The singer and actress passed away in her home in Milan at the age of 91. From the theater with Strehler to the romantic song with Gino Paoli, his voice with its unmistakable timbre has crossed the history of Italian song, collaborating with all the greats, from Modugno to Dalla to Eros Ramazzotti. From Lucio Battisti to Carmen Consoli. The article contains a photo gallery. She went to her Milan, Brera district, a few steps from the theater that bears the name of her great teacher (and love) Giorgio Strehler. With him came post-war success for Ornella Vanoni, daughter of a pharmaceutical industrialist, who graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art where the great director and author from Trieste taught. Milan as the protagonist of the first repertoire with the songs of the «mala» (Ma mi, Senti come vosa la sirena and many others). Pupil of Nanni Ricordi, from the end of the fifties she will perform the romantic song also thanks to her sentimental bond with Gino Paoli. The interpretations of “Me in the whole world”, “Without end”, “The sky in a room” were unforgettable. The partnership will continue even after the end of the relationship which will result in successful duets. Protagonist of the Sanremo Festival in eight editions from 1965 to 2018, he won the Tenco award twice. In 1981, when she was the first woman to win the prestigious recognition and in 2022 when she was awarded the Tenco Special Prize. A constant presence on Italian television, she has been a regular guest on various popular programmes, the latest in chronological order «Che tempo che fa». She had a son, Cristiano, from her marriage to Lucio Ardenzi, who passed away in 2002.
