Livia Zita (born Lívia Zita Lokay on 21 December 1984 in

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) is a Hungarian

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actress and rock singer, best known for her work with the Danish heavy metal band

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, to which she belongs as a guest musician in studio and

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in live performances since 2003.

Biography

Thanks to her marriage with

(Kim Bendix Petersen), Livia has also contributed to Diamond's band

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. She lives with her husband in

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, and she's an American citizen, under her married name Livia Zita-Bendix Lokay. She's also his business partner, and is working with him to compile old footage for two planned DVD releases of King Diamond and Mercyful Fate live performances. She also helped him make remastered editions of the King Diamond albums '' The Spider's Lullabye'', '' The Graveyard'', ''

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''. Among her personal projects are voice over acting, the design of

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and artistic photographs, as well as working with clay, resin, cooked goods, and many more media. She is also very health conscious, practicing yoga and contortion. In 2017, Zita and King Diamond had their first son, Byron.

Discography

With
King Diamond Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto s ...

*'' The Puppet Master'' - (2003) *''

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'' - (Live Album,2004) * '' Give Me Your Soul...Please'' - (2007) *''Dreams of Horror'' - (Compilation album, 2014)

With
Mercyful Fate Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with Satan and the occult, Mercyful Fate ...

*''Evil'' (Single) - (2009)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zitar, Livia 1984 births Hungarian sopranos Musicians from Budapest King Diamond (band) members Living people 21st-century Hungarian women singers