He had the most beautiful lirico spinto voice. Mario Lanza interpreta Enrico Caruso no filme "O Grande Caruso" (1951) e canta Ave Maria de Bach-Gounod. While in the clinic, he underwent a controversial weight loss program colloquially known as "the In 1991, his son Marc Lanza died of a heart attack. Son Damon Anthony Lanza died on August 16, 2008 in California at the age of 55. "By age 16, his vocal talent had become apparent. All he needed was coaching. Everything was so easy for him. The voice, the temperament, perfect diction. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. Mario Lanza only lived from 1921 to 1959 (died at 38).

He was fantastic!In September 1958, he made a number of operatic recordings at the Rome Opera House for the soundtrack of what would turn out to be his final film, In April 1959, Lanza reportedly fell ill, mainly with heart problems as well as pneumonia. Mario Lanza – AVE MARIA Duet . He was one of the best known tenors of his time.In 1950, he sang at a Christmas concert from which this song was selected.This duet featured Mario and a totally unknown young man from the choir….. Luciano Pavarotti. On September 25, 1959, he entered Rome's Valle Giulia clinic for the purpose of losing weight for an upcoming film. ... Vocally he was very secure. Even today "the magnitude of his contribution to popular music is still hotly debated," and because he appeared on the operatic stage only twice, many critics feel that he needed to have had more "operatic quality time" in major theaters before he could be considered a star of that art form.The Mario Lanza Institute and Museum, which honors Lanza's legacy and also provides scholarships to young singers, is located at 712 Montrose Street in South Philadelphia.Philadelphia's Queen Street Park was renamed for Lanza in 1967.Lanza was born at 636 Christian Street in South Philadelphia. Mario Lanza, né le 31 janvier 1921 à Philadelphie aux États-Unis et décédé à l'âge de 38 ans le 7 octobre 1959 à Rome en Italie, était un acteur et un ténor italo-américain. Starting out in local operatic productions in Philadelphia for the His performances at Tanglewood won him critical acclaim, with Noel Straus of His budding operatic career was interrupted by World War II, when he was assigned to He studied with Enrico Rosati for 15 months, and then embarked on an 86-concert tour of the United States, Canada and Mexico between July 1947 and May 1948 with bass In April 1948, Lanza sang two performances as Pinkerton in Puccini's At the time of his death, Lanza was preparing to return to the operatic stage. Mario Lanza only lived from 1921 to 1959 (died at 38). In 1998, daughter Colleen Lanza was killed by a car as she crossed a street. She spent two weeks in the hospital in a coma from which she never recovered. None of it is true! He had everything that one needs. Conductor That his voice was too small for the stage, that he couldn't learn a score, that he couldn't sustain a full opera; in fact, that he couldn't even sing a full aria, that his recordings were made by splicing together various portions of an aria. In a 1977 interview with Lanza biographer Armando Cesari, Green recalled that the tenor was insecure about the manner in which he had become successful, and was keenly aware of the fact that he had become a Hollywood star before first having established himself on the operatic stage.I can think of no other tenor, before or since Mario Lanza, who could have risen with comparable success to the challenge of playing Caruso in a screen biography ... Lanza was born with one of the dozen or so great tenor voices of the century, with a natural voice placement, an unmistakable and very pleasing timbre, and a nearly infallible musical instinct.In 1952, Lanza was dismissed by MGM after he had recorded the songs for Depressed by his dismissal, and with his self-confidence severely undermined, Lanza became a virtual recluse for more than a year, frequently seeking refuge in alcoholic binges. During this period, Lanza also came very close to bankruptcy as a result of poor investment decisions by his former manager, and his lavish spending habits left him owing about $250,000 in back taxes to the

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