{"product_id":"mario-lanza-the-best-of-everything","title":"Mario Lanza - The Best of Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMario Lanza was the most famous tenor the world had ever known. His voice was big and powerful, rich and golden, with a dazzling top that thrilled everyone. The greatest tenors of the modern era Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo and Bocelli all trace their inspiration back to Lanza. Trained for a career on the opera stage, Lanza instead became the first true crossover artist when MGM made him a matinee idol during the 1950s with box office hits such as The Toast of New Orleans, The Great Caruso, and Because You re Mine. A superstar before the word was even coined, Lanza s recordings of The Loveliest Night of the Year, Because You re Mine, and his signature ballad, Be My Love sold in their millions. Mario Lanza had it all: a voice blessed by God, Italian good looks and a passionate zest for life. But within ten years, the star that glowed so brightly had burned itself out. Lanza s sudden passing in 1959 at age thirty-eight was one of the first tragic deaths of the modern pop and rock era a precursor of what was to come for many great artists battling to live with fame and its darker side. Lanza was a film and recording star supreme, but the most dramatic role he ever played was that of Mario Lanza himself. It was a life of fame and passion, incredible successes and incomprehensible tragedies. And it was played to a soundtrack of one of the most beautiful singing voices ever heard. This is the story of the great Mario Lanza.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Screenbound Pictures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127323541678,"sku":"SBM058","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/P-SBM058_0.jpg?v=1762357677","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/products\/mario-lanza-the-best-of-everything","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}