Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Mario Lanza across 3 places, from 1949 to 1959.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Mario Lanza (born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Mario Lanza is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Mario Lanza was documented, and when
1949year
Hollywoodattested“But, as biographer Armando Cesari wrote, Lanza by 1949 "was already deeply engulfed in the Hollywood machinery and consequently never learned [that key mid-Verdi tenor] role." At the time of his death, Lanza was finally preparing to emba…”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
May 1957month
Romeattested“In May 1957, Lanza moved to Rome, Italy where he starred in the film Seven Hills of Rome (1958), and returned to performing live in November of that year, appearing before Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Variety Show at the London Pallad…”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
May 1957month
London Palladiumattested“In May 1957, Lanza moved to Rome, Italy where he starred in the film Seven Hills of Rome (1958), and returned to performing live in November of that year, appearing before Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Variety Show at the London Pallad…”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
14 October 1959exact date
Romeattested“Conductor Peter Herman Adler, with whom Lanza previously had worked both in concert and on the soundtrack of The Great Caruso, visited the tenor in Rome during the summer of 1959 and later recalled that "[Lanza] was working two hours a d…”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
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1924year
Philadelphiamentioned“Starting out in local operatic productions in Philadelphia for the YMCA Opera Company while still in his teens, he later came to the attention of longtime (1924–49) principal Boston Symphony conductor Serge Koussevitzky.”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
1942year
Tanglewood Music Centermentioned“In 1942, Koussevitzky provided young Cocozza with a full student scholarship to the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, Massachusetts.”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
13 April 1945exact date
Beverly Hillsmentioned“Lanza and Betty began dating, and the couple was married by a judge at the Beverly Hills city hall on April 13, 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
September 1945month
Atlantic Citymentioned“He resumed his singing career with a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with the NBC Symphony Orchestra in September 1945 under Peter Herman Adler, who subsequently became his mentor.”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
August 1947month
Hollywood Bowlmentioned“A concert at the Hollywood Bowl in August 1947 had brought Lanza to the attention of Louis B.”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
August 1947month
Hollywoodmentioned“A concert at the Hollywood Bowl in August 1947 had brought Lanza to the attention of Louis B.”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
1949year
New Orleansmentioned“His exceptionally beautiful voice helps immeasurably." Following the success of these performances, he was invited to return to New Orleans in 1949 as Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata.”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
September 1958month
Romementioned“In September 1958, Lanza made a number of operatic recordings at the Rome Opera House for the soundtrack of what would turn out to be his final film, For the First Time (1959).”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
September 1958month
Rome Opera Housementioned“In September 1958, Lanza made a number of operatic recordings at the Rome Opera House for the soundtrack of what would turn out to be his final film, For the First Time (1959).”source: Wikipedia: Mario Lanza
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