For The First Time (1959) - (Movie Clip) O Sole Mio

For the First Time - (Original Trailer)

In his last movie, Mario Lanza sings opera hits while romancing a woman who is deaf in For The First Time (1959).

For The First Time (1959) -- (Movie Clip) La Donna È Mobile

Rudolph Matè directing at the Rome Opera House, Kurt Krasznar the bothered manager, Zsa Zsa Gabor regal in the audience, and Mario Lanza introduced, in his last movie, as singer Tonino, offering the Verdi aria from Rigoletto for fans who couldn’t afford seats, in For The First Time, 1959.

For The First Time (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Come Prima

Meaning to be incognito on the Isle Of Capri (on the genuine location), free-spirit opera singer Tony (Mario Lanza) is mobbed by fans (the blonde is the German model Nico, later of The Velvet Underground), offering a translated Italian pop hit, and intrigued by the unmoved Johanna von Koczian, in For The First Time, 1959.