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	Mario Lanza at LanzaLegend.Com
		Mario Lanza was born in South Philadelphia, Pa. as Alfredo Arnold Cocozza on January 31,1921.
		Mario's mother, Maria Lanza, emigrated to America at the tender age of 6 months from a town not far from Filignano called Tocco da Casauria, in the Abruzzi region.
		Mario, then known as 'Freddie', was raised in an atmosphere of opera and Caruso recordings which were played mostly by his father on a daily basis at home.
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	Mario Lanza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lanza was able to sing all types of music, although the rather small size of his voice and its limited dynamic range wouldn't have equipped him for a full-fledged career on the lyric stage.
		MGM's contract with Lanza required him to commit to the studio for six months, and at first Lanza was able to combine his film career with his operatic one, singing two acclaimed performances as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for the New Orleans Opera Association in April 1948.
		Lanza 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 Britain, Ireland and the European Continent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mario_Lanza (1107 words)

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		Thine Alone (Duet with Mario Lanza at the Hollywood Bowl)
		Stolta Paura I Amor (Duet with Mario Lanza from Madam Butterfly)
		Verrano a te Addio (Duet with Mario Lanza from Lucia di Lammermoor)
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	Mario Lanza: A Speech by Armando Cesari (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Because of his involvement with Hollywood, Lanza was never taken seriously either by the majority of the so-called music critics or by the musicals snobs, who looked down their noses at a singer of operatic capabilities who was making films, and very successfully, in Hollywood.
		Lanza made his debut as Fenton in the The Merry Wives of Windsor to rave reviews, but shortly after his studies were interrupted and he was inducted into the Army for the next two years.
		Lanza was probably the first successful crossover artist, equally at home with operatic arias, operetta, show tunes, love songs and virtually every other song form.
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	Mario Lanza (Grandi Tenori.com) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mario Lanza possessed "one of the truly great natural tenor voices of the past century – a voice of beauty, passion, and power!" So declares Placido Domingo in his preface to Armando Cesari's 2004 biography, Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy.
		Lanza, however, was dissatisfied with his singing, and after six appearances left the show to work on his vocal technique.
		Lanza's voice, as Rosati had quickly discovered, was a perfectly placed lirico spinto of extended range (low A to high D) with a luscious baritonal colouring in the middle and lower registers.
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	Mario Lanza (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There is only one Mario Lanza whose unforgettable voice lives on in both CD and film and continues to be the source of joy and inspiration for people the world over...and countless young opera singers.
		Mario's vocal prowess, his sound, his passion, his charm and charisma walked right through the haze of marijuana smoke and the chemical fog of LSD and would lift these people right up and out of their sometimes semi-conscious parameters and float them off into a state of thrilled anesthesia.
		Mario did...and when he was finished, Dean and Jerry excused themselves and simply said good night to the audience...their performance for the night was finished..
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	Like a Man Possessed
		Lanza reached the pinnacle of that film career in 1951 with the release of The Great Caruso, a film that "opened to overall critical and public acclaim," and that sold more than 100,000 soundtrack LPs prior to that release (119-20).
		Lanza succeeded not only in renewing interest in opera, but also in introducing it to countless cinema-goers who had previously been oblivious to the art form.
		And Maria Callas, whose artistry Lanza greatly admired, had described the Italian tenor as "Carusso’s successor." Her "biggest regret [was] not to have had the opportunity to sing with the greatest tenor voice [she’d] ever heard" (271).
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	Mario Lanza pictures, posters, photos, interviews and wallpapers.
		Lanza was a high school dropout who worked in his family's grocery business, but his voice-a commanding tenor-could not be ignored.
		Lanza was slated to star in The Student Prince (1954)-indeed, his voice is heard on the soundtrack-but the role of Prince Karl went to Edmund Purdom.
		Lanza was to play in only three more films: Ser enade (1956), and two features filmed in Italy, The Seven Hills of Rome (1958) and For the First Time (1959).
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	Mario! Lanza At His Best - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lanza At His Best is a CD released by BMG in 1995, and consists of two original albums recorded by tenor Mario Lanza.
		The Vagabond King, an operetta by Rudolf Friml, was recorded three months before Mario Lanza's death in October 1959.
		Lanza is accompanied on several songs by the soprano Judith Raskin, who recorded her contributions a year later in New York.
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	Mario Lanza
		When we listen to Mario on LP records, or see his movies, we are enchanted by his diction, breath control, incomparable phrasing, innate musicality, and his incredible range...all of these are accurately conveyed in the RCA recordings.
		Mario, on the other hand, actually produced a soft sound that would gently caress the ears as well as a rich sound that thrilled the mind itself.
		Mario was unbelievably great; and in Lanza on Broadway (also reissued as Pure Gold) you will witness a vocal sound that lies dead in the water...there is ZERO dynamic range, the result of the recording being compressed to death by the engineers.
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	Mario Lanza Biography : Oldies.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From the age of 15, Lanza studied singing with several teachers, and was introduced into society circles with the object of gaining a patron.
		Ironically, Lanza's vocal performances for the film were considered to be among his best, and Songs From The Student Prince And Other Great Musical Comedies (containing "The Drinking Song"), was number 1 in the USA for several weeks.
		José Carreras is quoted as saying that he was "turned on" to opera at the age of 16 by seeing Lanza in The Great Caruso, and he emphasized the singer's influence by presenting his Homage To Mario Lanza concert at London's Royal Albert Hall in March 1994.
	www.oldies.com /artist/biography.cfm/id_2121.html (919 words)

	Mario Lanza "Be My Love" : Nostalgia CD Reviews: Musicweb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is noticeable how the orchestra appears to sense when to slowly lower their volume and when Lanza touches the high notes you feel they are waiting for him to slowly drop his voice down.
		Lanza didn’t appear in the film as MGM thought he had grown too fat to play the hero.
		Lanza really is at his best when singing a song of this calibre and with the choir accompanying him you hear again what this great and unique voice was capable of.
	www.musicweb-international.com /nostalgia/2003/Sept03/Mario_Lanza.htm (1516 words)

	Sicilian Culture: The People: Mario Lanza (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alfredo Arnoldo Cocozza (Mario Lanza) was born January 31, 1921 in Philadelphia.
		Arturo Toscanini described Mario Lanza as "the greatest voice of the 20th century".
		Mario's mother, Maria (nee Lanza) had a beautiful soprano voice and dreamed of a singing career, but her father decided that the stage was no place for a married woman.
	www.sicilianculture.com /people/lanza.htm (192 words)

	Mario Lanza - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 – 7 October 1959) was an Italian-American operatic tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the 1950s.
		His voice was considered by many to rival that of Enrico Caruso, whom Lanza portrayed in the 1951 film The Great Caruso.
		A highly influential artist, Lanza has been credited with inspiring the careers of successive generations of opera singers, including Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci and Joseph Calleja, as well as those of singers with seemingly different backgrounds, and influences, his RCA Victor label mate, Elvis Presley amongst them, being the most notable example.
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	Biography
		The greatest of all tenors, Enrico Caruso, passed away on August 2nd and on January 31st in the heart of South Philadelphia, Alfredo Arnold Cocozza (Mario Lanza), the son of Italian immigrants, was born at 636 Christian Street.
		Due to artistic disputes with MGM, Mario was replaced as the star of The Student Prince in 1954, however, his voice was used for the soundtrack.
		The Lanza family left for Italy on May 17, 1957 after which he performed for the Queen of England, in several sell-out recitals, and made his final two films, The Seven Hills of Rome in 1957 and For The First Time in 1959.
	www.mario-lanza-institute.org /Biography.htm (767 words)

	Mario Lanza - QuickTopic free message board hosting
		I was listening to the Mario Lanza Show Easter special in the car this morning and was reminded once again how glorious his voice was in the early 50s.
		Lanza was probably the greatest all round vocalist of his time, and unchallenged in his particular niche as a splendidly gifted singer and stylist with a glorious voice.
		Lanza was the original singer of that song and it has never, to my admittedly limited knowledge, been sung better or even matched since he first sang it.
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	MARIO LANZA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
		MARIO LANZA was an American tenor born in Philadelphia in 1921.
		Both Pavarotti and Carreras are patrons of the Foundation, as is Mario's daughter, Ellisa Lanza Bregman.
		The MARIO LANZA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION was established in 1976 to advance the musical education of singers by awards and scholarships, and at the same time to perpetuate the memory of MARIO LANZA.
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	Mario Lanza Society Of New York Annual Dinner (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They were inspired to sing opera after seeing a video of Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso and have appeared on radio, TV, and around the country to great acclaim.
		He, too, is inspired by Mario Lanza and has appeared around the country to enthusiastic audiences in concert, at music festivals, and also in benefits for Italian American organizations.
		This is his third appearance with The Mario Lanza Society of New York.
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	Mario Lanza (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A tragic figure, Lanza’s thrilling, if undisciplined, tenor brought him two million-selling singles, ‘Be My Love’ and ‘The Loveliest Night of the Year’, a million-selling album, 'The Student Prince', and a brief screen career as the incarnation of the voice of opera.
		A success, the teaming was repeated by MGM for 'The Toast of New Orleans', which produced Lanza’s first million-seller, the Sammy Cahn and Nicholas Brodszky song, ‘Be My Love’, before he starred as Caruso himself in 'The Great Caruso'.
		Thus for MGM’s remake of Sigmund Romberg’s 'Student Prince' Lanza’s role was limited to dubbing the singing for Edmund Purdom.
	www.lentriola.com /legends/lanza.htm (293 words)

	Heavenly Creatures - The music; Mario Lanza
		Lanza's singing comes across as antiseptic but rousing "pop opera," particularly in contrast with the later use of Puccini arias.
		Pauline enthusiastically adopts Juliet's perspective of Lanza as "the world's greatest tenor" and she sees this shared love of his music to be a kind of confirmation that Pauline and Juliet are spiritual sisters.
		Lanza's popular music paints an emotional tone with very broad strokes indeed, so the romantic target may be obscured.
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	MARIO LANZA: The Early Years
		Realizing that her husband's income as a disabled WWI veteran was not enough, she worked two jobs so that Freddie could have the best language and voice lessons the family could afford.
		Mario was helping a group of boys move a piano upstairs when the Academy's impressario, who knew Mario through his teacher, arranged for him to come backstage after the evening's performance so the Maestro could hear him sing.
		That evening, Mario waited in the room where they had moved the piano earlier in the day, he began singing his favorite aria Vesti la giubba (from Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci).
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		Help to make Mario Lanza's dream of aiding young aspiring opera singers flourish and thrive by supporting the Mario Lanza Institute and Museum.
		Visit the Mario Lanza Museum located in Columbus House at 712 Montrose Street next to St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Church in Philadelphia.
		The Mario Lanza Institute is a nonprofit organization and has awarded over 200 scholarships in Lanza's name since its inception in 1962.
	www.mario-lanza-institute.org (328 words)

	Mario Lanza!
		The New Zealand Mario Lanza Society had been established in 1974 to promote Lanza and other singers of his ilk.
		Concerts by local singers were a regular event at the society, and Lanza's films were occasionally shown, thanks to the ingenious "loans" from Television New Zealand that the club's president, Lindsay Perigo, was able to procure.
		After praising Mario's voice as "unica" (unique), he went on to speak movingly about the man he had considered "tanto dolce" (so sweet).
	www.freeradical.co.nz /lanza/VoiceintheNight.php (1540 words)

	Amazon.ca: Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Carols [Best of]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mario Lanza was truly one of the greatest tenors of all time.
		The worst ommision on this CD is Lanza's immortal recording of "Oh Holy Night," which, to my knowledge, has only one version available.
		My guess is that Mario knew he couldn't improve on perfection, so he opted to pass on an attempt to re-record what to many has become his signature song.
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	Mario Lanza - Photoplay, Sept. 1951 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mario's not one to spill his woes to a stranger.
		Mario was engaged for the Bowl, and Koverman played the record for L.B. then she showed him a photograph.
		"Mario Lanza is waiting to sing for me." He lifted his eyes to the young man on the balcony.
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	Mario Lanza OTR MP3 List (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The this is a collection of the Coca-cola company-sponsored show of Mario Lanza.
		Mario Lanza was born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza, 31 January 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and died on 7 October 1959, in Rome, Italy.
		Mario Lanza 510819 All the world is mine tonight
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		Mario Lanza record album LP Touch of Your Hand
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