Mario Lanza - Granada

[brianoh99]

I disagree, I doubt that the composer would have ever expected such an incredible rendition. Lanza - the greatest tenor!!! If you don't believe me, answer this question - who else could give such a performance? Noone I know of.

[songster56]

I've heard pop singers, opera singers and everybody in between perform this song but nobody does it better than Mario Lanza. His voice the power, range, beauty and control to sing this song the way the composer intended it to be sung.

[n1950m]

Mario Lanza had just passed away when I was born. When I was old enough to understand . His songs and movies were still played frequently. His voice was outstanding.I believe he was from Philadelphia, PA. It's truly a shame he died young. Now that I'm a senior citizen myself it brings back wonderful memories of his great talent. Without youtube we'd never have access to such wondeful things.

[jillfredtofred]

After 40 years of hearing the greatest tenor voices its so clear Lanza was the best of the best voice wise even Pav said this and so did carraras. But Corelli is right up there.

[AugustusOctavianus8]

I'll give him this one. He owns this song.

[Kenshin22able]

Mario and Fritz sang the best GRANADA ever!!!

[billyguns2]

@Kenshin22able I agree, and would include Franco Corelli's almost superhuman recording as well.

[ronaldo190172]

THE definitive version. All other tenors have copied and failed to surpass, end of

[TheLormad]

Complimenti ! ! !  Sto piange...

[gallantentry]

His voice was 'GRANADA'! :) The greatest tenor I've ever heard and probably will ever hear on this earth.

[gallantentry]

His voice was 'GRANADA'!  :) The greatest tenor I've ever heard and probably will ever hear on this earth.

[paddyboyobrien]

POWERFUL SONG...UNFORGETABLE TENOR..........

[JIMY45GR]

ranada, tierra sonada por mi, mi cantar se vuelve gitano cuando es para ti. Mi cantar, hecho de fantasia; mi cantar, flor de melancolia, que yo te vengo a dar. Granada, tierra ensangrentada en tardes de toros, mujer que conserva el embrujo de los ojos moros. De sueno, rebelde, gitana cubierta de flores, y beso tu boca de grana, jugosa manzana que me habla de amores. Granada, manola, cantada en coplas preciosas, no tengo otra cosa que darte que un ramo de rosas,

[JoseVillamor]

PONE LOS PELOS DE PUNTA , ESTE ARREGLO DE ORQUESTA TIENE MAS DE 60 AÑOS, ES ESPECTACULAR, EN AQUEL TIEMPO SE HACIAN LAS GRABACIONES CONJUNTAMENTE, C ANTANTE + ORQUESTA, ESO DEMUESTRA LA CALILDAD DE MARIO LANZA, QUE NOS HA METIDO EL VIRUS EN EL CUERPO A MUCHOS DE NOSOTROS...........

[velociraptor65BC]

wow

[Raf90pazen]

Además es de las versiones más agudas de Granada. EN Fa M, aunque tiene otra en Fa # M. Dice flor de melincolía

[naert1]

great upload - definitely the best.

[naert1]

Jose Carreras puts it best in his tribute to Lanza as the greatest performance of this classic

[1usctroj]

I love this song, and to me as a woman of Mexican descent, it is my favorite version. Mario sings it with the proper passion and feelling. While the City of San Francisco gave Tony Bennett the key to the city, the city of Granada gave Mr. Augustin Lara a villa in the city! I have to listen to this at least three times in a row..

[terezinhadeje]

Mário Lanza, você partiu mas deixou sua voz no mundo, para embalar nossos corações.

[ynnor2z]

Heaven, Mario, cant wait!

[ronaldo190172]

The definitive version, end of

[paolonove65]

Fantastico! Grandissima voce!

[ghardvyu]

He has a twin brother : FRITZ WUNDERLICH

[Aetion]

@ghardvyu

Not exactly. Wunderlich is singing the song his (also wonderful) way.

[ghardvyu]

I mean, this word, WONDERFUL, made them twins, long time before our conversation.Their voices are both WONDERFUL.Their destiny, their age, their short lifes.Everything about them it's WONDERUL.It's a phantastic chance for us to have this two titans now, here, anytime...

Sorry, I'm no so good in English...but I'm shure you got the idea...

[Juanmanuelccs]

Tantos que le han interpretado, pero me quedo con el de mario lanza, es impresionante.... Una Joya....

[Markoloppogus]

I like Corelli's version better, but just by 0.1 points.

[naert1]

@Markoloppogus Corelli's great but never saw the day he could do this like lanza

[quietdepths]

I agree with you Operafilli...stupendous!

[Operafilli]

My favorite Granada for 55 years. I even prefer it to Corelli's. And I'm a Corelli fanatic Il sacriligio!!!

[HangMe777]

Amazing.

[abutubar]

god bless mario the giant,

BIG LOSS

he is timeless

[stevevandien]

The only "Granada" I recall that approaches Lanza's version is Fritz Wunderlich's marvelous rendition in German -- Domingo, much as I love him, did not command the high tessitura sufficiently to make his version the best, though it is certainly worth a listen --

[WilliamHW]

Resendiz (5 months ago) said,, "The only other tenor who comes close is Placido, but damn, Lanza blows this one out of the water LITERALLY!"

Resendiz, We share appreciation for the same two tenors!

I enjoy Mario Lanza and Placido Domingo.

Of those tenors who are world renoun and recorded, Mario Lanza and Placido Domingo are my favorites.

Have you viewed the video docomentary about Mario Lanza hosted and narrated, on camera by Placido Domingo who confessed his admiration for Mario?

[DeanMartinFollower]

no i have not (this is Resendiz, but new name) can you send me the link?

[jackfrost281]

domingo has nothing

[nizza54]

thanks for this video and the song..5*

[tenorul]

superb

[1979DARA]

Si quieren escuchar una mejor versión vean la de Alfredo Sadel

[Resendiz]

The only other tenor who comes close is Placido, but damn, Lanza blows this one out of the water LITERALLY!

[ShawDAMAN]

Lanza is my favorite tenor he IS awesome. Try Fritz Wunderlichs version though, you'll like it.

[colabama]

thanks for posting

[rico1357]

Nobody matches his interpretation of this song. In one of his movies he sings a song called ay ay ay. Placido Domingo sings it on one of the videos on youtube. Sure wish, someone would post Mario's ay ay ay, which has no equal.

[GermanOperaSinger]

My ears tell me that's a high C at the end! A flawless one too! Amazing...

[DrumDisciple1]

You're right. There's another version from a movie he performed in where he takes it to a C#, equally effortless. His range was low A to high D.

[che155]

Grande!

[cyfieithydd]

I have many Lanza LPs, but nothing to play them at the moment. Wonderful to hear this sunshine filled voice again.

[Etnalleb]

cyfieithydd. Almost all of Mario's recordings including this one are now out on CD. So no excuse not to hear the Greatest Singer of all time.

[moorfan1]

what idiot gave this recording 3 stars? This is one of the definitive recordings by ANY singer of this song.

6 stars!

[Yoni89]

i have a troll who follows my videos and rates them all 1 star, someone else rated 5.

:P

[JCGreenEyes]

Ignore the troll, IT will go away...Thanx for ALL of your ML masterpieces...5 stars are NOT enough!!!

[dimare3]

Maybe they made a mistake when they rated it 3 stars.