Stefanie aka Mariposa (myspace.com/musicmariposa);
Paul Lacques, Richie Lawrence, Mike Rose, Dan Cantrell, Joe Berardi, Ryan Francesconi, Lila Sklar, Paul Olguin, Dawn Richardson, Randy Clark, Jeff Faulkner, Pilar Diaz, Tobias Roberson, MC Rai
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Influences
Wings of Desire (Himmel uber Berlin); The Bagatelles, David Bowie, Buster Keaton, Masha Dimitri, Manu Chau, Flowers, Sequins, The Circus, Cheb Khaled, Amr Diab, Natacha Atlas, Mana, Tarkan, Edith Piaf, L. Frank Baum, Dalida, Pilar Diaz, Paul Lacques, Nicolai Guta, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, All the artists I have ever known.
“Naifeh [aka MARIPOSA], a classically-trained, loose-laughing, lullaby-lilting,
tantric vaudevillian-like singer, surely must be possessed by
every living and deceased musical spirit, from Bach to
Bob Dylan’s dog...” Richard Ferguson, Strobe Magazine
In the 90s Stefanie Naifeh fronted new-cabaret band "The Underthings"http://www.the-underthings.com. Then she shocked everyone by joining the circus. As singing trapeze artist she travelled the world from Asia to South America. She produced and directed her own circus/theater/music show, "Circus Sirius."
Naifeh sings on film scores and has worked on films such as Spiderman, Men in Black, Sleepy Hollow, Mean Girls, What Dreams May Come. She also performed her aerial acts in films What Dreams May Come and Rush Hour 2.
In 2000 after working in Colombia, South America, she created her signature aerial act, La Mariposa -- The Butterfly.
How did a classically trained opera singer, daughter of two psycho-analysts end up wailing into a microphone for artsy fans in The Underthings or singing swinging from a trapeze? Maybe it was "Wings of Desire." Maybe it was Mosha, the beautiful equilibriste. Maybe it was "The Bagatelles." Maybe it was the stories her mother read to her when she was very very young.
"The real treat is classically trained opera singer, Stefanie Naifeh, whose voice can seemingly do anything (and does)." Scott Morrow, LA Weekly
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Merci à toi, Mariposa ! Je découvres ta musique et... qu'est-ce que ça fait du bien, un peu de douceur et de couleur dans l'univers musical ! Bienvenue dans mon chez-moi coloré, Kisses Tatieva
Coucou, Tu es là... j'en profite pour te renouveler tous mes voeux de merveilleuse année 2008 Mariposa ! J'espère que nous arriverons à nous rencontrer??? de gros bizous Kris :)
Hello my friend Whenever you want to visit Portugal, you can stay at my house. You will be very welcome. Beira is in fact very beautiful and the food is the best in the country.
the mariposa found me with her glittery wings and her sullen lovely pout reminding me of the boy who had flown into the firework night leaving me besieged by grief
the mariposa reminded me of our carnivals top hats and rose garlands the gingerbread house the surfboards giddy dances weddings and prancing
the therapist i went to when my father died had a rare disease her skin grew thick with it and suddenly she was gone the day i found
