Roger Lemke and Alan Hopgood
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Kevin Hocking, Carmel Parente,
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Based on the international award-winning radio series by Michael Harrison, this revealing story of the life and death of Mario Lanza has been adapted by Alan Hopgood, and has featured the voices of some of Australia's leading tenors - Ron Lees, Dominic Natoli, Domenico Cannizzzaro and Roger Lemke. In a stunning presentation of 24 Lanza songs and arias, the audience is treated to the great Lanza 'hits' such as Be My Love, Granada, I'll Walk with God, Golden Days, and 'Lanza' is joined by Kathryn Grayson (Carmel Parente) for some of their popular duets.
What we have is a great story, terrific music and outstanding performances with each component complementing the others....and a picture of a man too naive to understand the motives of the appalling people surrounding him. - Michael Easton (The Age)
...a charming mix of narration and Lanza's most famous hits crammed into a 90-minute show. - Dina Ross (The Herald Sun)
PERFORMANCE OPTIONS:
A. Cabaret
Two successful seasons at Mietta's in Melbourne 1994 & 1995
Can be presented as 90 minutes with interval or 60 minutes without.
B. 'Morning Melodies'
Victorian Concert Hall 1994
Tour of Queensland 1994
Victoria Regional Centres 1996
RACV Club Melbourne 2008
C. Corporates
This production is ideally suited for presentation at corporate functions.
D. Wineries
Stonyfell Winery 1996
For more information, please email: alanhopgood@hotmail.com