Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Songs. RCA Victor Red Seal – WDM 1649. 4 x Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, Mono, Red. The Lord’s Prayer. Composed By – Malotte. Composed By – French Traditional. O Come, All Ye Faithful = Adeste Fideles. Words By – Oakeley. Away In A Manger (Luther’s Cradle Hymn). Composed By – Luther. We Three Kings Of Orient Are. Composed By – Hopkins. Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem. Composed By – Redner. Words By – Brooks. Composed By – Gruber. Words By – Mohr. Composed By – Harpo Marx. Words By – Gerda. Record Company – RCA Victor Division Of Radio Corporation Of America. Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Canonsburg. Recorded At – Republic Studios Sound Stage 9, Hollywood. RCA Victor Red Seal – WDM 1506. Box Set, Album, Indianapolis Pressing. Rigoletto: Act I Questa O Quella (The One Is As Fair As The Other). Composed By – Verdi. Rigoletto: Act IV La Donna È Mobile (Woman Is Fickle). Rigoletto: Act II Parmi Veder Le Lagrime Art Thou Weeping? La Tosca: Act I Recondita Armonia (Strange Harmony Of Contrasts). Composed By – Puccini. La Tosca: Act III E Lucevan Le Stelle (The Stars Were Brightly Shining). L’Elisir D’Amore: Act II Una Furtiva Lagrima (A Furtive Tear). Composed By – Donizetti. La Gioconda: Act II Cielo E Mar! Composed By – Ponchielli. I Pagliacci: Act I Vesti La Giubba (On With The Play). Composed By – Leoncavallo. Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis. Accompanied By – RCA Victor Orchestra. Conductor – Constantine Callinicos. Liner Notes – Mari Yanofsky. Tenor Vocals – Mario Lanza. The Toast Of New Orleans. RCA Victor Red Seal – WDM 1417. 2 x Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, Album, Red. Pop, Stage & Screen. Toast Of New Orleans. Choir – Jeff Alexander Choir. Conductor – Ray Sinatra. Music By – Nicholas Brodszky. Orchestra – Unknown Artist. Words By – Sammy Cahn. Recorded June 27 & 29, 1950 at Republic Studios Sound Stage 9, Hollywood. From the M-G-M Film “Toast Of New Orleans”. RCA Victor Red Seal – WDM 1330. 3 x Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, Mono, Red. Classical, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen. Opera, Musical, Soundtrack, Canzone Napoletana. Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen). Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida). Orchestra – RCA Victor Orchestra. Mamma Che Vo’ Sape? (What My Mother Wants To Know). Composed By – Nutile. Words By – Ferdinand Russo. Core’Ngrato (Ungrateful Heart). Composed By – Cardillo. Words By – Ricardo Cordiferro. I Know, I Know, I Know. Composed By – Bronislaw Kaper. Orchestra – Ray Sinatra And His Orchestra. Words By – Bob Russell. They Didn’t Believe Me. Composed By – Kern. Words By – M. Recorded At – Manhattan Center. Seven Hills Of Rome. Mario Lanza – Seven Hills Of Rome album cover. Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, EP. Come Dance With Me. Matrix / Runout (Side A): J2PH-0281. Matrix / Runout (Side B): J2PH-0282. Mario Lanza – Seven Hills Of Rome. RCA Victor – EPA-4222. Mario Lanza – The Great Caruso album cover. RCA Victor Red Seal – RCX-1046. Vinyl, 7, EP, Mono. Act I: Questa O Quella (The One Is As Fair As The Other). Act II: La Donna È Mobile (Woman Is Fickle). Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle (The Stars Were Brightly Shining). Act II: Una Furtiva Lagrima (A Furtive Tear). Mario Lanza In “Serenade”. Mario Lanza – Mario Lanza In “Serenade” album cover. RCA Victor Red Seal – ERB-70. 2 x Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, Album, EP, Mono. Classical, Stage & Screen. Composed By – Nicholas Brodszky. Composed By – Giacomo Puccini. Composed By – Franz Schubert. L’Arlesiana: Lamento Di Federico. Composed By – Francesco Cilea. Il Trovatore: Di Quella Pira. Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi. Otello: Dio Ti Giocondi. Soprano Vocals – Licia Albanese. Otello: E Son Io L’Innocenti. Conductor – Ray Heindorf. Orchestra – RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Operatic Arias And Duets As Sung In the Toast Of New Orleans. Mario Lanza – Operatic Arias And Duets As Sung In the Toast Of New Orleans album cover. RCA Victor Red Seal – WDM 1395. La Traviata: Act I – Libiamo, Ne’ Lieti Calici = Drinking Song: A Bumper We’ll Drain. Soprano Vocals – Elaine Malbin. Madama Butterfly: Act I. Love Duet: Stolta Paura, L’Amor = Fear Not, My Dearest, For Love (Part 1). Love Duet: Dicon Ch’Oltre Mare = They Say That In Your Country (Concluded). L’Africana: Act IV – O Paradiso! Composed By – Meyerbeer. Carmen: Act II – La Fleur Que Tu M’Avais Jetée = Flower Song. Composed By – Bizet. Martha: Act III – M’Appari (Like A Dream). Composed By – Flotow. Mario Lanza – Opera And Operetta album cover. RCA – RPX 1342. Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, EP, Mono. Vesti La Giubba = On With The Play (from “Pagliacci”). La Donna E Mobile = Woman Is Fickle (from “Rigoletto”). Drink, Drink, Drink (from “The Student Prince”). Lyrics By – Donnelly. Music By – Romberg. Giannina Mia (from “The Firefly”). Lyrics By – Harbach. Music By – Friml. Made By – Radio Corporation Of New Zealand Ltd. Published By – Chappell’s? Sydney. Selections From “Because You’re Mine”. Mario Lanza – Selections From “Because You’re Mine” album cover. RCA Victor Red Seal – ERA-51. Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, EP, Clear Red. Addio Alla Madre (Turiddu’s Farewell). Written By – Mascagni. Mamma Mia Che Vo’ Sape? Written By – Russo-Nutile. Written By – Malotte. Conductor – Constantine Callinicos (tracks: A1 to B1). Orchestra – RCA Victor Orchestra (tracks: A1 to B1). Tenor Vocals – Mario Lanza (tracks: A2, B2). RCA Victor – EPA 5129, RCA Victor – EPA-5129. Written-By – Brodszky, Cahn. The Song The Angels Sing. Orchestra – RCA Victor Orch. Written-By – Aaronson, Webster. Written-By – Reynolds, Kern. Tenor Vocals [Tenor] – Mario Lanza. RCA Victor – 20249, RCA Victor – 20249. Mario Lanza In Opera. Mario Lanza – Mario Lanza In Opera album cover. RCA Victor – ERA 110. Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, EP, In Italian. Un Dì All’ Azzurro Spazio. Composed By – Umberto Giordano. Come Un Bel Dì Di Maggio. La Donna È Mobile. Tracks A1, B1 are from “Andrea Chénier”. Tracks A2, B2 are from Rigoletto. All tracks are sung in Italian. For The First Time. Mario Lanza – For The First Time album cover. RCA Victor – EPA-4344. Conductor – Carlo Savina. Written-By – Taccani, Panzeri, Di Paola. Conductor – Johannes Rediske. Written-By – Monnot, Asso. Written-By – Di Capua, Russo. Written-By – Bette, Hauff. Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): K2PH-3960. Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): K2PH-3961. Matrix / Runout (Stamped Runout A): K2 PH3960-2S A1 I. Matrix / Runout (Stamped Runout B): K2 PH3961-1S A1 I. RCA Victor Red Seal – ERA 130, RCA Victor Red Seal – ERA-130. Written-By – Bronislau Kaper. Written-By – Nicholas Brodszky. The Loveliest Night Of The Year. Words By – Paul Francis Webster. Because You’re Mine. Front cover and center labels ERA 130, back cover ERA-130. Four Favorite Christmas Carols. RCA Victor Red Seal – ERA 115. O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles). Music By [Hymn Tune] – John Francis Wade. Words By [English] – Oakeley. Music By – Gruber. Written-By – French Trad. Conductor [Orchestra] – Ray Sinatra. Photography By – Wendy Hilty. Mario Lanza – Four Favorite Christmas Carols album cover. Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Carols. RCA Victor Red Seal – ERA-289. Classical, Folk, World, & Country. The Herald Angels Sing. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. “New Orthophonic” High Fidelity. Taken from the album Lanza Sings Christmas Carols. Matrix / Runout (A) Label: G2RH-6851. Matrix / Runout (B) Label: G2RH-6852. Song Of India / If You Were Mine. RCA Victor Red Seal – 49-4209. Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, Red Translucent. Words By, Adapted By – Johnny Mercer. If You Were Mine. Issued with a picture sleeve cover. Mario Lanza – Ave Maria. RCA Victor – 20285. Gold Standard Series – 45EP/20285. Vinyl, 7, 45 RPM, EP, Reissue, Mono, Black Labels. Record Company – RCA Of Australia Pty. Manufactured By – RCA Limited, Australia. Published By – Allan’s. Published By – Public Domain. Mario Lanza US: /’l?? nz? ,’lænz? / LA(H)N-z? , Italian: [‘ma? Rjo’lantsa]; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza [al’fre? Do ko’kottsa]; 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. The Great Caruso was the 11th top-grossing film that year. The song went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. After recording the soundtrack for his next film, The Student Prince, he embarked upon a protracted battle with studio head Dore Schary arising from artistic differences with director Curtis Bernhardt, and was eventually fired by MGM. Lanza was known to be “rebellious, tough, and ambitious”. [4] During most of his film career, he suffered from addictions to overeating and alcohol which had a serious effect on his health and his relationships with directors, producers and, occasionally, other cast members. Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper writes that his smile, which was as big as his voice, was matched with the habits of a tiger cub, impossible to housebreak. ” She adds that he was the “last of the great romantic performers. [5] He made three more films before dying of an apparent pulmonary embolism at the age of 38. At the time of his death in 1959, he was still “the most famous tenor in the world”. [6] Author Eleonora Kimmel concludes that Lanza blazed like a meteor whose light lasts a brief moment in time.
