1914-08-13 ( 110 years old ) in Irún, Guipúzcoa, Spain
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by Francis Lopez. He appeared in the 1954 film Adventures of the Barber of Seville and Le Chanteur de Mexico (1957) and became popular in France as well as his native Spain.
Luis Mariano was born in Irun, Spain on 13 August 1914, the son of a garagiste and taxi-driver and showed interest in singing as a child. His family moved to France at the start of the Spanish Civil War and settled in Bordeaux where he studied at the Conservatoire, and also sang in cabarets.
Jeanne Lagiscarde, who was in charge of the classical department of a record store in Bordeaux, took Mariano under her wing, and gave up her job to nurture his talent in Paris. To earn a living, he sang in stage shows and appeared in films, starting with 'L'escalier sans fin' in 1943. That year he auditioned for the role of Ernesto in Don Pasquale, and sang in the opera at the Palais de Chaillot and later at the Théâtre des Variétés, with Vina Bovy, recording excerpts from the opera. He also left many recordings of popular song and operetta.
He continued to appear in other films from 1946, including a singing role in Napoléon and a film adaptation of Lehar's Der Zarewitsch.
In his encyclopedia Gänzl describes Mariano as a "svelte singing idol of French operetta of the post-war stage and screen". Mariano died in Paris in 1970.
His music is featured prominently in the 1996 Belgian film Le huitième jour in which he is played by Laszlo Harmati during scenes employing magical realism.
In 2014, French baritone David Serero recorded an album with Mariano classics performed in a Jazz version for the 100th anniversary of his birth: David Serero chante Luis Mariano – jazz version.
Source: Article "Luis Mariano" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movies
Les pieds dans le plâtre
1965-02-18
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960-12-16
Serenade of Texas
1958-12-16
Love in Jamaica
1957-04-04
Springtime in Paris
1957-03-08
The Singer from Mexico
1957-01-24
Four Days in Paris
1955-10-27
Napoleon
1955-03-25
The Little Czar
1954-08-11
The Adventurer of Seville
1954-05-06
La belle de Cadix
1953-12-24
Imperial Violets
1952-12-12
Paris Still Sings!
1951-11-28
Rendezvous in Grenada
1951-11-21
El sueño de Andalucía
1951-03-16
Andalusia
1951-03-16
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
1950-01-23
I Love Only You
1949-06-30
Fandango
1948-12-03
Secret Cargo
1947-12-27
History of Singing
1947-02-19
L'Escalier sans fin
1943-08-25
Le Chant de l'exilé
1943-04-21
Ramuntcho
1938-02-24
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