num_pages: 308
description: More than 40 years after his premature death, the mystique of Mario Lanza continues. He remains a legendary figure, a crossover icon embraced and remembered by an entire generation for bridging the gap between popular and classical music, the acknowledged inspiration of today's Three Tenors. Bessette tells his story with a novelist's eye for the inherent tragedy of Lanza's brief life, the contradictory facets of his personality, his passion for life, and his self-destructiveness. HARDCOVER.
language: English
title: Mario Lanza: Tenor in Exile
titlecomplete: Mario Lanza: Tenor in Exile (Amadeus)
genres: Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Amadeus