For the First Time (1959) (German title: Serenade of a Great Love) is a 1959 musical film written by Andrew Solt and directed by Rudolph Maté. The film starred Mario Lanza, Johanna von Koczian, Kurt Kasznar, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in 1958 in Capri, Italy; Salzburg, Austria; Berlin, Germany, and at the Rome Opera House.
While names are being read by the judge after the bar brawl, two names after Mario Lanza's character's name is called the judge calls Antonio Cocozza. Lanza's father's real name is Antonio Cocozza.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Fritz Maurischat and Heinrich Weidemann.
Critics singled out Mario Lanza's singing of "Vesti la Giubba" from Pagliacci and the Death Scene from Otello for special praise.
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