Romina Arena (born 1980) is an Italian-American singer and songwriter who focuses on a "Popera" style, a fusion of pop and classical music. As a child, she participated as a "Mouseketeer" for Disney's Mickey Mouse Club in Italy called "Topolino", and performed as a classical ballerina in major Italian theaters at age seven. After recovering from a vocal cord injury that she suffered at age 15, Arena has released over 20 albums, including the 2012 project Morricone Uncovered, an album featuring vocal and lyrical adaptations of film scores by Ennio Morricone.
Arena began performing at age four as a Disney "Mouseketeer" representing Disney Italy. In 2001, she recorded a cover of the Japanese song "Subaru," originally by Shinji Tanimura. Her rock opera single "Satellite (Italian Version)" was included in the soundtrack for the video game Project Gotham Racing 2 (2003). In 2013, she contributed a cover of I Want Love (originally from Silent Hill 3, composed by Akira Yamaoka) to Edgar Rothermich's album, The Best of Silent Hill (Music from the Video Game Series), released by Perseverance Records.
In June 2010, she was a recipient of the OLYMPUS OF THE ARTS AWARD which was presented to Romina Arena along with Jane Russell, Linda Grey and Edward Begley Jr, for her contribution to humanity and work in the arts and music in the world.
In November 2010, Arena performed an in-game concert within the virtual world Second Life. In September 2012, she released Morricone Uncovered, an album consisting of 15 film scores by Ennio Morricone with lyrics she authored, and her vocals.
Arena signed with Lakeshore Records in 2015 for the studio album Where Did They Film That? In Italy. This was followed by the June 2016 release of the album Music Journey, which accompanied her travel guide book of the same name. That same year, her song "Every Day Is Christmas Day" was featured in the Hallmark Channel film A Christmas to Remember.
She appeared as a guest performer in Jim Wilson, and Friends: A Place in My Heart at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts in Amarillo, Texas. She also starred in and co-produced the ABC television special Holiday Movie Skating Spectacular, hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi, Brian Boitano, and Kimmie Meissner.
In 2020, Romina received the Filming Italy Variety Spotlight Award in Los Angeles.
In 2021, Arena was appointed "Official Ambassador of Italian Excellence in the World" by the President of M.I.R.E. (Movement of Italian Residents Abroad). The following year, she was awarded the "Patrimonio Italiano Award" at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic for her work as an artist and producer.