Mario Lanza
American tenor and actor (1921-1959) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 38
Mario Lanza 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.
Mario Lanza is read about 557 times a day, in 45 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 122 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around Mario
Close ties
Joe Pasternak Produced The Great Caruso (1951)
Enrico Caruso Influenced Mario
Norman Taurog Directed The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Richard Thorpe Directed The Great Caruso and The Student Prince
Roy Rowland Directed Arrivederci Roma (1957)
Frank Sinatra Duets: Younger Than Springtime (1949)
Andy Williams Duets: Younger Than Springtime (1949)
Renato Rascel Also in Arrivederci Roma and Seven Hills of Rome- Rudolph Maté Directed For the First Time (1959)
Dick Haymes Duets: Younger Than Springtime (1949)
Gordon MacRae Duets: Younger Than Springtime (1949)
Alexander Hall Directed Because You're Mine (1954)
Giuseppe Amato Wrote Arrivederci Roma and Seven Hills of Rome
Carlo Giuffré Also in Arrivederci Roma and Seven Hills of Rome
Guido Celano Also in Arrivederci Roma and Seven Hills of Rome
Richard Hageman Also in The Great Caruso (1951)
Clelia Matania Also in Arrivederci Roma and Seven Hills of Rome
Georgie Stoll Wrote The Toast of New Orleans (1950)- Henry Blanke Produced Serenade (1956)
Carlo Rizzo Also in Arrivederci Roma (1957)
Marco Tulli Also in Arrivederci Roma and Seven Hills of Rome- Silvio Clementelli Produced Arrivederci Roma (1957)
Giorgio Prosperi Wrote Arrivederci Roma and Seven Hills of Rome- William Ludwig Wrote The Great Caruso and The Student Prince
Also in Deutsch
Media & music
Photos 5
Mario Lanza's birthplace, 636 Christian Street, Philadelphia - June 8, 2016, demolished July 2018
Mario Lanza in his early career
Lanza as Giuseppe Verdi's Otello
From the film Toast of New Orleans, as Lt. Pinkerton USN, in recreation of the opera Madama Butterfly
Mario Lanza Park was named after the singerAwards
About this person
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.
