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Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy (Great Voices 7) (Great Voices)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.1092
EAN: 9781880909669
ISBN: 1880909669
Label: Baskerville Publishers
Manufacturer: Baskerville Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 350
Publication Date: February 01, 2004
Publisher: Baskerville Publishers
Studio: Baskerville Publishers
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Editorial Review:
Preface by Placido Domingo. Second Edition: audio CD remastered by Derek McGovern and Vince Di Placido, updated discography and index.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - super value
Well written book with the bonus of a CD of rare recordings .
A must have for all Lanza fans.
Rating: - Finally a Biography Fit for the Greatest Voice of All Time
Maestro Cesari has done a wonderful service to all those who search for truth about the exciting, magnificent and tragic life of Mario Lanza. His marvelously researched work is splendid and is meticulously documented with facts and figures. What emerges is a clear separation of the man, the myth and the artist. Lanza is not glorified in Maestro Cesari's book. Instead the author creates a mosaic which portrays a tenor who wanted to sing for the people and bring classical opera to all as well as ... Read More
Rating: - Lanza Takes Your Heart Out And Controls It
I am neither music critic nor literary critic. But let me just say ... When Lanza was focused, when he was free to be an artist, when he wasn't destroying himself, there was and is NO one better. And fortunately "Lanza at his best" is NOT a rare thing! Go listen to his work (you can start with the CD in this book, which is worth the price of the book and MORE). Yes you have to ignore some "bad" stuff (musically and personally) he did, but if his magnificent voice and artistry (which does exist ... Read More
Rating: - A MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!
WOW, I must say this book Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy (Great Voices) (Hardcover) by Armando Cesari sure ends depressing (but most of the book is a wonderful and fun part to read) and really does show what a great Tragedy both Lana's life and death was and is; (and the ending must be read to get the whole story). I knew of his untimely death and all the myths surrounding his life and death; but I did not know the real story. I just knew I love his voice, the power, the beauty, the range, the breath ... Read More
Rating:  - More of a Tribute than a Biography
After having read other books about Mario Lanza's life and death, I must say that while this book is very well researched and very detailed in it's content, it doesn't quite live up to some of the rave reviews presented here.
There are a number of shortcomings with this book:
1. Mr.Cesari seems totaly taken with his subject and shys away from all but the most necessary mention of Lanza's infamous habits and less than complimentry antics.
2. The author spent entirely ... Read More
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