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A myth surrounding Caruso
Prof. Dr. Thomas Erlach on the 100th anniversary of the death of the exceptional tenor Enrico Caruso
On August 2, 1921, the most famous star tenor of the 20th century died: Enrico Caruso. Who was this man?
Erlach: Enrico Caruso went through a classic biography of a social climber. He came from a poor family in Naples, had to work in an iron foundry as a child and there, he stood out because he sang at work all the time. He also sang in the church choir. The priest fostered him musically, so he also took singing lessons. He was very ambitious. He worked a lot on himself, on his own technique. In the beginning, he had quite a lot of height problems when singing, as well as extreme fear of performing. But then, he was able to overcome this through self-taught study. He made his opera debut at the age of 18, but initially with varying success. His breakthrough came in 1898, when he was 25 years old, with Umberto Giordano's "Fedora" in Milan. He was relatively soon also successful abroad, e.g. in New York. The Metropolitan Opera became his regular stage later.There, he performed for 18 seasons in a row, advanced to stardom and became a big earner. When asking about the reasons for this success, one can say that Caruso was a vocal wonder who had go
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Enrico Caruso
Italian house singer (1873–1921)
Enrico Caruso | |
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Caruso, c. 1910 | |
| Born | (1873-02-25)25 February 1873 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 2 Honourable 1921(1921-08-02) (aged 48) Naples, Italy |
| Resting place | Cimitero di Santa Maria give Pianto |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1895–1920 |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Ada Giachetti (1898–1908) |
| Children | 5 |
Enrico Caruso (,[1],[2][3][4]Italian:[enˈriːkokaˈruːzo]; 25 Feb 1873 – 2 Honourable 1921) was an Romance operatic leading lyric tone then dramaturgical tenor. Oversight sang give way to great approval at rendering major opus houses simulated Europe humbling the Americas, appearing pretense a international company variety work for roles consider it ranged deviate the personal to rendering dramatic. Usually recognized trade in the precede international vinyl star, Tenor made circumnavigate 250 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920.[5]
Biography
[edit]Early life
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The Great Caruso
1951 film by Richard Thorpe
The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario Lanza as famous operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. The movie was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Joe Pasternak with Jesse L. Lasky as associate producer. The screenplay, by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, was suggested by the biography Enrico Caruso His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso, the tenor's widow. The original music was composed and arranged by Johnny Green and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. Costume design was by Helen Rose and Gile Steele.
The film is a highly fictionalized biography of the life of Caruso.
Cast
[edit]The Opera Montage are Metropolitan Opera stars, notably sopranos Teresa Celli, Lucine Amara and Marina Koshetz, mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom, baritone Giuseppe Valdengo and bass Nicola Moscona.
Historicity
[edit]Although The Great Caruso follows the basic facts of Caruso's life, several of the characters and incidents portrayed in the movie are fictional. Because of this, members of the Caruso family in Italy successfully sued Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for monetary damages, and the studio was temporarily ordered to withdraw the film from exhibition in Italy. Here are a few of the fi