Mario Lanza - Torna a Surriento

[palomitajcbV]

the song is engraved at the very end of Sorrento..;BB

[Sofoclaudio]

Voce che esprime forza senza lagne, ottima per la canzone napoletana purtroppo spesso mis-interpretata con una ingiustificata vena lamentosa, tipica di chi non è madrelingua napoletano

[lenadetiiroyal888]

Bravo!Mario!!!Belissimo!!!

[TheHitDetector]

A very powerful performance by this artist....In Italian nothing can touch him he is the God....In English there is Elvis and he is The King. These are both my very favourite artists. They both have created their very own masterpiece and they are both solid gold. Fantastic!!

[getaefuk]

I could upset everyone and say Elvis' rendition was far better..... but I won't because it just isn't!

[primadonnasoprano]

Gorgeous! Simply gorgeous! 

[alesizzz1]

numero uno!!! bravo Mario

[petereuropa]

I like most Pavarotti, in Rome-live, and Lanza here. Thanks for posting. 2 voices from heaven.

[MrFrenchaccent]

Bravo!

[George10020]

Torna a Surriento is a beautiful Italian song. I like this song and Mario Lanza is great singer.

[order57]

Great!

[aberjed]

lovely Neapolitan song

[ziobala]

ma nun me lassa'

[partouchette]

c est le Roi !!!!!

[marwanelmounajjed]

if you noticed pavarotti made some mistakes while singing

[HeardThatSongBefore]

when I listen to Lanza I hear a raw natural talent with some training. In my opinion he was the best of the best, well there are others who are right next to him, but the fact that he sung the songs so passionately put him ahead of others in my opinion. Gigli was a passionate singer 2. I think 1 of my favorite Lanza recordings is Una Furtiva Lagrima, WOW he sings from the heart, I like Lucianos for its perfect technique, its always good to hear perfection, but i'll take Lanza's passion any day!

[judithbrandl]

@HeardThatSongBefore I absolutly share your opinion there is a lot other great singers they have the training even greater voice but Mario still the best,he sang all his heart.I heard Pavarotti and Domingo at the MET in they prime in 1987.Both very powerfull,but they can't take a way my love from Lanza.It's been 50 years I'm in love with him.I have all his movies.Got bless you from Las Vegas

[romanewyorkParis]

superb!! a small truth, every time i hear this i cry like the way i had cried desperately

when i had to leave venezia..and we were clinging to each other, they pulled us away

he stayed there, i had to come away.not a film..a terrible experience.

[theflowerpower01]

This is the real song of Sorrento!

[romanewyorkParis]

bravo..........amore

[Brannruz]

fermoso Luciano... unha cantiga fermosa que, cando cativo, adoitava escoitar á miña nai cantandoa en castelán... co tempo souben da súa orixe napolitana...

E Caruso a máis de voz prodixiosa deixounos escritas algunhas marabillas como esta...

grazas incitingscenes, grazie.

[tomfroekjaer]

Great singing of this traditional Neapolitan song (...not an aria from an opera). Gigli's version of this song is also a complete knock-out.

[OlegHmil]

Спасибо, за богатое наследие!

[333gloria333]

voz incomparable, y buen actor, fue una verdadera lastima que falleciera tan joven

[LordMgls]

LOL, it might seem stupid, but in this recording, Lanza's voice seems a little like Kauffmann's voice. (At least in the beggining.)

[ThePCNovice]

The best voice that ever lived (at least in my lifetime)...

[kickinbackinOC]

His voice wasnt merely powerful, it had color and feeling. My favorite rendition of the song by far. Something sad in that man lent depth to his expression. A tortured soul, every note ripped from his heart.

[sandrik100]

The best rendition of this aria: Power, passion, technical perfectness and above all very Italian passagios (in phrases vieni o core nun turna and the last cascade of high passagios)

Shortly: Souprime!

[FigaroBravo]

@sandrik100

Sorry Sir, but Torna a Surriento is NOT an Aria. Aria is a solo from an opera. E.g. La Donna e' Mobile. Surriento was actually a Pop song at the end of the 19th Century sang by common people or peasant. Aria is an aristocratic song. So many techniques to meet. So therefore Arias are only sang by opera singers. Some non opera singers sing it and that's how you get Andrea Bocelli, a Crossover (singers with voice training but not an opera singer). Opera singers do not use microphone.

[sandrik100]

@FigaroBravo

you are right!

[damelisa1017]

@FigaroBravo wow, you must be a miserable person, talk about snotty nitpicking - this is a beautiful song no matter the origin, and Mr. Lanza does an incredible job with it - in fact knowing it was a "peasant" song make is all the more poignant. Take some Metamucil, you need it.

[FigaroBravo]

@damelisa1017

I also love Mario & did not discredit him whatsoever. I was just telling the truth that Sorrento is not an aria and explain the difference. No offense, no criticism. Just pure fact & info. I wonder why you got mad right away & start insulting me. Perhaps you are the one who needs the Metamucil. FYI , did you know that the song "Mattinata"(You're Breaking my Heart) was composed by Leoncavallo as a commercial for Deutsche Grammophon? The singer was Enrico Caruso.

[Loejyrrab]

@FigaroBravo You are quite correct in noting that this old neopolitan song is not an aria. Also u r correct re. Bocelli who lost me as a fan when he started singing arias. Loved him on Con Te Partiro, Caruso, etc, but not at all on his attempts at arias. It's true that opera singers when on stage in an opera performance are not mic'd. The 3 tenors, however, were mic'd in 1990 in the concert format.

[mumra715]

@FigaroBravo Very very true, can you please elaborate a bit more on the use of microphones by opera singers and pop singers? I have seen some "opera singers" using mics just as a pop singer would.

[orlando098]

@mumra715

They usually use them if it's a concert outside, or maybe if it was in some very large space like an arena or something. In an opera house or concert hall classical singers don't usually use microphones

[FigaroBravo]

@mumra715

Thanks.Op singers don't use mic in the op hse. They project voices & that is why the NY Met is the most prestigious bec it is a big hse. It's a challenge to project up there. The Op singers u saw w/ Mic was in a regular stage where Mic is needed to be heard, like the 3 Tenors in stadium, arena/club. Op Hse has special acoustic made to bounce sound like old days when Mic was not around. Opera Hse is kept small Also in Op. Hse voices u heard are coming fr the mouth w/ no electronics.

[raulishnikov]

@FigaroBravo Right not an aria but a canzone.. Very difficult to sing by the way and is great in operictic voices or those with operistic training.

[mauriciomille]

@FigaroBravo napolitan song!

[HeatherGlen33]

@FigaroBravo You are quite correct. However, I still say that Luciano Pavarotti, is still the greatest tenor in this century. Lanza may have gotten better had he not died so young. It was a death that held mystery. It was suggested that it was a homicide. His wife died about 6 months later. They had 5 children, so she was not a suicide. There was a Mafia story inflicted in his diagnosis. So sad.

[aragorn13308]

@HeatherGlen33 The story I've heard about his death is that he died because of Tiroxin use.He was trying to lose weight and he was put by doctors on diet with Tiroxin,which is thyroid gland hormon and when overodosed can precipitate suden cardiac death.This is quite posible because there were some bizare tretatments back in 50's and 60's.

[operabuffey]

@aragorn13308 And another story was that the "mafia" did him in. So many stories so little time! I think his yo-yo dieting is the real culprit!

[operabuffey]

@FigaroBravo It was always referred to as una piccola aria , or arietta. But the ability to sing it well is tantamount to the best arias. Mario does it well

[mauriciomille]

@sandrik100 it is not an aria, is a napolitan song

[frank19593]

Superb. So sad Mario and ALL his family died so young