Mario Lanza News

Themed “Voices from Beyond,” the Savannah VOICE Festival (SVF) offers an impressive lineup for their highly anticipated 2022 10th Anniversary Season. Tickets are now on sale for the Festival which will be staged from Aug. 7 – 21, 2022, at a range of venues in Savannah, and will feature presentations from opera, musical theatre and popular song. 

The operatic cabaret singer has a new CD in the works... and a new love.

This May, Opera San José will play host to the nation’s next generation of opera stars during its Irene Dalis Vocal Competition, named for the internationally-acclaimed mezzo-soprano who founded Opera San José.

Led by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum, the Verdi Chorus is the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus. 

The 76th season begins with the first of the company's cabaret performances at Duling Hall on Monday, September 13 with Lady Sings the Blues: A Tribute to Billie Holiday featuring Rhonda Richmond.

The West Bank Cafe is thrilled to welcome back Sean Patrick Murtagh and Micah Young for a much-anticipated encore evening music and laughter. The uptown duo are thrilled to be welcomed back and performing in the vibrant heart of Midtown at the legendary venue.  

The Mario 100! Concert No. 6 – Mario on Broadway.  Sean Patrick Murtagh has announced the sixth concert in his yearlong celebration of the Mario Lanza Centennial.  The MAC Award winner will present an evening of Broadway Classics as immortalized by the Golden Tenor of Hollywood, Mario Lanza. 

The West Bank Cafe continues to bring interesting, diverse, and entertaining nightclub entertainers in to perform for their patrons, and Sunday night was an evening of variety... in fact, it was like two Variety TV Shows back to back.

Murtagh and Young's friendship and comradery strengthened throughout the pandemic as they cheered each other to stay musical, stay creative, and to stay hopeful.  

MAC Award winning Murtagh continues his year-long look back at the work of Hollywood opera singer and actor Mario Lanza in his fourth Lanza-themed online concert this year.

Crazy Coqs, Soho's unique live entertainment venue within the Brasserie Zédel complex, announces the re-opening of the venue on 17 May 2021 – pending further government announcements – with a full programme from 17 May – 30 June 2021, offering both live shows and simultaneous live streams for audiences who cannot make it to the venue in-person.

Need something new to read, watch, or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases! This week's list includes new music from Andy Karl and Orfeh with Andrew Logan, a debut album from Joshua Henry, a new Randy Rainbow parody, and more!

Sean Patrick Murtagh and Mario Lanza are together again, for an evening of great music by way of The Facebook Machine.

Check out this week's list of releases, including Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella cast recording, The Color Purple on vinyl, What the Constitution Means to Me, and more!

Critically acclaimed American Tenor Brian Cheney teamed up with England's West End Composer/Lyricist/Producer duo Daniel Curtis and Laura Coyne to celebrate legendary tenor Mario Lanza's 100th birthday. The free online concert was broadcast on Lanza's 100th Birthday - Sunday, January 31st at 3pm EDT.

Critically acclaimed American Tenor Brian Cheney has teamed up with England’s West End Composer/Lyricist/Producer duo Daniel Curtis and Laura Coyne to celebrate legendary tenor Mario Lanza’s 100th birthday. The free online concert will be broadcast on Lanza’s 100th Birthday - Sunday, January 31st at 3pm EDT on Cheney’s Website.

Sean Patrick Murtagh will present one hundred songs in twelve concerts in honor of what would have been Mario Lanza's one hundredth birthday.

There's just two short weeks left to vote for the 2020 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Voting will run through December 31. Winners will be announced in January!

The BWW Cabaret Awards honor exemplary performers and productions in New York from October 1st, 2019 to September 30th, 2020. Nominees in all categories excluding Special Event - Solo and Special Event - Multiple needed to have performed all or the majority of their shows (at least two of three shows) during this eligibility period.

The BWW Cabaret Awards honor exemplary performers and productions in New York from October 1st, 2019 to September 30th, 2020. Nominees in all categories excluding Special Event - Solo and Special Event - Multiple needed to have performed all or the majority of their shows (at least two of three shows) during this eligibility period.