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Libera may refer to:
- Libera (mythology), a Roman goddess of fertility
- Libera (choir), a boy vocal group from London
- Libera (film), a 1993 comedy film
- "Libera" (song), a song by Italian artist Mia Martini
- Libera (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Endodontidae
- Adalberto Libera, an Italian architect (1903-1963)
- Libera. Associazioni, nomi e numeri contro le mafie, Italian association against mafias
Libera is an all-boy English vocal group directed by Robert Prizeman. Most members come from the parish choir of St. Philip's, Norbury, in South London. According to a 2009 Songs of Praise TV special, the group usually consists of approximately 40 members between the ages of seven and sixteen, including new members who are not yet ready to fully participate in albums or tours. The group recruits from a variety of backgrounds in the London area, and does not require its members to belong to any specific denomination.
In addition to recording albums, touring and making regular TV appearances as Libera, the group sings on a weekly basis as part of the full choir of men and boys at parish choral services. Libera is run as a not-for-profit registered UK charity, "providing the opportunity for suitable boys to train as vocalists from any background". Members do not get paid for their work within Libera, but their expenses are covered when touring.
The group's name comes from its signature song. "Libera," which is based on the Libera Me portion of the Requiem Mass. "Libera" is the Latin singular imperative of "liberare," meaning "to free."
Libera was a goddess of wine, fertility and freedom.
"Libera" ( English translation: "Free") was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in Italian by Mia Martini, at the time arguably Italy's most successful and celebrated female artist, having had a number of hits like "Padre davvero...", "Gesù è mio fratello", "Credo", "Piccolo uomo", "Donna sola", "Minuetto", "Il guerriero", "Inno", "Al mondo", "Donna con te", "L'amore è il mio orizzonte", "Che vuoi che sia...se t'ho aspettato tanto" on the Italian Hit Parades between the years 1971 and 1976, as well as taking part in the Sanremo Music Festival and the Festivalbar on several occasions.
Martini recorded five versions of the song; the original ballad version, the disco version, the Spanish "Libre", the French "Libre Comme Une Femme" and the English "Freedom Is Today", the latter three all with the up-tempo arrangement. While released on the RCA Records label in Italy and other parts of Europe.
The song was performed fifteenth on the night, following Spain's Micky with "Enséñame a Cantar" and preceding Finland's Monica Aspelund with " Lapponia)". At the close of voting, it had received 33 points, placing it 13th in a field of 18.
The "Libera" single was also only a moderate commercial success for Martini in Italy itself; while the song was featured on certain international editions of her studio album Che vuoi che sia... se t'ho aspettato tanto, such as in Canada where the album was retitled Mia Martini and included both the Italian and English language versions, it was left as a non-album track in her homeland and not included on either Che vuoi che sia... or the following Per amarti, released later in 1977.
Since Martini's death in 1995 the main part of her substantial back-catalogue has been re-issued to CD in continental Europe and Japan, including four versions of "Libera", the original ballad version has however yet to be commercially released.
Mia Martini would return to the contest fifteen years later, singing " Rapsodia" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992.
"Libera" was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1978 Contest by Ricchi e Poveri with " Questo amore".
Libera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae.
Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae.
Libera (also known as Free) is a 1993 Italian comedy film written and directed by Pappi Corsicato. It consists of three segments, the last of them ("Libera!") was originally a separate short film shot in 1991.
Usage examples of "libera".
Here, the banks of the river were already high, and the walls gave one a spectacular view of the bridge across the Rhenus and Germania Libera beyond.
Liber and Libera in March, would dedicate his childish clothes to the household gods, don his toga of manhood for the first time, and then march with his family to the Tabularium for registration.
This was a practice known to the Roman law under the name of Libera Custodia.
When Greek influence modulated the Roman pantheon, Libera was assimilated to Persephone, and the same stories were told of both.
L'orribile marea di macchine e di costruzioni anonime della parte più alta di Market gradualmente fece posto alla congestione dei teatri porno, dei caffè, dei negozi importanti affollati da soldati in libera uscita, con musica ad alto volume.
Il cappuccio era scivolato giù e la sua folta capigliatura era come bloccata in una illusionistica libera caduta.
Therefore Vitumnus the life-giver, 253 and Sentinus the sense-giver, 254 ought to have been reckoned among the select gods, rather than Janus the admitter of seed, and Saturn the giver or sewer of seed, and Liber and Libera the movers and Liberators of seed.
Le rivelazioni di Garrison Dilworth l'avevano liberata, sì, e il suo mondo si stava rapidamente ampliando, ma non era poi libera fino a quel punto.
Allow me to give you an example: in the manors of East and West Enbourne, in Berkshire, a widow shall have her free-bench--her sedes libera, or in barbarous law Latin her francus bancus--in all her late husband's copyhold lands dum sola et casta fuerit.
Forse, se Betsey fosse stata libera, sarei andato fuori con lei, ma era impegnata al numero uno di Police Plaza, a lottare contro la macchina burocratica.