Only a Rose by Mario Lanza

~ JezzieG
Mario Lanza 1921-1959

Only a Rose
1956
Classical

Mario Lanza
Opera
Born: 31 January 1921, Pennsylvania, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 7 October 1959, Rome, Italy

Lanza was a tenor singer and actor. He was a popular Hollywood star in the late 1940s and the 1950s. He began training as a professional singer at the age of 16. Following an appearance at the Hollywood Bowl; in 1947, Lanza signed a film contract with the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, who saw the performance and was impressed by his singing

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I am a freelance writer and poet and started writing after raising my two boys as a way of discovering just who Jez is. That is still very much an ongoing project but the journey so far has introduced me to many wonderful friends and fellow writers through an ever-growing love of poetry.

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