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Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 â 7 October 1959) was an American operatic tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the 1950s.His voice was considered by many to rival that of Enrico Caruso, whom Lanza portrayed in the 1951 film The Great Caruso. Lanza was able to sing all types of music.isteners. read more. Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 â 7 October 1959) was an American operatic tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the 1950s. His voice was considered by many to rival that of Enrico Caruso, whom Lanza portrayed in the 1951 film The Great Caruso.
Mario Lanza. by Derek McGovern. The American tenor Mario Lanza possessed, in the opinion of Richard Tucker, âthe voice of the [twentieth] century.â To successive generations of opera stars, from Carreras to Calleja, he was the singer who inspired their careers.And yet Lanza performed only two operatic roles in his short life.ario Lanza was born Alfred Cocozza in South Philadelphia in 1921. Besotted with opera from a very early age, he was sixteen when his own vocal endowment became apparent, and he was soon appearing in local operatic productions. In 1940 he began studying repertoire with soprano Irene Williams.