What is Maria Carta?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Maria Carta |image = Maria Carta.jpg |caption = ''Radiocorriere'' magazine, issue 42, 1974, page 64 |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Maria Carta |birth_date = {{birth date|1934|6|24|df=y}} |death_date = {{death date and age|1994|9|22|1934|6|24|df=y}} |origin = [[Siligo]], [[Italy]] |genre = [[Music of Sardinia|Sardinian folk]] |occupation = [[Singer]], [[songwriter]] |years_active = 1973&ndash;1994 |instrument = Vocals |label = [[RCA]] |website = }} '''Maria Carta''' (24 June 1934 – 22 September 1994) was a [[Sardinia]]n [[folk music]] [[singer-songwriter]]. She also performed in film and theater. In 1975, she wrote a book of [[poetry]], ''Ritual Song''. She was born in [[Siligo]], [[Sassari]], [[Sardinia]]. She died of [[cancer]] in [[Rome]]. ==Discography== *1971 ''[[Sardegna canta]]'' *1971 ''Ninna nanna / Muttos de amore'' *1971 ''Adiu a mama / Antoneddu Antoneddu'' *1971 ''Trallallera corsicana / La ragazza moderna'' *1971 ''Paradiso in Re'' *1973 ''Nuovo maggio'' / ''Funerale di un lavoratore'' *1974 ''Dilliriende'' *1974 ''Amore disisperadu / Ave Maria'' *1974 ''Dies Irae'' *1975 ''Diglielo al tuo Dio '' / ''Nuovo maggio'' *1975 ''Maria Carta'' *1976 ''Vi canto una storia assai vera'' *1976 ''La voce e i canti di Maria Carta vol.1'' *1976 ''La voce e i canti di Maria Carta vol. 2'' *1978 ''No potho reposare'' / ''Ballada ogliastrina / Muttettu'' *1978 ''Umbras'' *1980 ''Haidiridiridiridiridinni'' *1984 ''Maria Carta concerto dal vivo '' *1981 ''Sonos ‘e memoria'' *1984 ''Sonos’ e memoria'' *1992 ''Chelu e mare'' *1993 ''Le memorie della musica'' *1993 ''Muttos ‘e amore'' *1993 ''Trallallera'' *2002 ''Sardegna canta'' ==Filmography== *1977 ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)]]'' (by [[Franco Zeffirelli]]) as [[Martha]] *1974 ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]) as [[Vito Corleone]]'s mom *1976 ''Cecilia - Storia di una comune anarchica'' (by Comolli) as Olimpia *1977 ''[[Illustrious Corpses|Cadaveri eccellenti]]'' (by [[Francesco Rosi]]) as S