Mario
GIUSEPPE (mä'rē-ō), an Italian tenor; born in Cagliari, Sardinia, in 1810. A youthful escapade led to his forsaking Italy for Paris, where he quickly won his way into the most exclusive circles, and was appointed first tenor of the opera, changing his name at the same time from De Candia to Mario.
After two years' study at the Conservatoire Mario made his début, Dec. 2, 1838, as Robert in "Robert the Devil," and achieved the first of a long series of operatic triumphs in Paris, London, Petrograd, and the United States. In his later years after his retirement from the stage he lost his fortune through disastrous speculations. He died in Rome, Dec. 11, 1883.