Mario Lanza was the most famous tenor in the world; his voice was powerful, rich and golden, with a dazzling top note. 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. But within ten years, the star that glowed so brightly had burned itself out. This is the definitive biography of the great Mario Lanza.
