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Enrico Caruso (/ k ə ˈ r uː z oʊ /, [1] US also / k ə ˈ r uː s oʊ /, [2] [3] [4] Italian: [enˈriːko kaˈruːzo]; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ...
Jul 20, 1998 · Enrico Caruso, the most admired Italian operatic tenor of the early 20th century and one of the first musicians to document his voice on recordings. His voice was sensuous, lyrical, and vigorous in dramatic outbursts and became progressively darker in timbre in later years.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Enrico Caruso sings "O Sole Mio" in this recording from February 5, 1916 with the Victor Orchestra.
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- GreekCallas
The Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso is considered by many people the most famous opera singer of all time or "The Matchless Singer" for his unique and suggestive vocal timber.
- Marco Cascella
- 2016
- Caruso Before Caruso
- Failure in Barcelona
- Improper behaviour?
- Caruso at Home
Caruso was born in Naples in 1873. Just 14 months earlier, the world premiere of Verdi’s opera Aidahad taken place. Caruso was to play its Radamès years later. Some of the roles that would later catapult him to fame (Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur, Loris in Fedora, Mario in Tosca or Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, among others) had not even been wri...
Rigoletto would also be his performance debut in Spain – and his only appearance on the Spanish stage. On 20 and 23 April 1904, Caruso took part in two productions of Rigoletto at the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona, never to perform there again. The day after the first performance, the Diario de Barcelona noted: The second and final performance...
It wasn’t all plain sailing for the tenor. On 17 November 1906 The New York Times mentioned Caruso on its front page, but this time it wasn’t a musical review. The tenor had been arrested the day before for “annoying” a woman who was near him in the monkey house at the Central Park Zoo. According to the next day’s newspapers, Caruso insisted on his...
The uniqueness of Caruso’s voice came to the stage at the perfect time: when the transition from romantic tenor to the verismotenor was taking place, requiring almost unwavering voices. But it also coincided with the beginnings of phonography, in which Caruso’s voice not only fitted, but was “the answer to a recording man’s dream”, according to Fre...
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May 23, 2018 · Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) was an Italian tenor who was an early recording artist and the foremost Metropolitan Opera attraction for a generation. For power, sweetness, and versatility his voice was without peer.
Feb 25, 2019 · Enrico Caruso, born on Feb. 25, 1873, might just be the most famous tenor of all time. Perhaps he might even be the most famous opera singer ever to grace the earth. He came from humble beginnings in Naples and there is even an urban legend that his parents might have had around 21 children and 18 died in infancy.
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