Who was Mario Lanza?
Antonio Giuliano tells the story of the star tenor from Philadelphia. Giuliano starred in Opera Bel Canto's May 2004 benefit concert, A Tribute to Mario Lanza.

Season 2004-05

Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 2004
Critical reaction | The cast | The opera

Vincenzo Bellini
La Sonnambula
April 3 and 10, 2005, 2 p.m.
The cast | The opera | The story

Gaetano Donizetti
Mary Stuart
June 19 and 26, 2005, 2 p.m.
Debra Lawrence, soprano, as Mary Stuart
Donna Darden, soprano, as Elizabeth I
John Day, tenor, Earl of Leicester
Matthew Osifchin, baritone, Earl of Shrewsbury
Michael Galizia, bass, Lord William Cecil
Malinda Dix-Hunt, soprano, Hannah Kennedy

The opera | The story | The cast