FULL MARIO LANZA in SERENADE Movie USA 1956

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Serenade  
• Composer: Nicholas Brodszky  
• Libretto: James M. Cain  
• Venue & Opera Company: Studio and on location USA  
• Recorded: 1956
• Type: Movie
• Singers: Mario Lanza, Licia Albanese
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Anthony Mann  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Warner Archive  
• Date Published: 1956  
• Format: DVD
• Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
• Subtitles: nosubs  
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Serenade tells the story of poor vineyard worker Damon Vincenti (Mario Lanza), who becomes an operatic tenor, and is involved with two women — one a high society hostess, Kendall Hale (Joan Fontaine), the other a Mexican bullfighter’s daughter, Juana Montes (Sara Montiel). The tenor has a breakdown because of his unrequited love for the society woman, but finds love (and a happy ending) with the Mexican girl. Highly melodramatic, the film features a great deal of operatic music, all of it sung by Lanza. Of note are the Act III Monologue from Verdi’s Otello and an extract from the duet “Dio ti giocondi” from the same opera featuring Metropolitan Opera soprano Licia Albanese.