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Wladziu Valentino Liberace (West Allis, 16 de maio de 1919 — Palm Springs, 4 de fevereiro de 1987) foi um pianista, cantor, ator e showman americano. [1] Liberace desfrutou de uma carreira que abrange quatro décadas de concertos, gravações, televisão, filmes e endossos.
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Władziu Valentino Liberace (West Allis, Wisconsin, 16 de mayo de 1919-Palm Springs, California, 4 de febrero de 1987), más conocido por su apellido, Liberace, fue un showman y pianista [1] estadounidense de ascendencia polaca e italiana, de gran popularidad.
- Early Life and Education
- Career
- Personal Life
- Illness and Death
- Awards
- Closure of Liberace Museum and Tivoli Gardens Restaurant
- Depiction in Media
- Legacy
- Publications
- Further Reading
Władziu Valentino Liberace (known as Lee to his friends and Walter to family) was born in West Allis, Wisconsin on May 16, 1919. His father, Salvatore ("Sam") Liberace (1885–1977), was an immigrant from Formia in central Italy. His mother, Frances Zuchowski (1892–1980), was born in Menasha, Wisconsin of Polish descent. Liberace had an identical twi...
Early career
A participant in a formal classical music competition in 1937, Liberace was praised for his "flair and showmanship". At the end of a traditional classical concert in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1939, Liberace played his first requested encore, the popular comedy song "Three Little Fishies". He later stated that he played the popular tune in the styles of several different classical composers. The 20-year-old played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on January 15, 1940, at the Pabst Theater in M...
Early television work and The Liberace Show
Liberace mostly bypassed radio before trying a television career, thinking radio unsuitable given his act's dependence on the visual. Despite his enthusiasm about the possibilities of television, Liberace was disappointed after his early guest appearances on The Kate Smith Show and DuMont's Cavalcade of Stars, with Jackie Gleason. Liberace was particularly displeased with the frenetic camera work and his short appearance time. He soon wanted his own show where he could control his presentatio...
After The Liberace Show
In 1956, Liberace had his first international engagement, playing successfully in Havana, Cuba. He followed with a European tour later that year. Always a devout Catholic, Liberace considered his meeting with Pope Pius XII a highlight of his life. In 1960, Liberace performed at the London Palladium with Nat King Cole and Sammy Davis Jr. (it was the first televised "command performance", now known as the Royal Variety Performance, for Queen Elizabeth II). On July 19, 1957, hours after Liberace...
Liberace was conservative in his political and religious beliefs. He believed fervently in capitalism, and he was fascinated with royalty, ceremony, and luxury. He loved to socialize and was fascinated by the rich and famous. However, he still presented himself to his fans as one of them, a Midwesternerwho had earned his success through hard work, ...
Liberace was secretly diagnosed HIV positive in August 1985 by his private physician in Las Vegas. Aside from his long-term manager Seymour Hellerand a few family members and associates, Liberace kept his terminal illness a secret until the day he died and did not seek medical treatment. Scott Thorson remarked that he was not aware that Liberace ha...
Liberace was recognized during his career with two Emmy Awards, six gold albums, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In October 2010, the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas closed after 31 years of being open to the public. In June 2011, Liberace's Tivoli Gardens Restaurant, then operated by Carluccio's, closed its location next to the museum and relocated elsewhere.According to Liberace Foundation President Jack Rappaport, the museum had been in negotiations with mone...
The 1952 Academy Award winning MGM Tom and Jerry cartoon "Johann Mouse" has Tom channelling Liberace in the final scenes at the Imperial Palace, including a giant candelabra and a smiling direct ta...The 1955 Warner Bros. cartoon Hyde and Hare has Bugs Bunnyplaying piano as a Liberace-like character and, saying, "I wish my brother George was here."In the 1957 Warner Bros. cartoon The Three Little Bops, the piano-playing pig imitates Liberace, saying, "I wish my brother George was here."Also in 1957, Billy Barty parodied Liberace on an episode of The Spike Jones Show by playing "I'm in the Mood for Love" on a miniature piano bedecked with tiny candelabrathat spouted milk.At the time of his death Liberace was said to be worth around $110 million and to have bequeathed $88 million to the Liberace Foundation. The story was perpetuated by the officers of the Liberace Foundation often and as late as 2013. Only in 2015 did Liberace Foundation Chairman Jonathan Warren reveal in a lecture at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas tha...
Autobiographies
1. Liberace: An Autobiography, by Liberace. Putnam and Co. Ltd, New York, 1973 ISBN 978-0399112294(hardcover) 2. The Things I Love, by Liberace with Tony Palmer (editor). Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1976 ISBN 978-0448127187(hardcover) 3. The Wonderful Private World of Liberace, by Liberace and Michael Segell. Harper and Row, New York, 1986 ISBN 978-0060154813(hardcover)
Biographies
1. Crying All the Way to the Bank by Revel Barker (Famous Trials) 2009 ISBN 978-0955823879 2. The Liberace Storyby Chester Whitehorn (editor), Screen Publications Inc, New York, 1955 (softcover – #4 in the Candid Profile series) 3. Liberace: On Stage and Offby Anthony Monahan, GRT Music Productions, Sunnyvale California, 1976 (hardcover) 4. Liberace: The True Storyby Bob Thomas, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1987 (hardcover) 5. Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace by Scott Thorsonwith...
Cooking
1. Liberace Cooksby Carol Truax, Doubleday, New York, 1970 (hardcover) 2. Cookbook of the Stars, Motion Picture Mothers, Hollywood, 1970 3. Joy of Liberace: Retro Recipes from America's Kitchiest Kitchenby Michael Feder and Karan Feder, Angel City Press, 2007 (hardcover) 4. Delicious Recipes from Liberace's #1 Cookby Gladys Luckie
Callan, Michael Feeney (1990). Richard Harris: A Sporting Life. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited. ISBN 978-0-283-99913-0.
16 de mai. de 2019 · Wladziu Valentino Liberace foi um personagem único. Muito talentoso, trocou a carreira de pianista clássico pela de showman que tocava, cantava e dançava em seus recitais, filmes e especiais de TV.
26 de ago. de 2016 · 28.6K subscribers. Subscribed. 18K. 1.9M views 7 years ago. Here is Liberace Playing the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor from Sincerely Yours in 1955 Also Checkout the...
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