Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso (February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921) was an Italian operic tenor. He was born and died in Naples. He sang at La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera House. In 1987, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Enrico Caruso
Caruso circa 1910
Born	(1873-02-25)February 25, 1873 Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Died	August 2, 1921(1921-08-02) (aged 48) Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Resting place	Cimitero di Santa Maria del Pianto
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Operatic tenor
Years active	1895–1920
Spouse(s)	Dorothy Park Benjamin (m. 1918)
Partner(s)	Ada Giachetti (1898–1908)
Children	5

Caruso

Lucia di Lammermoor (1908).

Enrico Caruso Media

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  Caruso in one of his signature roles, as Canio in Pagliacci, 1908

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  Caruso in the role of Dick Johnson, 1910/1911

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  Enrico Caruso, a world-famous italian tenor

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  Caruso in front of his white Empire-style upright piano, in his apartment in New York City

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  Caruso as Vasco da Gama in L'Africaine, 1917

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  Caruso and his wife

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  Caruso with his wife and daughter

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  Caruso as Éléazar in La Juive, 1920

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  Caruso's body lying in state in the Vesuvio Hotel in Naples, 3 August 1921

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  Edward José (left), the director of the film My Cousin, is seen with Caruso during a break in filming.

• "O soave fanciulla" from Puccini's La bohème, with Nellie Melba (1907)

• "O Mimì, tu più non torni" with Antonio Scotti as Marcello from La bohème (1907)

• "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (1907)

• "No! Pagliaccio non son!" from Pagliacci (1910)

• "Recondita armonia" from Puccini's Tosca (1908)

• "La donna è mobile", from Verdi's Rigoletto (1908)

• "O merveille! ... A moi les plaisirs" from Gounod's Faust, with Marcel Journet (1910)

• "Una furtiva lagrima" from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (1911)

• "Manon! avez-vous peur ... On l'appelle Manon" from Massenet's Manon (1912)

• "Ave Maria" (Percy Kahn) Mischa Elman on violin (1913)

• "Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!" with Titta Ruffo, from Verdi's Otello (1914)

• "È scherzo od è follia", from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, with Frieda Hempel, Maria Duchêne, Andrés de Segurola and Léon Rothier (1914)

• "O souverain, O juge, O père!" from Massenet's Le Cid (1916)

• "Ombra mai fu" from Handel's Xerxes (1920)

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