Aaron Caruso / Crossover Tenor Aaron was recently picked to sing the role of Mario Lanza on Broadway with the help of Danny Aiello, who heard Aaron sing and arranged the meeting with producer Sonny Grosso. This is a life-long dream for Caruso as Lanza has always been his idol. Once, Lanza played Caruso. Now Caruso will play Lanza! The show is also produced by the legendary multiple grammy winner, Phil Ramone. He has performed for The Mario Lanza society of New York many times as well as at the Mario Lanza Pre-Ball in Philadelphia and was personal friends with the late Damon Lanza and Bob Dolfi. He has performed for Tony Bennett who said: "You sing like Mario Lanza. I want to see you in the movies." He recently sang for Jerry Vale’s private birthday party who said “This kid’s amazing!”. As a strong believer in promoting his rich Italian heritage, Aaron has headlined many Italian festivals across the nation. These include: New York, Boston, Milwaukee and Seattle and many, many more. He has performed several times for the UNICO in Connecticut and has lectured at the Brooklyn Chapter. He has also lectured at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut on the contributions of Dante Alighieri to modern day romantic music. Aaron has performed at Caesar's Palace for their "Italian Night" and at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. He has performed at the Atlantis Casino in Reno with Danny Marona and also at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot, NV. He thrilled audiences at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, as well. Aaron was honored by being asked to sing "Ave Maria" at St. Patrick's Cathedral. This was in the presence of former-Mayor Giuliani and some 2,000 firefighters and policemen that filled the church. He has performed for the Russian Ambassador and members of the United Nations at the Russian Mission. Aaron been interviewed several times on the Joey Reynolds show in New York City as well as the "Wiseguy Show" with Vincent Pastore and Uncle Floyd Vivino on Sirius Radio. Classically, Aaron studied piano for ten years and trombone for six. He's been performing on stage since he was 6. He attended the world renowned "Interlochen Arts Academy" for high school. He earned his bachelor degree in Vocal Performance with an Italian Minor from University of Michigan. He speaks four languages fluently (Italian, English, Spanish and French) and can sing in seven including Russian, Latin and German. He has studied Opera abroad in Italy for one year and in New York City with Maestro Luigi Veccia for 8 years. Maestro Veccia was a student of Marcello and Mario Del Monaco. Operatically, Aaron has performed: "La Boheme", Mozart’s “Bastien und Bastienne”, many operatic concerts with excerpts from: "La Traviata", "I Pagliacci" and "Tosca". He also specializes in Classic Neapolitan music