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Lanza, Mario Filmography
- 100 Years of the London Palladium (2010)
- That's Entertainment! (1974)
- For the First Time (1959)
- Arrivederci Roma (1957)
- Serenade (1956)
- The Student Prince (1954)
- Because You're Mine (1952)
- The Great Caruso (1951)
- Moments in Music (1950)
- The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
- Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
- That Midnight Kiss (1949)
- Winged Victory (1944)
Lanza, Mario Filmography
- Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
- Be My Love - Mario Lanza
- Arrivederci Roma ( Goodbye to Rome ) - Mario Lanza
- Wanting You (from The New Moon) - Mario Lanza
- Valencia - Mario Lanza
- Guardian Angels - Mario Lanza
- Golden Days - Mario Lanza
- Beloved - Mario Lanza
- A Kiss - Mario Lanza
- Wonder Why - Mario Lanza
- The Loveliest Night Of The Year (from The Great Caruso) - Mario Lanza
Be My Love
Mario Lanza
- words by Sammy Cahn, music by Nicholas Brodszky
Be my love
For no one else can end this yearning
This need that you and you alone create
Just fill my arms
The way you've filled my dreams
The dreams that you inspire
With every sweet desire
Be my love
And with your kisses set me burning
One kiss is all I need to seal my fate
And hand in hand
We'll find love's promised land
There'll be no one but you for me
Eternally
If you will be my love
Copyright 1949, 1960 (renewed 1977, 1978) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Arrivederci Roma
Goodbye, goodbye to Rome
City of a million moonlit places
City of a million warm embraces
Where I found the one above the faces far from home
Arriverderci Roma
It's time for us to part
Save the wedding bells for my returning
Keep my lover's arms outstretched and yearning
Please be sure the flame of love keeps burning in her heart
Arriverderci Roma
It's time for us to part
Save the wedding bells for my returning
Keep my lover's arms outstretched and yearning
Please be sure the flame of love keeps burning in her heart
My heart is aching for someone
And you are that someone
You know the truth of my story
You must believe what you see
I too may someday love someone
From somewhere there'll come, one
One who will hear the same story
That you're telling me
Wanting you everyday, I am wanting you
Every night I am longing to
Hold you close to my eager breast
Wanting Lord in that heaven I'm dreaming of
Makes that heaven seem far above
Any hope that I've gained my quest
Dreams are big, but I cling to a nearest trance
That you may hear me
Dreams are being, for whenever I wake
I never find you near me, wanting you
Nothing else in this world will do
Valencia, in my dreams it always seems
I hear you softly call to me
Valencia, where the orange trees forever
Send the breeze beside the sea
Valencia, in my arms I hold your charms
Beneath the blossoms high above
You love me, in Valencia long ago
We found our paradise of love
In a magic dream of memory I see you again
In that old town far away beneath the skies of Spain
That city of plenty romances, so shy were your glances
And swiftly the sunshine that dances through the orange broad
Valencia, in my dreams it always seems
I hear you softly call to me
Valencia, where the orange trees forever
Send the breeze beside the sea
Valencia, in my arms I hold your charms
Beneath the blossoms high above
You love me, in Valencia long ago
We found our paradise of love
Valencia, in my arms I hold your charms
Beneath the blossoms high above
You love me, in Valencia long ago
Guardian angels around my bed
Joining me in my prayers
They hush the shadows when they dance about
They shoo away the bears
Guardian angels to comfort me
If I wake in the night
They gather all my dreams
Their halos are my light
They dry my tears
If I should weep
They tuck me in
They rouse me from my sleep
Guardian angels around my bed
Standing by till I rise
There's one with shining wings that holds my hand
Golden days, in the sunshine of a happy youth
Golden days, full of gaiety and full of truth
In our hearts we remember them all else above
Golden days, days of youth and love
How we laughed with the joy that only love can bring
Looking back through memory's eyes
We will know life has nothing sweeter than its springtime
Golden days, when we're young
Tonight was just a masquerade
Tomorrow just another day
Let come whatever
Tonight or never
I'll through the mask away
Beloved with all my heart I love you
With every breath I pray some day
You will be mine
Summer or spring
Winter or fall
You are my life
My love my all
Beloved
The very stars above you
Are jealous of the way your eyes
Sparkle and shine
Day after day near or apart
I try to say be still my trembling heart
But try though I may I cannot hide
This passion inside
That won't be denied
This is be madness
Then it's all in madness
I never know I'll never rest
Till you are mine
Beloved believe me when I tell you
From now until the last bright star
Fades from the blue
Now and forever
Whatever I dooooo
A kiss is the touch of summer's fingertips
A kiss means so much
When April rain is in your eyes
The autumn dies with no goodbyes to say
A kiss will stay with you
And what your heart has longed to touch
Two willing lips can tell so well
They tell how lovely love can be
Not in words but you'll see by a kiss
The reason story books must end with a kiss
It means that life has just begun
That love has won, that kissing's fun
We know but time will show
It's much more than this
It all depends on whom you'll kiss
But you'll see by a kiss
The reason story books must end with a kiss
It means that life has just begun
That love has won, that kissing's fun
We know but time will show
It's much more than this
Wonder why I'm not myself off late
I'm feeling strangely great, I wonder why
I suppose some genius could explain
Why I walk in the rain, just let him try
I guess there is a simple explanation
Unless I've come up with a new sensation
It could be that she's caught up with me
And all the mystery I'm speaking of
Is simply that I went and fell in love
I suppose some genius could explain
Why I walk in the rain, just let him try
I guess there is a simple explanation
Unless I've come up with a new sensation
It could be that she's caught up with me
And all the mystery I'm speaking of
When you are in love
It's the loveliest night of the year
Stars twinkle above
And you almost can touch them from here
Words fall into rhyme
Anytime you are holding me near
When you are in love
It's the loveliest night of the year
Waltzing along in the blue
Like a breeze drifting over the sand
Thrilled by the wonder of you
And the wonderful touch of your hand
And my heart starts to beat
Like a child when a birthday is near
So kiss me, my sweet
It's the loveliest night of the year
Waltzing along in the blue
Like a breeze drifting over the sand
Thrilled by the wonder of you
And the wonderful touch of your hand
And my heart starts to beat
Like a child when a birthday is near
So kiss me, my sweet
Famous quotes by Mario Lanza:
"I sing from the heart... I sing the words of a song and really feel them, from the top of my head to the tip of my toes... I sing as though my life depends on it, and if I ever stop doing that then I'll stop living"
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- Funiculi, funiculà
- Dicitencello vuie
- Maria marì
- Voce ’e notte
- Canta pe’ me
- O surdato ’namurato
- Comme facette mammeta?
- Santa Lucia luntana
- Fenesta che lucive
- Tu ca nun chiagne
- ’Na sera ’e maggio
- Passione
- The Vagabond King: Drinking Song
- The Vagabond King: Some Day
- The Vagabond King: Love Me Tonight
- The Vagabond King: Only a Rose
- The Vagabond King: Tomorrow
- The Vagabond King: Love For Sale
- The Vagabond King: Hunting
- The Vagabond King: Nocturne
- The Vagabond King: Instrumental Interlude & Nocturne (reprise)
- The Vagabond King: Huguette Waltz
- The Vagabond King: Song of the Vagabonds
- The Vagabond King: Finale
- Tosca: Recondita armonia
- Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
- La bohéme: Che gelida manina
- I pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
- Rigoletto: Questo e quella
- Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
- Aida: Celeste Aida
- Core 'ngrato
- Lolita
- Mattinata
- Santa Lucia
- 'A vuchella
- Torna a Surriento
- 'O sole mio
- O Sole Mio
- Santa Lucia
- Funiculi Funicula
- Arrivederci Roma
- Granada
- Mattinata
- Because
- A Kiss
- Marechiare
- The Loveliest Night of the Year
- And This Is My Beloved
- Torna a Surriento
- Only a Rose
- Because You're Mine
- Be My Love
- Serenade
- La Donne E Mobile
- Serenade: Vien Al Mio Grido D'amor
- Core 'Ngrato (Catari, Catari)
- Recondita Armonia
- E Lucevan le Stelle
- Parigi o Cara
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- O Soave Faniculla
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- Mama Mia Che Vo Sape
- Improvivso: Un di All'azzuro Spazio
- Vesti la Giubba
- 'A Vucchella
- O Paradiso
- Marechiare
- Lolita
- Mattinata
- La Spagnola
- Torna a Surriento
- O Sole Mio
- Ave Maria
- Because Your Mine
- Granada
- Without a Song
- Song of Songs
- Be My Love
- A Kiss
- I Love Thee
- E Lucevan le Stelle
- Donkey Serenade
- The Loveliest Night of the Year
- Temptation
- Parigi O Cara
- O Soave Faniculla
- Cosi Cosa
- Turna A Surriento
- The Donkey Serenade
- More Than You Know
- The Loveliest Night of the Year
- I Love Thee (Ich Liebe Dich)
- A Kiss
- Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
- Song of Songs
- Granada
- Without a Song
- My Song, My Love
- Diane
- Thine Alone
- The Rosary
- Ave Maria
- The Lord's Prayer
- If
- They Didn't Believe Me
- Cosi Cosa
- Funiculi-Funicula (English version)
- Because You're Mine
- Be My Love
- The First Noël
- O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adestes fideles)
- Away in a Manger
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Silent Night
- Deck the Halls
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
- Joy to the World
- O Christmas Tree
- I Saw Three Ships
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Guardian Angels
- O Sole Mio
- I Love Thee
- Catari Catari Core
- La Donna E Mobile
- O Soave Funciulla
- More Than You Know
- Parami D'Amour Marii
- Because Your Mine
- Cosi cosi
- The Donkey Serenade
- A Kiss
- Recondita armonia
- Softly As In The Morning Sunrise
- Song of Songs
- Mamma mia, che vo' sape?
- Torna a Surriento
- Without A Song
- Un di all'azzurro spazio
- Ave Maria
- The Loveliest Night Of The Year
- O Sole Mio
- Santa Lucia
- Granada
- Arrivederci, Roma
- Lolita
- Come Prima
- The Loveliest Night of the Year
- Be my Love
- Because
- Torna a Surriento
- Danny Boy
- My Wild Irish Rose
- Valencia
- Funiculi, Funicula
- Besame Mucho
- Siboney
- A Kiss
- Beguin the Beguine (From Jubillee)
- Long Ago (From the Columbia Film Cover Girl)
- The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful
- My Heart Stood Still (From a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court)
- Sylvia
- The Moon Was Yellow
- Night and Day (From the Gay Divorcée)
- My Romance (From Jumbo)
- Siboney
- The Thrill Is Gone
- Valencia
- Beautiful Love
- Yesterdays (From Roberta)
- Bésame Mucho
- Without a Song
- Be My Love
- Granada
- Diane
- My Song, My Love
- Serenade
- O Paradis
- Marechiare
- The Rosary
- Thine Alone
- Without A Song
- Funculi, Funicula
- La Donna E Mobile
- If
- Serenade
- Lolita
- A Vuchella
- Torna A Surriento
- Because You're Mine
- Seranade (from 'The Student Prince')
- Drink, Drink, Drink
- I'll Walk With God
- For You Alone
- One Night Of Love
- If I Loved You
- Deep Im My Heart Dear
- Gaudeamus igitur
- Temptation
- Golden Days
- Romance
- I'll See You Again
- Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Be My Love
- Golden Days
- Because
- La Boheme
- One Alone
- La Danza
- The Lovliest Night of the Year
- Arrivederci Roma
- Night and Day
- Core'Ngrato
- Drink Drink Drink
- Begin the Beguine
- Osole Mio
- LA Donna Mobile
- April in Paris
- Granada
- Because Your Mine
- Questa o Quella
- I'll Walk With God
- Torna a Surriento
- Ave Maria
- Romance
- M'Appari
- Without a Song
- Be My Love
- Drink, Drink, Drink
- La Donna E Mobile
- Danny Boy
- Granada
- Because You're Mine
- Ave Maria
- Valencia
- The Loveliest Night Of The Year
- Song Of India
- Because
- O Sole Mio
- The Donkey Serenade
- Vesti La Guibba
- Serenade
- Funiculi, Funicula
- Golden Days
- Deck the Halls
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen
- Joy to the World
- O Christmas Tree
- I Saw Three Ships
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Ave Maria
- O Holy Night
- The Virgin's Slumber Song
- Pieta, Signore
- The First Noel
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- Away in a Manger
- We Three Kings
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Silent Night
- Guardian Angels
- I'll Walk with God
- The Lord's Prayer
- Be My Love
- Donkey Serenade
- Ich Liebe Dich (I Love Thee)
- Without a Song
- La Donna E Mobil
- O Paradiso
- Lolita
- Tosselli's Serenade
- Recondita Armonia
- O Soave Fanciulla
- Cose Cosa
- Song of Songs
- Thine Alone
- The Rosary
- Ave Maria
- Serenade
- Vesti la Guibba
- Without a Song
- Celeste Aida - From Aida
- Questa o quella - From Rigoletto
- La donna mobile - From Rigoletto
- Parmi veder le lagrime - From Rigoletto
- Recondita armonia - From Tosca
- E lucevan le stelle - From Tosca
- Una furtiva lagrima - From L lisir d more
- Cielo e mar - From La Gioconda
- Vesti la giubba - From I Pagliacci
- Granada
- Mattinata
- O Sole Mio
- Marechiare
- Funicul Funicul
- Vieni Sul Mar
- Serenata
- Lolita
- Luna d'Estate
- La Mia Canzone
- Santa Lucia
- Musica Proibita
- Ideale
- I'll Walk with God
- The Trembling of a Leaf
- The Lord's Prayer
- Love in a Home
- Somebody Bigger Than You and I
- Through the Years
- Ave Maria
- Without a Song
- The Hills of Home
- I Love Thee [Ich liebe Dich]
- The Rosary
- Look for the Silver Lining
- None But the Lonely Heart
- My Buddy
- Guardian Angels
- Somewhere a Voice Is Caling
- Trees
- Ave Maria
- Because
- Roses of Picardy
- For You Alone
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Night and Day
- If I Loved You
- Besame Mucho
- Among My Souvenirs
- Temptation
- The Night Is Young
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- All the Things You Are
- Serenade (Drigo/Sturani)
- Charmaine
- Danny Boy
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- April in Paris
- Ave Maria
- Serenade (The Student Prince)
- Drink, Drink, Drink
- Rose Marie
- I'll See You in My Dreams
- Roses of Picardy
- And This Is My Beloved
- The Desert Song
- On the Street You Live
- O Sole Mio
- Santa Lucia
- Funiculi Funicula
- Mattinata
- La Donna E' Mobile
- Torna a Surriento
- Because You're Mine
- More Than You Know
- Catari Catari Core Ingrato
- La Spagnola
- Marechiare
- Parlami D'Amore Mariu
- Ave Maria
- Temptation
- Joy to the World
- O Christmas Tree
- The Lord's Prayer
- The First Noel
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- Away in a Manger
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Silent Night
- Guardian Angels
- I Saw Three Ships
- O Holy Night
- They Didn't Believe Me
- Love Is Music
- The Tina Lina
- Be My Love
- I'll Never Love You
- Finale, Act 1, Madama Butterfly
- Celeste Aida
- Ave Maria
- Sextet
- La Donna E Mobile
- Vesti la Guibba
- Because You're Mine
- All the Things You Are
- Granada
- Finale
- The Lord's Prayer
- Because You're Mine
- Serenade
- Deep in My Heart, Dear
- Beloved
- Be My Love
- Serenade
- Temptation
- Wanting You
- I'll Be Seeing You
- With a Song in My Heart
- Without Love
- Danny Boy
- My Wild Irish Rose
- And This Is My Beloved
- Because
- Only a Rose
- Funiculi, Funicula
- Come Back to Sorrento
- Maria Mari'
- O Sole Mio
- Neapolitan Love Song
- Arriverderci, Roma
- Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
- Look for the Silver Lining
- Memories
- The Song Is You
- Ave Maria
- You'll Never Walk Alone
Born: 1921-01-31
Died: 1959-10-07
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Mario Lanza Granada
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- Duration: 2:59
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Mario Lanza in his 1952 film Because You're Mine singing Augustine Lara's Granada.
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Mario Lanza in his 1952 film Because You're Mine singing Augustine Lara's Granada.
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
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Be My Love.
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Mario Lanza's "Nessun Dorma"
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- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 03 Jun 2013
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- published: 30 Jul 2007
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Mario Lanza- O Sole Mio
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- Duration: 4:20
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Mario Lanza sings O sole mio recorded 1949 O sole mio ( My Sun) 1898 Words Giovanni Capurro Music Eduardo di Capua Mario was one of the most polular singers ...
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Mario Lanza sings O sole mio recorded 1949 O sole mio ( My Sun) 1898 Words Giovanni Capurro Music Eduardo di Capua Mario was one of the most polular singers ...
- published: 24 Jul 2007
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Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson. Hollywood Bowl - 1948
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- Duration: 66:43
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Radio Broadcast Symphonies Under the Stars July 24th, 1948 Mario Lanza, tenor Kathryn Grayson, soprano Lee Wintner, basso Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra -...
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Radio Broadcast Symphonies Under the Stars July 24th, 1948 Mario Lanza, tenor Kathryn Grayson, soprano Lee Wintner, basso Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra -...
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Mario Lanza - El gran Caruso parte 1
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Mario Lanza interpretó al tenor Enrico Caruso en la película "El gran Caruso" en 1952.
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Mario Lanza interpretó al tenor Enrico Caruso en la película "El gran Caruso" en 1952.
- published: 08 Sep 2011
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Ricordo di Mario Lanza - 846
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A 53 anni dalla sua scomparsa il ricordo di Mario Lanza, il grande tenore di origine molisana conosciuto in tutto il mondo.
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A 53 anni dalla sua scomparsa il ricordo di Mario Lanza, il grande tenore di origine molisana conosciuto in tutto il mondo.
- published: 08 Oct 2012
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Mario Lanza - Core 'ngrato
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- published: 05 Nov 2007
- views: 445994
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The Great Caruso, Ave Maria Gounod
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1951, American Tenor Mario Lanza (Alfredo Cocozza Lanza) singing Ave Maria, in the film The Great Caruso.
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1951, American Tenor Mario Lanza (Alfredo Cocozza Lanza) singing Ave Maria, in the film The Great Caruso.
- published: 15 Sep 2007
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Mario Lanza - Una furtiva lagrima
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Mario Lanza Una furtiva lagrima.
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Mario Lanza sings Ave Maria
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Rare clip from movie.
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Mario Lanza - I'll Walk With God
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- published: 11 Nov 2007
- views: 368423
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Mario Lanza/Luciano Pavarotti: O sole Mio
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- Duration: 7:47
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Primero canta pavarotti y luego Lanza.
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Mario Lanza Sunday Night at the London Palladium
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- Duration: 10:35
- Updated: 28 May 2013
Mario Lanza in a 1957 live tv broadcast from the London Palladium.
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Mario Lanza in a 1957 live tv broadcast from the London Palladium.
- published: 01 Jun 2007
- views: 159346
- author: Vincent Di Placido
Mario Lanza - Toselli's Serenade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:27
- Updated: 01 Jun 2013
Sub, rate, and comment- special request on this one, enjoy!
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Sub, rate, and comment- special request on this one, enjoy!
- published: 16 Nov 2007
- views: 277542
- author: Yoni89
Mario Lanza - Lords Prayer
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:45
- Updated: 26 May 2013
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Arrivederci, Roma - Mario Lanza & Luisa Di Meo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:31
- Updated: 02 Jun 2013
ARRIVEDERCI ROMA (Goodbye to Rome) From the motion picture "Seven Hills of Rome" (1958) (Pietro Garinei / Sandro Giovannini / Renato Ranucci / Carl Sigman) A...
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ARRIVEDERCI ROMA (Goodbye to Rome) From the motion picture "Seven Hills of Rome" (1958) (Pietro Garinei / Sandro Giovannini / Renato Ranucci / Carl Sigman) A...
- published: 20 Aug 2007
- views: 612943
- author: balletamie
The Mario Lanza Story / MYSTERIES & SCANDALS produced by Alison Martino
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 22:01
- Updated: 13 May 2013
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Mario Lanza - Ave Maria
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:42
- Updated: 02 Jun 2013
This is what MGM exhibited during December of the early 50s.
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This is what MGM exhibited during December of the early 50s.
- published: 22 Aug 2008
- views: 1716431
- author: pi2008yt
Mario Lanza - Arrivederci Roma
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:18
- Updated: 02 Jun 2013
Another good song from Lanza. I particularly like the kid who sings too.
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Another good song from Lanza. I particularly like the kid who sings too.
- published: 26 Apr 2008
- views: 252819
- author: stefanboro
Mario Lanza tv show 1954
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:50
- Updated: 09 May 2013
Mario Lanza on the 1954 tv show Shower of Stars singing E lucevan le stelle from "Tosca" & Someday from "The Vagabond King".
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Mario Lanza on the 1954 tv show Shower of Stars singing E lucevan le stelle from "Tosca" & Someday from "The Vagabond King".
- published: 01 Jun 2007
- views: 126551
- author: Vincent Di Placido
Mario Lanza Vocal Prove. Prueba Vocal. (Maximo)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:13
- Updated: 28 May 2013
Mario Lanza en la pelicula The Toast of New Orleans demuestra en un breve skeitch su gran poder vocal¡ Arrivando al Reb4 con facilidad.
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Mario Lanza en la pelicula The Toast of New Orleans demuestra en un breve skeitch su gran poder vocal¡ Arrivando al Reb4 con facilidad.
- published: 29 Jun 2011
- views: 14799
- author: checkmatein6
Mario Lanza Vesti La Giubba - 1959
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:03
- Updated: 03 Jun 2013
Mario Lanza's definitive performance of Canio's aria Vesti La Giubba from Leoncavallo's opera I Pagliacci. This performance is from Mario's last film For The...
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Mario Lanza's definitive performance of Canio's aria Vesti La Giubba from Leoncavallo's opera I Pagliacci. This performance is from Mario's last film For The...
- published: 14 Jan 2008
- views: 213401
- author: Vincent Di Placido
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MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:32
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
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MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW 1956.wmv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:37
- Updated: 20 Apr 2013
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Mario Lanza's "Nessun Dorma"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 03 Jun 2013
This video is not for any profit, I make no money off of it in any possible way. The movie is owned by Warner Brothers and I make no claim to owning it. Appa...
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This video is not for any profit, I make no money off of it in any possible way. The movie is owned by Warner Brothers and I make no claim to owning it. Appa...
- published: 30 Jul 2007
- views: 1571810
- author: Haeinscute
Mario Lanza's conductor, Constantine Callinicos, interviewed by Lindsay Perigo.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 33:30
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Singers of Renown, National Radio network, New Zealand, 1981. In this classic interview, recorded in Callinicos's New York apartment, the conductor and piani...
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Singers of Renown, National Radio network, New Zealand, 1981. In this classic interview, recorded in Callinicos's New York apartment, the conductor and piani...
- published: 13 Feb 2012
- views: 7923
- author: Greg Davis
Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson. Hollywood Bowl - 1948
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:43
- Updated: 03 Jun 2013
Radio Broadcast Symphonies Under the Stars July 24th, 1948 Mario Lanza, tenor Kathryn Grayson, soprano Lee Wintner, basso Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra -...
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Radio Broadcast Symphonies Under the Stars July 24th, 1948 Mario Lanza, tenor Kathryn Grayson, soprano Lee Wintner, basso Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra -...
- published: 12 Jul 2012
- views: 15409
- author: ballaratboy1
MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW 1949
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:54
- Updated: 11 May 2013
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Mario Lanza Granada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:59
- Updated: 04 Jun 2013
Mario Lanza in his 1952 film Because You're Mine singing Augustine Lara's Granada.
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Mario Lanza in his 1952 film Because You're Mine singing Augustine Lara's Granada.
- published: 14 Jan 2008
- views: 1327943
- author: Vincent Di Placido
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 02 Jun 2013
Be My Love.
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Ricordo di Mario Lanza - 846
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:28
- Updated: 13 May 2013
A 53 anni dalla sua scomparsa il ricordo di Mario Lanza, il grande tenore di origine molisana conosciuto in tutto il mondo.
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A 53 anni dalla sua scomparsa il ricordo di Mario Lanza, il grande tenore di origine molisana conosciuto in tutto il mondo.
- published: 08 Oct 2012
- views: 1311
- author: radiotelemolise
Mario Lanza sings Ave Maria
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:02
- Updated: 30 May 2013
Rare clip from movie.
http://wn.com/Mario_Lanza_sings_Ave_Maria
Mario Lanza O holy Night
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 04 Jun 2013
Mario Lanza O Holy Night Beautiful Christmas classic Christ Snow Stars Sun Earth Chains slaves.
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Mario Lanza O Holy Night Beautiful Christmas classic Christ Snow Stars Sun Earth Chains slaves.
- published: 21 Nov 2008
- views: 71877
- author: lauredean
Mario Lanza - I'll Walk With God
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 23 May 2013
Special request today, will be going from alphabetical order again tomorrow, please rate, comment, & sub.
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Special request today, will be going from alphabetical order again tomorrow, please rate, comment, & sub.
- published: 11 Nov 2007
- views: 368423
- author: Jewface
Mario Lanza Sunday Night at the London Palladium
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:35
- Updated: 28 May 2013
Mario Lanza in a 1957 live tv broadcast from the London Palladium.
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Mario Lanza in a 1957 live tv broadcast from the London Palladium.
- published: 01 Jun 2007
- views: 159346
- author: Vincent Di Placido
Mario Lanza - Sunday Night At The London Palladium (Live, HQ)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:45
- Updated: 09 May 2013
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- published: 10 Nov 2012
- author: DelShannonFanatic
mario lanza interview van john van buyten door rtv televisie
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:55
- Updated: 02 May 2013
Naar aanleiding van de dood van Mario Lanza op 7 oktober exact 50 jaar geleden werd er door john van buyten ( lid van BelgischeMario Lanza fanclub) een inter...
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Naar aanleiding van de dood van Mario Lanza op 7 oktober exact 50 jaar geleden werd er door john van buyten ( lid van BelgischeMario Lanza fanclub) een inter...
- published: 21 Nov 2009
- views: 3358
- author: John van buyten
Mario Lanza- O Sole Mio
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:20
- Updated: 30 May 2013
Mario Lanza sings O sole mio recorded 1949 O sole mio ( My Sun) 1898 Words Giovanni Capurro Music Eduardo di Capua Mario was one of the most polular singers ...
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Mario Lanza sings O sole mio recorded 1949 O sole mio ( My Sun) 1898 Words Giovanni Capurro Music Eduardo di Capua Mario was one of the most polular singers ...
- published: 24 Jul 2007
- views: 1034989
- author: cuzinkevin
Mario Lanza Radio Interview 1951
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:17
- Updated: 02 Apr 2013
U.S. Radio interview 1951 Mario Lanza discussing his upcoming film THE GREAT CARUSO.
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U.S. Radio interview 1951 Mario Lanza discussing his upcoming film THE GREAT CARUSO.
- published: 18 Jul 2012
- author: ballaratboy1
Mario Lanza tv show 1954
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:50
- Updated: 09 May 2013
Mario Lanza on the 1954 tv show Shower of Stars singing E lucevan le stelle from "Tosca" & Someday from "The Vagabond King".
http://wn.com/Mario_Lanza_tv_show_1954
Mario Lanza on the 1954 tv show Shower of Stars singing E lucevan le stelle from "Tosca" & Someday from "The Vagabond King".
- published: 01 Jun 2007
- views: 126551
- author: Vincent Di Placido
Mario Lanza Vesti La Giubba - 1959
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:03
- Updated: 03 Jun 2013
Mario Lanza's definitive performance of Canio's aria Vesti La Giubba from Leoncavallo's opera I Pagliacci. This performance is from Mario's last film For The...
http://wn.com/Mario_Lanza_Vesti_La_Giubba_1959
Mario Lanza's definitive performance of Canio's aria Vesti La Giubba from Leoncavallo's opera I Pagliacci. This performance is from Mario's last film For The...
- published: 14 Jan 2008
- views: 213401
- author: Vincent Di Placido
The Mario Lanza Story / MYSTERIES & SCANDALS produced by Alison Martino
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 22:01
- Updated: 13 May 2013
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Mario Lanza Profiles Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:13
- Updated: 18 Apr 2012
Interview about Mario Lanza with Joe Curreri, Bill and Judith Earl.
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Interview about Mario Lanza with Joe Curreri, Bill and Judith Earl.
- published: 10 Jul 2006
- views: 5329
- author: jad1175
Mario Lanza sings "Che Gelida Manina" from La Boheme
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:14
- Updated: 13 May 2013
American singer Mario Lanza sings the beautiful Rodolfo's aria "Che Gelida Manina" from La Boheme composed by Giacomo Puccini. Rodolfo sings to Mimi his love...
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American singer Mario Lanza sings the beautiful Rodolfo's aria "Che Gelida Manina" from La Boheme composed by Giacomo Puccini. Rodolfo sings to Mimi his love...
- published: 10 Mar 2009
- views: 15854
- author: petrof4056
Mario Lanza Be My Love
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:31
- Updated: 28 May 2013
Mario Lanza's 1st gold record. Recorded 27th of June 1950. Orchestra conducted by Ray Sinatra.
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Mario Lanza's 1st gold record. Recorded 27th of June 1950. Orchestra conducted by Ray Sinatra.
- published: 17 Dec 2010
- views: 32369
- author: Vincent Di Placido
2:32
MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW
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published: 17 Sep 2010
author: Sylvia Drabec
MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW
- published: 17 Sep 2010
- author: Sylvia Drabec
6:37
MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW 1956.wmv
...
published: 04 Feb 2010
author: Sylvia Drabec
MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW 1956.wmv
- published: 04 Feb 2010
- author: Sylvia Drabec
3:17
Mario Lanza's "Nessun Dorma"
This video is not for any profit, I make no money off of it in any possible way. The movie...
published: 30 Jul 2007
author: Haeinscute
Mario Lanza's "Nessun Dorma"
This video is not for any profit, I make no money off of it in any possible way. The movie is owned by Warner Brothers and I make no claim to owning it. Appa...
- published: 30 Jul 2007
- views: 1571810
- author: Haeinscute
33:30
Mario Lanza's conductor, Constantine Callinicos, interviewed by Lindsay Perigo.
Singers of Renown, National Radio network, New Zealand, 1981. In this classic interview, r...
published: 13 Feb 2012
author: Greg Davis
Mario Lanza's conductor, Constantine Callinicos, interviewed by Lindsay Perigo.
Singers of Renown, National Radio network, New Zealand, 1981. In this classic interview, recorded in Callinicos's New York apartment, the conductor and piani...
- published: 13 Feb 2012
- views: 7923
- author: Greg Davis
66:43
Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson. Hollywood Bowl - 1948
Radio Broadcast Symphonies Under the Stars July 24th, 1948 Mario Lanza, tenor Kathryn Gray...
published: 12 Jul 2012
author: ballaratboy1
Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson. Hollywood Bowl - 1948
Radio Broadcast Symphonies Under the Stars July 24th, 1948 Mario Lanza, tenor Kathryn Grayson, soprano Lee Wintner, basso Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra -...
- published: 12 Jul 2012
- views: 15409
- author: ballaratboy1
1:54
MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW 1949
...
published: 17 Sep 2010
author: Sylvia Drabec
MARIO LANZA INTERVIEW 1949
- published: 17 Sep 2010
- author: Sylvia Drabec
2:59
Mario Lanza Granada
Mario Lanza in his 1952 film Because You're Mine singing Augustine Lara's Granada....
published: 14 Jan 2008
author: Vincent Di Placido
Mario Lanza Granada
Mario Lanza in his 1952 film Because You're Mine singing Augustine Lara's Granada.
- published: 14 Jan 2008
- views: 1327943
- author: Vincent Di Placido
13:28
Ricordo di Mario Lanza - 846
A 53 anni dalla sua scomparsa il ricordo di Mario Lanza, il grande tenore di origine molis...
published: 08 Oct 2012
author: radiotelemolise
Ricordo di Mario Lanza - 846
A 53 anni dalla sua scomparsa il ricordo di Mario Lanza, il grande tenore di origine molisana conosciuto in tutto il mondo.
- published: 08 Oct 2012
- views: 1311
- author: radiotelemolise
4:04
Mario Lanza O holy Night
Mario Lanza O Holy Night Beautiful Christmas classic Christ Snow Stars Sun Earth Chains sl...
published: 21 Nov 2008
author: lauredean
Mario Lanza O holy Night
Mario Lanza O Holy Night Beautiful Christmas classic Christ Snow Stars Sun Earth Chains slaves.
- published: 21 Nov 2008
- views: 71877
- author: lauredean
2:55
Mario Lanza - I'll Walk With God
Special request today, will be going from alphabetical order again tomorrow, please rate, ...
published: 11 Nov 2007
author: Jewface
Mario Lanza - I'll Walk With God
Special request today, will be going from alphabetical order again tomorrow, please rate, comment, & sub.
- published: 11 Nov 2007
- views: 368423
- author: Jewface
10:35
Mario Lanza Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Mario Lanza in a 1957 live tv broadcast from the London Palladium....
published: 01 Jun 2007
author: Vincent Di Placido
Mario Lanza Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Mario Lanza in a 1957 live tv broadcast from the London Palladium.
- published: 01 Jun 2007
- views: 159346
- author: Vincent Di Placido
11:45
Mario Lanza - Sunday Night At The London Palladium (Live, HQ)
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published: 10 Nov 2012
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Mario Lanza - Sunday Night At The London Palladium (Live, HQ)
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- published: 10 Nov 2012
- author: DelShannonFanatic
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My Romance - Mario Lanza!
"My Romance" is a popular song, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, w...
published: 04 Aug 2012
author: Dr. Howdy
My Romance - Mario Lanza!
"My Romance" is a popular song, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, written for Billy Rose's musical, Jumbo (1935). In the 1962 movie version of Jumbo, Doris Day performed the song.
The song is featured in a commercial for Ralph Lauren's Romance fragrance. Over the years "My Romance" has also become identified as a sort of anthem connected with movie palaces and movie theatre organs.
It has been covered by many artists, including:
Claudia Acuña
Beegie Adair
Nat Adderley Quintet
Ron Affif
Howard Alden
Jackie Allen
John Allred
Gene Ammons
Ernestine Anderson
The Andrews Sisters
Patrick Arena
Jim Bajor
Kenny Ball
Don Bennett
Tony Bennett
David Benoit
Daniel Benzali
Richard Berman
Art Blakey
The Boswell Sisters
Connee Boswell
Chris Botti
Joanne Brackeen
Ruby Braff
Hadda Brooks
Deborah Brown
Les Brown
Ray Brown
Dave Brubeck
John Bunch
Gary Burton
Charlie Byrd Trio
Mike Campbell
Royce Campbell
Cantabile
Gaylord Carter
Rosemary Clooney
Vic Damone
Sammy Davis, Jr., 1962, Belts the Best of Broadway
Doris Day, 1962, Jumbo film soundtrack
Bill Evans
Ella Fitzgerald
Roberta Flack
Sutton Foster
Sergio Franchi 1965 album The Songs of Richard Rodgers
Maria Friedman
Stan Getz
Hampton Hawes, Album Blues for Bud
Bruce Hornsby
Joni James (1956)
Mario Lanza
Steve Lawrence
Wynton Marsalis
Bob Mintzer
Maureen O'Hara
Seal
Carly Simon
Frank Sinatra
Jo Stafford
Enzo Stuarti
The Supremes
Ben Taylor (the son of James Taylor and Carly Simon)
James Taylor
Mel Tormé
Tuck & Patti
Sarah Vaughan & Hal Mooney's Orchestra
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Dicitencello vuje. Mario Lanza
Tribute to Elvis...
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Dicitencello vuje. Mario Lanza
Tribute to Elvis
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PARADISE CIRCUS (2011) . video-performance .
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PARADISE CIRCUS (2011) . video-performance .
PARADISE CIRCUS (2011) . video-performance
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Possibly Maybe (2009 animation)
Animation- Sound experiment . 2009
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Possibly Maybe (2009 animation)
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mario lanza interview van john van buyten door rtv televisie
Naar aanleiding van de dood van Mario Lanza op 7 oktober exact 50 jaar geleden werd er doo...
published: 21 Nov 2009
author: John van buyten
mario lanza interview van john van buyten door rtv televisie
Naar aanleiding van de dood van Mario Lanza op 7 oktober exact 50 jaar geleden werd er door john van buyten ( lid van BelgischeMario Lanza fanclub) een inter...
- published: 21 Nov 2009
- views: 3358
- author: John van buyten
4:20
Mario Lanza- O Sole Mio
Mario Lanza sings O sole mio recorded 1949 O sole mio ( My Sun) 1898 Words Giovanni Capurr...
published: 24 Jul 2007
author: cuzinkevin
Mario Lanza- O Sole Mio
Mario Lanza sings O sole mio recorded 1949 O sole mio ( My Sun) 1898 Words Giovanni Capurro Music Eduardo di Capua Mario was one of the most polular singers ...
- published: 24 Jul 2007
- views: 1034989
- author: cuzinkevin
5:17
Mario Lanza Radio Interview 1951
U.S. Radio interview 1951 Mario Lanza discussing his upcoming film THE GREAT CARUSO....
published: 18 Jul 2012
author: ballaratboy1
Mario Lanza Radio Interview 1951
U.S. Radio interview 1951 Mario Lanza discussing his upcoming film THE GREAT CARUSO.
- published: 18 Jul 2012
- author: ballaratboy1
7:50
Mario Lanza tv show 1954
Mario Lanza on the 1954 tv show Shower of Stars singing E lucevan le stelle from "Tosca" &...
published: 01 Jun 2007
author: Vincent Di Placido
Mario Lanza tv show 1954
Mario Lanza on the 1954 tv show Shower of Stars singing E lucevan le stelle from "Tosca" & Someday from "The Vagabond King".
- published: 01 Jun 2007
- views: 126551
- author: Vincent Di Placido
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05 Jun 2013
By LAURA STEVENS in Frankfurt, LEOS ROUSEK in Prague and MARGIT FEHER in Budapest. Flooding in Central Europe spread Wednesday as swollen waters moved further east along the Danube River, threatening towns in eastern Austria and Slovakia's capital, Bratislava, while the rising Elbe River flooded outlying parts of Dresden in Germany ... Enlarge Image. Close ... Businesses also reported production standstills ... Rösler said at a news conference ... ....(size: 5.2Kb)
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05 Jun 2013
BERLIN - Rising river levels are still threatening vast parts of eastern and southern Germany and hundreds of people were being evacuated in Dresden. A city spokeswoman told German news agency dpa on Wednesday some 600 people needed to leave their homes and electricity was turned off in some parts of the eastern city that was flooded by the Elbe river ... In the eastern city of Halle, the downtown area was flooded ... All rights reserved ... ....(size: 3.4Kb)
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05 Jun 2013
Syrian pro-government forces have taken full control of the strategic town of Qusair, state TV and the rebels say. The town, near the Lebanese border, has been the centre of fighting for more than two weeks between rebels and Syrian troops backed by fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Syrian state TV said a large number of rebels had died and many had surrendered ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
19 May 2013
Barry Wood is a devout Presbyterian, but today he'll also be worshipping at the altar of two other gods. As president of the Pittsburgh chapter of the International Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy "MacEddy" fan club, Mr ... When. 1-4 p.m. today. Where. 405 Linda Lane, Houston, Pa. Information. 724-745-7713 ... Ms ... At the Mario Lanza Institute in Philadelphia, the once famous movie star and singer gets a trickle of visitors each day ... (One FAQ....(size: 8.6Kb)
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Huffington Post
21 May 2013
There the girls put into action their plan to murder Honorah. On a secluded path Juliet dropped a pink stone ... Her face and head were smashed almost beyond recognition ... Juliet's father Dr ... They developed a private pantheon of their favourite movie and opera stars they called "The Saints" that included James Mason, Guy Rolfe, Mario Lanza, Orson Welles, Mel Ferrer, Jursi Björling, Michael Rennie, Hildegard Knef and Ava Gardner ... ... Like ... ....(size: 6.4Kb)
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Otago Daily Times
10 May 2013
> ''Noah''. Noah Stewart (tenor). Decca CD ... The 18 tracks on this debut disc are aimed at a popular audience, with songs such as Mario Lanza's Without A Song, a Sound of Music medley, Ave Maria, I Have A Dream, Amazing Grace, Nearer My God to Thee, and Silent Night ... Highlight. Deep River, with emotion and charisma. >''Peiwoh'' ... Highlight ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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China Daily
27 Apr 2013
When the clock strikes midnight on April 30 and China starts celebrating International Workers' Day, it is also the deadline for entries in a talent contest in which the country tries to draw the world's brightest minds to work in its offices, universities and laboratories ... Local governments have not been far behind and have been competing with each other in the talent stakes ... Spanish PhD student Mario Lanza is one of them ... ....(size: 16.7Kb)
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The Jazz Mann
18 Apr 2013
APRIL GIG LIST. Tue 16 April. TUESDAYS FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM ... See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s ... Parisian cabaret brasserie ... Wed 17 April ... Thu 18 April. Weekly residency - FREE before 8pm £5 after ... Combining their original material with songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Leornard Cohen, Tom Waits, Mario Lanza, Edith Piaf & Duke Ellington Moscow Drug Club provide an intoxicating & intimate musical experience ... Damir ... ....(size: 35.8Kb)
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The Los Angeles Times
09 Apr 2013
Sara Montiel. Spanish actress was 1950s Hollywood star. Sara Montiel, 85, a famed, sultry-voiced Spanish actress who achieved Hollywood stardom in the 1950s, died Monday in Madrid, according to her biographer, Peter Villora. The cause was undetermined ... Her second U.S. film was the 1956 musical "Serenade," with tenor Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine and Vincent Price as stars and Anthony Mann as director ... Josep Joan Bigas Luna ... Times wire reports....(size: 4.4Kb)
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The Inquisitr
08 Apr 2013
Posted. April 8, 2013. Spanish singer and actress Sara Montiel died Monday at the age of 85. Montiel was famous for her sultry voice and legacy of achievement as the first Spanish actress to become a Hollywood star. According to Peter Villora, her biographer, Montiel died at her home in Madrid after passing out ... Her second U.S. film was Serenade, a musical with Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, and Vincent Price ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
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The Wichita Eagle
08 Apr 2013
MADRID — Sara Montiel, a famed, sultry-voiced Spanish actress who became the first to also achieve Hollywood stardom, died Monday. She was 85. Her biographer, Peter Villora, said Montiel died at her home in Madrid after passing out ... Montiel was born Maria Antonia Abad in Campo de Criptana in the central region of La Mancha ... film was the musical "Serenade," with tenor Mario Lanza and Joan Fontaine and Vincent Price as stars ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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The Los Angeles Times
03 Apr 2013
DORTMUND, Germany — At 5.30 p.m. backstage at a concert hall here a few weeks ago, a security guard delivers a small brown bag from a chocolate shop in Paris. Devouring the contents is not a folk-rock pixie and her gang of bearded sidemen but eight mostly middle-aged ukulele players. Still, they are rock stars of a certain kind ... Said Hinchliffe, "If Peter sings a song, it becomes this over-the-top Mario Lanza thing ... It's great." ... 0 ... ....(size: 6.8Kb)
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Chicago Sun-Times
20 Mar 2013
La forza del destino! The devil led Joseph Calleja down the road of fate and right to the music of Mario Lanza ... “Then one day my uncle yelled at me, ‘Could you please stop listening to the devil’s music?’ He put on a tape of the film ‘The Great Caruso’ and immediately I thought, ‘I want to do this.’ Mario Lanza introduced me to opera ... “Mario Lanza had to be one of the most complete singers ever.”....(size: 4.3Kb)
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Huffington Post
19 Mar 2013
Four of the selections are directly linked to the most popular Hollywood tenor of the 1950s, Mario Lanza. While under contract at MGM Studios, Mario was given the full star treatment during every one of his musical numbers and benefited from the greatest sound engineers in the world. In 2008, Noah won the Mario Lanza vocal competition ... A Mario Lanza style concert is definitely what I'm aiming for....(size: 8.0Kb)
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Chicago Sun-Times
18 Mar 2013
The music was always on when Daniel Ontiveros was around — tons of jazz, but whatever he thought his friends wanted to hear. Mr ... He made custom mix tapes, and when technology changed, he made mix CDs of specific songs or sounds he thought a buddy or a niece might enjoy. “He tried to have the music you liked,” his daughter said, even if that meant blaring Mario Lanza out of his car for a particular buddy. Mr ... Never one to sit still, Mr ... Mr....(size: 3.5Kb)
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Philadelphia Daily News
12 Mar 2013
Gallery. Under Krajewski, plan on familiar Pops music. Peter Dobrin, Inquirer Classical Music Critic. Posted. Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 3.01 AM. Peter Nero has given listeners a lot of improvisation in the last three-plus decades ... What can Philly Pops fans expect from Michael Krajewski? ... ... "Viva Philadelphia!" features hometown band singer Eddie Bruce in tributes to Mario Lanza, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, and Andrea Bocelli....(size: 9.4Kb)
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| File:Lanza still MGM Cesari.jpg MGM still, c. 1949 |
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| Born | Alfred Arnold Cocozza (1921-01-31)January 31, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 7, 1959(1959-10-07) (aged 38) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Singer, Actor |
Mario Lanza (January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and Hollywood movie star of the late 1940s and the 1950s. The son of Italian emigrants, he began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. He was born Alfred Arnold Cocozza. He changed his name when he signed with MGM. His mother's maiden name was Maria Lanza.
After appearing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947, Lanza signed a seven-year contract with MGM's head, Louis B. Mayer, who saw his performance and was impressed by his singing. Prior to this, the adult Lanza had sung only two performances of an opera. The following year (1948), however, he would sing the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly in New Orleans.[citation needed]
His movie debut was in That Midnight Kiss (1949) with Kathryn Grayson and Ethel Barrymore. The following year, in The Toast of New Orleans, his featured popular song "Be My Love" became his first million-selling hit. In 1951, he played the role of Enrico Caruso (1873–1921), his tenor idol, in the biopic, The Great Caruso, which produced another million-seller with "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (a song which used the melody of Sobre las Olas). The Great Caruso was the top-grossing film that year.[1]
The title song of his next film, Because You're Mine, featured his final million-selling hit song. The song went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. After recording the soundtrack for his next film, The Student Prince he embarked upon a protracted battle with Studio Head Dore Schary arising from artistic differences with director Curtis Bernhardt, and was eventually dismissed by MGM.[2]
Lanza was known to be "rebellious, tough, and ambitious",[3] and during most of his film career, he suffered from addictions to overeating and alcohol which had a serious effect on his health and his relationships with directors, producers and, occasionally, other cast members. Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper writes that "his smile, which was as big as his voice, was matched with the habits of a tiger cub, impossible to housebreak". She adds that he was the "last of the great romantic performers".[4] He made three more films before dying of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 38. At the time of his death in 1959 he was still "the most famous tenor in the world".[5] Author Eleonora Kimmel concludes that Lanza "blazed like a meteor whose light lasts a brief moment in time".[6]
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Early years[link]
Born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was exposed to classical singing at an early age by his Abruzzese-Molisan Italian parents, Maria (Lanza) and Antonio Cocozza.[7][8] By the age of 16, his vocal talent had become apparent. Starting out in local operatic productions in Philadelphia for the YMCA Opera Company while still in his teens, he later came to the attention of conductor Serge Koussevitzky, who in 1942 provided young Cocozza with a full student scholarship to the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, Massachusetts. Reportedly, Koussevitzky would later tell him, "Yours is a voice such as is heard once in a hundred years."[citation needed]
Opera career[link]
His opera debut, as Fenton in Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor (in English), came at the Berkshire Music Festival in Tanglewood on August 7, 1942, after a period of study with conductors Boris Goldovsky and Leonard Bernstein. This was when Cocozza adopted the stage name Mario Lanza, for its similarity to his mother’s maiden name, Maria Lanza.[citation needed]
His performances at Tanglewood won him critical acclaim, with Noel Straus of The New York Times hailing the 21-year-old tenor as having "few equals among tenors of the day in terms of quality, warmth, and power". Herbert Graf subsequently wrote in the Opera News of October 5, 1942 that, "A real find of the season was Mario Lanza [...] He would have no difficulty one day being asked to join the Metropolitan Opera". Lanza performed the role of Fenton twice at Tanglewood, in addition to appearing there in a one-off presentation of Act III of Puccini's La bohème with the noted Mexican soprano Irma González, baritone James Pease, and mezzo-soprano Laura Castellano. Music critic Jay C. Rosenfeld wrote in The New York Times of August 9, 1942 that, "Miss González as Mimì and Mario Lanza as Rodolfo were conspicuous by the beauty of their voices and the vividness of their characterizations." In an interview shortly before her own death in 2008, González recalled that Lanza was "very correct, likeable, [and] with a powerful and beautiful voice".[citation needed]
His budding operatic career was interrupted by World War II, when he was assigned to Special Services in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He appeared in the wartime shows On the Beam and Winged Victory. He also appeared in the film version of the latter (albeit as an unrecognizable member of the chorus). He resumed his singing career with a concert in Atlantic City with the NBC Symphony Orchestra in September 1945 under the baton of Peter Herman Adler, who subsequently became a mentor to him. The following month, Lanza replaced tenor Jan Peerce on the live CBS radio program Great Moments in Music, on which he made six appearances over a period of four months, singing extracts from various operas and other works.[citation needed]
He then studied with noted teacher Enrico Rosati for fifteen months, after which Lanza embarked on an 86-concert tour of the United States, Canada and Mexico between July 1947 and May 1948 with George London and soprano Frances Yeend. Reviewing his second appearance at Chicago's Grant Park in July 1947 in the Chicago Sunday Tribune, the respected music critic Claudia Cassidy praised Lanza's "superbly natural tenor" and observed that "though a multitude of fine points evade him, he possesses the things almost impossible to learn. He knows the accent that makes a lyric line reach its audience, and he knows why opera is music drama."[citation needed]
In April 1948, Lanza sang two performances as Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly for the New Orleans Opera Association. The conductor was Walter Herbert, the stage director was Armando Agnini. Writing in the St. Louis News, critic Laurence Odel observed that, "Mario Lanza performed his duties as Lieutenant Pinkerton with considerable verve and dash. Rarely have we seen a more superbly romantic leading tenor. His exceptionally beautiful voice helps immeasurably." Following the success of these performances, Lanza was invited to return to New Orleans in 1949 as Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata. However, as biographer Armando Cesari observes, by 1949 Lanza "was already deeply engulfed in the Hollywood machinery and consequently never learned the role [of Alfredo]".[citation needed]
Film career[link]
A concert at the Hollywood Bowl in August 1947 had brought Lanza to the attention of Louis B. Mayer, who promptly signed Lanza to a seven-year film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This proved to be a turning point in the young singer's career.[citation needed] The contract required him to commit to the studio for six months, and at first Lanza believed he would be able to combine his film career with his operatic and concert one. In May 1949, he made his first commercial recordings with RCA Victor. His rendition of the aria "Che gelida manina" (from La bohème) from that session was subsequently awarded the prize of Operatic Recording of the Year by the (United States) National Record Critics Association.[citation needed]
[edit] The Toast of New Orleans
Lanza's first two starring films, That Midnight Kiss and The Toast of New Orleans, were commercial successes, and in 1950 his recording of "Be My Love" became the first of three million-selling singles for the young singer, earning him enormous fame in the process. While at MGM, Lanza worked closely with the Academy Award-winning conductor, composer, and arranger Johnny Green. In a 1977 interview with Lanza biographer Armando Cesari, Green recalled that the tenor was insecure about the manner in which he had become successful, and was keenly aware of the fact that he had become a Hollywood star before first having established himself on the operatic stage.
"Had [Lanza] been already a leading tenor, if not the leading tenor at the Met[ropolitan Opera House], and come to Hollywood in between seasons to make a picture, he would have had [the security of having] the Met as his home," Green remarked. According to Green, Lanza possessed "the voice of the next Caruso. [Lanza] had an unusual, very unusual quality...a tenor with a baritone color in the middle and lower registers, and a great feeling for the making of music. A great musicality. I found it fascinating, musically, to work with [him]".[citation needed]
[edit] The Great Caruso
In 1951, Lanza portrayed Enrico Caruso in The Great Caruso, which proved an astonishing success, though it did not adhere strictly to the facts of Caruso's life. At the same time, Lanza's increasing popularity exposed him to intense criticism by some music critics, including those who had praised his work years earlier. His performance earned him compliments from the subject's son, Enrico Caruso Jr., a tenor in his own right. Shortly before his own death in 1987, Enrico Jr. wrote in Enrico Caruso: My Father and My Family (posthumously published by Amadeus in 1990) that, "I can think of no other tenor, before or since Mario Lanza, who could have risen with comparable success to the challenge of playing Caruso in a screen biography... Lanza was born with one of the dozen or so great tenor voices of the century, with a natural voice placement, an unmistakable and very pleasing timbre, and a nearly infallible musical instinct." He went on to praise Lanza's tempi and phrasing, "flawless" diction, and "impassioned" delivery, adding that, "All are qualities that few singers are born with and others can never attain." In conclusion, he wrote that, "Lanza excelled in both the classical and the light popular repertory, an accomplishment that was beyond even my father's exceptional talents."[citation needed]
[edit] The Student Prince
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Tenor Richard Tucker (left) speaking with Lanza in 1958 at Tucker's Covent Garden debut.
In 1952, Lanza was dismissed by MGM after he had pre-recorded the songs for The Student Prince. The reason most frequently cited in the tabloid press at the time was that his recurring weight problem had made it impossible for him to fit into the costumes of the Prince.[citation needed] However, as his biographers Cesari and Mannering have established, Lanza was not overweight at the beginning of the production, and it was, in fact, a disagreement with director Curtis Bernhardt over Lanza's singing of one of the songs in the film that led to Lanza walking off the set. MGM refused to replace Bernhardt, and the film was subsequently made with actor Edmund Purdom miming to Lanza's voice. Ironically, the eventual director of the film was Richard Thorpe, the same man whom Lanza had pleaded with MGM to replace Bernhardt, and with whom the tenor had enjoyed an excellent working relationship in The Great Caruso.[citation needed]
Depressed by his dismissal, and with his self-confidence severely undermined, Lanza became a virtual recluse for more than a year, frequently seeking refuge in alcoholic binges. During this period, Lanza also came very close to bankruptcy as a result of poor investment decisions by his former manager, and his lavish spending habits left him owing about $250,000 in back taxes to the IRS.[citation needed]
[edit] Serenade
Lanza returned to an active film career in 1955 in Serenade, released by Warner Bros. However the film was not as successful as his previous films, despite its strong musical content, including arias from Der Rosenkavalier, Fedora, L'arlesiana, and Otello, as well as the Act III duet from Otello with soprano Licia Albanese. He then moved to Rome, Italy in May 1957, where he worked on the film Seven Hills of Rome, and returned to live performing in a series of acclaimed concerts throughout the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. Despite a number of cancellations, which resulted from his failing health during this period, Lanza continued to receive offers for operatic appearances, concerts, and films.[citation needed] In 1958, for example, he gave a concert tour of the UK.[9]
In September 1958, he made a number of operatic recordings at the Rome Opera House for the soundtrack of what would turn out to be his final film, For the First Time. The Artistic Director of the Rome Opera, Riccardo Vitale, offered him the role of Canio in Pagliacci in the theater's 1960/61 season. Lanza received offers from the management of the La Scala and San Carlo opera houses. However, his health continued to decline, with the tenor suffering from a variety of ailments, including phlebitis and acute high blood pressure. His old habits of overeating and crash dieting, coupled with binge drinking, compounded his problems.[citation needed]. On The story of Variety with Michael Grade (BBC 4, 30 May 2012) it was revealed that Lanza was often violent when drunk and that he suffered from the DT's, seeing things that were not there.
Death[link]
In April 1959, Lanza suffered a minor heart attack, followed by double pneumonia in August. He died in Rome in October of that year at the age of 38 from a pulmonary embolism after undergoing a controversial weight loss program colloquially known as "the twilight sleep treatment," which required its patients to be kept immobile and sedated for prolonged periods. Attenders at his funeral were the singers Maria Caniglia and Lidia Nerozzi and the actors Franco Fabrizi and Enzo Fiermonte. Frank Sinatra sent his condolences by telegram.[10]
Lanza's widow, Betty, moved back to Hollywood with their four children, but died five months later at the age of 37. Biographer Armando Cesari writes that the apparent cause of death, according to the coroner, was "asphyxiation resulting from a respiratory ailment for which she had been receiving medication". In 1991, Marc, the younger of their two sons, died of a heart attack at the age of 37; six years later, Colleen, their elder daughter, was killed at the age of 48 when she was struck by two passing vehicles on a highway. Damon Lanza, the couple's elder son, died in August 2008 of a heart attack at the age of 55.[citation needed]
Legacy[link]
Lanza's short career covered opera, radio, concerts, recordings, and motion pictures. He was the first artist for RCA Victor Red Seal to receive a gold disc and the first artist to sell two and half million albums. A highly influential artist, Lanza has been credited with inspiring successive generations of opera singers, including Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci and José Carreras. Singers with seemingly different backgrounds and influences were also inspired by his singing, including his RCA Victor label-mate Elvis Presley.[citation needed]
Lanza was referred to by some sources as the "new Caruso", after his "instant success" in Hollywood films,[11] while MGM hoped that he would become the movie studio's "singing Clark Gable" due to his good looks and powerful voice.[3]
In 1994, tenor José Carreras paid tribute to Lanza in a worldwide concert tour, saying of him, "If I'm an opera singer, it's thanks to Mario Lanza."[12] Carreras' colleague, Plácido Domingo, echoed these comments in a 2009 CBS interview when he stated, "Lanza's passion and the way his voice sounds are what made me sing opera. I actually owe my love for opera thanks to a kid from Philadelphia."[13]
Today, the "magnitude of his contribution to popular music is still hotly debated", and because he appeared on the opera stage only twice, many critics feel that he needed to have had more "operatic quality time" in major theatres before he could be considered a star of that art form.[5] His films, especially The Great Caruso, influenced numerous future opera stars, including Joseph Calleja[14], José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti.[5] According to opera historian Clyde McCants, "Of all the Hollywood singers who performed operatic music . . . the one who made the greatest impact was Mario Lanza."[15] Hedda Hopper concludes that "there had never been anyone like Mario, and I doubt whether we shall ever see his like again".[4]
Portrayal on stage[link]
In October 2007, Charles Messina directed the big budget musical Be My Love: The Mario Lanza Story, written by Richard Vetere, about Lanza's life, which was produced by Sonny Grosso and Phil Ramone. It premiered at The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Greenvale, New York.[16]
Legacy[link]
The persona and music of Mario Lanza are featured in the 1994 Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures.
Miljenko Jergovic mentions Lanza in his Dvori od oraha (The Mansion in Walnut) novel of 2003 as a part of story about Luka Sikiric.
Mario Lanza Boulevard is a roadway in the Eastwick section of Lanza's native Philadelphia, close to Philadelphia International Airport and ending on the grounds of the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge.
The Mario Lanza Institute and Museum, which honors Lanza's legacy and also provides scholarships to young singers, is located at 712 Montrose Street in South Philadelphia. Link label
Philadelphia's Queen Street Park was renamed for Lanza in 1967. Link label
Lanza was born at 636 Christian Street in South Philadelphia. A Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission marker stands outside of the house.
A large mural dedicated to Lanza stands at Broad and Reed Streets in Philadelphia.
Filmography[link]
- Winged Victory, Twentieth Century-Fox 1944 (uncredited chorus member)
- That Midnight Kiss, MGM 1949
- The Toast of New Orleans, MGM 1950
- The Great Caruso, MGM 1951
- Because You're Mine, MGM 1952
- The Student Prince, MGM 1954 (voice only)
- Serenade, Warner Bros. 1956
- Seven Hills of Rome, MGM 1958
- For the First Time, MGM 1959
Select recordings[link]
See also: Mario Lanza discography
- The Mario Lanza Collection, RCA, 1991
- Mario Lanza: The Legendary Tenor, RCA, 1987
- The Great Caruso And Other Caruso Favorites, RCA, 1989
- Mario! Lanza At His Best, RCA, 1995
- Mario Lanza Live at Hollywood Bowl: Historical Recordings (1947 & 1951), Gala Records, 2000
- Mario Lanza Sings Songs from The Student Prince and The Desert Song, RCA, 1989
- Serenade/A Cavalcade of Show Tunes, RCA, 2004
- Mario Lanza: Opera Arias and Duets, RCA, 1999
- Christmas With Mario Lanza, RCA, 1987
- Mario Lanza Live From London, RCA, 1994
- The Essential Mario Lanza RCA, 2007
Box Office Ranking[link]
At the height of his career, exhibitors voted Lanza among the most popular stars at the box office:
- 1951 - 13th most popular star in the US and Canada, 10th most popular in Britain[17]
- 1952 - 23rd most popular star in the US and Canada, 6th most popular in Britain[18]
References[link]
- ^ Vogel, Michelle. Children of Hollywood, McFarland (2005), p. 65
- ^ Mario Lanza (I) - Biography
- ^ a b Fischer, Lucy; Landy, Marcia. Stars: The Film Reader, Routledge (2004) p. 216
- ^ a b Hopper, Hedda. The Whole Truth and Nothing But, Pyramid Books (1963) ch. 18
- ^ a b c Mannering, Derek. Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods, Univ. Press of Mississippi (2005) p. xv–xvii
- ^ Kimmel, Eleonora. Altered and Unfinished Lives, A.F.A. (2006) p. 191
- ^ Mario Lanza - Photoplay, Sept. 1951
- ^ Great Tenors
- ^ "Mario Lanza in Scotland | News". Opera Scotland. http://www.operascotland.org/news/143/Mario+Lanza+in+Scotland+. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
- ^ Cesari, Armando. Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy (2004) Passage link
- ^ Cesari, Armando. Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy, Baskerville Publishers (2004) p. 4
- ^ Interview with Jose' Carreras for New Zealand Television, 1994
- ^ Plácido Domingo Interview with CBS, January 2009
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- ^ McCants, Clyde T. American Opera Singers and Their Recordings, McFarland (2004), p. 132
- ^ "Richard Vetere Collection". Stony Brook University Special Collections & University Archives. http://www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial/collections/manuscripts/vetere.shtml.
- ^ Film Data for 1951
- ^ Film Data for 1952
Additional reading material[link]
- Callinicos, Constantine. "The Mario Lanza Story" (New York, NY, 1960). (Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 60-12480)
- Lanza, Damon & Dolfi, Bob. "Be My Love: A Celebration of Mario Lanza" (Chicago, IL, 1999) (ISBN 1-56625-129-X)
- Bessette, Roland L. "Mario Lanza: Tenor In Exile" (Portland, OR) (ISBN 1-57467-044-1)
External links[link]
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- Mario Lanza discography at Discogs
- MarioLanza.net Hosted by Jeff Rense.
- Mario Lanza, Tenor – Essays, videos, rare recordings, discography and forum.
- History of the Tenor – Sound Clips and Narration
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| Persondata | |
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| Name | Lanza, Mario |
| Alternative names | Cocozza, Alfredo Arnold |
| Short description | Opera singer, actor |
| Date of birth | January 31, 1921 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Date of death | October 7, 1959 |
| Place of death | Rome, Italy |
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This article is about the video game character. For the platform game series, see Super Mario (series). For the franchise, see Mario (franchise). For other uses, see Mario (disambiguation).
| Mario | |
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| File:MarioSMBW.png Mario, in promotional artwork for New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) |
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| Series | Mario franchise |
| First game | Donkey Kong (1981) |
| Created by | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Designed by | Shigeru Miyamoto (Donkey Kong) Yōichi Kotabe (Super Mario Bros. series) Shigefumi Hino (Super Mario World) |
| Voiced by (English) |
Video games: Peter Cullen (Saturday Supercade) "Captain" Lou Albano (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) Walker Boone (The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World TV series) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Tōru Furuya (Original video animations and Satellaview games) Takeshi Aono (Mario Paint commercial) Kōsei Tomita (Japanese dub of the Super Mario Bros. film) |
| Portrayed by | "Captain" Lou Albano (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) Bob Hoskins (Super Mario Bros. film) Gorō Inagaki (2003 "Hot Mario" commercial) Takashi Okamura (2005-2006 "Hot Mario Bros." commercials) |
Mario (マリオ, Mario?) is a fictional character in the Mario video game franchise by Nintendo, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the eponymous protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Though originally only appearing in platform games, starting with Donkey Kong, Mario currently appears in varied video game genres such as racing, puzzle, party, role-playing, fighting, and sports.
Mario is depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. He repeatedly rescues Princess Peach from the turtle-like villain Bowser and stops his numerous plans to destroy him and take over the kingdom. Mario also has other enemies and rivals, including Donkey Kong and Wario. Since 1995, he has been voiced by Charles Martinet.[1]
As Nintendo's mascot, Mario is said to be the most famous character in video game history.[2] Mario games, as a whole, have sold more than 210 million units,[3] making the Mario franchise the best-selling video game franchise of all time. Outside of the Super Mario platform series, he has appeared in video games of other genres, including the Mario Kart racing series, sports games, such as the Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, role-playing video games such as Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG, and educational games, such as Mario is Missing! and Mario's Time Machine. He has inspired television shows, film, comics, and a line of licensed merchandise.
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Concept and creation[link]
Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario while developing Donkey Kong in an attempt to produce a best-selling video game for Nintendo; previous titles like Sheriff had not achieved the same success as titles like Pac-Man. Originally, Miyamoto wanted to create a video game that used the characters Popeye, Bluto, and Olive Oyl.[4] At the time, however, Miyamoto was unable to acquire a license to use the characters (and would not until 1982), so he ended up making Jumpman (later known as Mario), Donkey Kong, and Pauline.[4] In the early stages of Donkey Kong, Mario was unable to jump, and the focus was to escape a maze. However, Miyamoto enabled Mario to jump, saying "If you had a barrel rolling towards you, what would you do?"[5][6]
Miyamoto originally named the character "Mr. Video", and he was to be used in every video game Miyamoto developed.[7] According to a widely circulated story, during localization of Donkey Kong for North American audiences, Nintendo of America's warehouse landlord Mario Segale confronted its then-president Minoru Arakawa, demanding back rent. Following a heated argument in which the Nintendo employees eventually convinced Segale he would be paid, they opted to name the character in the game Mario after him.[8][9]
Miyamoto commented that if he had named Mario "Mr. Video", Mario likely would have "disappeared off the face of the Earth."[6] By Miyamoto's own account, Mario's profession was chosen to fit with the game design. Since Donkey Kong was set on a construction site, Mario was made into a carpenter. When he appeared again in Mario Bros., it was decided he should be a plumber, since a lot of the game is played in underground settings.[10] Mario's character design, particularly his large nose, draws on western influences; once he became a plumber, Miyamoto decided to "put him in New York" and make him Italian,[10] lightheartedly attributing Mario's nationality to his mustache.[11] Other sources have Mario's profession chosen to be carpenter in an effort to depict the character as an ordinary hard worker, and make it easier for players to identify with him.[12] After a colleague suggested that Mario more closely resembled a plumber, Miyamoto changed Mario's profession accordingly and developed Mario Bros.,[4] featuring the character in the sewers of New York City.[13]
Due to the graphical limitations of arcade hardware at the time, Miyamoto clothed the character in red overalls and a blue shirt to contrast against each other and the background. A cap was added to let Miyamoto avoid drawing the character's hairstyle, forehead, and eyebrows, as well as to circumvent the issue of animating his hair as he jumped.[4][10] To make him appear human onscreen despite his small size, Mario was given distinct features, prominently a large nose and a mustache, which avoided the need to draw a mouth and facial expressions on the small onscreen character.[14]
Miyamoto developed Mario with the idea of using him as a "go to" character that could be put into any title as needed, albeit in cameo appearances, as at the time Miyamoto was not expecting Mario to become popular.[7] To this end, he originally called the character "Mr. Video", comparing his intent to have Mario appear in later games to the cameos done by Alfred Hitchcock within Hitchcock's films.[15] Over time, Mario's appearance has become more defined; both a red "M" in a white circle on the front of his hat and gold buttons on his overalls have been added. Miyamoto attributed this process to the different development teams and artists for each game as well as advances in technology as time has gone on.[12] Nintendo has never revealed Mario's full name, stating only that it was not "Mario Mario" despite the implication of the Mario Bros. series' title, its use in the film, and information given in the Prima official Guidebook to Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga.[16]
Appearances[link]
Main article: List of Mario video games
1981–1990[link]
Mario debuted as "Jumpman" in the arcade game Donkey Kong in 1981.[4] He is shown as a carpenter that has a pet ape.[17] The carpenter mistreats the ape, so Donkey Kong escapes and kidnaps Jumpman's girlfriend, originally known as the Lady, but later named Pauline. The player must take the role of Jumpman and rescue the girl. The character was later renamed "Mario" in the 1982 arcade game Donkey Kong Junior, the only game in which he has ever been portrayed as an antagonist. In the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros., Mario and his younger brother Luigi are portrayed as Italian-American[10] plumbers[18] who have to defeat creatures that have been coming from the sewers below New York. Their surname was "Mario", resulting in Mario's full name being first given here as "Mario Mario".[19]
In Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Mario saves Princess Toadstool (later known as Princess Peach) of the Mushroom Kingdom from King Koopa.[20] To save Princess Toadstool, Mario conquers the eight worlds of the Mushroom Kingdom by going to the castle in each to defeat a minion of King Koopa. To reach each castle, Mario battles through three sub-worlds by defeating King Koopa's henchmen. If Mario successfully fights his way through the castle and defeats the minion, he frees a Mushroom Retainer.[21] Inside the eighth castle, Mario has a final fight with King Koopa and frees Princess Toadstool. In Super Mario Bros. 2, the player could choose between Mario, Luigi, Toad, or Princess Peach. Each character possesses unique abilities (Luigi has stronger jumping ability, Toad can dig the fastest, and Peach can float), with Mario being the most well-rounded. In Super Mario Bros. 3, Mario quests to save the rulers of seven kingdoms from Bowser and his children, the Koopalings, and Mario travels across eight worlds to restore order to the Mushroom World and to rescue Princess Peach.[22] Mario is introduced to new power-ups that augment his abilities.[23]
1989–1995[link]
In Super Mario Land an alien named Tatanga appears, hypnotizes the inhabitants of an area called Sarasaland, and kidnaps its ruler, Princess Daisy. Mario then sets out to rescue her from Tatanga, traveling through the four geographical areas of Sarasaland and defeating Tatanga's minions along the way. He finally corners Tatanga in the skies of the Chai kingdom, bringing down Tatanga's alien warship and rescuing Daisy.[24] In Super Mario World, Mario and Luigi take Princess Peach for a vacation in Dinosaur World sometime after the events of Super Mario Bros. 3; during the vacation, Peach is kidnapped by Bowser. Mario and Luigi meet the Yoshis, dinosaurs that live in Dinosaur World, and they help rescue Peach by allowing Mario and Luigi to ride them.[25] In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, whose events take place immediately after the original Super Mario Land, Mario's evil counterpart Wario has put an evil spell over Mario Land while Mario was away in Sarasaland, renaming the area Wario Land. The inhabitants are now brainwashed into thinking that Wario is their master and Mario is their enemy. Wario's motive behind this sudden attack was to take control over Mario's castle in order to have one of his own. To stop Wario, Mario finds the 6 Golden Coins throughout Mario Land and regains access to his castle. In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, a stork carries Baby Mario and Baby Luigi across the sea, but the evil Magikoopa Kamek steals Baby Luigi, and Baby Mario falls onto an island called Yoshi's Island, home to Yoshis. After Mario meets the Yoshis, the group journeys through the game's six worlds to rescue Baby Luigi and the stork from Baby Bowser and Kamek.
1996–2002[link]
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Super Mario 64 featured Mario's first 3D rendering.
Mario made his 3D debut in Super Mario 64.[26] Princess Peach sends Mario a letter inviting him to join her at her castle for cake;[27] however, when he arrives, Mario discovers that Bowser has invaded the castle and imprisoned the princess and her servants within it using the castle's 120 Power Stars. Many of the castle's paintings are portals to other worlds, in which Bowser's minions guard the stars. Mario explores the castle and these other worlds to recover the stars. He gains access to more painting portals as he recovers more stars,[28] and he traverses three obstacle courses that lead him to battles with Bowser. Defeating Bowser the first two times earns Mario keys that open new levels of the castle,[29] while the final battle releases Peach, who rewards Mario by baking the cake that she promised him.[29][30]
In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario, Toadsworth, and Princess Peach take a vacation to Isle Delfino, a tropical island. A person resembling Mario, known as "Shadow Mario", vandalizes and pollutes the entire island using a magic paintbrush. The vandalism has also caused the Shine Sprites to flee from the island's main city, Delfino Plaza, and blanket the island in darkness. Blamed for the mess, Mario is arrested by the island authorities and ordered to clean up Isle Delfino. Mario is equipped with FLUDD, a robotic hosing device invented by Professor E. Gadd, which he uses to clean up the pollution and collect the Shine Sprites.[31] Meanwhile, Peach is kidnapped by Shadow Mario, who reveals himself to be Bowser Jr., one of Bowser's children. Mario eventually confronts Bowser and Bowser Jr. and rescues the princess. With the island cleaned up, Mario and Peach begin their vacation.[32]
2006–present[link]
Mario went to 2.5D in New Super Mario Bros. While Mario and Peach take a walk together through the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser Jr. kidnaps Peach and flees.[33] Mario gives chase, venturing through eight worlds. Mario eventually catches up, defeating both Bowser and Bowser Jr. and rescuing Peach.[34] In Super Mario Galaxy, Mario is invited by Princess Peach to the centennial Star Festival in the Mushroom Kingdom.[35] Upon arrival, Bowser invades the kingdom and rips Peach's castle from its foundations and lifts it into outer space. After failing to prevent the princess from being kidnapped, Mario meets star-like creatures called Lumas and their companion, Rosalina. Rosalina tells Mario that Bowser has stolen the Power Stars, the source of power for Rosalina's mobile observatory, and has taken Peach to the center of the universe. Mario then travels to various galaxies to reclaim the Power Stars to restore power to the observatory and reclaim Princess Peach.[36] In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, another 2.5D game, Mario, Luigi, and two Toads are attending Princess Peach's birthday party when Bowser Jr. and the other seven Koopalings ambush the princess and kidnap her. Mario, Luigi, and the two Toads chase after them across eight worlds, defeating each Koopaling as they progress. The quartet eventually confronts Bowser, defeating him and reclaiming the princess.[37] In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Bowser, who has transformed himself into a giant using the Power Stars, attacks the Mushroom Kingdom and abducts Peach, taking her to the center of the universe. With the help of the Lumas, Mario pilots Starship Mario, a mobile planet in the shape of his head, in order to travel to various galaxies and gather the Power Stars, used to fuel the ship. After multiple battles against both Bowser and Bowser Jr., Mario eventually arrives at Bowser's lair at the center of the universe, where he defeats him and rescues the princess.[38]
[edit] Other Mario games
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Mario kicking a soccer ball during the title screen in Super Mario Strikers.
Mario games of other genres include various Game & Watch games; Mario Pinball Land, a pinball game for the Game Boy Advance;[39] various educational games; and the Dr. Mario puzzle games, (with Dr. Mario itself first released in 1990).[40] In these games, Dr. Mario throws vitamins that the player must align to destroy the viruses that populate the playing field.[40] 1996's Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is the first Mario role-playing game;[41] six games have followed, including three in the Paper Mario series (Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo GameCube, and Super Paper Mario for the Wii) and three in the Mario & Luigi series (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance, and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story for the Nintendo DS).
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Mario and his friends are ready to face off against Lakitu in Mario Party 9.
Several other sub-series of Mario video games, especially those inspired from sports, have been released. The Mario Kart franchise, which began with Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992, is currently the most successful and longest-running kart racing franchise.[42] Other Mario sports games include the Camelot-developed series Mario Golf and Mario Tennis, and, respectively, the baseball and soccer games Mario Superstar Baseball and Super Mario Strikers. In 1999, the Hudson-developed Mario Party series began on the Nintendo 64. The games revolve around a set of minigames and are playable with up to four players. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, released for both Nintendo DS and Wii, is a collection of twenty-four events based on the 2008 Summer Olympic Games from Beijing, in which characters from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series compete with Mario characters. This was followed in 2009 by Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on both systems, based on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Two more sports games for the Wii was released in 2011, Mario Sports Mix and the third Mario & Sonic game, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games while the latter was released for the Nintendo 3DS in February 2012, which is based on the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
In other media[link]
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Mario as seen on the title screen for The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Apart from his platformer and spinoff-game appearances, Mario has made guest appearances in non-Mario games, such as Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, where Mario is a referee.[43] Mario has also appeared as a playable character in NBA Street V3[44] and SSX on Tour,[45] both by Electronic Arts. He makes cameo appearances in both The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a portrait, and in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, he appears as a small statue.
Mario has appeared in every game of the Super Smash Bros. series[46] and has retained his balanced abilities even when fighting characters from other series.[47] The game also includes other Mario characters, items, and stages. Mario's alter egos Dr. Mario and Metal Mario have made series appearances as well.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! television series and the live-action film Super Mario Bros., both based on the video game series, brought Mario into the TV and film entertainment realms. The television show starred "Captain" Lou Albano as Mario, and the film starred Bob Hoskins as Mario Mario, a plumber who finds himself in an alternate universe (in which dinosaurs rule) where he must save the Earth from invasion.[48] Outside the original games, television shows, and film, Mario has influenced the creation of a line of licensed merchandise and has appeared in popular culture. The Nintendo Comics System series, along with the Nintendo Adventure Books, were created due to Mario as well.
Characteristics[link]
Mario was originally portrayed as a two-dimensional sprite, but in later games, he is shown as a three-dimensional, polygonal model. He is depicted as a portly plumber who lives in the fictional land of the Mushroom Kingdom with Luigi, his younger, taller brother.[4][49][50] In the television series and film, Mario and Luigi are originally from Brooklyn, New York.[49] Little is known of Mario's childhood, though the infant version of Mario, Baby Mario, first appeared in 1995 in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and has often appeared in Nintendo sports games since that time. Baby Mario has a major role along with Baby Luigi in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and appears in Yoshi's Island DS. He (along with the adult Mario) is voiced by Charles Martinet.[51]
Occupation and hobbies[link]
Mario's occupation is plumbing, though in the original Donkey Kong games he is a carpenter.[52] Mario has had several other occupations: in the Dr. Mario series of puzzle games, which debuted in 1990,[40] Mario is portrayed as a medical physician named "Dr. Mario";[53] in the Game Boy game Mario's Picross, Mario is an archaeologist; and in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, Mario is the president of a profitable toy-making company.[54] Mario usually saves Princess Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom and purges antagonists, such as Bowser, from various areas. Mario has gained fame in the Mushroom Kingdom due to his heroic deeds, as shown in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, where the brothers are referred to as "superstars".[55]
Relationships[link]
Since his first game, Mario has usually had the role of saving the damsel in distress.[49] Originally, he had to rescue his girlfriend Pauline in Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong.[56] Pauline was soon replaced by a new damsel in distress, Princess Peach, in Super Mario Bros.,[4] but returned in the Game Boy remake of Donkey Kong in 1994, and in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis in 2006, although the character is now described as "Mario's friend".[57] Mario has rescued Princess Peach multiple times since Super Mario Bros.[49] In a role reversal, Peach rescues Mario in Super Princess Peach.[58] Mario rescued Princess Daisy of Sarasaraland in Super Mario Land,[59] but Luigi seems to be more linked to her. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, the text explaining Daisy's trophy states that "after her appearance in Mario Golf, gossips portrayed her as Luigi's answer to Mario's Peach".[60]
Luigi is Mario's younger brother.[50] He is a companion in the Mario games,[50] and the character whom the second player controls in two-player sessions of many of the video games,[61] though he occasionally rescues Mario, as seen in Mario is Missing! and Luigi's Mansion.[62] Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins for the Game Boy saw the arrival of Wario, Mario's greedy counterpart, who is often Mario's antagonist or an antihero.[63] Yoshi is a dinosaur whose species is also named Yoshi.[64] They vary in color, but the original Yoshi is green.[64] Yoshi serves as Mario's mount in games such as Super Mario World,[64] and is depicted as a more sentient creature in games like Super Mario Kart and Yoshi's Island.
Abilities[link]
During the development of Donkey Kong, Mario was known as Jumpman.[4] Jumping—both to access places and as an offensive move—is a common gameplay element in Mario games, especially the Super Mario Bros. series. By the time Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was released, jumping became such a signature act of Mario that the player was often tasked with jumping to prove to NPCs that he was Mario. Mario's most commonly portrayed form of attack is jumping to stomp on the heads of enemies, first used in Super Mario Bros. This jump-stomp move may entirely crush smaller enemies on the stage, and usually deals damage to larger ones, sometimes causing secondary effects.[4] This attack often enables Mario to knock the turtle-like Koopa Troopas into or out of their shells, which can be used as weapons.[4] Subsequent games have elaborated on Mario's jumping-related abilities. Super Mario World added the ability to spin-jump, which allows Mario to break blocks beneath him. The Game Boy version of Donkey Kong allowed Mario to jump higher with consecutive jumps, and perform a back-flip. In Super Mario 64, Mario gains new jumping abilities, such as a sideways somersault, a ground pound, and the "Wall Jump", which propels him upwards by kicking off walls.
Power-ups[link]
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Mario seen wearing the Tanooki Suit. The suit originated as a result of the developers being unable to implement the character Yoshi into Super Mario Bros. 3, and is derived from the mythical creature Tanuki.
Mario uses items, which give him various powers. The first power-up Mario uses is the Hammer in Donkey Kong.[56]
Super Mario Bros. introduced the basic three power-ups that have become staples for the series, especially the 2D games —- the Super Mushroom, which causes Mario to grow larger; the Fire Flower, which allows Mario to throw fireballs; and the Starman, which gives Mario temporary invincibility. These powers have appeared regularly throughout the series.[65] Throughout the series' history, there have been several kinds of Mushroom power-ups, including the 1-Up Mushroom, which gives Mario an extra life; the Poison Mushroom, which causes Mario to either shrink or die;[66] the Mega Mushroom, which causes Mario to grow very large; and the Mini Mushroom, which causes Mario to shrink.[67]
A reoccurring power-up throughout the series is an item that gives Mario the ability of flight. The first of this type was introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3: One power-up, which gives Mario a raccoon suit, is called the Super Leaf,[68] while another is called the Tanooki Suit (a translation of Tanuki) and grants Mario the ability to fly or turn into a statue.[69] In Super Mario World, an item called the Cape Feather was introduced that gave Mario a cape.[70] In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, a carrot was available that gave Mario rabbit ears that allowed him to fly,[69] and in Super Mario 64, Mario could acquire an item called the Wing Cap, which temporarily gave him the ability of flight.[71] Super Mario Sunshine introduces a pump-water spraying device named "F.L.U.D.D.", which abilities included spraying water and hovering.[72]
Super Mario Galaxy introduced new power-ups, including the Bee Mushroom, which turned Mario into a bee and allowed him to fly temporarily; the Ghost Mushroom, which turned Mario into a ghost, allowing him to float and pass through walls; the Spring Mushroom, which encased Mario in a spring, allowing him to jump higher; and the Ice Flower, which allowed the player to temporarily walk on water and lava without sinking or taking damage.[73] Super Mario Galaxy 2 introduced even more power ups alongside those introduced in Super Mario Galaxy, including the Cloud Flower which allows Mario to create platforms in midair and Rock Mario, which transforms Mario into a boulder that could be used to break through barriers.[74]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii updated the Ice Flower, which then allowed Mario to shoot ice balls that temporally froze enemies; and also introduced the Propeller Suit, which allows him to fly; as well as the Penguin Suit, which allows Mario to easily traverse ice and swim through water in addition to shooting ice balls.
Super Mario 3D Land introduced the Boomerang Flower, which allows Mario to throw boomerangs at nearby enemies; and the Statue Leaf, which allows Mario to turn to a statue.
Reception and legacy[link]
As Nintendo's mascot, Mario is considered by some to be the most famous video game character in history, and has been called an icon of the gaming industry.[5][75][76] The Mario series of video games has sold more than 200 million copies (210 million as of 2009), making it the best-selling video game franchise of all time.[77] Mario was one of the first video game character inductees at the Walk of Game in 2005, alongside Link and Sonic the Hedgehog.[78] Mario was the first video game character to be honored with a wax figure in the legendary Hollywood Wax Museum in 2003. In the 1990s, a national survey found that Mario was more recognizable to American children than Mickey Mouse;[79] in fact, Mario has been called the "most recognisable" figure in the gaming industry.[80]
Since his creation, Mario has established himself as a pop culture icon, and has starred in numerous television shows, comic books, and in a feature film. He has appeared on lunch boxes, t-shirts, magazines, commercials (notably, in a Got Milk? commercial),[81] in candy form, on shampoo bottles, cereal, badges, and as a plush toy.[82] Nintendo of Japan produced a 60-minute anime feature which starred Mario and his friends in 1986, although this film has never been released outside of Japan. The animated series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! featured a live-action series of skits which starred the late former WWF manager "Captain" Lou Albano as Mario and Danny Wells as Luigi. Mario appeared in a book series, the Nintendo Adventure Books. Mario has inspired unlicensed paintings,[83] performances on talent shows such as India's Got Talent,[84] and short films, which have themselves been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
People and places have been named (or nicknamed) after Mario. Bergsala, the distributor of Nintendo's products in the Nordic and the Baltic countries, is located at Marios Gata 21 (Mario's Street 21) in Kungsbacka, Sweden, named after Mario.[85] Many sports stars, including Bundesliga football players Mario Götze and Mario Gómez, NHL hockey player Mario Lemieux,[86] and Italian cycling star Mario Cipollini have been given the nickname "Super Mario". In the Spanish suburb of Zaragoza, in commemoration of Mario a street was named "Avenida de Super Mario Bros".[87]
Mario's legacy is recognized by Guinness World Records, who awarded the Nintendo mascot, and the series of platform games he has appeared in, seven world records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008. These records include "Best Selling Video Game Series of All Time", "First Movie Based on an Existing Video Game", and "Most Prolific Video Game Character", with Mario appearing in 116 distinct titles (not including remakes or re-releases).
Creator Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that Mario is his favorite character out of all that he has created.[88] Nintendo Power listed Mario as their favourite hero, citing his defining characteristics as his mustache, red cap, plumbing prowess, and his mushrooms.[89] In a poll conducted in 2008 by Oricon, Mario was voted the most popular video game character in Japan, outranking characters such as Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII and Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid series.[90] Gaming site GameDaily listed the "unlikely hero" on its top 25 video game archetypes, and used Mario as an example of this. It stated that in spite of the fact that he should have run out of energy through the first level, he kept going.[91] Mario ranked fourth on GameDaily's top ten Smash Bros. characters list.[92] Mario was fourth on UGO's list of the "Top 100 Heroes of All Time", ahead of fellow video game characters Samus Aran (Metroid), Link (Legend of Zelda), Gordon Freeman (Half-Life), and Master Chief (Halo).[93] CNET listed him first on its list of the "Top 5 video game characters".[94] He was voted 100th in IGN's Top 100 Villains for his appearance in Donkey Kong Junior.[95] UGO.com listed Mario's Hat twenty-first on their list of "The Coolest Helmets and Headgear in Video Games", stating "there’s always somebody at your Halloween party wearing one."[96]
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| Kathryn Grayson | |
|---|---|
 from trailer for The Toast of New Orleans (1950) |
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| Born | Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick (1922-02-09)February 9, 1922 Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Died | February 17, 2010(2010-02-17) (aged 88) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actress/Singer |
| Years active | 1941-2004 |
| Spouse | John Shelton (m.1941-1946; divorced) Johnny Johnston (m.1947-1951; divorced) |
| Children | Patricia Kathryn (born 1948) |
| Website | |
| http://www.kathryngrayson.com/ | |
Kathryn Grayson (February 9, 1922 - February 17, 2010[1]) was an American actress and operatic soprano singer.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
From the age of twelve, Grayson trained as an opera singer. She was under contract to MGM by the early 1940s, soon establishing a career principally through her work in musicals. After several supporting roles, she was a lead performer in such films as Thousands Cheer (1943), Anchors Aweigh (1945) with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, and Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me Kate (1953) (both with Howard Keel).
When film musical production declined, she worked in theatre, appearing in Camelot (1962–1964). Later in the decade she performed in several operas, including La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Orpheus in the Underworld and La traviata.
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Early life[link]
She was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the daughter of Charles E. Hedrick and Lillian Grayson Hedrick (1897–1955). Charles was a building contractor-realtor.[8]
Lillian was of British descent and Charles was of German and Sicilian descent.
The Hedrick family later moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where she was discovered singing on the empty stage of the St. Louis Municipal Opera House by a janitor, who introduced her to Frances Marshall of the Chicago Civic Opera, who gave the twelve-year-old girl voice lessons.
Grayson's sister, Frances Raeburn (born Mildred Hedrick) was also an actress and singer, appearing alongside her in the film Seven Sweethearts.[9] She also had two brothers, Clarence "Bud" E. Hedrick,[10] and Harold.
Film career[link]
1940s[link]
In 1940, an MGM talent scout saw Grayson performing at a music festival. Metro hoped to find a replacement for Deanna Durbin, who left the studio for Universal Pictures.[11] For the next 18 months, Grayson went through voice lessons, drama coaching, diction, diets and exercise. Within a year, Grayson had her first screen test. However, the studio executives were not satisfied, and she went through a further six months of lessons until she made her first film appearance in 1941's Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as the character's secretary Kathryn Land.[12] In the film, she takes part in three musical numbers.
Two further films were planned for Grayson in 1941; White House Girl,[13] which was later made in 1948 with Durbin,[14] and Very Warm for May, from the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical of the same name.[15] Ann Sothern was also slated to appear, however, this fell through as well. The film eventually was made in 1944 as Broadway Rhythm.
She appeared in three films in 1942: The Vanishing Virginian, Rio Rita and Seven Sweethearts. In the first, Grayson plays the teenage daughter, Rebecca, of the eccentric Yancey family from Lynchburg, Virginia.[16] Set in 1913, the film was based on Rebecca Yancey Williams's own family.
Grayson co-starred in Rio Rita with Abbott and Costello.[17] Grayson portrayed the title character, Rita Winslow. The film was originally meant to be an adaptation of the 1927 Broadway musical, however, only two songs were retained for the film, the title song, and "The Ranger Song," which was performed by Grayson.
Co-starring Van Heflin, Seven Sweethearts cast Grayson as the youngest of seven daughters from Holland, Michigan, who is hired by reporter-photographer Helfin to serve as a model and secretary while he covers the town's tulip festival, and with whom he falls in love.[18]
In 1943, Grayson appeared in the film Thousands Cheer, (originally titled Private Miss Jones), along with Gene Kelly, Mickey Rooney, Eleanor Powell, June Allyson and others. The film was intended as a morale booster for American troops and their families. Grayson starred as the singing daughter of an Army commander.
It was announced in 1942 that Grayson would appear in An American Symphony with Judy Garland.[19] Garland was replaced by June Allyson and the film was retitled Two Sisters from Boston and released in 1946.
Grayson did not appear in any films for nearly two years (from 1943 to 1945), but instead worked at entertaining troops during the war and performing on radio programs.[20] Her return to films in Anchors Aweigh, a musical romantic-comedy set in Los Angeles and co-starring Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Anchors Aweigh was the fifth-highest grossing film of 1945, earning over $4.779 million.[21] This was followed by Two Sisters from Boston and guest appearances in Ziegfeld Follies and Till the Clouds Roll By. Grayson's performance in Till the Clouds Roll By was of a song from the musical Show Boat, which would be remade five years later, with Grayson in the starring role.
MGM unwisely re-paired Grayson and Sinatra for two movies in 1947 and 1948, It Happened in Brooklyn and The Kissing Bandit. Both films performed poorly at the box office, and audiences thought the plots absurd.[22] After the setbacks of Brooklyn and Bandit, Grayson was partnered with tenor Mario Lanza in That Midnight Kiss in 1949.
1950s[link]
In 1950, Grayson was once again partnered with Lanza, and portrayed an opera singer in The Toast of New Orleans, and performed the Academy-Award-nominated song "Be My Love".
While shooting the Madama Butterfly scene in the film, Lanza kept attempting to french kiss Grayson, which Grayson claimed was made even worse by the fact that Lanza would constantly eat garlic before shooting. Grayson went to costume designer Helen Rose and she sewed pieces of brass into Grayson's gloves. Any time Lanza attempted to french kiss her after that, she hit him with the brass-filled glove.[23] For the premiere of the film, Grayson traveled to New Orleans, and was a guest at an auction selling the film's costumes.[24]
Grayson replaced June Allyson as the role of Ina Massine in 1951's Grounds for Marriage.[25] She portrayed an opera singer with laryngitis, alongside Van Johnson who played her doctor and love interest. This was also first non-singing role at MGM. Grayson's musical performances do appear in the film, but in the form of recordings.
Grayson was next cast as Magnolia Hawkes in the 1951 remake of the 1927 Hammerstein and Kern musical, Show Boat, alongside Howard Keel and Judy Garland, however, Garland dropped out of production,[26][27] and the role went to Ava Gardner. Show Boat was the third-highest grossing film of 1951, earning over $5.533 million.[28]
Grayson teamed again with Keel that year in Technicolor musical Lovely to Look At, a remake of the 1935 Astaire and Rogers film Roberta.[29] This would be her last film with MGM, as her contract ended in January 1953. MGM announced her appearance in Rose Marie and a musical version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips, but the contract ended before production on either film began.
Warner Bros.[link]
After 11 years with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Grayson's contract ended, and she went on loan to Warner Bros.. She quickly got to work, and by May, Grayson's first musical with the studio was released, The Desert Song alongside Gordon MacRae. She was asked to perform La bohème at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado, but due to her filming obligations for The Desert Song, she had to turn them down.[30] 1952 also saw an enormous fire on the Warner Bros. lot, and Grayson was among the movie stars who assisted in removing equipment while the fire blazed.
Grayson appeared on television occasionally from the 1950s, e.g., guest starring in the General Electric Theater episode, Shadow on the Heart, with John Ericson. In the 1980s, she guest starred in three episodes of Murder, She Wrote with Angela Lansbury.
Stage career[link]
Grayson appeared on stage in numerous productions including Show Boat, Rosalinda, Kiss Me, Kate, Naughty Marietta, and The Merry Widow, for which she was nominated for Chicago's Sarah Siddons Award.
In 1953, Grayson optioned the story It's Greek to Me, written by Helen Deutsch, to be accompanied by a score from Cole Porter. The story was a mythical love story about Hercules and Hippolyte, and Grayson hoped to be reunited with Howard Keel and take the show on the road, however, the project fell apart.[31]
Her casting in The Merry Widow led to her replacing Julie Andrews in 1962 as Queen Guinevere in Camelot. She then continued the role for over sixteen months in the national tour of the United States before leaving for health reasons.
Grayson had a lifelong dream of being an opera star, and she appeared in a number of operas in the 1960s, such as La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Orpheus in the Underworld and La traviata. Her dramatic and comedy stage roles included Night Watch, Noises Off, Love Letters and Something's Afoot as Dottie Otterling.
Musical career[link]
Having trained from the age of twelve, as an opera singer, Grayson sang as coloratura soprano, in the style of operatic arias.[32]
While appearing in her films roles, Grayson also performed on the radio.[33] Grayson performed on concert tours throughout the 1950s. In May 1951, Grayson had to postpone a concert tour due to being unknowingly cast in Lovely to Look At. "My concert bookings were all set. So when I read in New York that I was to do this film, I said 'How silly!', then boom! The next day I got my studio telegram asking me to return for the picture!"[34]
In 1952, Grayson was offered more than $10,000 to perform for a week at the Riviera night club in New Jersey before making The Desert Song.[35] After filming The Desert Song, Grayson created a recording of the musical with Tony Martin.[20]
Grayson supervised the Voice and Choral Studies Program at Idaho State University.[36][37]
Personal life[link]
Grayson married twice, first to actor John Shelton (born Edward S. Price) and then to the actor/singer Johnnie Johnston.
John Shelton[link]
Shelton and Grayson eloped to Las Vegas, Nevada, where they were married on July 11, 1941.[38] The two had courted for 18 months, after meeting while making screen tests.
In July 1942, Shelton moved out of their Brentwood home and into his own apartment. This came after a month of reconciliation after a judge dismissed their divorce suit. Grayson charged Shelton with mental cruelty.[39] They divorced on June 17, 1946.[40]
Johnnie Johnston[link]
Grayson wed Johnston on August 22, 1947 in Carmel, California.[41] On October 7, 1948, Grayson's only child, daughter Patricia "Patty Cake" Kathryn Johnston was born. Grayson and Johnston separated on November 15, 1950. On October 3, 1951, Grayson was given a divorce from Johnston on the grounds of mental cruelty.[42] Johnston's This Time for Keeps co-star, Esther Williams, claimed in her 1999 autobiography that while making the film, Johnston would read Grayson's intimate letters aloud to the girls in his fan club, including the "all-too-graphic details concerning what she liked about his love-making."[43]
Though she never married again, Grayson was frequently seen in the late 1950s with Robert Evans.[22]
According to her secretary, Grayson died in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles, California on February 17, 2010, aged 88.[1]
Filmography[link]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Kathryn Land | |
| 1942 | The Vanishing Virginian | Rebecca Yancey | |
| 1942 | Rio Rita | Rita Winslow | |
| 1942 | Seven Sweethearts | Billie Van Maaster | |
| 1943 | Thousands Cheer | Kathryn Jones | |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | Susan Abbott | |
| 1946 | Ziegfeld Follies | Herself | in "There's Beauty Everywhere" |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston | Abigail Chandler | |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By | Magnolia in 'Show Boat' / Specialty | |
| 1947 | It Happened in Brooklyn | Anne Fielding | |
| 1948 | The Kissing Bandit | Teresa | |
| 1949 | That Midnight Kiss | Prudence Budell | |
| 1949 | Some of the Best | Herself | uncredited |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans | Suzette Micheline | |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage | Ina Massine | |
| 1951 | Show Boat | Magnolia Hawks | |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At | Stephanie | |
| 1953 | The Desert Song | Margot Birabeau | |
| 1953 | So This Is Love | Grace Moore | aka The Grace Moore Story |
| 1953 | Kiss Me Kate | Lilli Vanessi / "Katharina" | |
| 1956 | The Vagabond King | Catherine de Vaucelles | |
| 1977 | The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena | Herself | documentary |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Herself | documentary |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot | Herself, Kate/Lilli in Kiss Me Kate | |
| 2004 | The Masters Behind the Musicals | Herself |
Notes[link]
- ^ a b Thomas, Bob (2010-02-18). "Music legend Kathryn Grayson dies at 88". Associated Press via USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/2010-02-18-grayson_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ Obituary New York Times, February 19, 2010.
- ^ Obituary Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2010.
- ^ Obituary Washington Post, February 19, 2010.
- ^ Obituary The Times, February 20, 2010.
- ^ Ronald Bergan Obituary, London Guardian, 19 February 2010
- ^ Obituary London Independent, February 22, 2010.
- ^ Parish & Pitts 2003, p. 361.
- ^ "Frances Raeburn". Los Angeles Times: p. C1. April 29, 1945. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=412373301&sid=8&Fmt=10&clientId=13642&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ "Kathryn Grayson Denies Actor and her Brother Had a Fight". Los Angeles Times: p. 2. March 24, 1946. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=414986531&sid=19&Fmt=10&clientId=13642&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ Hopper, Hedda (Feb 21, 1941). "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=410867861&sid=7&Fmt=10&clientId=13642&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ Hopper, Hedda (Jan 2, 1941). "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=410681501&sid=7&Fmt=10&clientId=13642&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (Oct 15, 1941). "Kathryn Grayson Wins Pasternak Film Lead". Los Angeles Times: p. A10. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=413982681&sid=2&Fmt=10&clientId=48776&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ "New Comedy Stars Durbin". Los Angeles Times: p. 20. Oct 20, 1948. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=416961841&sid=3&Fmt=10&clientId=48776&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ "Taylor Escapes Romeo Roles Through Comedy". Los Angeles Times: p. A10. Aug 28, 1941. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=413801681&sid=2&Fmt=10&clientId=48776&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ "Young Beauty". Los Angeles Times. Jan 26, 1942. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=414354481&sid=13&Fmt=10&clientId=13642&RQT=309&VName=HNP. Kathryn Grayson enacts the part of Rebecca in 'The Vanishing Virginian,' story of a southern family, to open Thursday at the Four Star Theater.
- ^ "'Rio Rita' Comedy Fare". Los Angeles Times: p. 8. May 21, 1942. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=414664661&sid=7&Fmt=10&clientId=13642&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ "Drama and the Arts Section". Los Angeles Times: p. C1. Oct 11, 1942. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=416380701&sid=8&Fmt=10&clientId=13642&RQT=309&VName=HNP.
- ^ "Garland, Grayson Will Play Musical Sisters". Los Angeles Times: p. A10. March 11, 1942. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=414471861&sid=2&Fmt=10&clientId=48776&RQT=309&VName=HN.
- ^ a b Parish & Pitts 2003, p. 363.
- ^ "Box Office Report for 1945". Boxofficereport.com. http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1945.shtml. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- ^ a b Parish & Pitts 2003, p. 364.
- ^ Brown, Peter H. (Dec 23, 1979). "Lights, Cameras, Embrace! The Hollywood Love Scene". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Hedda Hopper (Sep 18, 1950). "'Sadie Smith' Will Be Betty Hutton Subject". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Davis 2001, p. 140.
- ^ Edwin Schallert (Sep 16, 1949). "Rattigan Script Stirs Anglo-American Project; Downs 'Dog's Life' Lead". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Edwin Schallert (Feb 4, 1950). "Drama". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Box Office Report for 1951". Boxofficereport.com. http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1951.shtml. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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- ^ Hedda Hopper (Jun 3, 1952). "Lizbeth Scott Given Break With Comics". Los Angeles Times: p. 16.
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Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, and established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century.[1] He was one of The Three Tenors and became well known for his televised concerts and media appearances. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others.
Pavarotti began his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy. That same year, he made his first international appearance in La traviata in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.[2] He sang in opera houses in addition to Italy, in the Netherlands, Vienna, London, Ankara, Budapest and Barcelona. The young tenor earned valuable experience and recognition while touring Australia at the invitation of soprano Joan Sutherland in 1965. He made his United States debut in Miami soon afterwards, also on Sutherland's recommendation. His position as a leading lyric tenor was consolidated in the years between 1966 and 1972, during which time he first appeared at Milan's La Scala and other major European houses. In 1968, he debuted at New York City's Metropolitan Opera as Rodolfo in Puccini's La bohème. At the Met in 1972, in the role of Tonio in Donizetti's La fille du régiment he earned the title "King of the high Cs" when he sang the aria "Ah mes amis ... pour mon âme". He gained worldwide fame for the brilliance and beauty of his tone, especially into the upper register.[3] He was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles and Puccini works such as La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly. The late 1970s and 1980s saw Pavarotti continue to make significant appearances in the world's foremost opera houses.
Celebrity beyond the world of opera came to Pavarotti at the 1990 World Cup in Italy with performances of Puccini's "Nessun dorma",
sample (help·info) from Turandot, and as one of The Three Tenors in their famed first concert held on the eve of the tournament's final match. He sang on that occasion with fellow star tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, bringing opera highlights to a wider audience. Appearances in advertisements and with pop icons in concerts furthered his international celebrity.
His final performance in an opera was at the Metropolitan Opera in March 2004. Later that year, the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) inducted him into its Italian American Hall of Fame in recognition of his lifetime of work. During a ceremony held at the Foundation's Anniversary Gala just four days after his 69th birthday, singer Faith Hill presented Pavarotti with a birthday cake and sang "Happy Birthday" to the opera legend.
The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, saw Pavarotti on stage for the last time, where he performed "Nessun dorma", with the crowd serving as the aria's chorus, and he received a thunderous standing ovation.[4]
He died from pancreatic cancer on 6 September 2007.
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Earlier life and musical training[link]
Luciano Pavarotti was born in 1935 on the outskirts of Modena in Northern Italy, the son of Fernando Pavarotti, a baker and amateur tenor, and Adele Venturi, a cigar factory worker.[5] Although he spoke fondly of his childhood, the family had little money; its four members were crowded into a two-room apartment. According to Pavarotti, his father had a fine tenor voice but rejected the possibility of a singing career because of nervousness. World War II forced the family out of the city in 1943. For the following year they rented a single room from a farmer in the neighbouring countryside, where the young Pavarotti developed an interest in farming.
After abandoning the dream of becoming a football goalkeeper, Pavarotti spent seven years in vocal training. Pavarotti's earliest musical influences were his father's recordings, most of them featuring the popular tenors of the day - Beniamino Gigli, Giovanni Martinelli, Tito Schipa and Enrico Caruso. Pavarotti's favourite tenor and idol was Giuseppe Di Stefano.[6] He was also deeply influenced by Mario Lanza, saying, "In my teens I used to go to Mario Lanza movies and then come home and imitate him in the mirror".[7] At around the age of nine he began singing with his father in a small local church choir.
After what appears to have been a normal childhood with a typical interest in sports — in Pavarotti's case football above all, he graduated from the Scuola Magistrale and faced the dilemma of a career choice. He was interested in pursuing a career as a professional football goalkeeper, but his mother convinced him to train as a teacher. He subsequently taught in an elementary school for two years but finally allowed his interest in music to win out. Recognising the risk involved, his father gave his consent only reluctantly.
Pavarotti began the serious study of music in 1954 at the age of 19 with Arrigo Pola, a respected teacher and professional tenor in Modena who offered to teach him without remuneration. Not until he began these studies was Pavarotti aware that he had perfect pitch.[citation needed]
In 1955, he experienced his first singing success when he was a member of the Corale Rossini, a male voice choir from Modena that also included his father, which won first prize at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales. He later said that this was the most important experience of his life, and that it inspired him to become a professional singer.[8] At about this time Pavarotti first met Adua Veroni. They married in 1961.
When his teacher Arrigo Pola moved to Japan, Pavarotti became a student of Ettore Campogalliani, who at that time was also teaching Pavarotti's childhood friend, Mirella Freni, whose mother worked with Luciano's mother in the cigar factory. Like Pavarotti, Freni was destined to operatic greatness; they were to share the stage many times and make memorable recordings together.
During his years of musical study, Pavarotti held part time jobs in order to sustain himself – first as an elementary school teacher and then as an insurance salesman. The first six years of study resulted in only a few recitals, all in small towns and without pay. When a nodule developed on his vocal cords, causing a "disastrous" concert in Ferrara, he decided to give up singing. Pavarotti attributed his immediate improvement to the psychological release connected with this decision. Whatever the reason, the nodule not only disappeared but, as he related in his autobiography, "Everything I had learned came together with my natural voice to make the sound I had been struggling so hard to achieve".
Career[link]
1960s–1970s[link]
Pavarotti began his career as a tenor in smaller regional Italian opera houses, making his debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème at the Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia in April 1961.
Very early in his career, on 23 February 1963, he debuted at the Vienna State Opera with the same role. In March and April 1963 Vienna saw Pavarotti again as Rodolfo and as Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto. The same year saw his Royal Opera House debut, where he replaced an indisposed Giuseppe di Stefano as Rodolfo.[9]
While generally successful, Pavarotti's early roles did not immediately propel him into the stardom that he would later enjoy. An early coup involved his connection with Joan Sutherland (and her conductor husband, Richard Bonynge), who in 1963 had sought a young tenor taller than herself to take along on her tour to Australia.[10] With his commanding physical presence, Pavarotti proved ideal.[11] The two sang some forty performances over two months, and Pavarotti later credited Sutherland for the breathing technique that would sustain him over his career.[12]
Pavarotti made his American début with the Greater Miami Opera in February 1965, singing in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor opposite Joan Sutherland on the stage of the Miami-Dade County Auditorium in Miami. The tenor scheduled to perform that night became ill with no understudy. As Sutherland was traveling with him on tour, she recommended the young Pavarotti as he was well acquainted with the role.
Shortly after, on 28 April, Pavarotti made his La Scala debut in the revival of the famous Franco Zeffirelli production of La Bohème, with his childhood friend Mirella Freni singing Mimi and Herbert von Karajan conducting. Karajan had requested the singer's engagement. After an extended Australian tour, he returned to La Scala, where he added Tebaldo from I Capuleti e i Montecchi to his repertoire on 26 March 1966, with Giacomo Aragall as Romeo. His first appearance as Tonio in Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment took place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 2 June of that year. It was his performances of this role that would earn him the title of "King of the High Cs".
He scored another major triumph in Rome on 20 November 1969 when he sang in I Lombardi opposite Renata Scotto. This was recorded on a private label and widely distributed, as were various recordings of his I Capuleti e i Montecchi, usually with Aragall. Early commercial recordings included a recital of Donizetti (the aria from Don Sebastiano were particularly highly regarded) and Verdi arias, as well as a complete L'Elisir d'Amore with Sutherland.
His major breakthrough in the United States came on 17 February 1972, in a production of La Fille du Régiment at New York's Metropolitan Opera, in which he drove the crowd into a frenzy with his nine effortless high Cs in the signature aria. He achieved a record seventeen curtain calls.
Pavarotti sang his international recital début at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, on 1 February 1973, as part of the college's Fine Arts Program, now known as the Harriman-Jewell Series. Perspiring due to nerves and a lingering cold, the tenor clutched a handkerchief throughout the début. The prop became a signature part of his solo performances.
He began to give frequent television performances, starting with his performances as Rodolfo (La Bohème) in the first Live from the Met telecast in March 1977, which attracted one of the largest audiences ever for a televised opera. He won many Grammy awards and platinum and gold discs for his performances. In addition to the previously listed titles, his La Favorita with Fiorenza Cossotto and his I Puritani (1975) with Sutherland stand out.
In 1976, Pavarotti debuted at the Salzburg Festival, appearing in a solo recital on 31 July, accompanied by pianist Leone Magiera. Pavarotti returned to the festival in 1978 with a recital and as the Italian singer in Der Rosenkavalier in 1983 with Idomeneo, and both in 1985 and 1988 with solo recitals.
In 1979, he was profiled in a cover story in the weekly magazine Time.[13] That same year saw Pavarotti's return to the Vienna State Opera after an absence of fourteen years. With Herbert von Karajan conducting, Pavarotti sang Manrico in Il Trovatore. In 1978, he appeared in a solo recital on Live from Lincoln Center.
1980s–1990s[link]
At the beginning of the 1980s, he set up The Pavarotti International Voice Competition for young singers, performing with the winners in 1982 in excerpts of La Bohème and L'Elisir d'Amore. The second competition, in 1986, staged excerpts of La Bohème and Un Ballo in Maschera. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of his career, he brought the winners of the competition to Italy for gala performances of La Bohème in Modena and Genoa, and then to China where they staged performances of La Bohème in Beijing (Peking). To conclude the visit, Pavarotti performed the first ever concert in the Great Hall of the People before 10,000 people, receiving a standing ovation for nine effortless high Cs. The third competition in 1989 again staged performances of L'Elisir d'Amore and Un ballo in Maschera. The winners of the fifth competition accompanied Pavarotti in performances in Philadelphia in 1997.
In the mid-1980s, Pavarotti returned to two opera houses that had provided him with important breakthroughs, the Vienna State Opera and La Scala. Vienna saw Pavarotti as Rodolfo in La Bohème with Carlos Kleiber conducting and again Mirella Freni was Mimi; as Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore; as Radames in Aïda conducted by Lorin Maazel; as Rodolfo in Luisa Miller; and as Gustavo in Un Ballo in Maschera conducted by Claudio Abbado. In 1996, Pavarotti appeared for the last time at the Staatsoper in Andrea Chenier.
In 1985, Pavarotti sang Radames at La Scala opposite Maria Chiara in a Luca Ronconi production conducted by Maazel, recorded on video. His performance of the aria "Celeste Aïda" received a two-minute ovation on the opening night. He was reunited with Mirella Freni for the San Francisco Opera production of La Bohème in 1988, also recorded on video. In 1992, La Scala saw Pavarotti in a new Zeffirelli production of Don Carlo, conducted by Riccardo Muti. Pavarotti's performance was heavily criticized by some observers and booed by parts of the audience.
Pavarotti became even better known throughout the world in 1990 when his rendition of Giacomo Puccini's aria, "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot was taken as the theme song of BBC's TV coverage of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. The aria achieved pop status and remained his trademark song. This was followed by the hugely successful Three Tenors concert, held on the eve of the World Cup final at the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome with fellow tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and conductor Zubin Mehta, which became the biggest selling classical record of all time. A highlight of the concert, in which Pavarotti hammed up a famous portion of di Capua's "O Sole Mio" and was mimicked by Domingo and Carreras to the delight of the audience, became one of the most memorable moments in contemporary operatic history. Throughout the 1990s, Pavarotti appeared in many well-attended outdoor concerts, including his televised concert in London's Hyde Park, which drew a record attendance of 150,000. In June 1993, more than 500,000 listeners gathered for his free performance on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park, while millions more around the world watched on television. The following September, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, he sang for an estimated crowd of 300,000. Following on from the original 1990 concert, the Three Tenors concerts were held during the Football World Cups: in Los Angeles in 1994, in Paris in 1998, and in Yokohama in 2002.
In 1995, Pavarotti's friends, the singer Lara Saint Paul (as Lara Cariaggi) and her husband showman Pier Quinto Cariaggi, who had produced and organised Pavarotti's 1990 FIFA World Cup Celebration Concert at the PalaTrussardi in Milan,[14] produced and wrote the television documentary The Best is Yet to Come, an extensive biography about the life of Pavarotti.[15] Lara Saint Paul was the interviewer for the documentary with Pavarotti, who spoke candidly about his life and career.[16]
Pavarotti's rise to stardom was not without occasional difficulties, however. He earned a reputation as "The King of Cancellations" by frequently backing out of performances, and his unreliable nature led to poor relationships with some opera houses. This was brought into focus in 1989 when Ardis Krainik of the Lyric Opera of Chicago severed the house's 15-year relationship with the tenor.[17] Over an eight-year period, Pavarotti had cancelled 26 out of 41 scheduled appearances at the Lyric, and the decisive move by Krainik to ban him for life was well-noted throughout the opera world, after the performer walked away from a season premiere less than two weeks before rehearsals began, saying pain from a sciatic nerve required two months of treatment.
On 12 December 1998, he became the first (and, to date, only) opera singer to perform on Saturday Night Live, singing alongside Vanessa L. Williams. He also sang with U2, in the band's 1995 song "Miss Sarajevo", and with Mercedes Sosa in a big concert at the Boca Juniors arena La Bombonera in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1999.
In 1998, Pavarotti was presented with the Grammy Legend Award. Given only on special occasions, as of 2007 it has been awarded only 15 times since its first presentation in 1990.
2000s[link]
In 2004, one of Pavarotti's former managers, Herbert Breslin, published a book, The King & I.[17] Seen by many as bitter and sensationalistic, it is critical of the singer's acting (in opera), his inability to read music well and learn parts, and of his personal conduct, although acknowledging their mutual success. In an interview in 2005 with Jeremy Paxman on the BBC, Pavarotti rejected the allegation that he could not read music, although he acknowledged he did not read orchestral scores.
He received an enormous number of awards and honours, including Kennedy Center Honors in 2001. He also holds two Guinness World Records: one for receiving the most curtain calls (165)[18] and another for the best-selling classical album (In Concert by The Three Tenors). (The latter record is thus shared by fellow tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras.)
In late 2003, he released his final compilation - and his first and only "crossover" album, Ti Adoro. Most of the 13 songs were written and produced by the Michele Centonze who had already helped produce the "Pavarotti & Friends" concerts between 1998 and 2000.[19] The tenor described the album as a wedding gift to Nicoletta Mantovani.
Pavarotti began his farewell tour in 2004, at the age of 69, performing one last time in old and new locations, after more than four decades on the stage. Pavarotti gave his last performance in an opera at the New York Metropolitan Opera on 13 March 2004, for which he received a long standing ovation for his role as the painter Mario Cavaradossi in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca. On 1 December 2004, he announced a 40-city farewell tour. Pavarotti and his manager, Terri Robson, commissioned impresario Harvey Goldsmith to produce the Worldwide Farewell Tour. His last full-scale performance was at the end of a two-month Australasian tour in Taiwan, in December 2005.
In March 2005, Pavarotti underwent neck surgery to repair two vertebrae. In early 2006, he underwent further back surgery and contracted an infection while in the hospital in New York, forcing cancellation of concerts in the U.S., Canada and the UK.[20]
On 10 February 2006, Pavarotti sang "Nessun Dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy, at his final performance. In the last act of the opening ceremony, his performance received the longest and loudest ovation of the night from the international crowd. Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance was prerecorded weeks earlier.[21] "The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," he wrote. Pavarotti's manager, Terri Robson, said that the tenor had turned the Winter Olympic Committee's invitation down several times because it would have been impossible to sing late at night in the sub-zero conditions of Turin in February. The committee eventually persuaded him to take part by pre-recording the song.
Other work[link]
Film and television[link]
Pavarotti's one venture into film, a romantic comedy called Yes, Giorgio (1982), was roundly panned by the critics. He can be seen to better advantage in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's adaptation of Rigoletto for television, released that same year, or in his more than 20 live opera performances taped for television between 1978 and 1994, most of them with the Metropolitan Opera, and most available on DVD.
Humanitarianism[link]
Pavarotti annually hosted the "Pavarotti and Friends" charity concerts in his home town of Modena in Italy, joining with singers from all parts of the music industry, including Andrea Bocelli, Jon Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Bono, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Céline Dion, Elton John, Deep Purple, Meat Loaf, Queen, George Michael, Sting and the Spice Girls, to raise money for several UN causes. Concerts were held for War Child, and victims of war and civil unrest in Bosnia, Guatemala, Kosovo and Iraq. After the war in Bosnia, he financed and established the Pavarotti Music Centre in the southern city of Mostar to offer Bosnia's artists the opportunity to develop their skills. For these contributions, the city of Sarajevo named him an honorary citizen in 2006.[22]
He performed at benefit concerts to raise money for victims of tragedies such as the Spitak earthquake that killed 25,000 people in northern Armenia in December 1988,[23] and sang Gounod's Ave Maria with legendary French pop music star and ethnic Armenian Charles Aznavour.
He was a close friend of Diana, Princess of Wales. They raised money for the elimination of land mines worldwide. He was invited to sing at her funeral service, but declined to sing, as he felt he could not sing well "with his grief in his throat". Nonetheless, he attended the service.
In 1998, he was appointed the United Nations Messenger of Peace, using his fame to raise awareness of UN issues, including the Millennium Development Goals, HIV/AIDS, child rights, urban slums and poverty.[24]
In 1999, Pavarotti performed a charity benefit concert in Beirut, to mark Lebanon's reemergence on the world stage after a brutal 15 year civil war. The largest concert held in Beirut since the end of the war, it was attended by 20,000 people who travelled from countries as distant as Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria.[25]
In 2001, Pavarotti received the Nansen Medal from the UN High Commission for Refugees for his efforts raising money on behalf of refugees worldwide. Through benefit concerts and volunteer work, he has raised more than any other individual.[26]
Other honours he received include the "Freedom of London Award" and The Red Cross "Award for Services to Humanity", for his work in raising money for that organization, and the 1998 "MusiCares Person of the Year", given to humanitarian heroes by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.[27][28]
He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.[29]
Death[link]
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While undertaking an international "farewell tour," Pavarotti was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2006. The tenor fought back against the implications of this diagnosis, undergoing major abdominal surgery and making plans for the resumption and conclusion of his singing commitments.[30] He died at his home in Modena on 6 September 2007. Within hours of his death, his manager, Terri Robson, noted in an e-mail statement, "The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterized his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness".[31][32][33]
Pavarotti's funeral was held in Modena Cathedral. Romano Prodi and Kofi Annan attended.[34] The Frecce Tricolori, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, flew overhead, leaving green-white-red smoke trails. After a funeral procession through the centre of Modena, Pavarotti's coffin was taken the final ten kilometres to Montale Rangone, a village part of Castelnuovo Rangone, and was buried near his parents' grave. The funeral, in its entirety, was also telecast live on CNN. The Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival Hall flew black flags in mourning.[35] Tributes were published by many opera houses, such as London's Royal Opera House.[36] The Italian football giant Juventus F.C., of which Pavarotti was a lifelong fan, was represented at the funeral and posted a farewell message on its website which said: "Ciao Luciano, black-and-white heart" referring to the team's famous stripes when they play on their home ground.
Personal life[link]
On 13 December 2003, he married his former personal assistant, Nicoletta Mantovani (born 1969), with whom he already had a daughter, Alice. A second child, Riccardo, did not survive, because of complications at the time of birth in January 2003. Pavarotti is also survived by three other daughters by his first wife Adua, to whom he was married for 34 years: Lorenza, Cristina, and Giuliana. At the time of his death, he had one granddaughter.
Settlement of estate[link]
His first will was opened the day after his death and a second will, within the same month of September.[37] He left an estate outside his native Modena, a villa in Pesaro, a flat in Monte Carlo, and three flats in New York City.[38]
Pavarotti's widow's lawyers Giorgio Bernini, Anna Maria Bernini, and manager Terri Robson announced on 30 June 2008 that his family amicably settled his estate – 300 million euros ($ 474.2 million, including $15 million in U.S. assets). Pavarotti drafted two wills before his death: one divided his assets by Italian law, giving half to his second wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, and half to his four daughters; the second gave his U.S. holdings to Mantovani. The judge confirmed the compromise by the end of July 2008. However, a Pesaro public prosecutor, Massimo di Patria, investigated allegations that Pavarotti was not of sound mind when he signed the will.[39][40][41] Pavarotti's estate has been settled "fairly", a lawyer for Pavarotti's widow, Nicoletta Mantovani, said in statements after reports of a dispute between Ms. Mantovani and his three daughters from his first marriage.[42]
See also[link]
Notes and references[link]
- ^ The Times Obituary: Luciano Pavarotti, 6 September 2007
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Warrack, John and Ewan West (1996). "Luciano Pavarotti." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera. (3rd Ed.), ... an excellent technique, and a conquering personality.")
- ^ Kington, Tom (7 April 2008). "Pavarotti mimed at final performance". The Guardian (London). http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2271470,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ Luciano Pavarotti Biography (1935-2007)
- ^ YouTube - Luciano Pavarotti talks about his idol Giuseppe di Stefano
- ^ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5e2_1189060061 Originally from MSNBC article at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20607839/
- ^ "Pavarotti eisteddfod career start". BBC Online. 6 September 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6981188.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ Paul Arendt, "It Was All About the Voice," The Guardian,(Italy), 7 September 2007
- ^ Joan Sutherland quoted in Paul Arendt, "It Was All About the Voice," The Guardian, (London), 7 September 2007: "The young Pavarotti was a revelation to the opera world. He made his debut in the United States with us in Miami in 1965. He then came as part of our company to Australia, where he sang three times a week for 14 weeks, and we went on to make countless recordings together.
- ^ Richard Dyer, "Opera star Luciano Pavarotti dies: Epic career spanned 40 years, The Boston Globe, 6 September 2007
- ^ Ariel David, "World Mourns Italian Tenor Pavarotti," WTOPnews.com, 6 September 2007
- ^ Time Cover Archive, Sept 24th, 1979
- ^ Pavarotti, Luciano: The Event, The World Cup Celebration Concert (1990) Pavarotti, Luciano
- ^ The New York Public Library: Luciano Pavarotti, The Best is Yet to Come Pavarotti: The Best is Yet to Come: LEO - the New York Public Library Catalogue[dead link]
- ^ The Best is Yet to Come Pavarotti: The Best is Yet to Come, Interviewed by Lara Saint Paul: Penrith City Library Catalogue
- ^ a b Herbert H. Breslin, The King and I: The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise to Fame by His Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary, New York: Doubleday Publishing, 2004 ISBN 978-0-385-50972-5 ISBN 0-385-50972-3
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- Official website
- Luciano Pavarotti at the Internet Movie Database
- Discography (Capon's Lists of Opera Recordings)
- Luciano Pavarotti discography at MusicBrainz
- The Times obituary
- Review of The King and I at theage.com.au
- The Pavarotti Story Decca Records
- Pavarotti Video Biography by National Italian American Foundation NIAF
- History of the Tenor - Sound Clips and Narration
- Funeral Mass of Luciano Pavarotti
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| Name | Pavarotti, Luciano |
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| Short description | Opera singer |
| Date of birth | 12 October 1935 |
| Place of birth | Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Date of death | 6 September 2007 |
| Place of death | Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
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