매리오 랜저

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마리오 란자(영어: Mario Lanza, 영어 발음: /ˈmɑːriou ˈlɑːnzə/, 이탈리아어: Mario Lanza 마리오 란차[*], 본명: 앨프레이도 아널드 커코자, 본명 영어: Alfredo Arnold Cocozza, 1921년 1월 31일 ~ 1959년 10월 7일)는 미국의 테너 성악가, 대중 가수, 배우이다.

Mario Lanza was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. After appearing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947, Lanza signed a seven-year film contract with Louis B. Mayer, the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who saw his performance and was impressed by his singing. Prior to that, the adult Lanza sang only two performances of an opera. The following year (1948) he sang the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly in New Orleans.