Be my Love a bolt from the blue? You never spoke a truer word Vince ! I was a tender 13 year old fan of the Hit Parade and after a plethora of Guy Mitchell and Rosemary Clooney to hear this voice left me "gob smacked" and with goose bumps. When I heard the final note I don't think I closed my mouth for a good five minutes. This set me off on a venture into classical music and singing. Thank you Mario. And thank you once again Vince for your wonderful compilations. I have downloaded them all'
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I thought I'd post the links here just for reference...Because - http://youtu.be/Qp7LIQ6tqyg
Beloved - http://youtu.be/zw7bNOi6ZUM
Come Prima - http://youtu.be/UUb9sz1XGEg
Deep in My Heart Dear - http://youtu.be/rGf758oM5aQ
Di Rigori Armato – Amor Ti Vieta - http://youtu.be/LGgSwmehjzQ
Dio Mi Potevi - http://youtu.be/F7HXVRZqSU8
Drink. Drink, Drink! - http://youtu.be/y1bficWrjgc
E Voi Ridete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn2oHrVyEjE
Golden Days - http://youtu.be/4YoWXdZB6oI
Granada - http://youtu.be/cWXNSlZU0Us
I’ll Walk With God - http://youtu.be/_OQ2Cc6yFz4
Lamento di Federico - http://youtu.be/KKU3XEtUEGI
Niun Mi Tema - http://youtu.be/_FwNvoNM86A
O Paradiso - http://youtu.be/657ZZ3fXAyM
O Sole Mio - http://youtu.be/1X27O50Xq4U
Serenade “The Student Prince” - http://youtu.be/5pjEWzgz8zU
Summertime in Heidelberg - http://youtu.be/NCiaR_cz6Yo
The Lord’s Prayer – http://youtu.be/4a3ZzPDvWDE
Vesti La Giubba 1951 – http://youtu.be/-vDLTcheSBQ
Vesti La Giubba 1958 - http://youtu.be/rRhmogBs-gU
A Vucchella - http://youtu.be/h_Vo1RQwkNc
Celeste Aida - http://youtu.be/FZAgkjfg94s
Flower Song - http://youtu.be/orKx5UDpDck
La Danza - http://youtu.be/Dvp0B6-XI1M
La Donna e Mobile - http://youtu.be/9xVic0_Eo48
Libiamo - http://youtu.be/8XFhi29A2e4
Mamma Mia, Che Vo’ Sape - http://youtu.be/YPZtTj4bGfI
O Terra Addio - http://youtu.be/6A419ZTGm-w
Una Furtiva Lagrima - http://youtu.be/8Qaq4KMXDPU
Vogliatemi Bene - http://youtu.be/KAeQkyNgGDk
a few more uploads...
Addio Addio - http://youtu.be/qpVIly4ZoE8
Addio alla Madre - http://youtu.be/2a61qa-2tAg
Ave Maria – Serenade - http://youtu.be/zl3fGCSlYa0
Ave Maria – The Great Caruso - http://youtu.be/L8kvYYkTyec
Che Gelida Manina - http://youtu.be/tbsIdA_5NPo
Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento - http://youtu.be/WuNUs3Z7f9A
Ergo Bibamus - http://youtu.be/El46yMynlpU
Marta Finale - http://youtu.be/uJ5gwu102yE
Mattinata - http://youtu.be/FBrSDOt8-Ro
My Destiny - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKwPUc2BLCo
Operatic Montage 1 - http://youtu.be/res12vC2xSU
Operatic Montage 2 - http://youtu.be/qrzJylLjRSU
Serenade – Soft Version - http://youtu.be/Uguj0ytXHJw
The Song Angels Sing – http://youtu.be/cqXAIQC4pNs
Torna a Surriento – Soft Version - http://youtu.be/MzJd3_SRGOk
Torna a Surriento - http://youtu.be/RW9WGF__rCA
It's just great to have these clips in such good quality, it annoys me to see some of the dodgy sound & picture clips of Mario on Youtube.
Derek, the Mario Lanza, Tenor site is amazing, yourself & Lee Ann have done incredible work, it's such an honour to help in any way with such a great tribute to our Mario.
Celeste Aida “That Midnight Kiss” - http://youtu.be/YJ8GbDpPT1k
I Know, I Know, I Know – http://youtu.be/TTuFrpqErjA
Love is Music – http://youtu.be/ZXS269nKqCo
Triumphal March - http://youtu.be/nD_5aLAUKMQ
Norma Dec 13 Thanks a million for the youtube of Mario and Kathleen Grayson singing Thine Alone.The shots from That Midnight Kiss fit beautifully. Norma ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** VIDEO #4: LYGIA Vincent Di Placido Dec 16 Following on from the Miklós Rózsa theme I worked on Mario's recording of his "Lygia" theme from "Quo Vadis". Mario does some lovely things with this song & I have always liked this performance. I have had this idea in my head since I was a young boy, nice to have it done finally... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmB5lnpDyg ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Jan Hodges
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Pardon me, but this sounds like the analysis of a psychiatrist! Landy sees things and reads more in the plot than a general/average viewer - who just wants to enjoy an - if only trivial - story, would do ("consistent with rebelliousness" - What about Mario's rebelliousness in "The Toast of New Orleans"?). "Troubled with masculinity," (this might apply to his role in "Serenade") - Goodness!!! Is she real? If I had the chance to ask her some questions, I first would like her to explain to me, why the film has so many opera scenes. "Hence, the emphasis on opera is more restraint." - Are you sure Landy watched the same film as we did?
If one would not know the film, one would think, based on her remarks, that here we have to deal with a socio critical drama, However, I am surprised that Landy did not notice the self-irony in the film (for example, Mario joking with his weight problems - he standing on the scales or pouring all the parmigiano on the spaghetti).
I thought it'd be a good idea to create a separate thread for announcements/comments about Vince Di Placido's magnificent Lanza music videos. To start the ball rolling, here are all the previous posts relating to these vids.
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I see that Vince has been at it again! :)He's compiled all of Lanza's film trailers into one convenient, chronologically organized collection:Just a few scattered thoughts:1) The trailer to That Midnight Kiss is certainly very effective in building up Mario! And it's not every day that a trailer includes the film's closing shots :)
2) The best thing about the trailer for Toast of New Orleans is the footage from That Midnight Kiss! In every other respect, it's disappointing, with poor choices of musical selections and very disjointed editing. This one really dumbs down the film. MGM needed a Vince to work on this one!
3) I loved the original trailer to The Great Caruso. What a contrast to the Toast trailer! And as a bonus, Vince has included a reissue trailer that is quite unlike any other Lanza film trailer (pity about the very obvious splice we hear on the Celeste Aida that closes it, though!).4) The Because You're Mine trailer is different from the one that I grew up with (that version included Granada and also a number of shots that weren't actually in the movie). So-so musical choices, and too much Bobby Van! :)5) The Serenade trailer is quite something! While I wish the makers hadn't highlighted the bleary, strained Serenade that ends the film, it's a cleverly edited trailer (favourite moments: going from the sustained high A that ends La Danza and straight into Otello, plus the dramatically inserted lightning). And what a great idea to begin with the ending to O Paradiso.6) And the award for lying on a Trumpian scale goes to the Seven Hills of Rome trailer, with its claim that the film contains "dozens and dozens" of songs :)Great work, Vince!
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Well done Vince!
Vince and Derek, as I already commented on you-tube, apart from the L'Improvviso from Andrea Chénier,"Ch'ella mi creda" is my other favourite opera aria, (But Vince, unlike you and your Dad, though, I don‘t like this Wild West plot). It's one of those arias with such expressive lyrics ("tu della mia vita mio solo fior" - so beautiful!), and ever since I heard it for the very first time, I favour it to „È lucevan le stelle.“ Yes, my regret is that Mario never recorded this aria later for a commercial release. Maybe it was not popular enough at that time? I see on the Metoperafamily website that the opera was not performed at the Met after December 1931 (Martinelli as Dick Johnson) until October 1961 (with Richard Tucker)! 30 years! That says a lot! „Andrea Chénier,“ by way of comparison (an opera which I would not really regard as being popular) had a good run in the 1950s).
Derek, I can only agree with what you’ve said about Plácido Domingo. He surely made Dick Johnson one of his roles. He was fantastic and convincing in this Covent Garden production. Listening to his "Ch'ella me creda" from that performance on you-tube, I think his voice was on the peak then. And yes, I can well imagine Mario in this role. I wonder if this is one of the operas -I understand it was Tony Cocozza’s favourite opera- he knew and had memorized in its entirety?
As an addition, just a few words from Maestro Puccini (1908) about the opera:
New American Opera Plans –
Puccini will have „The Girl of the Golden West“ ready next year:“
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to the New York Times.
Rome, Febr. 8 (by telegraph to Clifden, Ireland; thence by wireless) – It is as difficult to catch Maestro Puccini as it is a butterfly: either he is buried in his villa at Terra [Torre] del Lago, like a chrysalis in its cocoon, or he is fluttering about from one foreign land to another. Just now he is in Egypt, but I was fortunate enough to catch him and detain him for a while on his way thither. He talked about his new opera, based on „The Girl of the Golden West,“ which he will call „La Fanciulla des Occidente.“ He informed me that he had just received the libretto and added:
„I shall begin work on it about March 1. It is in three acts and is taken, as you know, from Belasco’s successful play. The only act in the opera which will appear different from the play is the last, which represents the forests of California in the full luxuriant glory of that beautiful land. Every effort has been made to bring out local color and atmosphere, as I desire that the characters who live through my work should retain their rude strength.
„I shall endeavor to construct a work of actual life, and not of dreams and unreality. This is my ideal, and it is just what causes me such difficulty in finding my subjects. I have before me a year of intense, unceasing but enthusiastic work, and then ‚The Girl of the Golden West‘ will be ready to make her bow to the American sister. If she be just as charming, just as ideally realistic, I shall be satisfied.
„Mr. Savage wished to have the première of the opera given by his American company in English, but I, remembering that the author of its being is Italian, have decided that it make its début at the Metropolitan Opera House with Caruso and Scotti. After that Mr. Savage shall have his way.
"I have chosen America as the country of its first representation from a sentiment of gratitude for the kindness that I have received here, and also because it seems to belong there on account of its local color and character.“
Steff
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Beautifully put together, Vince! By the time I reached the end I was once again moved to tears not only by the final scene but also at the thought of Mario not being in what, without doubt, would have been his finest film. Thank you so much for your splendid work!
Grazie!
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