Malafemmena pavarotti biography

It was later brought to success by Giacomo Rondinella and Antonio Basurto; also popular was the interpretation of Teddy Reno in the film "Totò, Peppino and the ... malafemmina" (1956).

The song is considered Totò's greatest musical success and has been revived in a large number of interpretations.

The identity of the Malafemmena became known decades later thanks to Liliana de Curtis, daughter of the author, who declared that the song was written for her mother, Diana Rogliani, Totò's wife, to whom it is also dedicated.

Diana was guilty of having broken a promise: even if officially separated, they had agreed to live together in the same house and also share the bed until the 18th birthday of their daughter Liliana; Diana tolerated her husband's infidelities for some time, but finally she left him to marry the lawyer Michele Tufaroli.