Mario Lanza - Love Duet(Otello) - Great Moments In Music

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In October 1945, not long after his release from the US forces, young budding tenor Mario Lanza was approached by ABC Radio to occasionally stand in for Jan Peerce on The Celanese Hour: Great Moments In Music. Lanza performed on just six of those programmes between 1945 1946, all of which I endeavour to upload in chronological order. Here, Lanza sounds youthfull and vibrant, if a touch forgetfull in some songs and, as one biographer describes it, 'a little cold' in some performances. However, this is a very important body of work, one that is essential to the Mario Lanza story and if anything sows the seeds to the sort of songs he would record througout his career - the highlight in, my opinion, being A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody. I have not found any of these recordings so far on youtube, but forgive me if they are already here. This is simply to keep alive the memory greatest voice of the 20th Century! Full list of songs: Show # 1 - 24/10/1945 - excerpts from Puccini’s Tosca 1) Recondita Armonia 2) Love Duet(with Jean Tennyson) 3) E Lucevan Le Stelle Show # 2 - 7/11/1945 - selections from Peace Must Be Won 4) The House On The Hill 5) America The Beautiful(with Robert Weede, Vivian Bauer chorus) Show # 3 - 14/11/1945 - excerpts from Verdi's Otello 6) Drinking Song(with Robert Weede chorus) 7) Love Duet(with Jean Tennyson) Show # 4 - 26/12/1945 - excerpts from Lehaman's In A Persian Garden 8) Ah, Moon Of My Delight 9) A Jug Of Wine(with Frances Yeend) Show # 5 - 23/1/1946 - selections from The Music Of Irving Berlin 10) All Alone/What'll I Do?(with Natalie Bodanya, Leonard Stokes chorus 11) A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody(with chorus) 12) Blue Skies(with Natalie Bodanya) Show # 6 20/2/1946 - excerpts from Romberg's The Student Prince 13) Serenade(with chorus) 14) Deep In My Heart, Dear(with Winifred Smith) 15) Golden Days(with Robert Weede) Please rate, coment and enjoy!