Mario Lanza.

Mario Lanza's life was truly a Shakespearean tragedy. The story is incredible: a kid from the streets of Philadelphia who sings better than Caruso, sets out to become a maestro, only to be seduced by Hollywood.

At the pinnacle of his career, working on the movie The Student Prince, he was fired by MGM over a dispute on the 'excess' passion he was putting into his song. This was a blow from which he never recovered; a destructive spiral into alcoholism, weight gain, and professional turbulence ensued until his death in 1959.

So, what was Mario Lanza’s personal perspective on this fast-paced, dizzying roller coaster ride? David Faulds tells us in word and song, in a show tragic, comic and deeply, musically satisfying. "I sing from the heart... I sing the words of a song and really feel them, from the top of my head to the tip of my toes... I sing as though my life depends” – Mario Lanza.

David Faulds, like Lanza, is a lirico spinto tenor, trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama who has recently appeared in the West End Production of Opera and

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