There never was a more exciting tenor voice since Enrico Caruso, who died on August 2nd 1921, the same year that a new tenor, by the name of Alfred Arnold Cocozza, was born, in Philadelphia, Pa., on January 31, 1921.Mario Lanza took his mother's maiden name (Maria Lanza) and became Mario Lanza, the golden voice, tenor, the legend who left us all with a beautiful legacy of music. He was noted to be called, 'The Lanza Bon-an-za', and 'the voice of the century', and when he sang, he sang from the heart and from the soul. Rarely have there been tenors who could sing a 'D' flat and sing this note ever so well like Mario did. A high 'C' came easy to this powerful voice, that Mario often times said was a gift from God. Indeed his voice truly was a gift from God...
