"Nessun dorma" - Turandot - Mario Lanza

Mario Lanza, tenor

sings

"Nessun dorma"

from the opera Turandot (Puccini)

Studio recording

Category:

Music

Tags:

• nessun
• dorma
• puccini
• turandot
• mario
• lanza
• studio
• recording

[XMercian]

my father and i argued so so much over Mario... he would call him a screamer... i would call him pasionate... my father passed away peacefully in his sleep to days ago... Im sitting here with tears streaming down my face... when we meet agian the arguement will commence once again. I love you Mario!

[tenorvoice50]

Mario sang every note with his heart on his lips

[kesmarn]

Nice clear recording, and his diction is so perfect. Very lovely.

[sugarbist]

@HeatherGlen33 I also love La Boheme. The opera is simply beautifully romantic& I think it captures every person no matter how old or young they are. Although I had my suspicions about Pav. & Lanza, I never realized the extent of Lanza vanity. I know that ML had a lot of problems but I thought they were mostly over drinking&eating.I've also heard a few things about Domingo,but I try to distance myself about such rumors& keep them from influencing me wether or not I like their singing.Enjoy

[HeatherGlen33]

@HeatherGlen33 I spelled LeBoheme wrong?

[HeatherGlen33]

@sugarbist It's true that America does not have the interest in opera, as in Europe.

LeBohme will always be my favorite. I gave away all my 75rpm records of Lanza. Now I have DVD's of Pavarotti and Domingo. My husband was Italian and when he passed away, I gave the breakable records away. Lanza and Pav, were both "womanizers" and that is hard to accept. Lanza bragged about his many affairs while married with 5 kids. While his family was in the room.

[sugarbist]

@HeatherGlen33 Although Pav.was wonderful there were tenors in opera history that did trump him in certain roles,Pav.was not really suited for Aida, Chenier,&Trovatore as Corelli,Volpi&Fillipeschi were.Pav was really a lyric tenor that did sing some of the heavier roles with some good acclaim. Even his( Nessun Dorma )which he sang beautifully&made more popular was not an opera that he excelled in.Even my favorite tenors do not sing everything great.Caruso for me&many is really the best ever.

[sugarbist]

@HeatherGlen33 You may like Pavarotti more than Lanza,However Lanza can carry the note as well as anyone.Lanza also died at age 38.The Great Caruso movie was probably the worst of the movies that Lanza had made.It was full of inaccuracies as far as the story line went & his acting throughout the movie was pretty hammy.I don't really think that Lanza had any competition in the so called American songs.Pavarotti although wonderful as Lanza is,had l lot of competition in the Italian repertory.CONT.

[jfarahjunior]

Especialíssimo. Excelente

[phillysusan22]

I'm sorry for the loss of your father.

[phillysusan22]

Also remember that Mario Lanza was virtually untrained. His singing came straight from his soul with a sparkle that overflowed into his joyful smile and eyes. There have certainly been many tenors with more perfect technique, but none I think with as much true passion. My father grew up in his neighborhood in South Philadelphia and knew him when my father was a child and Mario was a teenager.