When Pavarotti sang for Mario Lanza. Or not

When Pavarotti sang for Mario Lanza. Or not

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norman lebrecht

December 27, 2020

Luciano was 9 years old and this was his first filmed performance.

Or so it says.

UPDATE: That’s the story, at any rate. The only problem is that Pavarotti was 15 when The Great Caruso was filmed in 1951 and the voice is not his. When I first saw the film, I thought the boy to the right of Mario Lanza bore a strong resemblance to the boy Luciano, but that, too, is wishful thinking.

 

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