Sibilla, pseudonym of ''Sibyl Amarilli Mostert'' (born

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, 14 April 1954), is an Italian singer, widely known for the song ''Oppio'', that in the refrain, says ''Uru belev sameach'' (עורו אחים בלב שמח), a phrase that means ''Awake with a cheerful heart'', taken from the text of the Hebrew folk song

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. In 1990, she participated in the creation of

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's album ''Parole d'amore scritte a macchina''. After this job, we lost sight of her.

Discography

* 1976 - ''Keoma'' ( Guido and

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) she sings ''Keoma'' under the name of "Sybil" * 1982 - ''Sud Africa ( Battiato- Pio) / Alta tensione ( Battiato- Pio) inedito'' * 1983 - ''Oppio ( Battiato- Pio) / Svegliami ( Battiato- Pio)'' * 1984 - ''Plaisir d'amour (

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) / Sex appeal to Europe ( Battiato- Pio)'' * 1990 - ''La canoa di mezzanotte'' ''(

)''

Filmography

* 1979 - ''

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'' directed by

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Bibliography

* AA.VV. ''Dizionario della canzone italiana'', Armando Curcio Editore, 1990; at the page ''Sibilla'' * Eddy Anselmi, ''Festival di Sanremo. Almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana'', Panini Group, Modena, 2009; pagg. 335 and 900

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibilla 1954 births Italian pop singers Living people Italian Italo disco musicians 20th-century Italian women singers 21st-century Italian women singers