Prachtig gezongen, was net 5 jaar toen ik het voor de 1ste keer hoorde in de bioscoop, maar steeds blijven "hangen"...Ben er nu 58 en hij is vééél te vroeg gestorven; een der betere tenors volgens mij...Toch nog genieten...Marc
I borrowed this movie from my local library. The plot is similar to another movie he made in Italy. He does benefits to pay for someone's medical bills. I think this how the Italian health care system worked at the time. Mario would do benefits to help people before the government began paying.
I'm thirteen-years-old. I'm with the 'Emo' crowd. I love Mario Lanza. He is simply stunning. I absolutely adore his voice and this song. He's a God. Mario may be gone, but his voice lives on.
I absolutely love this. It always brings tears to my eyes. My mum introduced me to Mario Lanza. I always think of her when I listen to this. Clive, Staffordshire,UK.
@prog112 It's certain that Del Monaco's voice is larger than Lanza's.But MDM'S voice was larger than most contemporary tenors of the last 70 years.However,there's no evidence that Lanza's voice was weak&small as you say.Dorothy Kirsten had mentioned that Lanza had the horses when necessary. Lanza also did close to100 concerts in America & Canada in the early1950s and the voice was never describe as being small.I also prefer Del Monaco over anyone in this aria. But Lanza's voice isn't small.Enjoy
@prog112 A small and weak voice? Tell me, how is life in la la land? He could take up a notch when he needed to. A leading star of the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966, Licia Albanese, who made recordings with Mario Lanza, would beg to differ with you. I'd read her opinion of his voice if I were you, which is certainly contrary to yours. Now who do I listen to? You, or a star of the Metropolitan Opera for 26 years who actually witnessed his voice first hand?? Rather an easy choice I'd say.
@petereuropa :) It's the fact sir. I really admire Lanza, not for power, but beauty. I feel sad that you have to lower yourself to such low position and attack me like that.
@prog112 First you don't have to call me Sir. Peter it's enough. 2nd, you say that I lower myself. I don't mind. The important is that you, in my opinion, tell something that I cannot understand. Can't you hear the power in Mario Lanza's voice? That is strange! You are insulting Mr Lanza's grandeur - Mr Lanza's heritage.
@petereuropa This kind of 'power' is pretty standard for bigger voices. I just wouldn't call him definitive in that category as simply there are others with more in guts to sing louder with more power.
@prog112 My opinion is that Mario Lanza is one of the greatest tenors in opera history. If he had chosen a career in the opera houses, he had been named together with Caruso, Björling, Gigli etcetera. But he was sacked from Hollywood and you can imagine in those days what the Met thought about a traitor. Because he had chosen the film business. I admit that I'm not an expert to judge if his voice was SO LOUD, but it's interesting to hear other comments about this-and your favourite G Di Stefano.
@54no more This clip of Mario is one of the most moving and an emotional roller-coaster of a clown who is in pain. The clown who makes everyone laugh, smile and happy must always put on a happy face regardless of the torture that hides within. And in this clip you can feel the pain and conflict that Mario gives in this fine performance of Vesti La Giubba. Brilliant!
looks like I need to get "For The First Time". Ive just had "The Great Caruso" for my mothers birthday on May 14th (she's watched it everyday since). I love this "Vesti La Giubba" Pagliacci thing. Its so emotional and powerful. My mother has only seen the "Great Caruso" version. I need to get the "For The First Time" version.
This had something to do with me being here! ;-) Ma did not go to Mexico!! I am the proverbial living abortion!!! Thank you Mario uch!!!! Left us way too soon!!!!!
MARIO WAS TRAINED BY THE BEST ,READ THE BOOK BE MY LOVE NO ONE COULD EVER COMPARE YOU DONT KNOW ANY BETTER DIAGRUA GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT HE WILL NEVER BE EQUALED.SUCH EMOTION SUCH DICTION
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Great voice but very poorly trained and undiciplined performance. Marios interpretation, presentation, timing and inflection is WAY WAY off. Terrible by Opera standards. If he sung this way at the met he would be booed, but none the less sung by a man who will be remembered by the public as an excellent Hollywood entertainer.
@dlagrua poorly trained?you must be out of your mind.i agree there are some traditional ways in singing opera but every singer sings in his own unique way to promote the points of interest in their voice.lanza beats pavarotti in everything.perfect tenor
Dag. No matter how many other tenors I listen to I never get tired of this guys voice... that ultimate "infraaanto" has to be the most heart wrenching one I've ever heard.
Hobo1975,i have heard most recordings of this aria and my opinion is still the same,for me nobody sings it like Mario. I really am not bothered about your stupid opinion!
Voce purissima e timbro drammatico alla Mario Del Monaco. Interpretazione intensa e magistrale per compostezza. Un Vesti La Giubba che fa venire le lacrimme agli occhi. Non conoscevo questa intepretazione che supera molte di altri tenori di cui, per rispetto, non faccio il nome.
Mario Lanza was very specific. There are many of his recordings - some are excellent, some are worse. However, blame me if you want, but nobody has ever sung Vesti la giubba as good as Mario did here. Nobody. Nobody´s had so strong, so deep and so internal voice and interpretation.
En casa de mis padres ,siempre se escucho a Mario Lanza, mi viejo querido amante de la opera,me enseño escucharlo.Hoy lo sigo haciendo y espero que algun dia mis hijos hagan lo mismo.
Mario lanza es la voz del hombre hecha para cantar y mostrar el dolor del amor del trabajo y entrega a su exito, bajo la frase exito es hacer lo que nos guste ya demas nos paguen, pero disfrutar nuestro trabjo y vivir para vivir y payaso a esena que debes hacer reir por que solo tu puedes esconder tu dolor con una son risa y hacer reir a todos incluyendo a tus enemigos
Great Lanza! But comparable to Caruso some 50 years earlier? No, I don't think so. Without Caruso - and the film - who would have heard of Lanza?
Don't get me wrong. I think Lanza was one of the greatest tenors in recorded history. His voice was actually - inherently - better than that of Caruso. But as regards to empathy in singing, Caruso has - to this day - hardly had a competitor.
Just my opinion. As it mostly is on YT - art and all.
I still can't believe he died so young at the tender age of 38. He gave so much beauty to the world with his voice and presence. R.I.P Mario....you have not been forgotten.
I can't believe he died in the same year - he looked so fantastically healthy! Only his leg problem to warn us of 'something bad' ahead. Who would have thought he would be gone in a few months' time? We'll miss him terribly forever. R.I.P. Mario - you'll always be the best for me.
I listened to this, and other versions. I always liked this song. I never knew what it meant. I just went and checked, then watched this back. I burst into tears straight away. Very powerful.
He had so much emotion in his voice. He really seemed to care. I used to try and sing this as a teenager, but I'm stuck as a baritone... Suppose it's better than nothing - there's only one Mario! This video should have at least one million hits!!!
This is one of the greatest and most requested opera songs ever!. Mario Lanza is just great here. He sings this w/so much emotion and truly feels the clowns pain of a lost love. Just brilliant!.
Amazing stuff, Lanza always sounds to be singing in his comfort zone, not troubled at all by the works he gives life to. Amazing, and the most natural and powerful Tenor voice of all for me.
this version, and I mean the movie's is the best rendition I've ever heard...And I've heard it by many...In recordings I like pavarotti's and domingo's too but this one brings tears to my eyes...
convincing and full of heart. Jussi Björling, the quintessential trumpet-voiced tenor from the North, also admired Lanza, while the famed Three Tenors, not only praised the movie stars singing but credited him for their choice of career. Domingo, in his introduction to the 1983 documentary Mario Lanza - The American Caruso, enthused on the tenors singing and commented on the enormous dramatic impact of the voice.
Copied from Grandi Tenori...Tenors, not always complementary to their same vocal range colleagues, were equally enthusiastic about Lanzas singing. Giuseppe di Stefano, who possessed perhaps the most mellifluous and honey-toned of all tenor voices, in conversation about Lanza on his visit to Malta told me I dont think he realized how good he was! Franco Corelli, the dashing and exciting clarion-toned tenor, referred to Lanzas singing as
As much as I like Jussi Björling's technically perfect and held back interpretation, which gives an inside into the dept of a tormented man's inner feelings, to me, t h i s is the definitive version of this aria. Canio is a mediterranian character and the violent expressive way to show pain and suffering, which Mario Lanza is using, is more fitting...
Mario died 50 years ago. 7th October 1959 - but his music and cinematic performances live on to this day and beyond - the man is a wondrous legend. He died before his time was up. God rest his soul.
Absolutely beautiful. Does anyone know where I can find a CD recording of this version? This is the best version I have heard, not only by Mario Lanza, but by any tenor. (In my humble opinion, of course.)
hey opera queens. opera isn't a sport. stop judging as such. "definitive" is only in your moronic mind. this is GREAT. you should all bow down at real singing. Lanza was fantastic.
Noone ever can sing like Mario, he was, is and will be incomparable! What a Voice, what an expression, he feels really what he sings! Fenomenal, just magic!!!
i agree, however, vocal technique and emotion i believe no one can surpass pavarotti. Also there is another rising tenor, Maltese, Joseph Calleja, worth giving a listen to.
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The drink killed freddy he was by far my favorite tenor. Fred was a great singer but a real nasty drunk . We all know the bad stuff but wow he could sing .I say long sing Freddy cocotcha is it .
True...but any film from 1959 will have those disjointed "technicolor" post-mastering audio problems. It is hard to watch.
But I'm glad that's your only quibble. He was taken from us too early - wish Hollywood hadn't gotten to him. Most of the renowned tenors say he was the most influential of their (and our) time.
Not sure I was clear. My problem is the audio sounds too much like a studio recording per se. They could do better even back then. Like in the Student Prince, Grayson sounds live and Lanza sounds canned (which he was, LOL). I always thought it was because of the peculiar problem of the movie, but they do the same thing here.
Maybe they just liked the studio sound better for him, I dunno'. Still, this is a fabulous performance of the aria and my favorite of all the "lyric" tenor renditions.
No studio on this one ! This soundtrack was recorded in the Rome Opera Aug. 1958 with Roma Opera Orchestra.This is as live as live can be!Thats how he sounded in the House!Applause was dubbed over later. Present at this session was Ricardo Vitale,Director of the Rome Opera. Deeply impressed he offered Lanza to open season 1960/61in any opera of his choosing. When the news of Vitales offer spread,La Scala and San Carlo followed. Lanza accepted Vitales offer to open season as Canino in Pagliacci.
Its just a shame he died in 1959, even with the recording and movies i still think he was and still is the greatest. Just imagine if he lived and opened at Rome Opera & La Scala would've been shot into the stratosphere! but he only reached atmosphere!
This was better still then his recording of it made for the Caruso film. I think this one is very fine and he sounds great, it is sung with Polish and better then many of of the metropolitan opera stars . Bravo!
well all am gunna say about this is iam a singer and ive listened to all the other versions this is the bests ive heard
ive heard all the other opera sings if you think am wrong why is this the only version everyone knows lmfao
spumigapi 4 days ago
This moves me so...
EreBeMonsters 2 weeks ago
How can anyone not like that ???
MrFrenchaccent 3 weeks ago
"laugh clown, laugh at your wounded heart"
NoelDantes 1 month ago
Ariozo Canio impossible to sing better than Mario Lanza!
parfy1000 1 month ago
Best canio ever!!!! my opinion....
Barlebik 1 month ago
10**********
petereuropa 1 month ago
If 5***** is maximum I give 10*****
petereuropa 1 month ago
This is good, but I prefer Pavarotti's.
HammerOfNul 1 month ago
R33MIX favourites these videos just to fuck with our minds...
jimmyjamzie 1 month ago 2
Who is the brunette?
Mprator 1 month ago
An all-time favorite. Would love to have seen Lanza live, but he checked out in 1959.
CarsonOfArcadia 1 month ago
I can listen and admire of this wonderful tenor endless.
parfy1000 2 months ago
Its impossible to sing this better than Mario did.
parfy1000 2 months ago
@parfy1000 Not even Pavarotti
MamaLuigisOVER9000 1 month ago
@MamaLuigisOVER9000 Much more better than pavarotti! MARIO!!!!
parfy1000 1 month ago
YOU'RE 10000000000000000%RIGHT! THE BEST!
greenislandl 1 month ago in playlist Mario Lanza
Лучше эту арию спеть невозможно. Браво, Марио!
parfy1000 2 months ago
taco bell brought me here
ERNEST321f 2 months ago
2:01 o_o I'm speechless.
misspresident95 2 months ago
He is the best example for this aria !
MrFrenchaccent 2 months ago
As they say, Boffo! Total passion, and total commitment, equals total art. Lanza was a gift.
birdybill 2 months ago
Prachtig gezongen, was net 5 jaar toen ik het voor de 1ste keer hoorde in de bioscoop, maar steeds blijven "hangen"...Ben er nu 58 en hij is vééél te vroeg gestorven; een der betere tenors volgens mij...Toch nog genieten...Marc
bandietje13 3 months ago
And I must add that Giuseppe Di Stefano was also one of the greatest - and Pavarotti and...
petereuropa 3 months ago
for my Dad, he loved this song and Mario's voice...
springfieldgrove2 4 months ago 3
Nothing. Is. Better. Than. This.
francovaldes 4 months ago
this song made me cry even when i didn't know what it was about he delivers the emotion so well... my all time favourite
Dixielfc21 4 months ago 2
Beautiful, the passion he sings with is intoxicating.
malemonkley 4 months ago
My mother had a crush on Mario Lanza - i think she named me after him
MARIOBEN1 4 months ago in playlist mario lanza
a voice like that comes along once every hundred years for sure..I am proud to call him a neighbor in South Philly..bravo Mario
vincem78 4 months ago
Greatest singer there will ever be
vborto09 4 months ago
Brings me to tears. Fabulous!!
MrUpdownleftright123 5 months ago
I borrowed this movie from my local library. The plot is similar to another movie he made in Italy. He does benefits to pay for someone's medical bills. I think this how the Italian health care system worked at the time. Mario would do benefits to help people before the government began paying.
1915fas 5 months ago
brings tears to my eyes. so beautifully sung. one feels his pain.
JonoBG 5 months ago
I'm thirteen-years-old. I'm with the 'Emo' crowd. I love Mario Lanza. He is simply stunning. I absolutely adore his voice and this song. He's a God. Mario may be gone, but his voice lives on.
I love you, Mario. <3
xxneongirskittlesxx 5 months ago
I must concur, this is Lanza's best version. I have had to pull off the side of the road listening to this.
dwsingrs 6 months ago 3
my mother loved this singer .this has to be one of the best versions i have heard .a true great .
amilhomem 6 months ago 3
I absolutely love this. It always brings tears to my eyes. My mum introduced me to Mario Lanza. I always think of her when I listen to this. Clive, Staffordshire,UK.
spotter260 6 months ago
He has been gone 52 years now ... I am glad his talent and uniqueness live on here .
Always magnificent and inspiring .
barrymotex 7 months ago 2
Magnífica...memorable interpretación.
1mane2 7 months ago
i'd kill to have that power in my voice, godamnit! I'm gonna try anyways even if I'm only 15
TheVecan 7 months ago
@TheVecan haha Lanza actually has pretty small and weak voice, although of course beautiful. Try Del Monaco if you want to experience power.
prog112 7 months ago
@prog112 It's certain that Del Monaco's voice is larger than Lanza's.But MDM'S voice was larger than most contemporary tenors of the last 70 years.However,there's no evidence that Lanza's voice was weak&small as you say.Dorothy Kirsten had mentioned that Lanza had the horses when necessary. Lanza also did close to100 concerts in America & Canada in the early1950s and the voice was never describe as being small.I also prefer Del Monaco over anyone in this aria. But Lanza's voice isn't small.Enjoy
sugarbist 7 months ago
@prog112 A small and weak voice? Tell me, how is life in la la land? He could take up a notch when he needed to. A leading star of the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966, Licia Albanese, who made recordings with Mario Lanza, would beg to differ with you. I'd read her opinion of his voice if I were you, which is certainly contrary to yours. Now who do I listen to? You, or a star of the Metropolitan Opera for 26 years who actually witnessed his voice first hand?? Rather an easy choice I'd say.
TheMG63 6 months ago 2
@prog112 I feel sorry for you. Your hearing is bad. Perhaps they can cure you in a hospital. Good luck.
petereuropa 3 months ago
@petereuropa :) It's the fact sir. I really admire Lanza, not for power, but beauty. I feel sad that you have to lower yourself to such low position and attack me like that.
prog112 3 months ago
@prog112 First you don't have to call me Sir. Peter it's enough. 2nd, you say that I lower myself. I don't mind. The important is that you, in my opinion, tell something that I cannot understand. Can't you hear the power in Mario Lanza's voice? That is strange! You are insulting Mr Lanza's grandeur - Mr Lanza's heritage.
petereuropa 3 months ago
@petereuropa This kind of 'power' is pretty standard for bigger voices. I just wouldn't call him definitive in that category as simply there are others with more in guts to sing louder with more power.
prog112 3 months ago
@prog112 My opinion is that Mario Lanza is one of the greatest tenors in opera history. If he had chosen a career in the opera houses, he had been named together with Caruso, Björling, Gigli etcetera. But he was sacked from Hollywood and you can imagine in those days what the Met thought about a traitor. Because he had chosen the film business. I admit that I'm not an expert to judge if his voice was SO LOUD, but it's interesting to hear other comments about this-and your favourite G Di Stefano.
petereuropa 3 months ago
RIP
MisledTrick 7 months ago
Mario is THE best. Awesome. The emotion is incredible. Gut wrenching, makes me tearful. Wonderful.
seedubyu 7 months ago 2
A version completely unequalled to this day.
tweedy127 7 months ago 12
@tweedy127 I couldn't of said it any better myself. Brilliant!
54nomore 7 months ago
@54no more This clip of Mario is one of the most moving and an emotional roller-coaster of a clown who is in pain. The clown who makes everyone laugh, smile and happy must always put on a happy face regardless of the torture that hides within. And in this clip you can feel the pain and conflict that Mario gives in this fine performance of Vesti La Giubba. Brilliant!
54nomore 6 months ago 3
Legend..
titselina 8 months ago 2
looks like I need to get "For The First Time". Ive just had "The Great Caruso" for my mothers birthday on May 14th (she's watched it everyday since). I love this "Vesti La Giubba" Pagliacci thing. Its so emotional and powerful. My mother has only seen the "Great Caruso" version. I need to get the "For The First Time" version.
seedubyu 8 months ago
This had something to do with me being here! ;-) Ma did not go to Mexico!! I am the proverbial living abortion!!! Thank you Mario uch!!!! Left us way too soon!!!!!
JimMLINY 8 months ago
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VoltaireVideo 8 months ago
2:10 reminds me of "There's no reason for liiiiiiiiiving with a broken heart" :D
VoltaireVideo 8 months ago
@VoltaireVideo Ya this is what Freddie Mercury based it off of
Zawzagez11 7 months ago
Oh Mario. So much emotions in this performance. Love it.
prog112 9 months ago
MARIO WAS TRAINED BY THE BEST ,READ THE BOOK BE MY LOVE NO ONE COULD EVER COMPARE YOU DONT KNOW ANY BETTER DIAGRUA GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT HE WILL NEVER BE EQUALED.SUCH EMOTION SUCH DICTION
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
toots440 9 months ago 21
@toots440 but pavarotti and corelli were greater than him, well at least corelli does
mauriciomille 2 weeks ago
he always said he sang as if his life depended on it. so true.
fatchick41 9 months ago 2
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Great voice but very poorly trained and undiciplined performance. Marios interpretation, presentation, timing and inflection is WAY WAY off. Terrible by Opera standards. If he sung this way at the met he would be booed, but none the less sung by a man who will be remembered by the public as an excellent Hollywood entertainer.
dlagrua 9 months ago
@dlagrua poorly trained?you must be out of your mind.i agree there are some traditional ways in singing opera but every singer sings in his own unique way to promote the points of interest in their voice.lanza beats pavarotti in everything.perfect tenor
kaledutu 9 months ago 3
absolutely beautiful.the emotion is dripping from every note.
fatchick41 9 months ago 3
You were the most unique of all and though you are still sadly missed your voice lives on. Proud to be from your childhood neighborhood..A Dio
vincem78 10 months ago
how it is called the white fines gloves of the woman?.... min(1.20), thanks a lot, do they have a name?.....
mauriciomille 10 months ago
Dag. No matter how many other tenors I listen to I never get tired of this guys voice... that ultimate "infraaanto" has to be the most heart wrenching one I've ever heard.
ShawDAMAN 10 months ago 2
My fav interpretation of Vesti la Giubba. Lanza was definitely one of a kind. Bravo!
DiamondDEK 10 months ago
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He was just GREAT !!!!!!!!!
Staubsocke 10 months ago
BRAVO ................BRAVISSIMO......¡¡¡¡
mitrattoni 11 months ago
it is from 'great caruso' movie???, thanks
mauriciomille 11 months ago
@mauriciomille According to the description under the video, it's from the movie "For The First Time".
ChicagoSouthDan 11 months ago
@ChicagoSouthDan oh!, thanks didnt notice
mauriciomille 11 months ago
WOW
charliechod 11 months ago
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Elvis Presley's favorite opera singer.
54nomore 11 months ago 3
Hobo1975,i have heard most recordings of this aria and my opinion is still the same,for me nobody sings it like Mario. I really am not bothered about your stupid opinion!
maduncledai1 11 months ago
Mario the only person who can sing this properly,my favorite.
maduncledai1 1 year ago
@maduncledai1 you must be deaf or you havent heard many sing this.
hobo1975 11 months ago
I wonder if I should do this at college. Stand in the middle of the campus, put on a clown costume, and sing this.
witness124 1 year ago 3
I know this song is from Pagliacci, but what is this scene from? (Meaning which movie)
miketallica665 1 year ago
@miketallica665 read description.
purpleAiPEy 1 year ago
Oh my God...
I really pity those three heartless people.... :((
SuperDictionar 1 year ago
Voce purissima e timbro drammatico alla Mario Del Monaco. Interpretazione intensa e magistrale per compostezza. Un Vesti La Giubba che fa venire le lacrimme agli occhi. Non conoscevo questa intepretazione che supera molte di altri tenori di cui, per rispetto, non faccio il nome.
andrea1956able 1 year ago
@ DiPlacido71 I`ve made a mistake. Mario Lanza died 07-10-1959. I`m sorry.
830516108 1 year ago
@830516108 what did mario lanza die of?
TheCatcherkid 1 year ago
@TheCatcherkid Alfredo Arnoldo Cocozza (Mario Lanza) died in Rome on October 7, 1959 at age 38 of a pulmonary embolism.
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@830516108 what did mario lanza die of?
TheCatcherkid 1 year ago
@ DiPlacido71 In 1959, Mario Lanza was allready dead.
830516108 1 year ago
In 1959 was Mario Lanza allready one year dead.
830516108 1 year ago
Fuiste y eres el mas grande Mario
juanpi975 1 year ago
He copies Caruso's style quite remarkably.
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Mario Lanza was very specific. There are many of his recordings - some are excellent, some are worse. However, blame me if you want, but nobody has ever sung Vesti la giubba as good as Mario did here. Nobody. Nobody´s had so strong, so deep and so internal voice and interpretation.
heartsarrows 1 year ago
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heartsarrows 1 year ago
Love it ... but the definite Canio is and will always be Franco Corelli ... :)
JericClage 1 year ago
What a breathing! There have never been an artist with such strong, deep breathing. Only Caruso was near.
heartsarrows 1 year ago 2
there is only one in this world. Perfect. If i was gay i would love him more
1stgeneral 1 year ago
there is only one in this world. Perfect. If i was gay i would love him more
1stgeneral 1 year ago
BRAVO IMMORTAL MARIO!
Kenshin22able 1 year ago 2
Lanza definitely nails this one! My fav song by him...
DiamondDEK 1 year ago 3
Bravo Maestro Lanza!
gallantentry 1 year ago 2
My favourite Mario Lanza song- this is pure magic! Oh his voice is incrediable!!
DARKWOMAN2000 1 year ago 5
En casa de mis padres ,siempre se escucho a Mario Lanza, mi viejo querido amante de la opera,me enseño escucharlo.Hoy lo sigo haciendo y espero que algun dia mis hijos hagan lo mismo.
rickosor 1 year ago
Sound may be compressed, but sung intense from the heart like he meant it. The best for me.
Goose4Lu71 1 year ago
演出吧！即使在瘋癲中
billywongable 1 year ago
Mario lanza es la voz del hombre hecha para cantar y mostrar el dolor del amor del trabajo y entrega a su exito, bajo la frase exito es hacer lo que nos guste ya demas nos paguen, pero disfrutar nuestro trabjo y vivir para vivir y payaso a esena que debes hacer reir por que solo tu puedes esconder tu dolor con una son risa y hacer reir a todos incluyendo a tus enemigos
lgcisnerosr67 1 year ago
why does everyone make it a point to compare each singer to each other they were all great in there own way just enjoy the music
lifeinchains99 1 year ago 19
Great Lanza! But comparable to Caruso some 50 years earlier? No, I don't think so. Without Caruso - and the film - who would have heard of Lanza?
Don't get me wrong. I think Lanza was one of the greatest tenors in recorded history. His voice was actually - inherently - better than that of Caruso. But as regards to empathy in singing, Caruso has - to this day - hardly had a competitor.
Just my opinion. As it mostly is on YT - art and all.
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
His enunciation is better than or as well as any opera singer that I have ever heard.
gallantentry 1 year ago
esplendido!!!!!!
amazing!!!!!
doors1414 1 year ago 2
Like piceaseyes, my father introduced me to this music and also to Mario Lanza.
The emotions I feel when listening to Maro Lanza's voic cannot be explained.
A unique voice, that hasn't been superseeded yet by anyone past and present.
turhanbey 1 year ago
I still can't believe he died so young at the tender age of 38. He gave so much beauty to the world with his voice and presence. R.I.P Mario....you have not been forgotten.
54nomore 1 year ago 3
I can't believe he died in the same year - he looked so fantastically healthy! Only his leg problem to warn us of 'something bad' ahead. Who would have thought he would be gone in a few months' time? We'll miss him terribly forever. R.I.P. Mario - you'll always be the best for me.
RossouwCora 1 year ago 3
Nothing but Mario Lanza records growing up in my house...my mom's fave! G-d rest her soul...would like to think she's listening to him in heaven.
80sweregr8 1 year ago 2
Thank God my Dad introduced me 2 this music! I LOVE Mario Lanza <3
piceaseyes 1 year ago 3
Mario ci ha lasciato nel 1959 R.I.P. :(
SalMessina1 1 year ago
EL PAYACHO
vampireguss 1 year ago
Holy Shit!!!
blastingxspeed 1 year ago
Totally agree with 5Willoughby, no doubt !...I've listened to all the great's, but Mario was in a class by himself.
sherom 1 year ago 2
no words for this
alf17041 1 year ago
The greatest voice of the 20th century. Full stop, period.
5Willoughby 1 year ago 2
Нет никого лучше и прекрасней Марио, и скорее всего никогда уже не будет. Его голос неповторим!!!!
funtik911 1 year ago 3
this was mario's better version than any before his voice is far richer and deeper
garystokefc 1 year ago 3
I listened to this, and other versions. I always liked this song. I never knew what it meant. I just went and checked, then watched this back. I burst into tears straight away. Very powerful.
IronbreakerFTW 1 year ago 3
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hansoph 1 year ago
He had so much emotion in his voice. He really seemed to care. I used to try and sing this as a teenager, but I'm stuck as a baritone... Suppose it's better than nothing - there's only one Mario! This video should have at least one million hits!!!
irishcarfan 1 year ago 3
What's the movie? Isn't The Great Caruso....what is?
tubebeen 1 year ago
@tubebeen The movie is called For The First Time (1959) Great movie, I own the VHS.
IceZeus 1 year ago 2
This is one of the greatest and most requested opera songs ever!. Mario Lanza is just great here. He sings this w/so much emotion and truly feels the clowns pain of a lost love. Just brilliant!.
54nomore 1 year ago 5
I like to see the movie complete !, somebody can do it ?????? PLEASE !!
ManuelOsw 1 year ago
Amazing stuff, Lanza always sounds to be singing in his comfort zone, not troubled at all by the works he gives life to. Amazing, and the most natural and powerful Tenor voice of all for me.
Almuric7 1 year ago 12
muy bien cantada
rodikgork 1 year ago 4
Sheer excellence
m960ccd 1 year ago 5
Brings shivers down my spine.
johnmik67 2 years ago 10
this version, and I mean the movie's is the best rendition I've ever heard...And I've heard it by many...In recordings I like pavarotti's and domingo's too but this one brings tears to my eyes...
HOUSE18011991 2 years ago 9
it is really incredible. i do not find words....
klausknulp 2 years ago 13
This version and Caruso´s are the only two pieces of music I´ve heard, that make my cry everytime I listen to them during decades.
I can´t find any explanation, buy I drop a couple of tears each time I listen to this. And I never else cry.
guweck 2 years ago 8
You should hear Beniamino Gigli's version. His talent arrives near to Caruso's.
johnmik67 1 year ago
Commovente............Touching!
elinorberg 2 years ago 3
Awsome Mario! what a voice,what a performance,nobody sings this like Mario.........amazing!
MrJdp1968 2 years ago 22
@MrJdp1968 much better than enrico caruso isnt?
mauriciomille 8 months ago
convincing and full of heart. Jussi Björling, the quintessential trumpet-voiced tenor from the North, also admired Lanza, while the famed Three Tenors, not only praised the movie stars singing but credited him for their choice of career. Domingo, in his introduction to the 1983 documentary Mario Lanza - The American Caruso, enthused on the tenors singing and commented on the enormous dramatic impact of the voice.
barryoderfer 2 years ago 7
Copied from Grandi Tenori...Tenors, not always complementary to their same vocal range colleagues, were equally enthusiastic about Lanzas singing. Giuseppe di Stefano, who possessed perhaps the most mellifluous and honey-toned of all tenor voices, in conversation about Lanza on his visit to Malta told me I dont think he realized how good he was! Franco Corelli, the dashing and exciting clarion-toned tenor, referred to Lanzas singing as
barryoderfer 2 years ago 5
voce fuori repertorio ! Oggi abbiamo bocelli per questo repertorio.hahahahahahaha....e senza microfono ?????????hahahahahahahahaha
bodiloto 2 years ago
hey, DiPlacido71, do you know of anywhere that i could watch the whole movie? other than buying it i mean...
brainiacnovellover 2 years ago
Buy the VHS like the rest of us had to. :)
It is a pretty good movie...his talent is above and beyond anyone, in my opinion.
IceZeus 2 years ago
As much as I like Jussi Björling's technically perfect and held back interpretation, which gives an inside into the dept of a tormented man's inner feelings, to me, t h i s is the definitive version of this aria. Canio is a mediterranian character and the violent expressive way to show pain and suffering, which Mario Lanza is using, is more fitting...
100musicforever 2 years ago 7
Mario died 50 years ago. 7th October 1959 - but his music and cinematic performances live on to this day and beyond - the man is a wondrous legend. He died before his time was up. God rest his soul.
EmeraldGemstar09 2 years ago 5
Of all the singers that sing this song, I always come back to Mario...this is the best. Just stunning.
barryoderfer 2 years ago 13
Самое лучшее чуственное исполнение
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2009Aist 2 years ago
meglio di pavarotti senza dubbio
andyroma72 2 years ago
I felt chills runin up my spine!!! just AMAZING!!!
Odinelterrible 2 years ago 7
Absolutely stunning!!!
barryoderfer 2 years ago 9
The best!
Swany243 2 years ago 8
this is my most favourite song, I've heard other versions by pavarotti etc but this is the best I think
Dixielfc21 2 years ago 4
best for me to!.....just brillian Mario....thanks for posting
colfer222 2 years ago 7
Absolutely beautiful. Does anyone know where I can find a CD recording of this version? This is the best version I have heard, not only by Mario Lanza, but by any tenor. (In my humble opinion, of course.)
robert0571 2 years ago 7
@robert0571 I know its been a year since your posting but i suggest going to HMV shops they have many Mario cd`s in stock.
maduncledai1 11 months ago
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Thank you!
robert0571 10 months ago
hey opera queens. opera isn't a sport. stop judging as such. "definitive" is only in your moronic mind. this is GREAT. you should all bow down at real singing. Lanza was fantastic.
Habanero212 2 years ago 3
Amazing!! The best rendition I've heard so far..And I've heard pavarotti's domingo's bocelli's e.t.c.....
HOUSE18011991 2 years ago 4
Noone ever can sing like Mario, he was, is and will be incomparable! What a Voice, what an expression, he feels really what he sings! Fenomenal, just magic!!!
zsazsamario 2 years ago 8
My dad is an operatic tenor and in his opinion Mario Lanza is the best, although he likes Pavarotti, Domingo, and some others.
EmOwHiTe616 2 years ago 9
i agree, however, vocal technique and emotion i believe no one can surpass pavarotti. Also there is another rising tenor, Maltese, Joseph Calleja, worth giving a listen to.
TombstonedM 2 years ago
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The drink killed freddy he was by far my favorite tenor. Fred was a great singer but a real nasty drunk . We all know the bad stuff but wow he could sing .I say long sing Freddy cocotcha is it .
staffybill 2 years ago
The best version of this aria.
Lanza was incomparable.
zekscrab 2 years ago 12
Sorry, it was Elizabeth Doubleday in Student Prince.
masonbarge 2 years ago
This is so cool. The one quibble I would have with it, is that the studio sound is disjointed with the onstage setting, but that's the movie biz.
But the plusses! The set is *fabulous*, the rendition is about as good as a lyrical Vesti could be, and Lanza sounds the best he ever did.
And he gets the girl!!
masonbarge 2 years ago 6
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KaitonsCorner 2 years ago
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True...but any film from 1959 will have those disjointed "technicolor" post-mastering audio problems. It is hard to watch.
But I'm glad that's your only quibble. He was taken from us too early - wish Hollywood hadn't gotten to him. Most of the renowned tenors say he was the most influential of their (and our) time.
KaitonsCorner 2 years ago
Not sure I was clear. My problem is the audio sounds too much like a studio recording per se. They could do better even back then. Like in the Student Prince, Grayson sounds live and Lanza sounds canned (which he was, LOL). I always thought it was because of the peculiar problem of the movie, but they do the same thing here.
Maybe they just liked the studio sound better for him, I dunno'. Still, this is a fabulous performance of the aria and my favorite of all the "lyric" tenor renditions.
masonbarge 2 years ago
@masonbarge I think Ann Blyth did her own singing in the Student Prince.I don't think Grayson was involved.
sugarbist 7 months ago
No studio on this one ! This soundtrack was recorded in the Rome Opera Aug. 1958 with Roma Opera Orchestra.This is as live as live can be!Thats how he sounded in the House!Applause was dubbed over later. Present at this session was Ricardo Vitale,Director of the Rome Opera. Deeply impressed he offered Lanza to open season 1960/61in any opera of his choosing. When the news of Vitales offer spread,La Scala and San Carlo followed. Lanza accepted Vitales offer to open season as Canino in Pagliacci.
chris99103 2 years ago 10
Its just a shame he died in 1959, even with the recording and movies i still think he was and still is the greatest. Just imagine if he lived and opened at Rome Opera & La Scala would've been shot into the stratosphere! but he only reached atmosphere!
Artisticz 2 years ago 7
This was better still then his recording of it made for the Caruso film. I think this one is very fine and he sounds great, it is sung with Polish and better then many of of the metropolitan opera stars . Bravo!