American tenor and Hollywood star with Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings “Torna a Surriento”, a Neapolitan song composed in 1902 by Italian musician Ernesto De Curtis (October 4, 1875 – December 31, 1937) to words by his brother, the poet and painter Giambattista De Curtis (20 July 1860 – 15 January 1926, the an Italian …
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O Paradis (from L’Africaine), Pavarotti, Lanza and Corelli versions
Luciano Pavarotti, Mario Lanza and Franco Corelli versions of O Paradis! (O Paradise!): the most famous aria of the 1865 grand opera L’Africaine (The African Woman), the last work of the German opera composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jacob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864). The French libretto was written by Eugène Scribe. …
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Mario Lanza sings Ave Maria (Schubert)
The great American tenor with Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings Ave Maria by Franz Schubert. The video is from the 1956 movie “Serenade”.
Mario Lanza sings “Nessun Dorma”
American tenor of Italian ancestry, Mario Lanza sings “Nessun Dorma”, a very famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini’s three acts opera Turandot. From the 1956 movie “Serenade”.
