Lest we forget that this Christmas and New Year’s season includes a still-unresolved plague, we’ll add this short but important interview of Laurie Garrett as she discusses the new COVID mutation developments: It’s a different story but in some ways no less compelling. When we listen again, we can remember instead an American soprano by the name of Jackie Allen. It would have been fun if the choir boy had, in fact, been a young Pavarotti, but the truth makes the music no less beautiful. See also this entry for “Jacqueline May Allen” at Feenotes: It was instead the voice of American soprano Jacqueline (Jackie) Allen (1925–2009), dubbed over Michael’s! The voice heard in the film, however, was not a boy’s voice at all.
It turns out that his name was Michael Collins. So, who was the boy who sang with Mario Lanza? We didn’t get far before we confirmed that Luciano Pavarotti was born in 1935, while the film The Great Caruso was released in 1950. Readers can compare the boy in the video clip with the boy in these photos. We recognize Pavarotti’s familiar broad forehead, even in childhood. It is quite a moment to see these two never-to-be-forgotten performers, one a boy and the other a man, singing together.īut is that the boy who grew up to be Luciano? Here are photos of the young Luciano Pavarotti, gleaned from around the internet. Please watch and enjoy a most memorable “Ave Maria.” And what a powerful voice at such a young age.” This duet featured Mario and a totally unknown young man from the choir. In 1950 he sang at a Christmas concert from which this song was selected. Old timers will remember his movie role as Caruso. He was one of the best-known tenors of his time.
Really interesting bit of history – who knew in 1950 that Mario would live such a short life and that Luciano would go on to such acclaim? Mario Lanza only lived from 1921 to 1959 (died at 38). The very well-known Mario Lanza sang a duet. The performance runs three minutes.The second gift came to us via email, with this introduction: Today we bring you two delights and a phenomenon of nature to ponder.įirst, we offer you an acrobatic ballet audition in China for the program World’s Got Talent, choreographed to Loren Allred’s rousing performance of “Never Enough”. We are hopeful although, we know that we are not yet out of the COVID woods. On this Sunday poised just before the new year, we would like to wish you and yours a better and brighter 2021. We hope that you’ve made the most of your holidays during this extraordinary year and have found safe ways to connect with family and friends.
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