Que voz! Todavía recuerdo su film, interpretando al genio Baritono italiano Enrico Carusso en "El gran Carusso" OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! SOOOOOOLEEEEEEEEEE MIOOOOOOOO!
VIVA LA OPERA! me recuerda mucho la voz y temperamento de mi padre! los agudos ,la fuerza en la voz,como mi padre,que fue tenor tambien !que emocionante ! Mario lanza,fallecio en los años 60 a la edad de 38años, parece ser que de un infarto
This was before I was born but I can stillremember my Mother listening to his records as a very small child over and over and I have to agree after listening to Pavarotti and Bachelli .....Mario was incrediable as well and very handsome. Just beatuiful voice...
This was beforwe I was born but can remen=mber mny Mother listening to him over and over and I have to agree after listening to Pavarotti and Bachelli Mario was incrediable as well and very handsome.
Thios was beforwe I was born but can remen=mber mny Mother listening to him over and over and I have to agree after listening to Pavarotti and Bachelli Mario was incrediable as well and very handsome.
My son is 11 yrs old, and just started voice lessons, he loves this song and singing "powerfully", please check him out and encourage him to continue his voice lessons. O Sole Mio J.A.Zehetner
Check out these Italian kids, 16 and 17, singing O Sole Mio - Search: Il Volo. Certainly not Mario, no comparison, but great fun to see kids doing classical crossover.
Cuzinkevin, Thank you for uploading this video. I am not a music critic or expert, but I think Mario Lanza has an incomparable voice. I know they have always said he did not pay his dues in the opera houses. I don't really care, the sound of his voice sends shivers down my spine. The beauty of it is beyond comparison. Thank God that we have many recordings of his singing to enjoy.
Although it has been sung in the middle of last century, the interpretation of "O Sole Mio ", by the great tenor Mario Lanza, who served as an icon for many famous tenors as Pavarotti, is still stays in evidence!
malgré leur qualité, des ténors comme Paul POTTS ,ne pourront jamais se comparer au Grand LANZA, ni en puissance,ni en nuances de voix,ni en diction, ni en émotion.
Guy CREQUIE in spite of their quality, tenors like Paul POTTS, will be able to never compare themselves with the Large LANZA, neither in power, neither in nuances of voice, neither in diction, nor in emotion.
here i go, again. as i listened to this unique rendition yet one more time, i was struck by a different "take" on what makes lanza so appealing to me. in my mind, he is "engaged" in the music and cares about it like no one else i have ever heard. yes...highly subjective, but that's what my ears are hearing.
When the Lanza voice was at it's best, it had the most beautiful tenor timbre and tone that I have ever heard. I had the pleasure of becoming a phone friend of Colleen Lanza many years ago. It was great to hear her share first hand stories of her great father :)
when i opened youtube at this point in time, mario lanza incidentally came out..it was so great to hear his songs..those beautiful songs and powerful voice of the great carruso reminds me the days when i was still so young in the early 50's, it really embedded my ears and memory....
i know this will anger many. i cannot help but think that pavarotti, singing through his nose and not even trying to inject a bit of emotion would have been "lost" in this beautiful orchestration. why didn't metha try to obtain these arrangements and challenge pavarotti to do the right thing. he could have easily lended much needed credibility to lanza's singular talent. instead, he chose to treat this and other italian songs as "throw-aways" and lampoon lanza. shame on him.
@Clanidan we could also ask lanza, if he wasn't dead!!! what the hell does that mean? lanza's recordings brought these beautiful songs to the general public. that fact cannot be denied. pavarotti had the chance to "validate" lanza and he chose not to do so. i will not judge his decision but i challenge anyone to refute it.
@jgraif I guess your reference to lampooning Lanza refers to the rendition of O Sole Mio that the three tenors did, which is one of the videos on the right. It never occurred to me that they were mocking Lanza. In interviews all three of them have had positive things to say about Lanza. I thought in that particular song they were poking fun at the way in which some singers perform some songs in an overly dramatic way. I thought Pavarotti did other songs in a serious manner.
@ChicagoSouthDan thank you, dan for the considered comment. you are right that all three of them said many nice things about lanza. that is why is bothers me that they then went ahead and lampooned his performance of "o sole mio". if i am correct, lanza was the first one to "play" with that high note and linger on it a bit. sure, it was schmaltzy, but they turned it into a comic moment. just my opinion.
@ChicagoSouthDan I remember that rendition but I thought they were making fun of the way Pavarotti sang. I can't believe any of them would intentionally mock Mario. Actually I prefer the Irish Tenors over those 3, especially Anthony Kearns who..to me..sounds more like Mario than any other I've heard. If they ever make a movie about Mario's life, he'd definitely make a great Mario..looks wise & voice wise. JMO
@Toolkasine may i offer that these are, italian songs. they were intended to be overdone. we have become so accustomed to the great majority of so-called operatic tenors treating these songs as "throw-aways" in their concerts and thereby offering unemotional, dry performances.
for me, the modulation is the best part. it provides a wonderful showcase for the often ignored second verse and the perfect vehicle for lanza's wonderful voice to interpret it.
god bless him for performing these timeless "songs" with the same care he afforded every aria he ever recorded. he never treated them as "throw-aways", like pavarotti and many others. please...compare any performance you can find.
whenever i hear this recording, i am overwhelmed by the combination of lanza's incomparable voice and the beauty of the orchestration. no one has EVER offered a performance, live or recorded, to equal this one.
i have always hated the peformances of "o sole mio" by the "three tenors". their supposed "tribute" to lanza ends up as nothing more than a lampoon of his performance with them yelling the high note and holding it as if that was all that mattered. shame on them.
great operatic man died to early life with such great talent, i miss him so much even now when i hear him or see him sing in his films he is a great legend, has he is my no1 opera singer followed by Luciano Pavarotti 2nd, 2 great guys sadly missed.
Mario Lanza was THE MAN back then and currently to this day still THE MAN!! Too bad you died so young Mario, I wasn't even born yet. Thanks to your listeners, your music still lives on and will continue to live on for deckaides to come. With a voice like his - he is second to none! Do you think he knows this? Do you think he is aware of how amazing his voice is and how his music lives on? I sure hope so! Thank you Mario
El mejor tenor de todos los tiempo!!!! que voz ,que interpretacion,lo tenia todo!!! lastima que nos dejo tan pronto!!!.....voz y sentimiento...que color de voz tan hermosa...
This guys sings with such power and emotes better than anyone I have ever heard. The placement of emphasis and annunciation in order to express feeling is incredible!
When Lanza sang people would bow down, just to avoid his arms as he whirled them aroiund. I heard several concertmasters lost an eye when they got too close to this spaghetti bender.
@madisonelectronic Obviously you are to young to remember Mario Lanza singing and now there is only recordings on You Tube. However it does not stop you from making assinine remarks about one of the greaest Tenors of the last 100 years. Can you sing? If so put your recording up against Mario Lanza for everybody to listen to it and Laugh. I'll bet the You Tube will allow you to do it for the chorus a laughter & giggles from thousands of people as you attempt to sing like Mario.
mario lanza was the greatest opera singer in my lifetime. never have i heard a voice so beautiful. and i never liked opera. he made my heart sing. his voice made me cry, but, with joy. what a wonderfull gift he gave to us. i loved pavarotti and the tenors but no one had the inner soul of mario lanza. god gave us a gift but it was for short a time.
.....what a Godsent freak of nature....a dozen people on earth were born with a voice like that....others take lessons for 900 years and still cannot touch the talented soles of Lanza's feet.....
@valdengo1 wow, do i agree with that comment. There are so many elitists out there who have criticized Lanza for lack of technique. Are they crazy or tone deaf?
@jvpray I think with Lanza its all about out of all the tenors he was good looking and physical imposing - we are naked apes and jealously runs rampant. When I compare him to Pavarotti and others he stands tall above all else
As I've said many times Mario Lanza was the greatest natural voice of the 20th century. He could sing everything and contrary to a lot of mistaken opinions had a good sized voice..lyrico-spinto with a quality given by God and honed and developed over time. He enriched the life of millons of people that he would not have if he hadn't remained versatile and merely pursued an operatic career. His voice motivated me to pursue my vocal career in opera and I'm forever grateful.
@brunobrandy-- I grew up in South Philly where Mario Lanza was a kind of larger than life figure--I was a kid then. As I got older, I discovered the Free Library music records and I spent hours upon hours listening to recordings of Caruso, Gigli, de Stefano, Corelli, etc., developing gradually my own taste in this wonderful world of operatic music. After many years, much thought and evaluation, I feel that Mario Lanza was and still is, the best. He sang because the music was in his heart & soul.
@brunobrandy Like you, he inspired me to start singing, as well. I often remark that he was my "voice teacher" as I learned to sing by singing along with his records that my dad had. It eventually led me to a college scholarship and I will FINALLY get a chance at Broadway this summer.
I love Mario Lanza since I was a teen. Thus, I use to sing his song to stretch my vocal cords. He has a powerful voice. Till now I sing this song o sole mio. It never fades. Gracie Mario
@Carmenala: I fully agree with you as regards the young generation missing out on some divine singing, but at least YouTube users like cuzinkevin (who uploaded this) try to keep the memory alive !
I myself try to keep the memory of another tenor legend (Enrico Caruso) alive. Thanks for your comment !
@Carmenala: Yes, the records with Caruso are unfortunately not of a very good quality and do not do justice to his voice, but at least we have recordings. Impressive that you have such great tone recognition !
For me too a day without music is absolutely wasted. Best to you, Tom
i think your being unfair to the youngsters, i love lanza like my dad did i love kraus, di stefano, my son who is now 28 is a rapper. yet he likes lanza too nothink stands still life moves on , i prefer the old stuff but thats my choice. i loved al jolson when i was a kid too, iam now 53 and people like time change for the better? well for you and me no. but for them yes.
thats a matter of opinion, youngsters today, have more choice. and it is about choice i agree on b.eautiful music never grows old, but thats your opinion and mine not everyones. because music has changed and so have people its not my taste but noone forced me to like lanza or kraus, i don,t like the new stuff, but hey iam not 18. music should never be forced on anyone, by any parents, everyone should have a choice, and everyone deserves one...
rouman7: I removed all my comments - this is not the place to "argue". We are not children in a sand box. No more comments from me and I don't need any more from you addressed to me either.
I do enjoy music in any form, in any language and Lanza did just that, Italian, Spanish, English the way some of young singers today do although not as dramatic as Mario did, the likes of Josh Groban and Russell Watson, but Mario is exceptional.
Yes, Sir, Carmenala, I love Caruso - even when we are left with poor recordings - somehow his empathetic genious still shines through. But I certainly also adore Lanza ! (as well as other great tenors). - And I can only agree with you as regards the quality of the music of the young people - (C)RAP !!
Lembro-me quando criança almoçando, geralmante domingo, ao som de Mario Lanza, meu pai gostava muito. Nos idos de 1956, 1957 .... Grande tenor ! Bravo !
@Mr19841504 doesn't it anger you that the "three tenors" treated this beautiful italian song as a "musical joke" in their concerts? they needed to find a way to "smooth over" their admission that lanza was an inspiration.
@jgraif well,to be able to sing whit heart its something that,in o sole mio and other cantonete,you can't learn in conservatory,its something that you find only in the depth of your soul, god bless him!
@rokbe4u isn't it wonderful that lanza had the resources of rca to provide him with beautiful accompaniments? unfortunately, they afforded him the opportunity to record EVERY italian song and EVERY important operatic aria but did not release most of it. hollywood and the recording industry helped the art music community to minimize his talent.
Ohhhhh sooolllleee miiiiooooo
joeyjordiso1001 1 day ago
Que voz! Todavía recuerdo su film, interpretando al genio Baritono italiano Enrico Carusso en "El gran Carusso" OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! SOOOOOOLEEEEEEEEEE MIOOOOOOOO!
Mrgironcho 2 weeks ago
VIVA LA OPERA! me recuerda mucho la voz y temperamento de mi padre! los agudos ,la fuerza en la voz,como mi padre,que fue tenor tambien !que emocionante ! Mario lanza,fallecio en los años 60 a la edad de 38años, parece ser que de un infarto
ELIANE7719 1 month ago
O God!!!
ivanovuman 3 months ago
delicious channel Congratulations Sincerely Chiarasany.-
chiarasany 3 months ago
Underrated. Should be considered among the greats in my opinion.
joshandm 3 months ago 4
I remember him singing when I was a kid. I did not realize he was this good. I appreciate him more now.
MsFlyinglady 3 months ago
0:55
Shoppingcartapuses 3 months ago
Viva Italia
JAUMEGUIRAO 4 months ago
The greatest SINGER of the 20th century!!! HANDS DOWN!!
kingcorelli 4 months ago in playlist O SOLO MIO 7
the best... and his name is mario!
bigrocky73 5 months ago in playlist bigrocky73's Favorited Videos 2
No, Caruso is the best.
SainzAldo 5 months ago
@SainzAldo Caruso invented it, Mario perfected it.
VAAMusicalMike 4 months ago
the greatest...thank you mom for showing me this amazing singer..love you and miss you...heaven has a special angel in you
bigrocky73 5 months ago in playlist BIGLAZ
My dad used to sing this and many other Mario Lanza songs. Dad said Mario was the best, but I think my dad was. Miss you dad.
FMacLeran 6 months ago 43
@FMacLeran that made me smile and miss my pop, he did the same thing with me when i was little thanks :~)
jaytheentertainer20 1 month ago
no finer voice would you ever hear , he was the greatest ever.
jules1157 7 months ago 4
This was before I was born but I can stillremember my Mother listening to his records as a very small child over and over and I have to agree after listening to Pavarotti and Bachelli .....Mario was incrediable as well and very handsome. Just beatuiful voice...
vacationlover1 7 months ago
This was beforwe I was born but can remen=mber mny Mother listening to him over and over and I have to agree after listening to Pavarotti and Bachelli Mario was incrediable as well and very handsome.
vacationlover1 7 months ago
Thios was beforwe I was born but can remen=mber mny Mother listening to him over and over and I have to agree after listening to Pavarotti and Bachelli Mario was incrediable as well and very handsome.
vacationlover1 7 months ago
My son is 11 yrs old, and just started voice lessons, he loves this song and singing "powerfully", please check him out and encourage him to continue his voice lessons. O Sole Mio J.A.Zehetner
1jazmom 8 months ago
One of the truly greats. Timeless.
geegeetwo1 8 months ago
Check out these Italian kids, 16 and 17, singing O Sole Mio - Search: Il Volo. Certainly not Mario, no comparison, but great fun to see kids doing classical crossover.
gmaureen 8 months ago
NO ONE,NO ONE CAN EVER COMPARE TO MARIO LANZA'S VOICE EVEN THE BEST CURRENT TENORS. THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION.LOVE ALSO HIS OLD MOVIES.
1419sunnyside 8 months ago 3
un immortel de la chanson
izzoroger47 9 months ago
gli italiani sono i migliori cantanti di gran lunga
bigrocky73 9 months ago in playlist BIGLAZ 4
Великий СОЛОВЕЙ! БРАВО!!!!!Самое лучшее в мире "O Sole Mio!" во все времена!
MaryannaK67 9 months ago
BELLESSEMMMOOOO Ti Amo!
marshalltuckerful 9 months ago
Timeless unique
DNostalgic101 9 months ago
Tan bueno cuanto Pavarotti!!!!
mlbondim 9 months ago
Para mi, la mejor interpretación de Because es la de Mario Lanza. No menosprecio
la de Pavarortti, pero tiene mas colorido la da Mario. Renee Zambrana Granja
reneezam2005 9 months ago
Bravo Mario!!!
kandor39 9 months ago
no words...There are no words
MyKuwaitQ8 10 months ago
Neno Muric - O sole mio (live)
almarass 10 months ago
scerzavo la conosco bene!:) good video!<3
smaila242 10 months ago
Cuzinkevin, Thank you for uploading this video. I am not a music critic or expert, but I think Mario Lanza has an incomparable voice. I know they have always said he did not pay his dues in the opera houses. I don't really care, the sound of his voice sends shivers down my spine. The beauty of it is beyond comparison. Thank God that we have many recordings of his singing to enjoy.
ncistone1 11 months ago 11
Simple TOP!!!
jfarahjunior 11 months ago
Bravo..Mario !!!!!!
vina1030 1 year ago
Died way too young, robbed us of many more performances!
JimMLINY 1 year ago
Till this day he still sends chills up and down my spine.. What a voice !
LOMBARDISPACKERS1 1 year ago
Good recording! I felt so bad when I read that Mario Lanza died so young. Poor guy.
:( He's awesome. He is one of my favorite tenors of the past, almost right up with Caruso, Gigli, and Bjorling.
31operafan 1 year ago
Mario is super, get it? :D
BeCoolLikeMe200 1 year ago
Igrew up listening Mario Lanza.His voice was unique.He was the best of the best.
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zero1582 1 year ago
Although it has been sung in the middle of last century, the interpretation of "O Sole Mio ", by the great tenor Mario Lanza, who served as an icon for many famous tenors as Pavarotti, is still stays in evidence!
hensiq 1 year ago 2
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hensiq 1 year ago
this is one of my favorite song
aldamann46 1 year ago
This i s what my father raised me on. He went in July of this year.
mikejdem 1 year ago 2
My favorite version of this song with the three tenors play to outdo each other being next favorite
mansan56 1 year ago 2
After listening to about 50 versions of this song on youtube i think this is my favorite.
burlofreak 1 year ago 4
beautiful
maxidude4onPSN1 1 year ago
malgré leur qualité, des ténors comme Paul POTTS ,ne pourront jamais se comparer au Grand LANZA, ni en puissance,ni en nuances de voix,ni en diction, ni en émotion.
Guy CREQUIE in spite of their quality, tenors like Paul POTTS, will be able to never compare themselves with the Large LANZA, neither in power, neither in nuances of voice, neither in diction, nor in emotion.
Guy CREQUIE
CREQUIE 1 year ago
applause wonderful teacher
woow
TheMrM4r10 1 year ago
Loved it and so did Elvis! Yes he loved Lanza.
EPFANTCB 1 year ago 4
when have we ever heard a joining of voice and orchestra that came anywhere close to this? enough said.
jgraif 1 year ago
What do you expect, a classico not from europa!
redfang59134 1 year ago
here i go, again. as i listened to this unique rendition yet one more time, i was struck by a different "take" on what makes lanza so appealing to me. in my mind, he is "engaged" in the music and cares about it like no one else i have ever heard. yes...highly subjective, but that's what my ears are hearing.
merry xmas, everyone!!
jgraif 1 year ago 2
When the Lanza voice was at it's best, it had the most beautiful tenor timbre and tone that I have ever heard. I had the pleasure of becoming a phone friend of Colleen Lanza many years ago. It was great to hear her share first hand stories of her great father :)
2CalaMo 1 year ago 3
Wow!!!
Retslu 1 year ago
he's my nonno's (grandfather in italian) cousin. or was.
larsulrich63 1 year ago 2
when i opened youtube at this point in time, mario lanza incidentally came out..it was so great to hear his songs..those beautiful songs and powerful voice of the great carruso reminds me the days when i was still so young in the early 50's, it really embedded my ears and memory....
dyjugem 1 year ago
i know this will anger many. i cannot help but think that pavarotti, singing through his nose and not even trying to inject a bit of emotion would have been "lost" in this beautiful orchestration. why didn't metha try to obtain these arrangements and challenge pavarotti to do the right thing. he could have easily lended much needed credibility to lanza's singular talent. instead, he chose to treat this and other italian songs as "throw-aways" and lampoon lanza. shame on him.
jgraif 1 year ago 2
@jgraif
you could ask him if he wasn't dead. Pavarotti, I mean.
Your obviously professional critiques may have more bearing on those that are alive today.
Clanidan 1 year ago
@Clanidan we could also ask lanza, if he wasn't dead!!! what the hell does that mean? lanza's recordings brought these beautiful songs to the general public. that fact cannot be denied. pavarotti had the chance to "validate" lanza and he chose not to do so. i will not judge his decision but i challenge anyone to refute it.
jgraif 1 year ago 3
@jgraif I guess your reference to lampooning Lanza refers to the rendition of O Sole Mio that the three tenors did, which is one of the videos on the right. It never occurred to me that they were mocking Lanza. In interviews all three of them have had positive things to say about Lanza. I thought in that particular song they were poking fun at the way in which some singers perform some songs in an overly dramatic way. I thought Pavarotti did other songs in a serious manner.
ChicagoSouthDan 1 year ago
@ChicagoSouthDan thank you, dan for the considered comment. you are right that all three of them said many nice things about lanza. that is why is bothers me that they then went ahead and lampooned his performance of "o sole mio". if i am correct, lanza was the first one to "play" with that high note and linger on it a bit. sure, it was schmaltzy, but they turned it into a comic moment. just my opinion.
jgraif 1 year ago 3
@ChicagoSouthDan I remember that rendition but I thought they were making fun of the way Pavarotti sang. I can't believe any of them would intentionally mock Mario. Actually I prefer the Irish Tenors over those 3, especially Anthony Kearns who..to me..sounds more like Mario than any other I've heard. If they ever make a movie about Mario's life, he'd definitely make a great Mario..looks wise & voice wise. JMO
19111ellyc 1 year ago
In my humble opinion ... He´s overdoing it.
I´m not a fan!
Toolkasine 1 year ago
@Toolkasine may i offer that these are, italian songs. they were intended to be overdone. we have become so accustomed to the great majority of so-called operatic tenors treating these songs as "throw-aways" in their concerts and thereby offering unemotional, dry performances.
jgraif 1 year ago 2
for me, the modulation is the best part. it provides a wonderful showcase for the often ignored second verse and the perfect vehicle for lanza's wonderful voice to interpret it.
jgraif 1 year ago 3
god bless him for performing these timeless "songs" with the same care he afforded every aria he ever recorded. he never treated them as "throw-aways", like pavarotti and many others. please...compare any performance you can find.
jgraif 1 year ago
angels in heaven are singing .mario is the lead ..oh my god what a voice ,,love him till death
maryj1009 1 year ago
bravo great singer i just found out about him a year ago
gothhearse 1 year ago 2
whenever i hear this recording, i am overwhelmed by the combination of lanza's incomparable voice and the beauty of the orchestration. no one has EVER offered a performance, live or recorded, to equal this one.
i have always hated the peformances of "o sole mio" by the "three tenors". their supposed "tribute" to lanza ends up as nothing more than a lampoon of his performance with them yelling the high note and holding it as if that was all that mattered. shame on them.
jgraif 1 year ago
great operatic man died to early life with such great talent, i miss him so much even now when i hear him or see him sing in his films he is a great legend, has he is my no1 opera singer followed by Luciano Pavarotti 2nd, 2 great guys sadly missed.
schumachergirl1956 1 year ago
He was the best.
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Marvelously done.
Stu2370 1 year ago
Marvelously done
Stu2370 1 year ago 4
greatest of all time-enough said.
iggyfaw100 1 year ago 4
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Incredible!
thegameoflife3 1 year ago 7
minunata voce...beautiful
adrianmusic2009 1 year ago 2
cqre ingrato
gdiets13 1 year ago
браво!браво!браво! Великий Марио Ланца!Самый непревзойдённый тенор в мире..... для меня!
MaryannaK67 1 year ago
immenso
enclaus85 1 year ago
Mario Lanza was THE MAN back then and currently to this day still THE MAN!! Too bad you died so young Mario, I wasn't even born yet. Thanks to your listeners, your music still lives on and will continue to live on for deckaides to come. With a voice like his - he is second to none! Do you think he knows this? Do you think he is aware of how amazing his voice is and how his music lives on? I sure hope so! Thank you Mario
jennygirl709 1 year ago 9
Mario threw far greater PASSION into what he sung than ANYONE.
9TheMajor 1 year ago 9
The best interpretation of all times!!!
PMikeMMM 1 year ago 8
the best with this song ,simply superb. thanks so much for sharing
cooligalgirl 1 year ago 8
listen to dominic chianese doing this song it is brilliant as well
thinkorthwim69 1 year ago
El mejor tenor de todos los tiempo!!!! que voz ,que interpretacion,lo tenia todo!!! lastima que nos dejo tan pronto!!!.....voz y sentimiento...que color de voz tan hermosa...
batm42 1 year ago
Wow! That's really very rich and creamy. Maybe you're not so stupid after all.
holyfuckareyoustupid 1 year ago
thank you for sharing this.
ocaj32 1 year ago 7
This guys sings with such power and emotes better than anyone I have ever heard. The placement of emphasis and annunciation in order to express feeling is incredible!
doctorparadigmshift 1 year ago 9
Probably the most favourite of the last century
Realmasterorder 1 year ago 8
bello
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When Lanza sang people would bow down, just to avoid his arms as he whirled them aroiund. I heard several concertmasters lost an eye when they got too close to this spaghetti bender.
madisonelectronic 1 year ago
@madisonelectronic Obviously you are to young to remember Mario Lanza singing and now there is only recordings on You Tube. However it does not stop you from making assinine remarks about one of the greaest Tenors of the last 100 years. Can you sing? If so put your recording up against Mario Lanza for everybody to listen to it and Laugh. I'll bet the You Tube will allow you to do it for the chorus a laughter & giggles from thousands of people as you attempt to sing like Mario.
Pinamucan 1 year ago 2
The greatest ever
ratuetuate 1 year ago 6
J'aime vraiment beaucoup, beautifull
soriageneve 1 year ago
When Mario finishes singing he leaves a void that can only be filled with another Mario song, No one else will do........
BarneyTygwyn 1 year ago 7
mario lanza was the greatest opera singer in my lifetime. never have i heard a voice so beautiful. and i never liked opera. he made my heart sing. his voice made me cry, but, with joy. what a wonderfull gift he gave to us. i loved pavarotti and the tenors but no one had the inner soul of mario lanza. god gave us a gift but it was for short a time.
geriavino 1 year ago 3
@geriavino lanza is the grestet
tinocoferreira1 1 year ago 3
@tinocoferreira1 hes the main man just brill
Danni5564 1 year ago 5
.....what a Godsent freak of nature....a dozen people on earth were born with a voice like that....others take lessons for 900 years and still cannot touch the talented soles of Lanza's feet.....
valdengo1 1 year ago 9
@valdengo1 wow, do i agree with that comment. There are so many elitists out there who have criticized Lanza for lack of technique. Are they crazy or tone deaf?
You said it correctly.
jvpray 1 year ago 36
@jvpray I think with Lanza its all about out of all the tenors he was good looking and physical imposing - we are naked apes and jealously runs rampant. When I compare him to Pavarotti and others he stands tall above all else
niceguyblueeyes 1 year ago 2
what a beautiful ,fantastic unbelivable voice the great mario lanza no one will ever come close thank god we have his cd's to listen to.
toots440 1 year ago 16
@toots440
Have you heard Gianluca Ginoble sing this... of Il Volo? I feel that he is actually better.
Better than most I have heard sing O Solo Mio. Check him out!
jezrell44 8 months ago
From 3:30 on...Wow...what a gift...61 yrs ago and just wonderful today as it was then....RIP Mario Lanza
mroneoftheguys 1 year ago 9
What a good voice! I have obviously been listening to the wrong singers! I have found another one to imitate lol.
marshal67 1 year ago 9
I grew up listneing and loving Mario Lanza. His voice was like energized liquid velvet
csereix 1 year ago 34
@csereix what a beautiful way to describe his voice. my grandma and my mother both liked him.
PeaceLoveAndSKs 1 year ago
THIS IS A HUMAN SPICES
syze1000 10 months ago
@csereix
I also listened to Mario Lanza as a young girl, I was in love with him. His music, his heart, his love. SMILES.
denisereghetti 9 months ago
There exist but 2 types of music-good and bad!
paulostroff99 1 year ago
Ah ! Mario Lanza ! quel bonheur de réentendre cette magnifique voix !
Pennywhit3 2 years ago
brunobrandy 2 years ago 12
@brunobrandy-- I grew up in South Philly where Mario Lanza was a kind of larger than life figure--I was a kid then. As I got older, I discovered the Free Library music records and I spent hours upon hours listening to recordings of Caruso, Gigli, de Stefano, Corelli, etc., developing gradually my own taste in this wonderful world of operatic music. After many years, much thought and evaluation, I feel that Mario Lanza was and still is, the best. He sang because the music was in his heart & soul.
lamanchamama 1 year ago 8
@lamanchamama Great comments!
brunobrandy 1 year ago 6
and Jussi björling was Good to
Thejeppischannel 1 year ago
@brunobrandy Like you, he inspired me to start singing, as well. I often remark that he was my "voice teacher" as I learned to sing by singing along with his records that my dad had. It eventually led me to a college scholarship and I will FINALLY get a chance at Broadway this summer.
dutchpuppy2 1 year ago 10
DUTCHPUPPY...Fantastic! I'm very
happy for you. Yes, his style, his passion
very much colored my early singing. His
truly was a voice of a lifetime and like you
said gave us both the spark to go forward
and served as a type of voice teacher
before we had voice teachers. "Break a
leg" and the very best to you.
brunobrandy 1 year ago 6
Inspired Elvis to great heights in 1960with "Its Now Or Never"
TheWhitehall 2 years ago 2
I love Mario Lanza since I was a teen. Thus, I use to sing his song to stretch my vocal cords. He has a powerful voice. Till now I sing this song o sole mio. It never fades. Gracie Mario
starrider31 2 years ago
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Carmenala 2 years ago 6
@Carmenala: I fully agree with you as regards the young generation missing out on some divine singing, but at least YouTube users like cuzinkevin (who uploaded this) try to keep the memory alive !
I myself try to keep the memory of another tenor legend (Enrico Caruso) alive. Thanks for your comment !
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago 7
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Carmenala 2 years ago 2
@Carmenala: Yes, the records with Caruso are unfortunately not of a very good quality and do not do justice to his voice, but at least we have recordings. Impressive that you have such great tone recognition !
For me too a day without music is absolutely wasted. Best to you, Tom
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago
@Carmenala
I am a young enthusiast of this kind of music.. i believe many of us Filipinos appreciate this wonderful music and voice.
derekybarra 2 years ago 5
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Carmenala 2 years ago 2
My dad used to sing this and other Mario Lanza songs, when I was a boy. He's now 85 & I'm 60 and I still love listening to this wonderful music.
steveO84413 2 years ago 4
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Carmenala 2 years ago
i think your being unfair to the youngsters, i love lanza like my dad did i love kraus, di stefano, my son who is now 28 is a rapper. yet he likes lanza too nothink stands still life moves on , i prefer the old stuff but thats my choice. i loved al jolson when i was a kid too, iam now 53 and people like time change for the better? well for you and me no. but for them yes.
rouman7 2 years ago 2
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Carmenala 2 years ago
thats a matter of opinion, youngsters today, have more choice. and it is about choice i agree on b.eautiful music never grows old, but thats your opinion and mine not everyones. because music has changed and so have people its not my taste but noone forced me to like lanza or kraus, i don,t like the new stuff, but hey iam not 18. music should never be forced on anyone, by any parents, everyone should have a choice, and everyone deserves one...
rouman7 2 years ago
rouman7: I removed all my comments - this is not the place to "argue". We are not children in a sand box. No more comments from me and I don't need any more from you addressed to me either.
Carmenala 2 years ago
I do enjoy music in any form, in any language and Lanza did just that, Italian, Spanish, English the way some of young singers today do although not as dramatic as Mario did, the likes of Josh Groban and Russell Watson, but Mario is exceptional.
del2reb 2 years ago 3
young people these days dont know a damn thing outside english in this country and are quite hostile to other languages
MattytheDem 2 years ago 5
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Carmenala 2 years ago
Beautiful and powerful!
chwillwin 2 years ago 8
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luciano pav. leads in this song!
mauriciomille 2 years ago
Mario LANZA est supérieur :GC
Mario LANZA is higher: GC
Mario LANZA è superiore: GC
CREQUIE 2 years ago
IMO the only one comparable to Mario in this song is the legend Enrico Caruso.
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago 5
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Carmenala 2 years ago
Yes, Sir, Carmenala, I love Caruso - even when we are left with poor recordings - somehow his empathetic genious still shines through. But I certainly also adore Lanza ! (as well as other great tenors). - And I can only agree with you as regards the quality of the music of the young people - (C)RAP !!
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago 2
Such passion,what a shame he died so young.
cgclemen4588 2 years ago 5
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Carmenala 2 years ago
two thumbs way up! both big toes up, too!
dblairosj 2 years ago
two thumbs up!!
raffymamauag 2 years ago 7
He was blessed with such a wonderful and unforgettable voice....bravo...Praise GOD
raffymamauag 2 years ago 5
Lembro-me quando criança almoçando, geralmante domingo, ao som de Mario Lanza, meu pai gostava muito. Nos idos de 1956, 1957 .... Grande tenor ! Bravo !
inof2008 2 years ago
Best version ever of this song, hands down!
goldenoldiesPete 2 years ago 31
@goldenoldiesPete you bet it is. i challenge anyone to offer ANY better performance.
jgraif 1 year ago
What a beautiful voice. What a life. You will never be forgotten Mario, never.
gammypetra 2 years ago 8
Simply the best ever!
MEL4600 2 years ago 10
kovw fleva......
irenepaschou1991 2 years ago 3
Bellissimo! Mario Lanza forever!
AngelEsterhazy 2 years ago 8
All one has to do is to do a little comparison listening....One fact will emerge..Mario owns it......................PERIOD
eb641 2 years ago 12
AMEN! 'Nuff said!
ybatey1 2 years ago
this is the true interpretation of o sole mio napoletan style....he is a true maestro!
Mr19841504 2 years ago 45
@Mr19841504 you have right
methoniou 1 year ago 2
@Mr19841504
Yes, Yes, Yes, it is a Neapolitan song and should be song with the Neapolitan style .
Sunnybunny2006 1 year ago 7
Yes, you are right! Lanza is hte best tenor, and interpretator !!
21Placido 1 year ago 5
@Mr19841504 doesn't it anger you that the "three tenors" treated this beautiful italian song as a "musical joke" in their concerts? they needed to find a way to "smooth over" their admission that lanza was an inspiration.
jgraif 1 year ago
@jgraif well,to be able to sing whit heart its something that,in o sole mio and other cantonete,you can't learn in conservatory,its something that you find only in the depth of your soul, god bless him!
Mr19841504 1 year ago
@jgraif: I'm glad I'm not the only person to notice.
rokbe4u 1 year ago
@rokbe4u isn't it wonderful that lanza had the resources of rca to provide him with beautiful accompaniments? unfortunately, they afforded him the opportunity to record EVERY italian song and EVERY important operatic aria but did not release most of it. hollywood and the recording industry helped the art music community to minimize his talent.
jgraif 1 year ago
For my money you will never hear a better Tenor voice. Of course there will be ones that are as good (maybe) but none can surpass this guy. Awesome!
GaryWillSmith 2 years ago 8
Amen!