Violetta Villas (; ten khai sinh la Czesława Maria Cieslak, 10.6.1938 – 5.12.2011) la mot nu ca si, nguoi viet bai hat, nha soan nhac kiem nu dien vien Ba Lan sinh tai Bi.
Giong cua ba co net đac biet la giong nu mau sac (coloratura soprano). Ba co the choi đuoc duong cam, vi cam va trombone. Ba đa co biet danh la "giong ca thoi đai nguyen tu", "nguoi hat đuoc luc đia ca tung" (the singing toast of the continent), "mot giong ca nhu ruou champage Phap" (a voice like French champagne), "Yma Sumac cua Ba Lan".
Villas la ngoi sao hang đau cua Casino de Paris tai Dunes Hotel & Casino o Dai Las Vegas tu nam 1966 toi 1971.
Villas noi tieng ve nhung cuoc trinh dien noi bat, đang chu y, va vo so cac bai hat thanh cong so mot cua ba. Trong su nghiep o show business (nganh kinh doanh giai tri), Violetta Villas đa dien xuat 6 phim, trinh dien vo so show nhac, va thu am hau nhu 300 bai hat bang 10 ngon ngu, trong đo co tieng Ba Lan, tieng Anh, tieng Phap, tieng Đuc, tieng Y, tieng Latin, Tieng Napoli, tieng Nga, tieng Tay Ban Nha va tieng Bo Đao Nha. Ba cung la nha bao ve quyen đong vat.
Nam 2011 Villas đuoc "Bo Van hoa va Di san quoc gia Cong hoa Ba Lan" trao Zasłuzony Kulturze - Gloria Artis ("Huy chuong Cong trang Van hoa").


Tieu su = Thoi tre =
Violetta Villas sinh ngay 10.6.1938 tai Liege, Bi, la con thu 3 trong so 4 anh chi em. Ba song thoi nien thieu o Bi. Cha ba, Boleslaw Cieslak (4.12.1907 – 9.5.1960) la tho mo va truong ban nhac, con me ba, Jane (26.1.1914 – 17.2.1985) lam viec noi tro. Nam 1948 ba cung cha me sang Ba Lan, đinh cu o Lewin Kłodzki, noi ba bat đau hoc am nhac, chu yeu hoc choi duong cam va vi cam.
Nam 1956 Villas bat đau hoc hat đon ca o "Truong Cao đang Am nhac quoc gia" tai Szczecin... Sau đo tiep tuc hoc nghe thuat o Wrocław voi giao su Gisela Posh. Nam 1959 ba bat đau hoc thanh nhac co đien voi giao su Eugenia Falkowska o Warszawa. Tam giong 5 quang tam (octave) va kha nang am sac cua ba rat đang ke, xung đang co mot su nghiep opera đay hua hen, nhung ba quyet đinh theo đuoi cac loai nhac đuong đai hon, thich đi luu dien va trinh dien thanh nhac tren san khau.


= 1960-1965: Su nghiep ban đau =
Nam 1960 Villas bat đau hat tren Polskie Radio (đai phat thanh Ba Lan) nhung bai ca cua Wladislaw Szpilman, giam đoc phan ban am nhac cua đai nay. Nhung ca khuc đuoc truyen thanh đau tien cua ba la Gdy zakwitna czeresnie va Ja nie moge tamtej drugiej zniesc. Ba thu am album đau tien, "Rendez-vous with Violetta Villas" nam 1962. Ba nhan đuoc giai thuong đang chu y đau tien o "Lien hoan Sopot" nam 1961 va 1962. Nam 1964, 1965 va 1966 ba trinh dien o National Festival of Polish Song in Opole (Lien hoan quoc gia Ca khuc Ba Lan o Opole).
Đau thap nien 1960 Violetta Villas đi luu dien o nhieu nuoc chau Au, trong đo co Đuc, Bi, Thuy Si, Tay Ban Nha, Nga, Tiep Khac, Bulgaria, Romania, cung o Hoa Ky, Canada va Israel.

Nam 1964 tai "Lien hoan quoc gia Ca khuc Ba Lan o Opole" ba đuoc Bruno Coquatrix tiep xuc, moi ba sang Phap trinh dien. Tai "Lien hoan quoc te Tap dien va Music-Halls lan thu 3 o Rennes", Villas đa đuoc trao "Giai thuong lon quoc te ve bieu dien" (Grand Prix International d'Interpretation) (ba hat bai Ave Maria). Nam 1965 ba trinh dien o Nha hat Fontaine (show Roue de la Chance, đao dien - Andre Chanu). Nam 1966, theo yeu cau ca nhan cua Bruno Cocquatrix, Villas xuat hien o Grand Music Hall de Varsovie, chuong trinh kich thoi su tai Olympia. Suat dien ra mat vao ngay 26.7.1966. Violetta Villas hat trong đo co bai "Ave Maria no Morro" va "Hiroshima Mon Amour". Tai Paris, Frederic Apcar đen tiep xuc voi ba, moi ba sang bieu dien o Las Vegas.


= 1966-1971: Las Vegas va Casino de Paris =
Thang 12 nam 1966 Villas la ngoi sao cua Casino de Paris o Dunes Hotel & Casino, noi ba hat cac ca khuc, cac operetta va cac aria opera bang 9 ngon ngu. Trong chuong trinh đau, ba hat cac bai Under Paris Skies, Granada, O Sole Mio, Strangers in the Night va Libiamo ne' lieti calici. Violetta Villas đa hat song ca voi Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Barbra Streisand, Charles Aznavour, Sammy Davis, Jr., Eartha Kitt, Dean Martin.
Nguoi tao mau ca nhan cho ba la Patrick Valette, mot nguoi Phap lam viec o cong ty thoi trang Dior. Ba song trong mot biet thu co ho boi rieng. Trong cuoi thap nien 1960 Villas đa ghi am 20 ca khuc cho Truyen hinh Hoa Ky va Capitol Records. Thang 3 nam 1968 ba bat đau đong phim thu cho hang MGM, va sau đo đa ky mot hop đong đong phim. Ba đa dien xuat ttrong cac phim nhu: phim ca nhac "Paint your wagon" voi Lee Marvin va phim cao boi mien Tay "Heaven with a gun" voi Glenn Ford.


= 1971-1987: Co lap va tai ngo lon =
Villas đuoc moi ky mot hop đong 8 nam nhieu uu đai voi hang Paramount Pictures nhung ba đanh tu choi vi me cua ba bi benh muon thay ba tro ve Ba Lan. Sau đo vao thap nien 1970 Violetta Villas đa tro ve Ba Lan tham nguoi me sap qua đoi cua minh. Nha cam quyen che đo Cong san Ba Lan đa tich thu ho chieu cua ba, nen ba bi buoc phai o lai Ba Lan hon mot thap ky. Tuy nhien, ba khong hoan toan bi cam xuat hien tren phuong tien truyen thong, nen đa co the theo đuoi su nghiep ca hat o đia phuong. Nam 1985, ba đa co cuoc tai ngo lon, chi vai nam sau khi tinh trang thiet quan luat cham dut. Ve xem cac cuoc bieu dien cua ba đa ban het ngay ca nhieu tuan le truoc. Nha cam quyen tra lai ho chieu cho ba, va ba lai tiep tuc su nghiep quoc te cua minh. Sau đo ba đi luu dien o Hoa Ky va Uc.
Nam 1987 ba lam tour luu dien "Violetta" o Hoa Ky va Canada. Suat ra mat dien ra ngay 14 thang 9 o Carnegie Hall, noi ba đuoc cac khan thinh gia đung day vo tay hoan ho nong nhiet. Tai thanh pho New York buoi hoa nhac cua ba đa ban het ve. Villas cung đa bieu dien o Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, Texas, Montreal va Chicago.


= Đoi tu =
Nam 1954, khi len 16 tuoi, Villas đa ket hon voi trung uy Gospodarek nhung chi 2 nam sau ho đa ly di trong thang 9 nam 1956. Cha me ba đa ep buoc ba trong cuoc hon nhan nay, nhung ba khong thuc su yeu chong. Khi ly di ho co mot con, Krzysztof Gospodarek; sau đo ba đi hoc am nhac o Szczecin.

Nam 1987 ba gap mot doanh nhan va nha trieu phu nguoi My goc Ba Lan, Ted Kowalczyk, va ket hon voi ong ta ngay 6.1.1988 o Chicago. Le cuoi đuoc to chuc trong mot phong tiec cua tiem an "Orbit".Nam 1988 ho ly di. Ong chong đa danh cho cac phuong tien truyen thong nhieu cuoc phong van ve cuoc hon nhan cua ho, nhung ba noi trong mot show truyen hinh rang "Toi đa pham mot sai lam, cai ma toi tin rang ben vung".


Tu tran Villas qua đoi ngay 5.12.2011 o Lewin Kłodzki tho 73 tuoi.


Cac đac điem giong hat Violetta Villas la ca si giong nu cao ma giong co mot am vuc đac biet va mot tam muc am sac rat lon. Giong cua ba bao trum suot 5 quang 8 (octaves) tu giong baritone (giong nam trung) giua E2 toi soprano (giong nu cao) E7. Muc giong tot nhat cua Villas la tu C4 toi C6. Trong cac bai hat, ba cho thay mot kha nang đang ke ve phong cach co suc đong hoa tu nhien va goi ra vo so giong khac nhau. Villas co the hat giong nam trung (baritone), giong nam cao (tenor), giong nu tram (alto), giong nu trung (mezzo-soprano) va giong nu cao (soprano), mot thuoc tinh đac thu trong so cac ca si nam nu trong ca lanh vuc nhac co đien va nhac binh dan.


Kich Truoc khi Villas bat đau su nghiep kich nghe o Ba Lan, ba đa trinh dien trong cac show kich thoi su quoc te o Phap va Hoa Ky. Nam 1978 ba dien xuat tai Nha hat lon o Łodz trong show nhac kich Kochajmy sie. Trong thap nien 1970 va 1980 Villas la ngoi sao cua Nha hat Siren o Warszawa. Trong su nghiep san khau, Villas đa đong nhieu vai, trong đo co vai Lygia trong vo The third programme (Trzeci program, 1979) va vai chinh trong kich thoi su "Violetta" (1986–1988). Nam 1986 ba tro lai san khau, dien xuat trong vo "Violetta", voi mot dan nhac va đoi mua ballet.. Sau nam 1988 ba khong bao gio trinh dien o Nha hat nay.
Nam 1992, Villas dien xuat trong vo nhac kich Hello, Dolly! o Nha hat Operetta Krakow. Trong thap nien 1990 ba dien xuat o Nha hat Operetta Warszawa trong chuong trinh "The Violetta Villas Show" ma ba la tac gia.


Danh muc đia hat = Album phong thu =
1962 Rendez-vous with Violetta Villas
1966 Violetta Villas
1967 Violetta Villas (reedition)
1968 For you my darling
1968 About Love...
1977 There is no love without jealousy
1985 Las Vegas
1986 Violetta Villas (reedition)
1992 The most beautiful Christmas carols
1996 Daddy 2 guest star
1997 Christmas carols
1997 Villas sings Christmas carols
2001 When Jesus Christus was born...
2001 Violetta Villas (reedition)
2001 There is no love without jealousy (reedition)
2001 For you my darling (reedition)
2003 Valentine hits
2004 Christmas carols from heart
2008 To comfort the heart and warmth the soul
2009 The most beautiful Christmas carols (reedition)


= Album truc tiep =
1994 Dolly
1994 I am what I am (reedition)
1998 Dolly (reedition)
2006 I am what I am (reedition)


= Đia đon =
1961 I don't believe you
1961 Such a frost
1961 I don't make it
1961 For you my darling
1961 Red Marianna
1961 Secret
1962 Get married, Johny!
1962 Cuckoo clock
1962 It speak maracas
1962 Look straight into my eyes
1962 When Allah goes
1962 Ali alo
1963 Fan
1964 To you, mother
1964 Joseph
1964 The love begins with a smile
1964 There is a time for love
1964 Is not
1966 To you, mother
1978 For mum
1986 Mundial'86
1987 The pine from my dream
1987 Take me from Barcelona
1987 Everywhere you go
1987 The wild woman


= Đia ranh min de uon (Flexi disc) =
1962 Do you like to dance?
1964 There is a time for love
1964 Forty chesnut-trees
1964 Recalling Masuria
1965 Mamma
1965 I will travel to you
1965 To you, mother
1968 It's raining in Zakopane
1970 I returned to you
1972 There is no love without jealousy
1974 To you, mother


= Compilation albums (Album tap hop cac bai tu album khac, đia khac) =
1980 Old hits
1987 The greates hits
1992 For you my darling
1992 The best of
1995 Violetta Villas - gold hits
1996 Gold hits
1996 Only to you
1997 I am what I am
1998 Platinum collection
2000 Gold hits
2003 To you, mother
2003 Magic memories
2009 From the Polish Radio archive
2010 40 Violetta Villas songs
and 46 VA-type compilations


Danh muc phim Phim
1969 How to commit marriage
1969 Heaven with a gun
1969 Paint your wagon
1970 The woodpecker
1983 Dream about Violetta
1989 Violetta Villas
Truyen hinh
1963 Revue of the Polskie Nagrania
1964 Dancing Joe
1965 Roue de la chance
1966 Professor Tutka's club
1970 Violetta Villas sings
1975 The wedding
1977 Sentiments
1978 Good evening, it's Łodz!
1985 Summer Studio
1985 Beautiful and excellent
1988 Violetta
1993 Violetta Villas show - live at Warsaw Operetta
1995 Only to You
1996 Concert on a barge
1999 Violetta V. - live


Danh sach tiet muc 1. Cac lien hoan ca khuc - Sopot, Opole, Knokke-Heist, Basel vv... (1961–1964)
Ave Maria no Morro
For You My Darling
Look Straight Into My Eyes
Si senor
The Time Will Come
To You, Mother
2 "Roue de la chance", Nha hat Fontaine o Paris (1965)

Ave Maria no Morro
Look Straight Into my Eyes
3. "Grand music hall de Varsovie", Olympia o Paris (1966)

Ave Maria no Morro
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Look Straight Into my Eyes
Non C'est Rien
4. "Casino de Paris", Dunes o Las Vegas (1967–1969)

Ave Maria no Morro
C'est si bon
Dark Eyes
Et Maintenant
Gounod's Ave Maria (Ave Maria cua Gounod)
Free Again
Granada
Hello, Dolly!
I Will Wait for You
L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
Libiamo ne' Lieti Calici
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Ne me quitte pas
O sole mio
Somewhere My Love
Strangers in the night
Un bel di, vedremo
Under Paris Skies
Under the Bridges of Paris
This Is My Song
Vissi d'arte
What Now My Love
5. "Villas Revue", Congress Hall o Warsaw (1968)

Dark Eyes
Hello, Dolly!
L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
Libiamo ne' Lieti Calici
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Strangers in the Night
This Is My Song
6. "Violetta", international concert tour started at Carnegie Hall in New York (1987–1988)

Arias from Carmen
Dark Eyes
Granada
Happiness (tieng Ba Lan - Szczescie)
If you go away
Kiss me hotly (tieng Ba Lan - Całuj goraco)
Mechanical doll (tieng Ba Lan - Mechaniczna lalka)
Strangers in the night
Summertime
Violetta
7. Nay Violetta Villas chi hat cac ca khuc tieng Ba Lan

Besame Mucho (ban tieng Ba Lan)
Całuj goraco
Do ciebie mamo
Ja jestem juz taka
Ja spiewam piosenki
Jak w serenadzie
Mechaniczna lalka
Miłoscia znow zyje
Pocałunek ognia
Przyjdzie na to czas
Szczescie
W Lewinie koło Kudowy


Tham khao Lien ket ngoai Villas's biodata and filmography (in Polish)
Violetta Villas tren IMDb