 Rita's success came almost
overnight with her first album, in 1986. Her voice is very powerful but Rita knows how to
modulate to make it sound also like a silky whisper. I think that Rita is definitely one
of the greatest Israeli singers. About two years after the first best seller album, Rita
released "Yamei Tehom" (Days of Innocence) which is perhaps
her best album to date as far as I am concerned. In 1990, Rita represented Israel at the
Eurovision with a beautiful song, "Shara Barechovot" (Singing in the
Streets), that did not do well at all... That's too bad because I sincerely think
that the song is really really good.Anyway, we'll have to wait 1994 to get a full new
album, "Ahava Gdola" (Big Love) which was a huge success. Rita did many
sold out tours throughout Israel. Rita is also an inspired actress and played in several
musicals, including the Hebrew version of "My Fair lady" (the CD
is even available). At the time of the release of her first album,1986, Rita (using her
full name, Rita Faruz) also made an album in English, called "Breaking
those walls", which was more or less the same album as the Hebrew one, only
in English plus a few songs, like "Roxanne" (Sting). The English album
never made it to the charts, but about a decade later, strangely, Rita re-released her old
version of "Roxanne" and...hit the jackpot in Europe where the single
remained for several months in the charts. The funny thing is that Rita did not pursue a
European career and chose to go back to Israel. When you see what happened to Ofra Haza, I think that Rita made the right choice! After "Ahava
Gdola", Rita released one sort of "greatest hits", with previously
unreleased songs or live version and one live album (packaged with a video tape). Many of
Rita's songs are composed by her husband, Rami Kleinstein,
another talented singer. In any case, Rita is more popular than ever, and this despite a
hiatus of a few years: quality never goes out of style! |
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