Mario Lanza - Granada, 1949

Mario Lanza, tenor with Orchestra cond. by Ray Sinatra -- Granada (), HMV 1949 (UK) NOTE: Mario LANZA (né Alfredo Arnold Cocozza; Lanza was his mother’s maiden name) American operatic tenor, one of the greatest voices in history of singing. Born in Philadelphia, USA in 1921 to Italian immigrant family. In age of 16 he debuted in Philadelphia Opera, where he was discovered by the world famous conductor Serge Koussevitsky -- who expressed opionion, that “such voice is heard once in a hundred years“. H