About the Author

Derek Mannering was born in Dublin, Ireland. He has lectured on film and television, produced and directed a short film which was screened on RTE, and has written and presented a number of radio programmes for RTE in Dublin and WFMT in Chicago. This is his second biography of Mario Lanza. The first, Mario Lanza: A Biography was published by Robert Hale in 1991. He is also the author of Mario Lanza: A Life in Pictures, also published by Hale. The author currently lives in Chicago.

Reviews

"Mannering succeeds triumphantly in bringing to life the man and his music. More importantly, he makes you want to listen again and again to the recordings and marvel again at the enormous talent Lanza possessed while also shedding a tear at what might have been." --Opera Now