mario lanza , toda una epoca , una voz hermosa , despues el gusto para seleccionar el repertorio , ademas de lo operistico que era lo suyo , o de la cancion , y los grandes clasicos de los musicales , sus peliculas exitos de taquilla , igual sus discos -los vinilos- eran esperados con ansia , en mi pueblo habia un chico , que queria ser -el- , y se veastia con varias mudas de ropa para alcanzar su grueso , lo llamaban mario , lo que nunca supe , si era por su idolo o si era el suyo verdadero .
to me, the greatest singer, tenor. the most personal, which can't be practiced. i was introduced to him by my mother. ha! i think she was tired of listening to me playing loud rock n roll in my room. he had this definite signature that stood out from the rest.
To me one of the greatest singers of all time. Every word he sang came from his heart! I love this song and street where you live! Such God Givewn talant.
I have listened to many different tenors but nobody can portray a song better than Mario Lanza. Also his voice seems to have that certain cut that makes it immediately stick out to you. Also nobody can sing high notes as clear as Mario Lanza... he has the perfect balance!
women alwaz go for the preety boys, just like men do 2 for women.. it has been that way though out history, however, if 1 lives long enough. u shall c, that it all comes down 2 money, so, marry the rich guy... but, in the mean, inbtween time, aint we got fun....
For me it was my Mom, she would wake me up at like 3 in the morning and get me to play her Mario Lanza albums, I hated them then, now I love to put them on and remember her!
@gragrn Mario makes the hairs on the back of my neck tingle. Wat a voice. .Pavorotti was v. different. Their two styles R v. different and I think they could not both hav sung the same songs . Love them both 4 different reasons.!
People may have joked about him, calling him Mario Labonza or Mario Lasagna because of his struggles with his weight problem, but such joking ceased quickly after his untimely death at age 38. In an odd sense he is a male counterpart to Karen Carpenter; two talents cut down in their primes, due to health problems somewhat attributable to emotional difficulties in their lives. He could have left us much more had his life run a more natural span, but what he DID leave us, is excellence.
@therealjoebloggs i would offer, respectfully, that the derision and refusal to accept his talent continues to this day, more than 50 years after his death. god forbid that the "know-it-alls" might ever admit they were wrong. instead, we welcome bocelli and credit him for bringing opera to the common man, the very thing we refused to allow lanza to do. THAT is what killed him.
While so many seem to compare Lanza with major Opera stars, whatever defects are in Mario's voice they are nothing since he was a truck driver with no voice training. He was discovered by Hollywood and that was the direction he went.... money, fame etc. Had he been trained for opera from youth like the others mentioned he might have been the worlds greatest tenor replacing Caruso and dwarfing Pav, Gedda, Carreras etc..
My grandmother loved Mario Lanza, she always said 'No-one sings like Mario' and this song always reminds me of her. I love it too, brings back a lot of happy memories.
Mario was great in his field-but Paverotti sang the classics better! Why? Listen to them both. Mario was the undesputed king of popular songs, but 'Pavvers' sounded out of place trying to sing the same stuff as Mario, yet he is light years in front of Mario on the classics because of better phrasing, diction, intonation, and in depth interpretation.
@123tromboneman i am going to propose that your comment actually supports my opinion that lanza was the better of the two. let's "score" them. according to your evaluation, lanza scores 100 for popular songs and pavarotti scores 100 for opera. however, while pavarotti scores 0 for popular music, you cannot give lanza the same score for opera. so, pavarotti's total score is 100 while lanza's score is somewhere between 100 & 200. think about it.
When I was a little girl I always envisioned a handsome man down on 1 knee, singing this song to me while looking up in my eyes! I was so smitten with Mario Lanza, singing this song! Too bad no one ever sang it for me. Thanks to the Internet and world wide web, I can hear Mario sing it whenever I like!!! mmmm! mmmm!
.........I have loved Mario Lanza since I was 16 years old. My then boyfriend ( later husband ) copied very song he sang. We later divorced but he went on to become a magnificent singer...we are now 66 years old and all these years he has been singing...recorded Be My Love on his album....to this day, when I listen to him sing Be My Love, I hear Mario Lanza.....still makes me cry..
I was brought up on this kind of music, and todays music is totally repulsive, if music stil had class and gumption such as this, i personally believe our world would be a better place. oh and im 21, lolololol
@bobwinkerbean I totally agreee with you. My mother used to make us listen to this kinda of music and I'm so glad I did. The older I got, the more I appreciated it. I used to have all his movies on 8 track, but since moving have lost them. God, I wish I had them now.
21....good for you for loving this kind of music!!! :)
Phenomenally sung the song. It shows all the technical artistry and beauty of voice. It's one of my favorites. A Mario Lanza sings it in a unique and characteristic way.
My god, this is the version that has resonated in me since childhood! I cannot thank you enough for this rediscovery {for me}. It is exactly how I remember it! God bless YouTube.
I just learned my grandfather grew up next door neighbors to Lanza in South Philly. Said he was a fun guy with a ton of character (and a little bit of a prankster) in addition to his impeccable voice!
It's one of the greatest shames he did not get to live longer!
I really enjoy Andrea Bochelli and class him as one of my favourite tenors; but i do have to say Mario Lanza has such a powerful voice and sings a good selection songs; therefore, i would have to put him down as one of my favourites as well
Re the comment about lip-synching. Only once did he ever lip-synch a TV appearance and it was unheard of that time. That type of cheating came much later!
Mario Lanza was in retrospect one of the Great Tenor Singers of all time! In my youth, he enjoyed world-wide acclaim! He deserves to be ranked right up there with more recent Opera Greats like Luciano Pavarotti!
His voice was a thing of beauty!
This song "Be My Love" was his classic and he sings it here LIVE in an incomparable performance! Wow! This is really beautiful!
Effortless and beautiful.. my dad use to listen to him every day, almost all the time he was at home so we all grew up singing his songs. When friends came over and the music was playing and we were walking around doing chores singing, they looked at us like "what is wrong with you guys, who of your generation sings/listens to this?" Today I collect him, his voice, songs, style, it's like hearing family when I hear him, and even my older bro was named after him :-)) Genius!!
Elvis loved singers who had that certain something, and who could reach and touch an audience. Mario Lanza was like that, and Elvis loved this guys incredible voice. Lanza heard of Elvis` admiration, and was quick to return the compliment.
here is another perspective. as a trained musician who has perfect pitch, i find the key of d-flat very "rich" and a wonderful vehicle for mario's fabulous voice. in the original recording, the jeff alexander singers introduce the c-major section and then provide back-up throughout the rest of the arrangement. it appears that in this performance, mario sang to the orchestra tracks without the choir. i would appreciate other assessments. best to all
The sheet music I have for this is in G major but I doubt he would be singing a G. Without piano next to computer I wouldnt be able to tell as dont have perfect pitch. And I wont be able to hold my relative pitch until I get back in because will hear other things in the meantime lol, Hope someone else helps you
@Solison actually, this incredibly beautiful orchestration makes use of an interesting musical "device". many "pop" arrangements include a "modulation" to a higher key in the final chorus. this arrangement modulates to a lower key. it begins in the key of d-flat and modulates "down" to the key of c-major. so, the final note sung by mario is indeed a high-"c". if i have not explained this well enough, please let me know.
@Solison That IS a high C - not higher.. Mario does a great job in hitting it that we tend to think it's higher. I just had my wife go to the piano and there it was.. High C
@Solison He was one of the very few who could hit a high C over C and still do it with power Caruso struggled his whole career to hit a real good C voice wise I have never heard a tenor as great as Lanza...Pavrotti said this also.
Komischer weise sterben alle gute Tenorsänger zu früh.....Rudolf schock,josef schmidt ,Wunderlich,Mario Lanza.............................Will Gott die besten alle für sich??
He shouldn't have had opera aspirations, as he sung this kind of thing so much better. But he was obsessed with trying to count as a 'real opera tenor'. He gave so many ppl so much joy in singing this kind of stuff, what's wrong with that? He doesn't have to qualify among the Carusos, Bjoerlings and Di Stefanos, he did this and he sure as hell was good at it.
OMG this reminds me so much of my dad, i lost his in 2003 aged 85, he was a wonderful dad, I miss him so much. They sure don`t make music like this amymore. I wish we could go back in time and have some decent mussic instead of the rubbish the knock out these days, ten a penny.
I grew up hearing my dad sing along with Mario Lanza.....This man evokes so many wonderful childhood memories.... Both his, and my dad's voice continue to ressonate in my heart.
Witch Ann Cappelletti, the sorceror of So. Philadelphia, 1/2 sister of Barbara Bush, witch daughters of Aleister Crowley, killed Mario's wife with a voodoo doll. No doubt she killed Mario because she wanted him and he didn't want her. I will post more when I learn it.
@WASYLCIW My dad also loved this song and Mario Lanza. I just emailed it to my sister; luckily, we were exposed to lots of great music, thanks to daddy.
Elvis? In what way? Enunciation, voice quality, repertoire choice, image, amount of formal training? Apples and oranges, although Elvis was excellent at what he did.
@foxyzzzzz One thing about Mario that I do know is that he absolutely hated formal training, he was a natural who just wanted to get in front of an audience and sing. I believe he and Elvis had the same kind of charisma. I get my info about Mario from good sources.
@dannyvanore No, Elvis loved Mario. Used to watch his movies all the time and loved his voice (I read it in a couple books actually). That was his main influence for recording It's Now Or Never and Surrender. Apples and oranges are both fruit! To answer your question, I guess some of his repertoire choices and image.
@dannyvanore Ironic you should mention Elvis - perhaps no star paralled Mario Lanza more than Elvis. Both died young (Elvis was 42; Lanza 38). Both had problems with overeating, and both men were addicts (Elvis to prescription drugs and Lanza to alcohol.) Both men have often been considered as the greatest singers of their time - perhaps no one has been praised by more entertainers than Lanza; it's unfortunate that he was his own worst enemy.
Wow that was awesome, I'm a singing impressionist in Las Vegas and he's my next impression ( I hope LOL ) Does anyone know where I can find the instrumental version of this song ?
Mario Lanza...greatest natural voice of the 20th Century. Mario needed only one take to record this despite the fact that he supposedly had "tied one on" the night before. The story goes that he was tossed in a shower and came on stage more sober and somewhat wet and as stated took just one take to record this. A true natural. The applause at the end is irritating as it covers up the last portion of his high C.
I had problems finding notes of this song,and then I had to write it "up" so I could sing the high C. At last,here it is. They say this song was made for Lanza,and he is great.I also like Domingo in it,(he does not sing the high C.) I would love to sing on "Memorial conserts" some of the songs Mario Lanza sang. In "Mini conserts" I sing La donna e mobile,O sole mio,(with a high C) Torna a Surriento,Nessun dorma and Be my love. Also
This is what being in love feels like.
misosoup35 6 days ago
this bring back memories of my dad thank you we sang me to sleep to mario lanza songs
anthonygarth100 1 week ago
Only God could give a Man a voice like His Love his songs and his amazing voice!
Kinseydsp 2 weeks ago
Beautiful Song Magnificent Voice
harrieteinstein 2 weeks ago
mario lanza , toda una epoca , una voz hermosa , despues el gusto para seleccionar el repertorio , ademas de lo operistico que era lo suyo , o de la cancion , y los grandes clasicos de los musicales , sus peliculas exitos de taquilla , igual sus discos -los vinilos- eran esperados con ansia , en mi pueblo habia un chico , que queria ser -el- , y se veastia con varias mudas de ropa para alcanzar su grueso , lo llamaban mario , lo que nunca supe , si era por su idolo o si era el suyo verdadero .
chichopandegloria1 2 weeks ago
Only God can give a voice like his! He will always be my favorite Tenor!
Kinseydsp 1 month ago
I love you, Mario Lanza. Even if you smoke.
omgbetch 1 month ago 2
I had such a crush on Mario way back when.
patty0130 1 month ago
to me, the greatest singer, tenor. the most personal, which can't be practiced. i was introduced to him by my mother. ha! i think she was tired of listening to me playing loud rock n roll in my room. he had this definite signature that stood out from the rest.
vinnynumbnuts 1 month ago
To me one of the greatest singers of all time. Every word he sang came from his heart! I love this song and street where you live! Such God Givewn talant.
Kinseydsp 2 months ago
I have listened to many different tenors but nobody can portray a song better than Mario Lanza. Also his voice seems to have that certain cut that makes it immediately stick out to you. Also nobody can sing high notes as clear as Mario Lanza... he has the perfect balance!
tenorwannabe12 2 months ago
hihi ich bin blond
EmiliaNoelleli843 2 months ago
BEST COVER EVER: watch?v=6if_zKV7Sqs
sinatratheopera 2 months ago
also ich wiege 300 kilo
RhodaMittiedw618 2 months ago
women alwaz go for the preety boys, just like men do 2 for women.. it has been that way though out history, however, if 1 lives long enough. u shall c, that it all comes down 2 money, so, marry the rich guy... but, in the mean, inbtween time, aint we got fun....
guido1365 3 months ago
@guido1365 haha. one of the most memorable comments for me thus far.
vinnynumbnuts 1 month ago
My mum loved Mario, Deano, Elvis, all tall dark & handsome just like my old man , whats that all about ? ? luv ya Mario
mebluu2 3 months ago
thumps down is not the download link
EkoJisBack 3 months ago
For me it was my Mom, she would wake me up at like 3 in the morning and get me to play her Mario Lanza albums, I hated them then, now I love to put them on and remember her!
wileywalt 3 months ago in playlist wileywalt's favorites
makes me purrrrrrrr
Etalimissa 4 months ago
Love Mario Lanza, always have and always will.
abundanceismine 4 months ago 2
So handsome and what a voice!
Marlenegail23 4 months ago 2
Mario discovers the Kindle.
missgreeneyes56 5 months ago
14 people who clicked dislike on this have a wood ears. I am sorry.
I just curious why listen to these people this music when don`t understand it !!!!????
hunlandsMom 5 months ago
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gragrn 5 months ago in playlist More videos from hackstuff
@gragrn Mario makes the hairs on the back of my neck tingle. Wat a voice. .Pavorotti was v. different. Their two styles R v. different and I think they could not both hav sung the same songs . Love them both 4 different reasons.!
julestheangel 5 months ago
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gragrn 5 months ago
People may have joked about him, calling him Mario Labonza or Mario Lasagna because of his struggles with his weight problem, but such joking ceased quickly after his untimely death at age 38. In an odd sense he is a male counterpart to Karen Carpenter; two talents cut down in their primes, due to health problems somewhat attributable to emotional difficulties in their lives. He could have left us much more had his life run a more natural span, but what he DID leave us, is excellence.
therealjoebloggs 5 months ago 19
@therealjoebloggs i would offer, respectfully, that the derision and refusal to accept his talent continues to this day, more than 50 years after his death. god forbid that the "know-it-alls" might ever admit they were wrong. instead, we welcome bocelli and credit him for bringing opera to the common man, the very thing we refused to allow lanza to do. THAT is what killed him.
jgraif 1 month ago
While so many seem to compare Lanza with major Opera stars, whatever defects are in Mario's voice they are nothing since he was a truck driver with no voice training. He was discovered by Hollywood and that was the direction he went.... money, fame etc. Had he been trained for opera from youth like the others mentioned he might have been the worlds greatest tenor replacing Caruso and dwarfing Pav, Gedda, Carreras etc..
globalman 5 months ago
14 people need hearing aids.
vikenevereklian 5 months ago 3
My grandmother loved Mario Lanza, she always said 'No-one sings like Mario' and this song always reminds me of her. I love it too, brings back a lot of happy memories.
l1e2d3z4 5 months ago
superstar
MultiKent777 5 months ago in playlist oldie
Mario was great in his field-but Paverotti sang the classics better! Why? Listen to them both. Mario was the undesputed king of popular songs, but 'Pavvers' sounded out of place trying to sing the same stuff as Mario, yet he is light years in front of Mario on the classics because of better phrasing, diction, intonation, and in depth interpretation.
123tromboneman 6 months ago
@123tromboneman i am going to propose that your comment actually supports my opinion that lanza was the better of the two. let's "score" them. according to your evaluation, lanza scores 100 for popular songs and pavarotti scores 100 for opera. however, while pavarotti scores 0 for popular music, you cannot give lanza the same score for opera. so, pavarotti's total score is 100 while lanza's score is somewhere between 100 & 200. think about it.
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When I was a little girl I always envisioned a handsome man down on 1 knee, singing this song to me while looking up in my eyes! I was so smitten with Mario Lanza, singing this song! Too bad no one ever sang it for me. Thanks to the Internet and world wide web, I can hear Mario sing it whenever I like!!! mmmm! mmmm!
tubebitch12 6 months ago
Pavarotti, Caruso, Domingo had nothing on Lanza..the power of his voice was incomparable!
MrMalibug 6 months ago 2
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tubebitch12 6 months ago
.........I have loved Mario Lanza since I was 16 years old. My then boyfriend ( later husband ) copied very song he sang. We later divorced but he went on to become a magnificent singer...we are now 66 years old and all these years he has been singing...recorded Be My Love on his album....to this day, when I listen to him sing Be My Love, I hear Mario Lanza.....still makes me cry..
DFbighair 6 months ago
I was brought up on this kind of music, and todays music is totally repulsive, if music stil had class and gumption such as this, i personally believe our world would be a better place. oh and im 21, lolololol
bobwinkerbean 7 months ago
@bobwinkerbean I totally agreee with you. My mother used to make us listen to this kinda of music and I'm so glad I did. The older I got, the more I appreciated it. I used to have all his movies on 8 track, but since moving have lost them. God, I wish I had them now.
21....good for you for loving this kind of music!!! :)
themsbadgurl 6 months ago
@themsbadgurl Thnk yoo :)
bobwinkerbean 6 months ago
WAT A SONG WAT VOICE WISH WE HAD MUSIC LIKE THIS TODAY!>
julestheangel 7 months ago 7
Phenomenally sung the song. It shows all the technical artistry and beauty of voice. It's one of my favorites. A Mario Lanza sings it in a unique and characteristic way.
emieszu 7 months ago
Sublime!!! SUperb!!! oh the years have passed, indeed.
ogijjgroluan 7 months ago
brought back so many wonderful memories jass
ajass72 7 months ago
brought back so many wonderful memories
ajass72 7 months ago
Absolutely gorgeous!
DancingDukess 7 months ago in playlist Truth About MJ (tinyurl.com/michaeljacksonvideos)
stunning... and when he reaches that note at the end, it's simply breathtaking!
sarahmartine 7 months ago 2
WONDERFUL AND GREAT MARIO!!!!
ciceracornu 7 months ago
My god, this is the version that has resonated in me since childhood! I cannot thank you enough for this rediscovery {for me}. It is exactly how I remember it! God bless YouTube.
barochial 7 months ago
And to think this is the "inferior" coca cola show version of this song
ronaldo190172 7 months ago
The last note is a high C. My dad has sung this song several times.
RockNRollMusicChick 7 months ago
I <3 50th !!
MiissFebruary 8 months ago
Its very very beautiful. The voice
jfarahjunior 8 months ago
His most popular? Only his music can speak for him. Who can doubt?
raymondharbin 8 months ago
It's a C, alright.
johnnycchops 8 months ago
Mario! the world's "greatest" tenor!
Ihatebluesmusic 8 months ago 2
It is a high c,beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
299manuel 9 months ago
I was a High F in the last note of the song that Lanza sang which was one note above High C
HuggzFaerie 9 months ago
him and katherine jenkings what a duo
bplay40 9 months ago
He died pretty much the same way Micheal Jackson did. Poor Bastard didn't live to see 40.
jamesholz63 9 months ago
I just learned my grandfather grew up next door neighbors to Lanza in South Philly. Said he was a fun guy with a ton of character (and a little bit of a prankster) in addition to his impeccable voice!
It's one of the greatest shames he did not get to live longer!
papercakes 9 months ago
Lanza Had a much stronger voice and better control than Bochelli
allen141965 9 months ago
I really enjoy Andrea Bochelli and class him as one of my favourite tenors; but i do have to say Mario Lanza has such a powerful voice and sings a good selection songs; therefore, i would have to put him down as one of my favourites as well
wommywoo17 9 months ago
Re the comment about lip-synching. Only once did he ever lip-synch a TV appearance and it was unheard of that time. That type of cheating came much later!
SCHMIDT4ever 9 months ago
The best of the greatest!
KentuckyJet 10 months ago
The most magnificent expression of the passion of love.
barbaraimperial 10 months ago
The best!!!!
cspresta 10 months ago
Frissons
decodeme98 10 months ago
это моя самая- самая любимая песня 20 века!И самый гениальный исполнитель!
MarikaNovikova 11 months ago
A true high "C."
MrSammyscroll 11 months ago
QUE Opera mas linda!
cristianhmo 11 months ago
MARIO LANZA - ALL TIME GREAT TENOR!
Mario Lanza was in retrospect one of the Great Tenor Singers of all time! In my youth, he enjoyed world-wide acclaim! He deserves to be ranked right up there with more recent Opera Greats like Luciano Pavarotti!
His voice was a thing of beauty!
This song "Be My Love" was his classic and he sings it here LIVE in an incomparable performance! Wow! This is really beautiful!
jefflevin7 11 months ago
@jefflevin7 - THis is not live. TV and move performances were always lip-synched. He is wonderful! Gorgeous color and fluidity.
sopranosd 11 months ago
he s not Ray Liotta?closely resembles
melian39 1 year ago
@melian39 Pues no es Ray Liotta, es el gran MARIO LANZA. ¿Y ante una voz como ésta solo se te ocurre decir que se parece a Ray L.?
alpesedelweiss 10 months ago
MASTER
jrjacques 1 year ago
Effortless and beautiful.. my dad use to listen to him every day, almost all the time he was at home so we all grew up singing his songs. When friends came over and the music was playing and we were walking around doing chores singing, they looked at us like "what is wrong with you guys, who of your generation sings/listens to this?" Today I collect him, his voice, songs, style, it's like hearing family when I hear him, and even my older bro was named after him :-)) Genius!!
suzannejoseph 1 year ago
That note IS a high C - not higher... Lovely as it is, Mario does it justice!
ManagerGuy1 1 year ago
Elvis loved singers who had that certain something, and who could reach and touch an audience. Mario Lanza was like that, and Elvis loved this guys incredible voice. Lanza heard of Elvis` admiration, and was quick to return the compliment.
Machomannorway 1 year ago
It was a C, beautifully turned over!
mikkimus 1 year ago
ELVIS AND LANZA MET BRIEFLY WHILST BOTH WERE RESIDING AT HOLYWOOD.
LANZA WAS APPROX 15 YEARS ELVIS' SENIOR.
HE WAS ONE OF ELVIS' SINGING IDOLS.
TRAGIC THAT LANZA DIED AT 38 AND ELVIS AT 42!!
ecapa0020 1 year ago
Gorgeous. He has to be the most underrated singer of all time.
nia218 1 year ago
breathtaking :) he makes me fall in love with him, again and again... !!!! (L)
MozarTeena 1 year ago
My mother made me play him late at night when she came home from the bar, I hated it then....I LOVE it now, I listen and remember her.
wileywalt 1 year ago
What a voice.
kevandsue50 1 year ago
the last note is C#.
BrettSinclair333 1 year ago
the REAL IRONY HERE is that this is a live performance, which all the nay-sayers loved to comment that he was incapable of doing. enough said.
jgraif 1 year ago 2
Fantastic!! A real singer thanks for posting !!
Ianandsyd 1 year ago 2
for my mother Thank you <3 be my love<3
angel612010 1 year ago
Mamma <3
angel612010 1 year ago
8 people have no taste.
TripleThreatUS 1 year ago 27
8 people clicked dislike on this???!?! huh??
Spooly 1 year ago 12
thats wat u call an art - ist? xD
haichandee 1 year ago
I can,t help admiring his voice!!!It is perfect!!!
SuperNvt 1 year ago
Great voice!!Great Artist!!!Great!!
elviskingintheworld 1 year ago 2
here is another perspective. as a trained musician who has perfect pitch, i find the key of d-flat very "rich" and a wonderful vehicle for mario's fabulous voice. in the original recording, the jeff alexander singers introduce the c-major section and then provide back-up throughout the rest of the arrangement. it appears that in this performance, mario sang to the orchestra tracks without the choir. i would appreciate other assessments. best to all
jgraif 1 year ago
It is the high C
mactopolis 1 year ago
@mactopolis High C,Yes.I sing this also to high C.Would like to sing on a "tribute consert" about this great tenor.I sing Be my love and O sole mio.
You can se that on youtube....
karifrid 1 year ago
co nota, - to požitek- nádhera!
zdevol7 1 year ago
wonderfull , magic , superb.
kombatzero 1 year ago
In my eyes the best opera, belcanto and music hall singer of all time.
This song he sang many times for his wife.
RIP.
theflowerpower01 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS SONG AS ALL OF HIS MUSIC THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL MUSIC
WONDERFUL!!!
shamley10 1 year ago 2
Fantastico.................
kittykooky 1 year ago
oh my god... it's so beautifull...
Nbtn86 1 year ago 3
World's Greatest Tenor!
omgbetch 1 year ago 2
lol, love how he just flicks the cigarette then launches into the climax of the song!!! :D
donerlich 1 year ago
Your probably singing to God right about now with that beautiful voice.
=.]
bryanshaun 1 year ago
look at his face dam those r some best expressions face ive seen i can hi emotions
Agomongo1235 1 year ago
Love the song, and when I was young I had such a crush on Mario Lanza...
queenie1935 1 year ago
superb i'm writing this with tears in my eyes my dad used to sing this he introduced this man to me .............incredible
hobbily 1 year ago
Sweet!
I found this song in the 1951 chart @ billboardvideos.(net)
999clever 1 year ago
Mario was the best :-)
Ginger0803 1 year ago 4
I just introduced my Grandfather to youtube, this was his first video, and he was wall impressed, thanks....
madnuts123 1 year ago 4
Simply the best!
80sweregr8 1 year ago 3
That' last note... has to be higher than a High C.. anyone know what it is?
Solison 1 year ago 18
@Solison It's a C
LibbySingsMezzo 1 year ago
@Solison
The sheet music I have for this is in G major but I doubt he would be singing a G. Without piano next to computer I wouldnt be able to tell as dont have perfect pitch. And I wont be able to hold my relative pitch until I get back in because will hear other things in the meantime lol, Hope someone else helps you
nezkeys79 1 year ago
@Solison The last note is High C.
tomissilly 1 year ago
@Solison
igancedo 1 year ago
@Solison actually, this incredibly beautiful orchestration makes use of an interesting musical "device". many "pop" arrangements include a "modulation" to a higher key in the final chorus. this arrangement modulates to a lower key. it begins in the key of d-flat and modulates "down" to the key of c-major. so, the final note sung by mario is indeed a high-"c". if i have not explained this well enough, please let me know.
jgraif 1 year ago
@Solison ya, it's vitamin D
bruce77ch 1 year ago
@Solison ya, it's vitamin D
bruce77ch 1 year ago
@Solison That IS a high C - not higher.. Mario does a great job in hitting it that we tend to think it's higher. I just had my wife go to the piano and there it was.. High C
ManagerGuy1 1 year ago
@Solison A High C.
Glaesz28UwO 1 year ago
@Solison : I think it is exactly a High C.
elias002UT 11 months ago
@Solison
It's an E. just about
kcheck21 10 months ago
@Solison It's a C. He just does it so brilliantly, it sounds higher. Chills!!!
Speezerina 9 months ago
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@Solison It's a C. He just does it so brilliantly, it sounds higher. Chills!!!
Speezerina 9 months ago
@Solison He was one of the very few who could hit a high C over C and still do it with power Caruso struggled his whole career to hit a real good C voice wise I have never heard a tenor as great as Lanza...Pavrotti said this also.
jillfredtofred 9 months ago 2
@Solison : it is a high C, not higher
tudorax 9 months ago
@Solison
an e-flat?! i think. goodness it's unimaginable how he does it without constricting his nards. i'm full of awe
serjia88 8 months ago
it is a high C
AndyIsca 8 months ago
@Solison Thank You all For the replies :)
Solison 8 months ago
@Solison It's a C5.
Jextxadore 8 months ago
@Solison No its a C, C5 to be exact
CollegeboundMu 7 months ago
Komischer weise sterben alle gute Tenorsänger zu früh.....Rudolf schock,josef schmidt ,Wunderlich,Mario Lanza.............................Will Gott die besten alle für sich??
Man hört heutzutage kaum noch solche Sänger
59uschi 1 year ago
@59uschi And the best Latvian tenor Jānis Zābers (1935 - 1973), too.
Though not "komischer weise".
strauja 1 year ago
WONDERFUL!!!!
BarryAtlBch 1 year ago 3
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lucillebambina 1 year ago
the great ronnie james dio was inspired vocally by this man. love it.
silveraindrop75 1 year ago
I would argue that Caruso or even Roy Orbison were better.
SupaFlyGangsta1 1 year ago
He shouldn't have had opera aspirations, as he sung this kind of thing so much better. But he was obsessed with trying to count as a 'real opera tenor'. He gave so many ppl so much joy in singing this kind of stuff, what's wrong with that? He doesn't have to qualify among the Carusos, Bjoerlings and Di Stefanos, he did this and he sure as hell was good at it.
mozzrt 1 year ago 3
OMG this reminds me so much of my dad, i lost his in 2003 aged 85, he was a wonderful dad, I miss him so much. They sure don`t make music like this amymore. I wish we could go back in time and have some decent mussic instead of the rubbish the knock out these days, ten a penny.
rosechris48 1 year ago 4
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NADYASANDIEGO 1 year ago
I grew up hearing my dad sing along with Mario Lanza.....This man evokes so many wonderful childhood memories.... Both his, and my dad's voice continue to ressonate in my heart.
ClassicOperaGirl100 1 year ago
gma2441 I can't believe anyone would compare him with
Sam Cooke. It's not even the same ball park
gma2441 1 year ago
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Witch Ann Cappelletti, the sorceror of So. Philadelphia, 1/2 sister of Barbara Bush, witch daughters of Aleister Crowley, killed Mario's wife with a voodoo doll. No doubt she killed Mario because she wanted him and he didn't want her. I will post more when I learn it.
074August 1 year ago
beautifully done.Mario Laanza the greatest
pogi022534 1 year ago
@pogi022534 No Caruso.. Pavarotti even said "Caruso is the base of the building for all tenors."
SupaFlyGangsta1 1 year ago
no sam cooke but its goodish
themrduragss 1 year ago
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sinti6 1 year ago
Much too early to leave us
God needed him more i guess
Realmasterorder 1 year ago
Had such a powerful and excellant voice.
sscalise03 1 year ago
The greatest tenor that ever lived was Caruso. Mario was great , but not as great as Enrico. Listen on you tube.
assunta324 1 year ago
fantastic , a true master of song, my dad loved him , both gone now but never ever forgotten .xxx
mitzi283 1 year ago 3
He was just breathtaking, as I learned from my mom. Every year at Christmas she would play his version of O Holy Night throughout the holiday season.
cindy55intexas 1 year ago
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cindy55intexas 1 year ago
Be MY LOVE Mario!!!!!...WOW..goosebumps....Damn!...they dont make em like that anymore ;) <3
ManonChaton 1 year ago
Great voice indeed.
Cantachepassa 1 year ago
What a voice!! What a romantic song...
jcsiegelman 1 year ago
my dads favorite song sadley he passed away 10 years ago but as soon as i hear it think of the use to sing this all the timw
WASYLCIW 1 year ago
@WASYLCIW My dad also loved this song and Mario Lanza. I just emailed it to my sister; luckily, we were exposed to lots of great music, thanks to daddy.
mamhs116 1 year ago
Ahhh .. no words are able to express my feelings .. to his voice.. am 67 yrs .. brings back memories... well done Mario!
ruary5 1 year ago
Hermosa cancion magnífico interprete a quien recordaremos siempre
Saluda 8Romantica
8Romantica 1 year ago
Like wow..that's beautiful.
KeiraTheWolfx3 1 year ago 2
what a singer
ozrics62 1 year ago
Mario was awesome! Elvis was inspired by him and you can tell!
dannyvanore 1 year ago 13
@dannyvanore
Elvis? In what way? Enunciation, voice quality, repertoire choice, image, amount of formal training? Apples and oranges, although Elvis was excellent at what he did.
foxyzzzzz 1 year ago
@foxyzzzzz One thing about Mario that I do know is that he absolutely hated formal training, he was a natural who just wanted to get in front of an audience and sing. I believe he and Elvis had the same kind of charisma. I get my info about Mario from good sources.
dannyvanore 1 year ago
@dannyvanore No, Elvis loved Mario. Used to watch his movies all the time and loved his voice (I read it in a couple books actually). That was his main influence for recording It's Now Or Never and Surrender. Apples and oranges are both fruit! To answer your question, I guess some of his repertoire choices and image.
dannyvanore 1 year ago
@dannyvanore Ironic you should mention Elvis - perhaps no star paralled Mario Lanza more than Elvis. Both died young (Elvis was 42; Lanza 38). Both had problems with overeating, and both men were addicts (Elvis to prescription drugs and Lanza to alcohol.) Both men have often been considered as the greatest singers of their time - perhaps no one has been praised by more entertainers than Lanza; it's unfortunate that he was his own worst enemy.
jimraw1 1 year ago
@jimraw1 Yep, unfortunately both of them!
dannyvanore 1 year ago
Beautifully sung!
paulostroff99 1 year ago
Wow that was awesome, I'm a singing impressionist in Las Vegas and he's my next impression ( I hope LOL ) Does anyone know where I can find the instrumental version of this song ?
johneboysarno 1 year ago
brunobrandy 1 year ago 4
My Dads favourite. brings back great memories of him.
maccafan10 1 year ago 5
What a glorious, emotional voice! What a shame he was never in opera. (At least they had REAL singers, once upon a time...)
moloch49 1 year ago
I had problems finding notes of this song,and then I had to write it "up" so I could sing the high C. At last,here it is. They say this song was made for Lanza,and he is great.I also like Domingo in it,(he does not sing the high C.) I would love to sing on "Memorial conserts" some of the songs Mario Lanza sang. In "Mini conserts" I sing La donna e mobile,O sole mio,(with a high C) Torna a Surriento,Nessun dorma and Be my love. Also
(Arias from Tosca and Tosti songs....)
karifrid 1 year ago