You did?? Oh my goodness, that's so amazing X

You are so lucky.🎶🎵

BEATO TE io ho 84 ma non avevo allora i soldi per poter andare da Roma 😩

I wish I was with you on that night. You are lucky my friend to have heard him live.

@@rosannarisi622he was in London, England Royal Albert Hall

1957? You mean 1958?

I so envy you for having the pleasure of seeing this artist live. I wish I could have been at one of his concerts.

Lucky you

It's strange my father who had a very good ear initially liked him but then didn't I can't explain why. I like Carreras version of this aria

You were extremely lucky.😢

So glad you enjoyed. It is quite a stunning performance. And this was his opening number. I agree, Wow!

Ore Baso, it could not be put any better. And it is exactly what you said about, "First, must come the heart." That is it! Yes, Mario has a beautiful voice. A naturally beautiful and special voice. But as you say, to have a beautiful voice, a powerful voice is fine. Indeed, one may make a decent living singing. Lanza had a voice of both beauty and power. Great beauty and magnificent power. However, it is what Mario coupled those two God given talents to: It was his heart. It was his heart, his mind, his soul, his all. It was this, almost unearthly, gift that set Mario apart. He lived his music. It inhabited him. And as his audience, his friends he is asking us in. Into the magical world that is Mario Lanza.

@@TonyPartington Tony, thank you for the kind remarks. I could never be Mario. All we can do is be us and be the best we can be: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdmRfdqeyNGZkWQ.html

No wonder they hired him to play "The Great Caruso."

Wish there had been a video of this, or more photos of the concert. Appreciate what has been placed for us to enjoy.

I'd say the very finest voice ever.

FRED THE FINEST VOICE. A GIFT FROM GOD. THANK YOU

All I can say is, "you're right."

Я очень рад, что вам это понравилось. Я также рад, что вы смогли услышать весь концерт. Это действительно было потрясающе, не так ли. Марио Ланца был просто чудом. Все самое лучшее. Чао! - Тони

​@@TonyPartington🌹🌹🌹

Total agreement.

Thanks so very much for the kind words regarding this performance. This, to my mind, is one of very greatest performances of this beautiful aria. You're right, it's a lovely moment when Mario hums before his entrance. This recording of this entire concert is precious to me. I had the great good fortune to study for several years with Maestro Constantine Callinicos. It was like stepping back in time. I heard some wonderful stories: Of his work with Mario (which was extensive), as well his friendship with him. Anyway, it was a fond period in my career. Ciao! - Tony

@@TonyPartington wow so.really were a student of the maestro?? What stories about mario did he tell you?

Hi Arturo! Yes, I studied with Maestro Constantine Callinicos from 1977-1981 while I was living and singing in NYC. Stories? Oh so many. Maestro and I became friends and often after a coaching session he would ask me to stay afterwards and have some Scotch and Taramosalata (Greek caviar spread). I cherish those days and that time in the world when all of life seemed simpler and kinder. I had asked, after we had been working for a few months, if he would help me with my solfeggio (sight singing). It was okay, but I thought the Maestro could help me improve. He told me one day, when we were working on a particularly hard sight singing exercise he had given me, "Tony, I know you love Mario but I have to tell you, he hated to work on improving his sight singing. If you wanted to say a truly foul word to Mario, just say solfeggio." On a serious note though, Constantine told me many times over the years how the brilliance, power and beauty of Lanza's voice was impossible to truly capture on record. He told me, "Mario simply had the greatest voice I have ever heard." And I believe and believe him. Ciao!

I love your comment about the humming at the start of the Aria because when I was 18 in 198 I mentioned to a 50 year old Opera lover that the sound recordist hummed before he sang. He said no it was Mario as he was on the front row of the hall at the concert. He said even his hum could be heard very clearly.

Hi John! I'm so glad you enjoyed this recording. Lanza was in fine form on this night.

very true. all are jealous of is voice. all the stuff that he had a small voice is total rubbish. Placido Domingo said the same . everyone were jealous

Hi John. So glad you enjoyed this. Mario's accompanist for this recital was Maestro Constantine Callinicos. I had the great good fortune of studying with Maestro Callinicos for four years while I lived and sang in New York City. He was a wonderful man and very kind to me as a young singer. We spoke of Mario often. He told me about this concert and how initially, Mario had be rather taken aback by the size of the venue and audience. The had several hundred people seated onstage behind Mario and Costa. I'm not sure of the exact total of people there that night of January 16, 1958, but I believe the general audience capacity for Royal Albert Hall is around 8000. Anyway, I am so glad we have this recording as a testament to what a brilliant and magnificent voice Mario had. Ciao!

@@TonyPartington Thank You So Much For This Wonderful Answer Greatings From Belgium

@@TonyPartington Yes a good post here from you Tony.

I tend to agree with you. A Brilliant voice was lost too soon in 1959.

@@petergroverd6626 Absolutely, my friend X

lol..what does hollywood have to do with his voice? many think him the greatest ...let alone top 5...stop showing your lack of understanding

@@jadezee6316 you want to compare him to veterans of the operatic stage who devoted their life to singing live on stages across the globe? Lanza left great recordings but he did hollywood voice overs and lip synced in front of a camera. if you genuinely put him up there with other tenors who walked the path, i fear you’re the one with the lack of understanding here.

@@AlainArvelo He laid it onthe line with his concerts and nobody who ever lived has ever done it better. You do lack understnding.

Too right you are on that one.

Ich stimme das zu

@@Jeff4014Hello Arturo, Thank you very much for your agreement. I also sang tenor at 45 opera houses in Germany - Austria and Switzerland. But I was not so well known. Eigk Weber is a pseudoyum of mine. You can listen to my " Cielo e mar " and NeI don't know in which country you live ? If I had your address, I would give/send you my 3 solo CDs.ssun Dorma in German and Italian, Many greetings Herbert Schaefer. kzfaq.info?search_query=cielo+e+mar+herbert+schaefer kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mcqKi5yAltmvZ4U.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iseWZ8Kc36i5aIk.html

Ich stimme auch zu, der tenor mit der most beautiful timbre.🎶

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Thanks Simon for your comment. In many ways it really was amazing that Mario's voice was in the very good shape it was. I had the great good fortune of studying with Maestro Constantine Callinicos back in the mid to late 70s. We spoke of Mario often and he told me he still considered Mario's the greatest tenor voice he had ever heard. Quite an endorsement when you consider that, by the time I knew Maestro, he had conducted some of the greatest voices in opera.

this is later live singing from Lanza, as this was Jan, 1958 he died in Oct. 1959, less then two years later.

Hi Rolf. Your English is fine so no apologies. I am so glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for your very nice comment.

Hi Patsy. I'm so glad you enjoyed the recording. I'm so very sorry about the loss of your husband. How wonderful that Mario was able give you a lift and a good start to your day. Ciao! - Tony

Lesley, what lovely and fond memories. Thank you for sharing something so beautiful and personal. I'm so glad you enjoyed this little video. This concert is very special for me too. You see, I studied voice and coached some operatic and musical roles with Maestro Constantine Callinicos (Mario's accompanist for this concert). Costa was very close to Mario and was a dear friend of his. During my time with the Maestro we spoke often of Mario. By the time I was working with Maestro Callinicos (1977-1982) he had worked with many world class tenors, yet he still said that Mario's voice was the greatest singing voice he had ever heard. Here is a link to the rest of the Royal Albert Hall concert. I hope you enjoy. Ciao! - Tony archive.org/details/MarioLanzaInConcert1958 archive.org/details/01LamentoDiFederico1 archive.org/details/MarioLanzaAtRoyalAlbertHall

My Mother too loved him but she died aged 43 in 1955 when I was 11. She named me( second name) Maria after Ave Maria. I can see now why she loved him. Gives me a connection to her. Thank you.

@@cynthiastogden7000, what a lovely memory. I'm so glad you enjoyed this video. Mario Lanza was very special indeed. He inspired me to pursue a career in music.

@@TonyPartingtonwhat a lovely connection for you ❤

@@cynthiastogden7000how lovely that Mario can provide us with links to our loved ones like this xxxxx

Wish I could've been....

How lucky you were. I envy you my friend.

Yes, yes, the lights in the house would go out and the lamps would shake.....are you sure the building didn't collapse?😂😂 Don't know your profession but you'd make a good storyteller......

@@jenspflug7473 This is FACT OK. It's not fiction . This was Mario's son I was talking to not Joe Biden who makes up stuff as he go's along . I have heard similar anecdotes told to me by Sam Weiler who i met through a vocal coach and Weiler told me as well that during several training sessions Mario would put the lights out with his High C's and your ears would buzz for hours.

@@Etnalleb Oh man, such a rubbish only comes from uneducated people. Are you an opera singer who ever stood next to a huge voice? No, right? Are you an opera singer at all? No,right? Ever heard of the laws of physics? Shattering glass or putting the lights out( hahaha) is physically impossible. In theory, sopranos is the first group of singers to turn to in this case as they have the highest frequencies in their voices needed for such impacts. Theoretically..... in practice it never worked. Ever heard such fairy-tales of del Monaco, Rosvaenge, Corelli (real huge voices)? No. Of course, Mario's son, Weiler etc. helped spreading the myth created by Hollywood to keep the buck running......ever heard of people who exaggerate enormously or even lie just to lift their importance and get a ray of other people's fame? Happens everyday- here on youtube and social media in general. Before commenting on something commentators shouls deliver a valid proof of their eligibility to keep a discussion solid and realistic.

@@jenspflug7473 Well, well, you jump right to absolute conclusions without bothering to find out any facts at all , you must be one of the mindless Biden voters. FYI , I sang tenor roles at both the NYC opera and Met with some of the premier leading Soprano's such as Beverly Sills and Eva Marton, and Renee Fleming just to name a few. I was personal friends with Tenor James McCracken and in my opinion he had the biggest dramatic tenor voice of any tenor . I heard many of the high tier tenors of the 60's, 70'sand 80's . I've surmised you know nothing about the actual law of physic's. It's not always the highest frequencies of sound but sheer decibel volume. I personally saw McCracken knock a cup holder... wood mind you, right off a bathroom rack with just one High C. So, as far as Lanza go's his son nor Sam Weiler had absolutely no reason at all to fabricate false stories and lie to me and neither did Terry Robison . Let's hear your credentials and your valid proofs ? I venture to say you've never even sung in the shower and enjoy printing out personal attacks just to see where the ink splatters.

The best there Will ever.be he.He is still my favorite,always.

So glad you enjoyed Gary. Lanza was one of a kind. His voice was, and continues to be, an inspiration to young singers. His was the voice that inspired me, forty five years ago, to sing professionally.

Estoy muy contento de que hayas disfrutado de esta actuación. Ningún cantante, ni antes ni desde entonces, se ha acercado a la magnífica voz de Mario Lanza.

You are quite correct Anna. As Mario Lanza said many times: "I sing each word as though it were my last on earth."

This is my 3rd or 4th comment about Mario's performance n the more I listen the closer I am transported back in time to that very evening + have listened to tenors past and present from all over the world via audio n video spanning 100 years during my young 75 years but he always surpasses all with that incredible personality, power emotion and intensity. Yes, Mario was as human as you and me but when he stepped onto that stage, was simply in a class by himself.

Harry you are right ,Mario were a class by himself .🎶🎵

Hi Clay. Thank you for your very kind words. I agree with you completely about Mario singing this beautiful and haunting aria. And also, like you, I love his live recordings. This one in particular is, to my ears (and heart) magical. Magical in a way that no studio recording can possibly capture. There is a very special facet of live performance, that being the audience. And Mario certainly knew how to connect with his audience. I think the audience elevated him vocally and artistically. By the way, there's an interesting story about the ossia (interpolation) of the high B-natural at the end. Cilea did not write it in the original score. However, when Beniamino Gigli first sang the role of Federico, Francesco Cilea was there. Gigli apparently felt the aria needed a true climax at the end so, he asked Cilea if he could add the unwritten B-natural. Cilea approved and told him to give it a try and the rest, as the say, is history. Ciao - Tony

@@TonyPartington hi there please can I ask where this remaster has come from? Is it available thanks

@@ianwills6157 Hi Ian. I'm so glad you enjoy this video. If you want more information on the remastering and the source, drop me a line at tony@tonypartington.com. Ciao!

How does a recording, particularly one in where the microphone was in very close proximity to the singer debunk notions relating to the size of a singers voice?

@@luomodelloggione6564 Simply because the microphones were for recording purposes only! Lanza sang without amplification and anyone who can do that in the Royal Albert Hall and be heard, certainly did/does not have a small voice.

Desgarradora y pasional sin duda. Pero la mejor versión cantada con excelencia es la del Sueco Jussi Bjorling.

Sì, Mario era in un periodo difficile della sua vita al momento del concerto della Royal Albert Hall (16 gennaio 1958). Ha cantato magnificamente però, come attesta questa registrazione.

Perché quando Mario cantava il mondo si dissolveva e Lui era in contatto con il Cielo ❤

Sim, Mario Lanza foi minha inspiração para cantar profissionalmente. Tudo de bom!

👍👍👍💐

Come t’invidio❤

Съгласен съм!

@@TonyPartingtonMe too

You are correct Steve. They are also quoted as to speaking about the beauty of Mario's voice.

@@TonyPartington The Bonynges' opinions remain important, Tony. Because all these years later, some "critics" insist that Lanza had a small voice and would not have had a career without microphones.

Was the royal albert hall enhanced with amplifiers and microphones in this year? or did Mario sing without electric amplification at all?

@@Jeff4014 hello! No, Mario Lanza's performance at Royal Albert Hall on January 16, 1958 was not amplified in any way. In fact, very few of Mario's live concerts and recitals were amplified. There were of course certain exceptions. His performance at Grant Park in Chicago and the Hollywood Bowl in California come most immediately to mind. Those two venues were enormous and most all performances, at arenas that size, really had to be amplified. I am not sure of the exact number of attendees at the Royal Albert Hall concert, but I believe it was in excess of 8,000. Mario also performed, with his accompanist; conductor, pianist Constantine Callinicos, at a hall in Keil, Germany where the audience was over 10,000! Needless to say, Mario Lanza's voice was large enough for any opera house.

@@Jeff4014 I was there, the only microphone used was the one that recorded the performance, He filled the whole auditorium completely without any microphone.

Concordo. Que bom que você gostou disso.

preferisco in questa romanza Tito Schipa,Ferruccio Tagliavini,Pippo di Stefano...ci vuole più dolcezza in questo pezzo.I mezzi vocali non mancano...bella voce

Absolutely 100% mate X

Glad to know you agree. Best wishes to you and keep enjoying the great singer.@@ronaldo190172

Hola Gladys Estoy muy contento de que hayas disfrutado la grabación. Creo que escuchar a Mario en vivo, con solo un piano es tan maravilloso. Tenía una gran voz y, si hubiera vivido, podría haber tenido una gran carrera en la ópera. Además, el acompañante de Mario, Constantine Callinicos fue mi profesor de voz en Nueva York durante muchos años. Gracias de nuevo por sus amables palabras. ¡Todo lo mejor!

I agree 100% but she will be forgotten in years to come

a me a fatto venire le lacrime, la passione è incredibile, le note ben posizionate, senza abbassare la tonalità, sempre su!

Travolgente. Sempre. Poi altri saranno stati più canonici, ortodossi , costumati, ma la scossa che da Mario la da solo lui