Mario Lanza
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921-01-31
- Died
- 1959-10-07
- Works
- 3
Top works
- When It Was Worth Playing For
- Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy
- Be my love
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for
- Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything2017
- Legends — Self (archive footage)2006
- Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza — Self (Archive Footage)2005
- The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century1998
- Mario Lanza: The American Caruso — Self (archive footage)1983
- That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)1974
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)1972
- For the First Time — Tonio Costa1959
- Seven Hills of Rome — Marc Revere1957
- Serenade — Damon Vincenti1956
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 138,272
- Total plays
- 673,811
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Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 – 7 October 1959) was an 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. Lanza was able to sing all types of music. While his highly emotional style was not universally praised by critics, he was immensely popular and his many recordings are still prized today. Operatic career: <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Recent publications · Crossref
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- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
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- Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
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Key facts
- Born
- Alfredo Arnold Cocozza , ( 1921-01-31 ) January 31, 1921, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- October 7, 1959 (1959-10-07) (aged 38), Rome , Lazio, Italy
- Education
- Berkshire Music Center
- Occupations
- Tenor actor
- Years active
- 1942–1959
- Spouse
- Betty Hicks ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1945 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 31 January 1921
- Died
- 7 October 1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arnold
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- opera
Article
Mario Lanza ( US: /ˈlɑːnzə, ˈlænzə/ LA(H)N-zə, Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈlantsa]; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza [alˈfreːdo koˈkottsa]; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. After appearing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947, Lanza signed a seven-year film contract with Louis B. Mayer, the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who saw his performance and was impressed by his singing. Prior to that, the adult Lanza sang only two performances of an opera. The following year (1948) he sang the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly in New Orleans.
His film debut for MGM was in That Midnight Kiss (1949) with Kathryn Grayson and Ethel Barrymore. A year later, in The Toast of New Orleans, his featured popular song "Be My Love" became his first million-selling hit. In 1951, he starred as tenor Enrico Caruso, his 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 11th top-grossing film that year.
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1921 births1959 deaths20th-century American male actors20th-century American male singers20th-century American singersAmerican male film actorsAmerican male musical theatre actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican operatic tenorsAmerican people of Italian descentAmerican tenorsBurials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City