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# Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy (Great Voices) Hardcover – Big Book, February 1, 2004

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A superb biography
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024*

Written by an author who knows his subjects- Lanza and music- very very well so that he may document the life of this extraordinary talent beautifully and truthfully.  It was astonishing to me to discover the extent to which the fabulous singer was exploited by the moneymakers of Hollywood and elsewhere.  Lanza was a great tenor, period.  I do not think however that he was in any way a failure for not having lived a life wholly onstage as an operatic artist.  He was a tremendous success by singing the great arias and bringing their beauty and art to many many more.  He was also a magnificent singer in English and his rendering of the repertoire of the American musical and the American songbook with his superb vocal instrument and interpretive artistry has yet to be equalled.Cesari also supplies a great CD of recordings and a plethora of photographs within the book. I can't recommend this highly enough.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The definitive Mario Lanza biography
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2004*

"The definitive book about the legendary tenor Mario Lanza has been written. Anyone wanting to understand the successes and torments of the life of this American icon must read Armando Cesari's excellent biography." So wrote Dr. Lawrence Galante, Associate Professor at SUNY.I heartily concur with Dr. Galante. This is the most balanced and well-researched account of Lanza's life yet written. Author Armando Cesari, an expert on singing and opera, has gone further than any previous biographer in uncovering the truth about Lanza the person and the artist. And *what* an artist! "Only a great heart can sing the way that Lanza sang," the Maltese tenor Oreste Kirkop once observed, echoing the words of the great baritone Lawrence Tibbett, who had earlier hailed Lanza's "natural zest and unbelievable diction." Although the longhairs have panned him as "a movie singer," Tibbett publicly declared in 1950, Lanza is "the greatest musical talent of America in our century. A man who is bringing great music to the kids, the farms, the ghettos, and the palaces." In 50 years, he concluded, "people will recognize Lanza for the great artist he is."Sympathetic to Lanza, but at the same time frank about his shortcomings, Mr. Cesari is also the first biographer in over 40 years to possess the credentials necessary to give the tenor his full musical due.The CD of rare live and home recordings that accompanies the book is a marvellous addition to a great biography. I should, however, declare my partiality here. It was I who wrote the liner notes for these items, something that I was honoured to do after realising the scale of Mr. Cesari's achievement here.The book also includes a staggering 270 photos, many of which have never been published before.Mario Lanza has long been the most controversial of all operatic artists. This biography finally establishes his true place among the greatest voices of the last hundred years. It is fitting that Mr. Cesari has included this hauntingly prophetic statement from the celebrated baritone Lawrence Tibbett: "In fifty years people will recognise Lanza for the great artist he is." Mr. Tibbett uttered those words 54 years ago. This book adds immeasurably to that recognition, and explains why singers as respected as the bass-baritone George London have hailed Lanza as the possessor of "the greatest singing instrument ever bestowed on a human being."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The CD in the back cover, adds to this volume so much
  

*by L***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024*

The writer did a superb research job, p. 280 tells of Mario singing for hospital patients and staff, a Tosca aria, his last song on earth.Highly recommend for "true" fans of Mario Lanza, who don't believe the "bad press."

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