Mario Lanza

Also known as Alfredo Arnold Cocozza, Alfred Arnold Cocozza

American tenor and actor (1921-1959)

Person · Open Library

Works: 3

Top works

When It Was Worth Playing For
Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy
Be my love

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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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1921
Active to: 1959

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 138,272
Total plays: 673,811

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,729x
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,365x
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,823x
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
· 2019 · cited 8,803x

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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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Official website

Mario Lanza

lanzalegend.com →

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.lanzalegend.com
Image: Mario Lanza foto 2 - collezione Tino Barindelli.tif

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Commons category: Mario Lanza
date of birth: 1921-01-31
date of death: 1959-10-07
Commons gallery: Mario Lanza
start of work period: 1944-00-00
end of work period: 1959-00-00
pseudonym: Mario Lanza
birth name: Alfred Arnold Cocozza
name in native language: Mario Lanza

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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.