Mario Lanza: The American Caruso

Overview

Plácido Domingo hosts this tribute to American tenor Mario Lanza. Interviews, rare footage and vintage recordings chronicle Lanza's life from his Philadelphia childhood to his meteoric rise as an opera singer and film actor and his tragic death. Credited with bringing opera and classical music into the home of everyday Americans, Lanza starred in That Midnight Kiss and The Toast of New Orleans and portrayed Enrico Caruso in The Great Caruso.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1983

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Gisele MacKenzie,Dorothy Kirsten,Zsa Zsa Gabor,Kathryn Grayson,Mario Lanza,Terry Robinson,Joe Pasternak,Plácido Domingo

Director

John Musilli

Producer

JoAnn Young

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1065096