Maestros and their motor cars (26): Mario Lanza owned a Caddy

Maestros and their motor cars (26): Mario Lanza owned a Caddy

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norman lebrecht

February 09, 2024

A 1950 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible, to be specific.

Comments

  • Pianofortissimo says:
    February 10, 2024 at 4:50 pm

    When did the “Great Caruso” (in name only, not in the voice) become a maestro?

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    • V.Lind says:
      February 10, 2024 at 8:24 pm

      No kidding. Despite mentors no less distinguished than Koussevitzky telling him he was a generational voice, he let himself get seduced by Hollywood. So in the end, he was a singer — a good one who might have become a great one — and a movie star. Hardly a Maestro.

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    • Nicholas says:
      February 10, 2024 at 8:49 pm

      A singer is a musician.
      A musician who has great talent and skill is a maestro.
      Therefore, a singer who has great talent and skill is a maestro. Q.E.D.

      Mario Lanza, in my humble opinion, had a great voice and skill to put over an aria or song, and he had squillo.

      I miss my father’s 1973 white Cadillac Sedan Deville, with red interior, and a 472 – cubic inch V8 engine. That baby felt powerful, smooth, and quiet on the road. Sweet, not including the return of only 10 mpg!

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  • marmer says:
    February 15, 2024 at 7:25 pm

    That is a hardtop coupe, not a convertible.

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