Elsewhere in Tuesday’s paper you can find my humble little story about renewed interest in the untimely death at 38 of tenor Mario Lanza, the huge — no pun intended — movie star of the 1950s. I didn’t ...

Heigh Ho, dear lovely rainbow tribe, Bobby Patrick, your rainbow reviewer is back in CD-Land to offer another broken-down breakdown of a new music release. So, strap in and get ready, as Bobby goes on ...

Mario Lanza's birthplace has been reduced to a pile of rubble. Despite opposition from the local neighbors association and some South Philly residents of Italian heritage, a developer has moved ...

Hailed by KUSC Los Angeles as the "next great tenor", the protege of legendary tenor Jerry Hadley has impressively shown his flexibility as a performing artist of multiple genres by offering ...

Hulking Hollywood Tenor Mario Lanza was a big box-office hit 3½ years ago in The Great Caruso. But when his temperament interfered with his work on The Student Prince, M-G-M canceled his contract ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! Here at the Lanza Institute, you’re standing 10 feet from the location of the singer’s ...

(See Cover)It was the emotion-packed end of Act I of Pagliacci, and the clown’s heart was broken; the sob-racked notes of Vesti la Giubba soared out of the phonograph, quivered through the cluttered ...

BALTIMORE, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Tenor Mario Lanza, who died at 38, likely damaged his health with radical weight-loss therapies, said a Maryland doctor who investigates notable deaths. Lanza, who was 5 ...

Mario Lanza, singer and actor, died Oct. 7 in a hospital in Rome. He was 38. Lanza, a Philadelphia native, made his operatic debut at Tanglewood in the “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in 1942. He would ...