Her real name is Barbara D'Alessandro and her pseudonym is a play on the name of the small town of Pietramontecorvino near Foggia in south-east Italy.
With fellow actor Renzo Abore she released a single called "Sud" from the film the same year.
She later went on to star in movies like La Ciorta de Feliciello and Cavalli Si Nasce.
In the same year she performed three duets with Italian singer/songwriter Angelo Branduardi, "Fruit", "Tango" and "Bluebeard", on his album Bread and Roses.
On 30 August 2009, Montecorvino took part in a concert to celebrate the inaugural Italian-Libyan Friendship Day before Libyan head of state Muammar Gaddafi and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.