Mario Lanza- RARE 1952 Musica proibita (Gastaldon)

[meshell86]

i do agree...this is one of his best.......sadly the "fat farms" as he called them...i do believe is in part of what killed him. crash dieting and the mob...go and figure

[Lubolisa73]

these are singers, these are songs! Thank you so much. Please, enjoy my own video: Luisa Novellino 2010 - Caro Nome, Rigoletto, G Verdi

See you soon. Luisa

[hashatz]

This is a beautiful redition of this specially moving song. But for me, the best all around performance remains Caruso's

[NoPunches]

This was the BEST Mario Lanzo recording I've ever heard. How absolutely incredible. Thank you for sharing! PERFECTO!

[georchris42]

I have been a Lanza fan for 60 years and still get shivers when I hear him sing. Such a pitty he died so young. Thanks for making these recordings available. George Christinson Australia

[OPERA1113]

THE BEST OF THE BEST THEN NOW & ALWAYS. GAVE THE WORLD SUCH BEAUTY. TY 4 POSTING.

[GrandmotherMimi]

Thank you very much for this posting! My favorite singer singing my favorite Italian song! His voice just resonates with bell-like claity!

[Jedermann101]

Bravo! Viva Mario! Viva l'Italia!

Miguel

[SHICOFF1]

@PREMIEREOPERA 1 I agree with you as far as this recording goes. Gigli's recording of this in the 20's I believe, is just fantastic and I have said that long ago. Lanza had a great voice of course and his best Italian songs IMO are on an album originally released and titled as Mario! just a couple of years before he died. JB. Never recorded this and really he recorded very few Italian songs, early di stefano was great in Italian songs . I Love Bjorling but so many of his fans are snobs.

[premiereopera1]

the best recording of this song is by Gigli, and is on Youtube! Lanza is good, but cannot hold a candle to Gigli, IMO.

[wenarto]

whoah....I am surprised, it is one of the BEST

[jgraif]

lanza at his very best...only 32 years old. to me, it's the sheer clarity of his voice that sets him apart from so many of the others. it is indeed fortunate that he made so many wonderful recordings and we can continue to enjoy them. i wonder what would have happened if he had somehow regained control over his life and actually opened la scala in 1959. he might very well have taken the opera world by storm. i can, however, imagine he "know-it-alls" still trying to put him down.

[StuartLou]

This was the first recording of this song i ever heard- It was Lanza (when i was very young) who got me 'hooked' on opera. I'll always love it.

[andyroma72]

CHE BEL TIMBRO

[SuperDevinci]

merci!

[marcusantonius90]

Pure genius. He should have lived forever.

[MrSkylark1]

Mario Lanza did more for opera and classical music as a film star. There will never be another like Lanza.

[paulostroff99]

Beautifully sung!

[nostringsleft]

vorreeei baciaaaaaaaaaaaare i tuooooooooi capeeeeeeeeeeelli neeeeeeeeeeriiiiiiiiii

[corellithebest]

And I must say that I agree that Lanza's interpretation is far better than Del Monaco's here on YouTube. Lanza's interpretation is a perfect combination of passion and tenderness, exactly what this song requires!

[corellithebest]

Does anyone here happen to know who that lady on the photo with him is? His wife perhaps?

[badpdx]

It looks like Kathryn Grayson, his friend and co-star in his first two films.

[khankonchak]

No, corellithebest is correct: that is his wife, Betty Hicks Lanza (1922-1960).

[corellithebest]

Yes, Khankonchak, I was not sure, but I saw photos of her on his website, and the lady on these photos here looks alike. As I understood from Mario's website, she was not Italian-American like him, but American. Yes, I know, she basically died shortly after her husband (aged only 37), because, as it says on his website, she didn't have the strength to live without him. How sad!

[paulostroff99]

corelli the best-What do you mean by American and not Italian /American- native (Indian) American? Do you simply mean Anglo/American?

[corellithebest]

@paulostroff99 Yes, I meant Anglo-American.

[badpdx]

Sorry, I was looking at the still of Lanza with Kathryn Grayson and didn't see the one with Betty. There are pictures of both of them.

[corellithebest]

@Badpdx Then which is Kathryn Grayson? Because to me the ladies from these two photos look alike. Probably the second is Grayson then? (the one at dinner at the restaurant)

[badpdx]

The first woman is Betty Hicks (Lanza's wife), reading Hemingway. The beautiful woman in the dinner scene from the film THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS, is Kathryn Grayson. She was a good friend of Lanza's for the rest of his life, and briefly took care of his children after his wife died.

[corellithebest]

Thanks! Then it's as I thought. :)

[greenislandl]

MARIO IS THE BEST FOR ALL THE TIMES!

[pedurrod]

Mario had the best voice, and is definitely among the greatest ever.

[oistrakh19081974]

definitively the best musica proibita is by di stefano in 1944.

[halavey]

I remember Terry telling me the story in the 60's way before the book Jussi came out exactly as it is in the book , when I lived in Los Angeles and he said they told him who to play and did not like Tagliavini at all but did play Tucker, Di Stefano and Lanza himself. They got along but got drunk and has fune listening to Records. The Book is Jussi by Andrew Farkus and a good one really well written with Mrs. B.

[halavey]

yes they both got loaded and it was Terry Robinson. who was playing records for them but it was not Anna Lisa Bjorling at the house with them-- it was an executive from the mangement co. who drove Jussi to the lanza house, Betty Lanza did not feel well and was upstairs so it was Jussi and his driver and JB had to work the very next day and the driver walked Jussi out of course and Terry says Jussi probably fell asleep in the car as they both where very into the drinks. Lanza fell asleep.

[rouman7]

even di stefano, and corelli rated lanza. and they are so right, a voice no one else can better.............

[796824]

Lanza was the student of ENRICO ROSATI who taught the eminent tenor, BENIAMINO GIGLI. Lanza always acknowledged that he owed everything to Rosati

[halavey]

He sang the Butterfly in 1948 not 49 and he also sang merry wives, the role of fenton but that was it as far as staged complete opera. He never ever sang 30 roles but Tucker sang 30 roles, maybe that was who he meant. I never read in the jussi book in the chapter about lanza, jussi saying mario made him cry but maybe he did. Tucker told me Lanza could have been the greatest in the world and he meant in opera. I don't believe many second hand stories very often

[Lovelytenor1]

Did you read in Mrs B's book where they visited the Lanza's at home? Mrs B had to help Jussi to the car & Mario was so plowed he couldn't get out of his chair to see them out.

Mario seemed to get this one right. He sings w/taste & restraint & seems to understand what he was doing. Just listened to MdM sing it- just awful.

Met Tucker after a concert. He was most kind when he found that i was a young tenor. He was delighted to hear that I was studying w/a cantor.

[toots440]

maginificent voicw no one can compare

voice of the century he can sing anything.

[dimare3]

Jeff does an outstanding job of finding and restoring gems like this. He is great at what he does. It breaks my heart, though, that he likes to stir a little dirt about ML. I don't think it is because he doesn't like ML. He surely does. Perhaps he just likes to seem like an authority.

[marionegri2]

mastechief!

[BelleRouve]

Simply gorgeous!

[KOHINOOR777]

Thanks to Jeff Rense for rescuing this gem from the RCA vault, cleaning and meticulously remastering it, and presenting it for the first time in pristine condition in his CD 'I'll See You In My Dreams'. At least one of Jeff's digitally-restored photos are also here, especially the final photo in which he was able to pull up the entire background out of near blackness. Credit where credit is due. Thanks, Jeff!

[garjay]

Simply the best..

[donfrancesco]

Come on man...what a voice....powerful velvet that would melt ANY heart....natural talent not heard, seen, felt, eaten, or otherwise that often.

[rouman7]

in great voice, the legend lanza.....

[muuha14]

What a voice! what emotions! Thank you!

[comunnn]

quanto è bella questa voce.sei tra i miei preferiti.

[Phaidra69]

i wish i was a tenor and could sing this wonderful song ...a song for male voices . Lanza gives an unforgettable , unique interpretation ....i like all in his voice , the correct articulation - each word is being heard clear - the right use of dynamics of sound and his beautiful legato ...how many singers today can sing a musical phrase " legato " ?

[thechinadesk]

Why not transpose it down?

As long as you don't transpose it down too far, it should sound fine.

[gcmarkm]

Dear fans &lovers of m-Mario,which i belong to since i have heard him 1st time .Please open "Musica proibita" drug down to the name Muslim Magomaev and hear his absolutly unbelievable bariton.Yuo will fall in love.And please post yuor impression.This guy was onli 21 when recordet this song.Gcmarkm

[ShawDAMAN]

Yes I much prefer this to the 1959 recording.

[JIMY45GR]

bella voza, listen to be my love in related videos jimy haji

[lucianobustelli]

la potenzia e la suavità della voce di

Lanza..Perfecto.....

(The Power and the softly voice of Lanza..Perfect......)

grazie

(Thanks)

I Love This Song!!!

L.Bustelli

[bettygirven8]

This is one I never heard! Now it is in my favorites ---- Thank you!!

[MITYF]

Only now, dear friend Oarv! I found this wonderful vídeo you dedicate to me.Thank you very much! I love Mario Lanza`s voice.

5* and my favorites.

A hug from Porto. Maria Inês.

[dimare3]

MITYF, Do you mean Porto Emperocles? My ancestors come from there. Best to you. This song is in our blood. Isn't it gorgeous.

[oarv]

I just came here to dedicate it to my new friend Maria Ines...

[lucianobustelli]

Lanza for ever.....bella voce, potenza e molta passione quando canta, non ho vosto niente come lui...

[dimare3]

Grazie. Too beatiful to describe. Grazie.

[oarv]

...lanza + fine wine + nice company + candles +peace and love = a perfect night.

[tommasomunari]

per me una delle più belle interpretazioni! Grazie

[singinginachurch]

The best recording of Musica Proibita that I`ve heard so far.

[blakemooney]

I can't remember but did Mario Lanza ever sing a full opera? I suppose he did but I only recall several movies he was in and that they had a hard time keeping his voice dark--he tended, I'd heard, to go "white" and lose color. I listened now and remember his problem with weight and how Hollywood really had him tied up. Then he got sick and abruptly died at an early age. It was a sad ending for Mario and his wife also. I don't know why he never got matters under control though. Tragic.

[xilpix]

Lanza sung only 1 opera. He was Pinkerton in the Madame Butterfly in the 1949, with the soprano Tomiko Kanazawa.

It's a sin he works only for hollywood after

[babajaga39]

he sang more than one opera: the first was The Merry Wives of WIndsor, where he sang the role of Fenton, then in 1949 Pinkerton and actually one performance of Andrea Chenier. He was scheduled to sing Alfredo (Traviata) at the Met but Hollywood was faster then them... In fact he knew 30 full operatic roles, mostly Italian , some French and German ones too.

[badpdx]

baba, where did you get this information. I've read just about everything written about Lanza, including the book edited by Damon a few years ago.

To my knowledge, he sang the Merry Wives and two Pinkertons. I know he rehearsed Andrea Chenier to perform with Tebaldi, but it never happened. I know he learned Rodolfo in La Boheme for a possible movie project, but never sang it. Of course, he knew Mario in Tosca and Tonio in Pagliacci. I've never heard that he learned Alfredo.

[babajaga39]

i got all my infos from the mario lanza forum by derek mcgovern.

[corellithebest]

Excuse me, but Tonio is a baritone role. Did you perhaps mean Canio? This reminds me of the fact that Bruno Prevedi started his career as a baritone, having debuted as Tonio in Pagliacci, and then shortly afterwards retrained himself as a tenor and debuted as Turiddu, both at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan. Did perhaps Lanza too started as a baritone? Do you know it by any chance?

[badpdx]

No, it was Canio. That was my error.

Lanza was never a baritone, though he certainly had some baritonal qualities to his lower register, especially in later years.

[corellithebest]

Thank you for your answer. Yes, I ADORE tenors with baritonal quality. That's why I greatly admire Franco Corelli, him, and Bruno Prevedi.

[gaytenor]

Where, outside of your mind, did Lanza sing Andrea Chenier. As for 30 operatic roles what is your source. The man has been dead a long, long time and he deserves to be judged by the evidence not urban myths.

[rouman7]

i have said all along, he is by far the best, yet all the jussi fans. cried, yet they like so many are wrong. lanza was the best...

[mrtyles]

better than pavarotti!

[eltecolote1986]

Sin duda, la mejor voz de todos los tiempos. Toscanini definió a Mario Lanza como el tenor de la centuria.

[pianist527]

Absolutely superb interpretation Wonderful unique voice Thank you for posting this

[bobb60]

Even in the time of Bjorling, Corelli and Di Stefano, it was Lanza who bought the young to the opera houses of America. The career was over in about 7 years and the downfall and final demise are still a mystery. With Lanza as with Wunderlich, we are left with "What might have been".

[romanazazel]

Bjorling upon hearing Mario sing at his house when they met, "He moved me to tears".

Corelli, "He had the best voice I had ever heard...."

Di Stefano "I don't think he knew what he really had"

[rouman7]

i would be intrested, to read that. were was it qouted from? a book? thanks..

[romanazazel]

the source is D. Mannering's book titled 'Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy' and it has many other comments on Mario Lanza from people like Maria Callas to Toscanini

[romanazazel]

the source is D. Mannering's book titled 'Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy' and it has many other comments on Mario Lanza from people like Maria Callas to Toscanini

[ShawDAMAN]

I would also like to read that source.. :D

[Cocus62]

Que FINURA de INTERPRETACION....y que DELEITE hay al escuchar a este Super TENOR!Mil Gracias por compartir estas MARAVILLAS!

[ShawDAMAN]

Very nice, thanks! The best tenor!

[KonstantinShuk]

DANKE!!!DAHNKE!!!DANKE!!!DAHNK­E!!!

O mein Gott, was für eine Aufnahme!!!!

[nomorewoe]

Thank you so much for this!!

So very different to the Rome 1959 version, and definitely much better!!!