lived in Lewin Kłodzki and Kotlina Kłodzka . Here Violetta Villas learned to play the piano , violin and trombone , discovered her passion for music and took ballet lessons . In 1956 she studied solo singing at the State Middle Music School in Szczecin (today: Zespół Szkół Muzycznych im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego). She then moved to Wrocław and became a student of Giseli Posch, then to Warsaw , where she studied classical singing with Eugenia Klopek-Falkowska. Her perfect pitch and her coloratura soprano voice with a range of four octaves promised a great career as an opera singer. Villas got offers from show business early on, for which she gave up her training at the conservatory. On the advice of the Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman , she adopted her stage name after he prophesied a great world career and assured her that Czesława Maria would be too difficult to pronounce outside Poland. The pseudonym Violetta Villas was created by combining the first two letters of her baptismal name Violetta Vi and the Polish word las (the forest), which the artist chose because she lived near the forest at the time (the second l was added artificially).
The first successes (1960-65)
In 1960 Violetta Villas made her debut on Polskie Radio with radio recordings by producers Bogusław Klimczuk and Edward Czerny. From then on she co-designed the Polish radio show Podwieczorek przy mikrofonie (afternoon coffee at the microphone). One of her first chansons, Dla Ciebie, miły , received the Express Wieczorny award as the best Polish hit. He received 67,479 callers (second place went to a song by Rena Rolska with 33,000 callers). During the following years Violetta Villas took part in radio concerts in Germany and Switzerland, gave concerts in Czechoslovakia , Bulgaria , Romania , Spain , Belgium , Israel , Hungary and Moscow and took part in important artistic events in Canada .
Villas secured their success at the International Sopot Festival in 1961 (with the chansons Dla Ciebie, miły and Si senior ) and in 1964 at the II. Krajowy Festival Piosenki Polskiej w Opole (with the chanson Przyjdzie na to czas ). On July 20, 1964, she performed in the Belgian Knokke-Heist together with the Symphony Orchestra of the Belgian Radio at the Noordzeefestival .
In the fall of 1964, Violetta Villas followed a 3-month concert tour through the Soviet Union .
In 1965 she presented her at the III. Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej performed the chansons Do ciebie, mamo and Jak nie to nie and performed there one year later for the last time.
She first appeared as an actress in Poland in 1966 when she performed her chanson Chica Helka during a film scene in the second episode of the series Klub profesora Tutki .
International singing career (1966–98)
In France
From 5th to 7th November 1965 Violetta Villas took part in Rennes at the III. Festival International des Variétés et Music-Halls and won the Grand Prix International d'Interpretation . In Royan she also achieved success at the Festival International d'art Contemporain .
She appeared on November 8, 1965 together with Czesław Niemen and Piotr Szczepanik in the Parisian Théâtre Fontaine on the radio show Roue de la chance , which André Chanu organized. Around the turn of the year 1965/66 Violetta gave several solo concerts in Paris, a. a. in Olympia , then also outside of France, u. a. Baden-Baden , Basel and Brussels .
In 1966, at the personal request of Bruno Coquatrix (Director of the Paris Olympics ), Villas was in the company of Polish artists of the Grand Music Hall de Varsovie revue program . The premiere took place on July 26, 1966. Villas sang a. a. Ave Maria no morro and Hiroshima, mon amour . This concert at Olympia is best known for its episode with the crystal chandelier, which - according to several eyewitnesses - vibrated during Villa's performance. Part of the audience reacted nervously and feared that the chandelier could fall from the ceiling with their voices. This fact inspired the popular review that Villas was the voice of the atomic age .
The artist has now received reviews on the quality of her voice and music:
“(...) The voice with a truly unique register - four octaves ! - arouses unusual feelings, especially with the very individual interpretation of the "Ave Maria no morro", which Yma Sumac probably exceeds. "
"This voice is really amazing, I don't want to believe what strength and scope it is (...)"
Reviews in other newspapers sounded similar.
In Paris, Violetta Villas met the French-American manager Frederic Apcar , who was the director and producer of the Revue Theater in the Hotel The Dunes in Las Vegas .
In the USA
From December 1966 she was the first star of the Casino de Paris in the Hotel The Dunes of Las Vegas for several seasons , where she sang chansons, opera and operetta arias in 10 languages, in the opening program and others. a. Under Paris Skies , O sole mio , Granada , Libiamo ne 'lieti calici and Strangers In The Night . You stepped here u. a. together with Frank Sinatra , Paul Anka , Charles Aznavour , Eartha Kitt , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis junior . The cost of preparing the first revue program that Villa participated was $ 50,000. Her stylist was Patrick Valette . He created the bombastic and kitschy image of Violetta Villas, which was often criticized worldwide, but which seemed to match her personality. Villa's choreographer was Hermes Pan, although Sandro Mandari taught her the scenic movements. She always entered the stage either on a white horse or a Jaguar E-Type . A Christian Dior dress was specially made for the project , which Villas wore to every performance. The artist's jewelry was made by Atelier Marangoni from Milan , the shoes by Quinte , another Italian brand company. From then on Violetta Villas appeared with a French ballet , which was cast with 100 people.
The singer enjoyed the applause, she had many admirers. The reviews of the American press described her as a phenomenal Polish woman , the voice of the atomic age and the white raven of secular art of singing .
In 1968 Violetta Villas played a 20-chanson program for American television and the Capitol Records label . The chanson and the stage made contact with the film easier. In March 1968 she began to take photos for the American film production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on a trial basis , which she then used for supporting roles in films with Lee Marvin , Bob Hope and Glenn Ford .
She was invited to guest appearances at the Sahara Hotel & Casino Las Vegas in 1969 , where she sang duets with Connie Francis and Barbra Streisand . The Casino de Paris came to an arrangement with the Australian JC Williamson Theaters Ltd and let Villas perform with their revue and its 140 actors in Australia for months. During the premiere there, the theater director James Cassius Williamson announced Violetta Villas as a singer from Las Vegas, permanently resident in Paris and born in Poland . Villas protested and corrected that she was born in Belgium and was Polish. Williamson then retaliated by simply turning off Villas' microphone during the next chanson. In addition to their appearances, Villas also supported the local press and local artist associations in Australia. After three months of review, she and her team returned to Las Vegas.
In the Casino de Paris Violetta Villas stepped up in 1971 on a regular basis and then was on May 29, 1971 in Melbourne , a special concert for the Polish Olympic Committee. She followed other offers, gave concerts worldwide in 1973, a. a. in Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro and did not return to the USA until 1976 on the occasion of the 200th Independance Day of the United States as part of their major world tour Podwieczorek przy mikrofonie (afternoon coffee at the microphone). Now she also sang duets with Kalina Jędrusik in Philadelphia , New York City and Chicago , among others .
Villas went on a world tour again in September 1987 with the Warsaw Teatr Syrena under the program title Violetta . The opening event took place in New York's Carnegie Hall . This was followed by appearances in Las Vegas, Miami , Denver , Texas as well as in Europe and Australia . The revue also took place at New York's Broadway Theater with her participation . After the end of this tour, the artist stayed in the USA for another concert cycle in Chicago. In 1988, before the US presidential election, she visited George HW Bush , Vice-President of the United States, in the "Orbit" restaurant , which should help her to appear in the White House after Bush's possible election victory. Villas returned to Poland in 1989.
In 1992, 1994 and 1996 she gave another concert for the Poles of the Polonia in Chicago and New York.
Return to Poland
After her breakthrough as an international chanson singer, Violetta Villas came back to Poland in December 1968 with her new, unnatural and bombastic-kitschy Las Vegas image and her own revue, the Villas Revue . It was presented several times in the Warsaw Congress Hall. The project - fully funded by Violetta Villas - was directed by actress and cabaret artist Hanka Bielicka . The revue began with the aria Libiamo ne lieti calici from the opera La traviata , accompanied by an orchestra (30 musicians) and six dance couples. Violetta Villas then sang chansons like Love, This Is My Song, Oczy czarne, Strangers In The Night, My Heart Belongs To Daddy and the Habanera from Carmen (opera) against the background of a large ballet (40 people). During this revue, the two acrobatic groups Mortale and Quartet Beltono also made an impression . The Villas Revue's show finale was Villas' interpretation of Hello Dolly . After the end of her Warsaw show cycle, she was committed to the Casino de Paris in Las Vegas until 1971 .
In 1972 she performed again at the X. Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej with the chansons Ave Maria no morro and Spójrz prosto w oczy .
In 1977 Violetta Villa's last music album Nie ma miłości bez zazdrości was released with new song material. In it she followed up on the collaboration with the poet Agnieszka Osiecka and the two composers Leszek Bogdanowicz and Andrzej Januszko , but also presented her own compositions for the first time, and very successfully. She was invited to Sentymenty , the TVP's staged TV solo concert , and presented Osiecka's chanson texts, which she had integrated into her current music album.
In 1978, Villas appeared on the stage of the Teatr Wielki (Łódź) with her chanson My Heart Belongs To Daddy and a male ballet. In autumn 1979 the collaboration with the Teatr Syrena followed , through which it came to the Revue Trzeci program under director Stefan Wente . After the revue with Violetta Villas ran for a few months, a simmering conflict between Villas and the theater director escalated, and Lidia Stanisławska eventually took on Villas' role on the show.
In November 1985, after a break and a film project, she returned to Teatr Syrena. Her revue Violetta started there on February 28, 1986 and became popular all over Poland. It not only appeared in Villas and a great ballet, but also actors (e.g. Zofia Czerwińska and Bohdan Łazuka ). Her revue Violetta presented villas at home and abroad 250 times. a. in Canada and the USA. The TVP broadcast one of the show evenings .
Violetta Villas recorded the new chanson Mundial '86 in 1986 , released it as a single and appeared in Kołobrzeg at the Festiwal Piosenki Żołnierskiej and in Kraków as the gala star Miss Polonia 1986 . In the same year, at the urging of Bogusław Kaczyński , she made her debut in the opera scene at Teatr Wielki (Łódź) and received a title role in the opera Carmen , which she played there until the beginning of her world tour in 1987 with the Teatr Syrena.
After her world tour, Villas appeared in the Warsaw operetta scene until the early 1990s. In 1990 she was also the election star Mistera Polski of the Teatr Wielki Łódź. Since the theater organizers did not keep the agreements made, Villas decided not to perform.
In 1991 she gave a concert at Teatr Wielki Łódź. In 1992 she performed in Krynica-Zdrój at the Festiwal Arii i Pieśni im. Jana Kiepury up. In the same year she gave a concert in Ciechocinek . On November 30, 1992 she performed again in Łódź, sang z. B. Do ciebie, mamo, Przyjdzie na to czas, Oczy czarne , and also the Habanera from the opera Carmen .
In 1992 Jerzy Gruza wanted to engage Violetta Villas at the Kraków operetta for his musical production of Hello Dolly! .
On January 23, 1993, TVP Villas broadcast a concert from the Teatr Muzyczny Roma (formerly Warsaw Opera). The concert began with the patriotic chanson Warszawo, ty moja Warszawo (Warsaw, you my Warsaw). In addition to the habanera from "Carmen", she also sang songs like If you go away , Granada, Oczy czarne and Szczęście . The soloist concert, which lasted more than two hours, consisted of 20 chansons, to which Villas frequently changed her costume. Selected recordings of this special solo concert were remastered and released in 1994 as the live music album Laleczka .
In 1996 Violetta Villas recorded together with Kazik Staszewski the duet Kochaj mnie, a będę Twoją (Love me and become mine), which was released on the album Tata 2 by the Polish band Kult and was a combination of revue music and punk rock . The piece reached number 14 on the Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego on Polskie Radio . Violetta Villas was then invited to numerous Polish television programs (e.g. Ibisekcji, Wieczorze z wampirem, Szansie na sukces, Od przedszkola do Opola, Na każdy temat and Wideotece dorosłego człowieka ), interviewed and asked to sing her chansons. The city of Lewin Kłodzki made Violetta Villas an honorary citizen of the city in 1998 . Violetta Villas had now turned 60 and was planning to move from Magdalenka back to her parents' house in Lewin Kłodzki, where she once grew up.
Old age and last appearances (1998–2011)
After she turned 60, Violetta Villas returned to Lewin Kłodzki to the family house where she once grew up. She started an animal shelter and was given a perpetual lease on the hills around the house. In connection with her return and her appointment as an honorary citizen, the city had great expectations of the singer: Lewin Kłodzki's city cinema was in dire need of renovation, and Violetta Villas seemed to make it affordable for her to stage a revue for this cinema and after the renovation occurred. But then nothing came of it. But the fact that Violetta Villas lived in the village at all helped him and the region to flourish.
Nevertheless, there was no sign of a quiet old age. Villas opened the gala for the 5th anniversary of the show "Szansa na sukces" in the Kulturpalast (Warsaw) in 1998 and performed together with Justyna Steczkowska, Katarzyna Cerekwicka and Viola Brzezińska. In the same year she gave a soloist concert in the Antonin hunting lodge . On March 29, 1998, Villas appeared at a benefit show at the Teatr Studio Buffo in Warsaw . The proceeds were donated to children in Prague. In November 1999 Villas held a concert at Teatr Wielki (Łódź) with their greatest hits, which they rearranged and performed under the title Violetta - taka jestem (Violetta - that's me). She presented four costumes that evening, including two new ones based on designs by Xymena Zaniewska . The TV channel TVP2 broadcast the concert.
Since the end of the 1990s, Villas has also regularly held a concert at the Warsaw Palace of Culture, where she sang with young Polish artists. B. Weronika Korthals, Małgorzata Markiewicz and Marcin Ziółkowski. She also gave solo concerts in smaller towns.
In November 2000 she went to London for three concerts for her Polish and English fans . Ryszard Kaczorowski , the last Polish President in exile, was at one of these concerts . In the same year her record company released two compilations: 1. Złote przeboje (gold hits) and 2. Złota kolekcja: Pocałunek ognia (gold collection: Kiss of Fire) and Violetta Villas again made many public appearances. On December 1, 2000, she took part in the Wojciech Dzieduszyckis benefit event, broadcast live by TVP2, in the Teatr muzyczny operetka wrocławska in Wrocław. Her solo concert in the Vienna Opera Theater Studio Molière took place on January 20, 2001. Later she sang a. a. in Jasna Góra (Częstochowa) .
After that she recorded her album of Christmas carols with the title Gdy się Chrystus rodzi . Her record company also released a compact edition of her three most successful albums "Violetta Villas", "Dla ciebie miły" and "Nie ma miłości bez zazdrości" . On November 19, 2001, the Polish bi-monthly magazine Viva! published a major interview with Villas. Villas has once again been a guest of many important Polish TV shows. In 2001 she also appeared at the X. Yach Film Festival in Gdańsk with the Polish rock-pop group De Mono .
On July 12, 2002 she was the international star of the Festiwal muzyki uzdrowiskowej in Polanica-Zdrój .
In 2003, another album with Villas hits under the title Do Ciebie mamo was released in the series Polskie perły (Polish Pearls) . Villas also recorded a mini album of tangos with Michał Wiśniewski and his band Ich Troje . The publisher dubbed Walentynkowe hity (Valentine Hits) as a companion CD for a newspaper that sold 1/4 million copies. In the same year she was the star of the XL at a concert . Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej in Opole .
In 2004 she appeared on the Polish TV program Wideoteka dorosłego człowieka . She also recorded a new Christmas album with Father Bogusław Paleczny (Polish clergyman , Camillian , activist for the homeless and composer of sacred music), entitled Kolędy serca (Christmas Songs of the Heart). On January 22nd, 2005 she sang Wojciech Dzieduszycki's second benefit concert at the Lviv Opera . She performed on September 8, 2005 at the Cracow Bulwar Czerwieński and laid flowers at the famous Pomnik psa Dżoka . She then gave a concert in the famous Florianka Hall of the Kraków Music Academy together with the Polish Piwnica pod Baranami artist Mieczysław Święcicki . After the concert she gave a press conference. On September 14, 2005, she performed at the XII. International Vienna Music Festival in the University of Wrocław . In 2006 Villas in Poland gave a number of solo concerts, including a. in Poznań , and the MTJ artist agency released the album Ja jestem już taka (I'm already like that), which was an extension of the 1994 Laleczka album .
After she was expelled from the psychiatric clinic in 2007, she placed herself in the care of a lawyer and doctor. A press conference was organized at which Villas announced their return to the stage, e.g. B. to chansons of their new album. The mass media took a keen interest in her health and discussed her future. In mid-March 2007 she appeared again on the TV series Szansa na sukces and presented some of her songs. The show, broadcast on April 22, 2007, reached more than 4 million viewers. Together with the winner of the competition, Villas sang their chanson Całuj gorąco at the end of the program . A candidate's interest in Villas led the artist to announce that she would publish her memoir a few years earlier. They were published on July 28, 2007 for two weeks in the newspaper FAKT . In May 2007 Villas signed a record deal and a contract with the recording studio Studio MM . The record company planned a Villas concert tour to Poland, USA and Canada and also announced a concert in Milan . Due to the poor health of Villas, the plans were not implemented.
Violetta Villas celebrated her 69th birthday in the palace of Jastrowiec . She also sang on the occasion of her 45th stage anniversary. In December 2007 she was seen again on the TV show Wideoteka dorosłego człowieka .
Since the beginning of 2008, Villas withdrew completely from the public. This made her financial situation worse. Therefore, in mid-March 2008, she went to the headquarters of ZAiKS in Warsaw to obtain the copyrights for dozens of her song recordings. One initiative was a letter to the Polish Ministry, which moved the state to grant Villas one-time financial support of 10,000 zł (approx. 2,500 €) in view of their services to Polish culture. According to her neighbors, she was too chained to her housekeeper Elżbieta Budzyńska. "Where is Villas?", People asked at the time, and Lewin Kłodzki's authorities considered whether, in agreement with the public prosecutor, they should not break into Villa's house to check on the singer. Journalist Dorota Pawlak, who previously wrote a report about the singer, reported on Villas' unfavorable situation. She found through Villa's keeper that the singer is completely isolated from the outside world.
At the end of October 2008 Violetta Villas was invited to the Szymon Majewski Show . Villas came and sang their hit Pocałunek ognia with Michał Wiśniewski at the beginning of the show . At the same time her new album Na pocieszenie serca i uniesienie ducha was released , which was her first "Greatest Hits" album in new arrangements. Villas promoted the album on October 29, 2008 in Toruń .
Villas was a guest on the TV show Jak oni śpiewają in November 2008 and performed her chanson Nie ma miłości bez zazdrości in a duet with Artur Chamski . From July to September 2009 Villas appeared again in Jasna Góra (Częstochowa) and sold her new album there. After a two-year hiatus, she gave her first concert on November 28, 2009 in the Ziębice Basilica .
In January 2010 she had two appearances in the palace of Jastrowiec. A concert immediately followed on January 22nd in the provincial Dom Muzyki i Tańca in Zabrze and on February 25th, 2010 in the Filharmonia Wrocławska . After the concert in Wrocław there was a sharp argument between their fans and their staff, who did not want the fans to let them in.
Violetta Villas gave her last concert on the occasion of her 50th stage anniversary on Valentine's Day 2011 in the provincial Wojewódzki Dom Kultury of Kielce , where she received the Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit from the Minister for Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski . That was her last appearance.
In September 2011, Villas received a notification from the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk about the lifelong monthly pension of 4,000 zł (approx. 1,000 €) in view of her contributions to Polish culture.
January 20, 2006, Villas concert in Poznań
March 2007, during the recordings of the Szansa na sukces TV talent competition
October 29, 2008, press conference at the Moskva Toruń Club
January 22nd, 2010, Villas concert in Dom Muzyki i Tańca in Zabrze
Lonely death
On December 5, 2011, Violetta Villas was found dead in her home. Lewin Kłodzki's police received the message from the ambulance service around 9 p.m. First, we went from a natural death from, but the next day proclaimed prosecutor of Świdnica the initiation of proceedings to determine the causes of death Villas. Doubts gave lawyers the sanitary conditions Villas lived in and their appearance, which suggested medical negligence. So one found z. B. Sores and bruises . She died alone in her parents' house, where she had lived for several years with a carer and about 30 cats.
Violetta Villas' death was commented on worldwide, in Germany , Austria , China , Estonia , France , Spain , Israel , Russia and the USA .
Career as an actress
Violetta Villa first appeared as an actress in 1966 when she performed her chanson Chica Helka during a film scene in the second episode of the Polish series Klub profesora Tutki .
In 1970 director Konstantyn Ciciszwili produced the TV revue Śpiewa Violetta Villas (Violetta Villas sings). The idea behind the film was to bring the Villas style closer to a wide audience. The opponents Villas, u. a. the journalist Jerzy Eljasiak from Sztandar Młodych , criticized the film and proclaimed this kitsch of kitsch . as incongruent to the then real existing socialism. Proponents of Villas like the editor Janusz Gazda, on the other hand, emphasizes: The self-confidence with which she steps on the stage, (...) shows her clothes, demonstrates her charms and sings about love in the most banal words (...) simply extravagant and individually.
In the same year Violetta Villas also played Barbara Tylski in the comedy Dzięcioł by Jerzy Gruza . Both films revealed the diversity of the singer in contrast to other Polish artists.
Janusz Kondratiuk offered the singer a role in the Polish comedy film Dziewczyny do wzięcia (1972), but Villas refused.
In 1974 she was to play the role of Lucy Zuckerowa in the Andrzej Wajda film The Promised Land . Eventually Villas turned down this role too and Kalina Jędrusik took over for her. Villas retired completely and didn't return to work until 1983 when she received a new film offer.
In 1983, Villas hired director Pawła Pitery for her film Sny i marzenia (Dreams and Wishes), in which Villas played herself (premiere: March 11, 1985). After filming, Villas returned to the revue and returned to the Teatr Syrena in 1985.
In 1988, Villas was a short fantasy film documentary Sen o kopciuszku (Cinderella's dream) under the two directors Zbigniew Kowalewski and Jerzy Kołata. The film includes Villa's biography with a special focus on controversial issues in her life. Based on this film, the film Rok z Violettą Villas (The Year with Violetta Villas) was planned, but it never came about.
Discography
Studio albums (LP)
| year | title |
|---|---|
| 1962 | Rendez-vous with Violetta Villas |
| 1966 | Violetta Villas |
| 1967 | Violetta Villas |
| 1967 | For you my darling |
| 1968 | About Love ... |
| 1977 | There is no love without jealousy |
| 1980 | Old hits |
| 1986 | Violetta Villas |
| 1987 | The greatest hits |
Studio albums (CD)
| year | title |
|---|---|
| 1992 | For you beloved |
| 1992 | The most beautiful christmas carols |
| 1994 | Dolly |
| 1995 | VV - gold hits, part 1 |
| 1995 | VV - gold hits, part 2 |
| 1996 | Golden hits |
| 1997 | Jestem taka a nie inna |
| 1997 | Christmas carols |
| 1998 | Dolly |
| 1999 | Platinum collection |
| 1999 | V. Villas sings the most beautiful Christmas carols |
| 2000 | Kiss of fire |
| 2000 | Golden hits |
| 2001 | When Jesus Christ was born ... |
| 2001 | Violetta Villas |
| 2001 | For you my darling |
| 2001 | There is no love without jealousy |
| 2003 | Valentine hits |
| 2003 | To you, mother |
| 2004 | Christmas carol of hearts |
| 2006 | I am what I am |
| 2007 | To comfort the heart and warmth the soul |
| 2009 | From archive of the Polish Radio, vol. 11 |
| 2009 | When Jesus Christ was born ... - reedition |
Studio albums (MC)
| year | title |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Las Vegas |
| 1977 | There is no love without jealousy |
| 1987 | The greatest hits |
| 1992 | For you beloved, part 1 |
| 1992 | For you beloved, part 2 |
| 1992 | The best of |
| 1992 | The best of, part 1 |
| 1992 | The best of, part 2 |
| 1992 | The best of, part 3 |
| 1994 | Doll |
| 1994 | I am what I am |
| 1995 | Only to you |
| 1996 | Golden hits |
| 1997 | Christmas carols |
| 1997 | Jestem taka a nie inna |
| 1998 | Golden hits |
| 1999 | Platunim collection |
| 2000 | Violetta Villas |
| 2000 | Kiss of fire |
Singles
| year | title |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Yes ci never wierzę |
| 1961 | Taki mróz |
| 1961 | Never zdążyłam |
| 1961 | Dla ciebie miły |
| 1961 | Marianna ruda |
| 1961 | secretion |
| 1961 | Dla ciebie miły |
| 1961 | Kiedy Allach szedł |
| 1962 | Ożeń się Johny |
| 1962 | To mówią marakasy |
| 1962 | Duety z Tadeuszem Woźniakowskim |
| 1963 | Szesnaście lat |
| 1963 | Zorro |
| 1963 | Kiedy Allach szedł |
| 1964 | Muzyka taneczna |
| 1964 | Błękitna tarantella |
| 1964 | Opole - stolica polskiej piosenki |
| 1964 | Uśmiechem miłość się zaczyna |
| 1965 | Jak never to never |
| 1965 | Nic nikomu never mów |
| 1965 | Józek |
| 1966 | Do ciebie mamo |
| 1966 | Dla ciebie miły |
| 1966 | Never jestem taka zła |
| 1969 | Do ciebie mamo |
| 1986 | Mundial'86 |
| 1987 | Sosna z mego snu |
| 1987 | Wszedzie gdzie ty |
Cardboard records
| year | title |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Przyjdzie na to czas |
| 1964 | Czterdzieści kasztanów |
| 1965 | Mom |
| 1965 | Do ciebie, mamo |
| 1967 | W Zakopanem pada deszcz |
| 1970 | Znowu ciebie mam |
| 1977 | Never ma miłości bez zazdrości |
Compilations
| title | album |
|---|---|
| Przyjdzie na to czas | Powracające melodyjki |
| Wszędzie, gdzie ty | Przeboje gwiazd |
| Czterdzieści kasztanów | Piosenki J. Gałkowskiego |
| Wszędzie, gdzie ty | Przeboje'78 |
| Sosna z mego snu | Niebo z moich stron |
| Do ciebie mamo | Gdzie ten świat młodych lat |
| Wszędzie, gdzie ty | Succurrens |
| Przyjdzie na to czas | Przeboje 40-lecia |
| Całuj gorąco | Andrzej Jastrzębiec-Kozłowski |
| Ave Maria no morro | Stefan Rachoń przypomina |
| Granada | Z melodią i piosenką dookoła świata |
| Maria la O | Z melodią i piosenką dookoła świata |
| Do ciebie mamo | XX-lecie PP Polskie Nagrania |
| Mazurskie wspomnienia | Mimozami jesień się zaczyna |
| Wszędzie, gdzie ty | Andrzej Januszko i jego piosenki |
| Jesteś mi potrzebny | L. Bogdanowicz i jego piosenki |
|
Spójrz prosto w oczy Przyjdzie na to czas |
Tych never does not |
| Do ciebie mamo | Piosenki dla mojej uterus |
|
Dla ciebie miły Szesnaście lat |
Przeboje R. Siedleckiego |
| Dla ciebie miły | Z melodią i piosenką dookoła świata |
| Szesnaście lat | Z melodią i piosenką dookoła świata |
|
Szesnaście lat Zegar z kukułką Czy lubi pani tańczyć twista Spójrz prosto w oczy |
Daj mi zachować wspomnienia |
| Przyjdzie na to czas | Rytmy młodych |
| Dla ciebie miły | Piosenki lat 50-tych vol. 2 |
| Wachlarz | Z archiwum Veritonu |
| Ali alo | Z archiwum Veritonu |
| Kiedy Allach szedł | Z archiwum Veritonu |
| Dla ciebie miły | Bankruptcy Piosenki Polskiej '61 |
| Czy pani tańczy twista | Radiowe piosenki miesiąca |
| Marianna ruda | Kalejdoskop piosenek nr 3 |
| Solomon | Czarny Alibaba i inne piosenki |
| Józek | Złote Przeboje vol.5 |
| Dla ciebie miły | Naj z Naj |
| Taki mróz | Komu piosenkę |
| Rudy rydz | Złote Przeboje 50-60 |
| Dla ciebie miły | Klasyka Polskiej Piosenki cz. 3 |
| Spójrz prosto w oczy | Piosenki Wojciecha Piętowskiego |
|
Salomon Czy pani tańczy twista |
T. Woźniakowski - największe przeboje |
| Kochaj mnie, a będę twoją | Tata 2 |
| Do ciebie mamo | Piosenki dla mamy |
|
Złota maska Szczęścia never szukaj daleko |
Wasowski there się lubić |
| Szesnaście lat | Miłość ze szkolnej ławki |
| Mazurskie wspomnienia | Lato, ty i yes |
| Do ciebie mamo | Piosenki dla mojej uterus |
Web links
- Violetta Villas Online Library of Polish Songs
- Violetta Villas on filmpolski.pl
- Violetta Villas on filmweb.pl
- Violetta Villas is dead. (Polish)
- Violetta Villas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ I. Michalewicz, J. Danilewicz: Villas: Nic nie mam przecież do ukrycia. Świat Książki, 2011, ISBN 978-83-7799-068-1 , p. 10.
- ↑ L'Humanité, 1966.
- ^ Dunes show will star toast of Europe, Violetta Villas. In: The Vista Press, 1967.
- ↑ Casino de Paris brochure
- ↑ Tygrysica z Magdalenki, Witold Filler (1993)
- ^ J. Danielewicz, I. Michalewicz: Villas. Nic przecież never mam do ukrycia. 2011, ISBN 978-83-7799-068-1 . (Villas' biography)
- ^ J. Danielewicz, I. Michalewicz: Villas. Nic przecież never mam do ukrycia. 2011, ISBN 978-83-7799-068-1 . (Villas' biography)
- ↑ Villas brała morfinę! (Villas took morphine!) . http://pudelek.pl/ . Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ^ J. Danielewicz, I. Michalewicz: Villas. Nic przecież never mam do ukrycia. 2011, ISBN 978-83-7799-068-1 . (Villas' biography)
- ^ Institute of National Remembrance (IPN BU 00170/618)
- ↑ Rodzina Villas walczy o spadek (Villas' family fights for inheritance). http://tvp.pl/ . Retrieved December 27, 2011.
- ↑ Ostatni koncert Violetty Villas; tvn24.pl
- ↑ Violetta Villas otrzymała srebrna glory Artis; wprost.pl
- ↑ Ks. Stanisław Drąg - pisarz ikon
- ↑ Michalewicz, J. Danilewicz: Villas. Nic never mam przecież do ukrycia. Świat Książki, 2011, ISBN 978-83-7799-068-1 , p. 10.
- ↑ Studio Dwójki 26 maja 1991.
- ↑ Violetta Villas learned to sing in Szczecin ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tygrysica z Magdalenki, Witold Filler (1993)
- ↑ Express Wieczorny kwiecień 1977th
- ^ Archiwum Polskiego Radia 1960.
- ↑ Bartosz Koziczyński: 333 popkultowe rzeczy ... PRL
- ↑ Maciej Kawiński: Dwa życia Violetty Villas wprost.pl, accessed on February 17, 2018.
- ↑ Witold Filler, Tygrysica z Magdalenki Dom Wydawniczy Szczepan Szymański Sp, z oo, 1993 (st. 15, 32, 55, 56)
- ^ The Vista Press, July 26, 1967, no.132
- ^ The Vista Press, July 26, 1967, no.132
- ^ The Vista Press, July 26, 1967, no.132
- ^ Wieczór Wrocławia, January 1988.
- ↑ Wydawnictwo "Z archiwum Polskiego Radia vol. 11", W. Kapisz, 2009 r.
- ↑ Relacja Bruno Coquatrixa w polskiej prasie
- ↑ Scandal z czerwoną gwiazdą, Zbigniew K. Bogowski, 1969.
- ↑ Wywiad z reżyserem Jerzym Kołatą; 1988.
- ^ Dziennik Polski, June 1, 1992
- ^ Super Express, March 27, 1996.
- ^ Archives of the Listy Przebojów Programu Trzeciego
- ↑ Życie na gorąco, July 2000.
- ↑ patrz Z Wrocławia w Kotlinę Kłodzką, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław kwiecień 2000.
- ↑ Magazyn Viva, November 2001.
- ↑ źródło: Telewizja Polska SA Program 2 - ogłoszenia reklamowe
- ↑ Violetta Villas już nie zaśpiewa. Dziennik, September 6, 2007.
- ^ Fact Gazeta Codzienna 15-16. March 2008.
- ↑ Fact Gazeta Codzienna June 19, 2008.
- ↑ Świat & Ludzie - 16 października 2008 r.
- ↑ Wielki powrót polskiej DIWy Dzień Dobry TVN, October 22 of 2008.
- ↑ Violetta Villas nie żyje ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. interia.pl, December 5, 2011.
- ↑ Violetta Villas nie żyje wprost.pl, December 5, 2011.
- ↑ Violetta Villas nie żyje fakt.pl December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Postępowanie prokuratorskie w sprawie śmierci Violetty Villas; Onet.pl
- ↑ Violetta Villas mogła umrzeć wcześniej niż 5 grudnia; Onet.pl
- ↑ Poland: Chanson singer Violetta Villas is dead FOCUS December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Violetta Villas is dead COURIER December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Cały świat komentuje śmierć Violetty Villas - China
- ↑ Suri laulja Violetta Villas POSTIMEES December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Décès de Violetta Villas, la “Dalida polonaise” yagg.fr, 6 December 2011.
- ↑ Muere soprana polaca Violetta Villas entretenimiento.terra.com.pe December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Cały świat komentuje śmierć Violetty Villas - Israel walla.co.il December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Умерла польская певица и артриса Виолетта Виллас Кино December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Violetta Villas, Las Vegas star in 1960s, this in Poland USA Today News, December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Witold Filler, Tygrysica z Magdalenki Dom Wydawniczy Szczepan Szymański Sp, z oo, 1993 (st. 15, 32, 55, 56)
- ↑ Ekran 1971 no.3
- ↑ The most famous female duo in Polish cinema ( Memento of the original from February 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wajda, Lubelski, Tadeusz
- ↑ wywiad ze Zbigniewem Kowalewskim, Przekrój, 17 lipca 1988, editor Wacław Krupiński
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Villas, Violetta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cieślak, Czesława (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish chanson and pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 2011 |
| Place of death | Lewin Kłodzki , Poland |