Mario Lanza And Friends

My name is Jim Thompson and I live in Connecticut, USA. I produce a program called MARIO LANZA AND FRIENDS. The show features the great voices of today and yesterday singing from their recorded repertoires: opera, musicals, popular songs and songs from countries worldwide. The show is available anytime you choose to listen. I hope you will join me and tell lovers of great voices about it.
Jim Thompson Host, Mario Lanza And Friends	I've had the pleasure of special co-hosts whose admiration of Mario Lanza is total: Licia Albanese, Richard Leech, Renee Fleming, Eileen Farrell, Robert Merrill, Jerry Hadley, Roberta Peters, Elaine Malbin and many others. I love presenting Mario's voice and those of other great artists on the show. Exceptional music, exciting personalities and intelligent commentary. These are the ingredients of MARIO LANZA AND FRIENDS. Toscanini reportedly said Lanza had, quote, "The greatest voice of the twentieth century".
The young tenor from Philadelphia had an all too brief career, but in a dozen years recorded operatic arias and million-seller songs, made hit movies and left a legacy that inspires many of today's top classical singers. I am tempted to say as Mario did on his radio shows: "May I wish you the very best of everything in life always"... but I am sure you will, at some time, hear it on our show! Until we meet surrounded by great music on MARIO LANZA AND FRIENDS, Ciao! Jim Thompson [Click HERE to Email Jim]

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LINKS TO MARIO LANZA

Jim Thompson's personal links: The Lanza Legacy With A Song In His Heart The Relevancy of Mario Lanza A Rememberance Jim Thompson's Photo Gallery Other worthwhile links: Mario Lanza message forum site Mario Lanza, Tenor The British Mario Lanza Society Lanza Legend Sito ufficiale Italiano di Mario Lanza Mario Lanza Institute mariolanza.narod.ru Golden Music Memories Of Yesteryear Enrico Caruso Museum Opera Club de Paris Mario Lanza

BOOKS ABOUT MARIO LANZA

"The Mario Lanza Story" - Constatine Callinicos "Mario Lanza - A Biography" by Derek Mannering (publisher: Robert Hale - London) "Singing To The Gods" by Derek Mannering (publisher: Robert Hale - London) "Singing To The Gods" (U.S. edition) by Derek Mannering (publisher: University Press of Mississippi) "Mario Lanza - A Life In Pictures" by Derek Mannering (publisher: Robert Hale - London) "Mario Lanza - An American Tragedy" by Armando Cesari (publisher: Baskerville Publishers) "Tenor In Exile" by Roland Bessette (publisher: Amadeus Press) "Be My Love" by Damon Lanza and Bob Dolfi (publisher: Bonus Books, Inc.) These last two books have poignant recollections of Mario Lanza by the authors: "Jussi" by Andrew Farkas and Anna-Lisa Bjorling (publisher: Amadeus Press) "Caruso, My Father, My Family" by Andrew Farkas and Enrico Caruso, Jr. (publisher: Amadeus Press)

About Jim Thompson Jim Thompson has been involved in broadcasting for over thirty years and has appeared on radio and television in the United States both as a newsman and a performer. Following service in the U.S. Army, he sang on the Ed Sullivan Show. He grew up in ten countries and speaks Spanish, French, and Italian.