Reports are that Italian singer Anna Oxa, known for her changeable and individual style, will sing a new version of O Sole Mio at the 2011 Sanremo Festival.
The singer herself describes it as an international version, and it’s certainly one of the world’s most famous Italian songs.
Oxa first appeared at the Sanremo Festival back in 1978 when she was just 16 years old.
Since then, she has had appearances at the festival in 1989, 1999 and, most recently, in 2006.
According to the artist she will present a new and interesting rock song at the event, which she can’t discuss due to the rules of the festival, and O Sole Mio in the new version.
Oxa describes herself as a bit of a misfit in the world of Italian entertainment, saying that she doesn’t really have a particular ‘look’.
In the video above you can get a sense of her individual style with Tutto l’amore intorno (together with Ivano Fossati) from her new 2010 album.
The O Sole Mio version, if not too commercial, could promise to be quite interesting.