MARIO LANZA "Di quella pira" July 13.1955

The great Mario Lanza (Manrico) sings (Giuseppe Verdi)
- IL TROVATORE - Act III
"Di quella pira"- from the movie "SERENADE"
Conductor - Ray Heindorf
July 13.1955
Warner Bros. Studios, Burbanks California

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[Aetion]

Many have named him the second Caruso. I prefer call him the first Mario Lanza.

Thanks for the posting.

[TonyRomeoUSA1]

The talent that Alfred Cocozza ( his real name ) had was incredible. Smooth, baritonal low notes , open, muscular throat and a rib cage resonating all the fundementals. His power range and beauty of voice is rare and a gift. Combine that with acting ability and great musical talent: America's only real tenor , taken away at a young age, so many years ago....

[kablue79]

@sugarbist

Dude, if you read the whole comment you'd figure out that when it comes to Corelli is totally sarcastic and an answer to an agorante's statement. There's no way to say that Franco's voice was small ;-) - as you infact remember. And there's not even way to state that is was ugly. Indeed Corelli voice was a sword covered with velvet. A gem.

[sugarbist]

@kablue79 You may think that Corelli's voice was ugly, But to say that it was small, is entirely inaccurate. I saw him in Trovatore at the met in the early 1960s and his voice was anything but small.I think your comments about Domingo are pretty accurate,However I saw him in I Pagliacci at the Met in the early 1990s& he was hardly audible,especially in the passaggio& higher.A world class tenor should be audible& have decent high notes.

[seedubyu]

@NemEsisTHEoPeration thanks a lot. My mother watches "The Great Caruso" very often. This part is brilliant. Oh, and that bit from Tosca, ( in The Great Caruso) which ends with ".....la vita". That is really powerful. Thanks a lot.

[NemEsisTHEoPeration]

@seedubyu Che gelida manina. One of my fav arias :)

[Agorante]

@kablue79 I'm sorry but I don't really understand your comments. I praised Lanza (as if he needed to) for singing a High C and pointed out that Pavarotti only sang a G in the same spot. That's the simple fact of the matter. I don't hate Pavarotti. I heard him live many times but of course I never heard Lanza live. I'm trying to be fair and accurate. You seem to want to stir up a controversy. C'mon.

[kablue79]

@Agorante

Now I understand that you like Lanza, but stating amenities like those above won't do more then make a fool out of yourself.

The tenors you mentioned were between the GREATEST of the last 50 years.

You just missed to say that Corelli had a small ugly voice and the measure was complete. C'mon.

[kablue79]

@Agorante

Pavarotti had one of the most brilliant, sharps, effortless High C's in the history of Opera. Del Monaco in his prime sang it effortless and pretty loud.

Not mentioning the fact that a tenor is not judjeable from a note (Domingo's voice, acting, interpretation stay unique in the past century), an endless list of tenors sing High C's, AND HIGHEST NOTES, when required from the belcanto repertoire.

[dziady1]

Next to Kiepura not bad ... last note off pitch .

[seedubyu]

whats that one called from "The Great Caruso" where he's on stage sat down and leaning towards and singing to the blonde woman. He has grey checked trousers and red jacket and then John Duresque starts clapping and cheering. Thats brilliant.

[gragrn]

@philipc67 If he had pursued a purely operatic career most of the world would never have heard of him and we would not be blessed with the wealth of recorded material he left behind. I for one am glad he made the choices he did because he influenced every tenor that came after him and brought the beauty of opera to a whole new audience.

[crapfacejoe]

@philipc67 Difficult to refuse money and fame in the golden age of Hollywood; most people given the opportunity would have made the same choice. Lanza's only curse was his good looks.

[MrAlex80m]

Superb!

[maggipaolo]

@Aetion You are perfectly right!!! In my opinion is better that Pavarotti, Domingo, Caruso. I have never heard such a terrific voice. Incredible!

[Agorante]

Most people don't realize thatLanza'pop hit "Be My Love" also ends on a High C. Almost no one sings it in his key. Domingo, Del Monaco and Pavarotti only sing a G.

[philipc67]

Really superb. I agree, America's only true tenor. Such a waste, what a shame he never had a real operatic stage career but chose tasteless Hollywood fluff instead.

[margrant]

stavo sentendo un pira di questo tanto declamato jose' Cura, facendomi un fegato cosi'...poi sono capitato qui...non la conoscevo questa di Mario lanza....che bella voce squillante

[svjatazarov]

ну шикарноо!!! ярко выраженная школа пения на И.....и вержнее до на И......шикано...голос звенит...ща такого звона нет ни у кого из ныыне поющих-здравствующих тенороввв.....

[bodiloto]

@matt7178 hai ragione amico,un triste destino per questo bellissimo artista,e veramente un peccato,giusto sono d'accordissimo con te.

[matt7178]

@bodiloto putroppo è morto a 38 anni....aveva già 2 contratti pronti con il teatro Alla Scala (mi sembra) per 2 Opere....peccato....veramente un peccato. E' rimasto una star di Hollywood così....si vede che non era destino...

[Aetion]

Great voice!

Tks for posting.

[bodiloto]

Mario Lanza una delle stars di Hollywood .