Enrico Caruso: The Italian Master Tenor (Opera Legends Documentary)

Enrico Caruso was an Italian operatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic.
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[@jefolson6989]

The thing about him , apart from an extraordinary instrument, is his phrasing and his way of making every word, every note, pregnant with profound meaning . Nothing is ever thrown away, or tossed off. He lavished the same attention to forgettable songs as he did great arias. He has always been a part of my life. Mt father, a singers played his records throughout my childhood, until my own interest took over. There is no more important singer in history. Here we are over a hundred years later and his name is still synonymous with great singing.

[@sdrettler]

He could sing with ring of a trumpet and yet there's still always maintained a sweetness even when he sang triple f amazing I love Mario Delmonico but although the voice was a trumpet he could never have that sweetness and trumpet at the same time as Caruso amazing stuff

[@lucioverzier6772]

Concordo tutto

[@mrsmarie9708]

As a dependant of Enrico Caruso, I'm here viewing to educate myself on my families genealogy. Even several generations later, our family still praises Enrico for his great feats and beautiful voice. My grandfather still regularly attends the NY Metropolitan Opera house and I was told to take opera lessons as a child. He is an absolute inspiration to everyone in our family line, to this day. We are a stubborn family, setting our minds and hearts to our dreams and accomplishing great feats. When immigrating, he sung on boats to entertain guests (from what my grandfather says).

[@jefolson6989]

I guess you missed the financial benefit since his records are now public domain. But they still sell and have never been out of circulation. Are you decended from Enrico's brother?

[@jefolson6989]

@@mrsmarie9708 who were your parents? How interesting.

[@mrsmarie9708]

@jefolson6989 Roger, Elvira and Nicholas Caruso are my great aunts and uncles. I forget the names of their parents but they passed down stories.

[@lewashcliffe]

Wonderful documentary of Caruso's life, the greatest singer of all time!

[@lhasaroadrat9374]

In 1906 when the big quake struck San Francisco, Caruso serenaded the distraught crowds at Powell and Market from a hotel balcony. True!

[@mrs.g.9816]

Caruso struck me as being not only having a most beautiful tenor voice, but as a man with a loveable, expansive personality. I like to imagine him, John McCormack (his pal) and Luciano Pavarotti all singing together and really enjoying themselves in the Hereafter. Wish I hadn't given away my LP's of Caruso's arias and songs.

[@jefolson6989]

Gigli said his life would have been different were he born with Caruso gift. Not the voice, but the ability to spread joy and happiness wherever he went. Pavarotti had it too. It's rarer than a great voice.

[@margaretjiantonio939]

I can picture it 100 sopranos 100 Altos 100 base singers the 3 tenors & the conductor of the choir telling the 3 tenors to tone it down so we can hear the rest of the choir.

[@jefolson6989]

Gigli said " Caruso had something I never did and it is more rare than a great voice: the ability to spread happiness wherever he went." It comes through in the openess and generosity of emotions in his singing. Everybody is infused with meaning and a depth of feeling no on has ever matched.

[@Alfred-sb6jh]

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[@terrii1617]

😮

[@irishmike3514]

You must do a program on Caruso's contemporary, the Irish tenor, John McCormack. He and Caruso were the major recording artists of that era.

[@arundiasbandaranaike5989]

How grateful I feel for this insight (with pictures and moving pictures) that is offered us! Since infancy I've grown up hearing the 78 rpm shellac records my father had. Caruso was featured as was Chaliapin!! But this series... marvelous. Thank you Ms de Niese!

[@davidadrmd4636]

Good video. What a great singer. Thumbs up.

[@karlheinzkirchmann6469]

Somewhere I red when😮😮 he started songing he sang in falsetto. Had been a hard way for him. Some called him „Tenore Vento“. I think he owned a hughe voice register which was difficult to tame.Caruso sings wirh very deep sittong larynx, must be so. Very special.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jefolson6989]

I love those Grand Hotel recording. So full of sunny youthful exuberance! Toscanini thought this was the best time for Caruso, according to him, his best years were before his met debut in 1903. And the mistakes on those r)ecords only make them more fun. ( false entrance in " Dai campi" and e comes in on the wrong pitch and too early in " e luce van le stelle" are the most glaring.

[@user-cf3pj9du1o]

One of the 1902 recordings is the aria non piu e nobile from Cilea`s opera Adriana Lecouvreur, The accompanist is Cilea himself.

[@MarkSimone-yw7bs]

Iloveu Caruso he was my favorite tenor of all ilovehim

[@juanbernal2310]

BELLISIMA VOCE!!!SIMPLEMENTE, LO MAXIMO!!!

[@Nicehousecrappycar]

In 1910 the number of radio sets in America was insignificant. Radio became popular in America around 1926.

[@rankoplavec3197]

AMAZING VOICE AMAZING STORY

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Keep up be strong everybody, spreading good vibes is never enough and you are doing a great job.. web connection is giving us the adorable feeling of becoming like family but then we are always rivals in business, each one doing his job going on his own way...making smart promotion is the most important job above all, having supporters and followers...dedicated those who are not your fans yet Ok?

[@margaretjiantonio939]

He was the 1st "pop star."

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

I wish they had gotten Italian's to narrate this,, Italians grew up knowing Caruso, and knowing Italy, these guys don't seem to be hitting the main point,,,, which is that Caruso spent so much time away from Italy, and unless these guys get to it,,,, he was basically 'kidnapped' by the High Society and at the end he missed his country terribly.

[@Zack216216]

You are overlooking the life and career of the “ Queen of song,” for over 50 years. Adelina Patti. She was the 2nd most photographed woman of the Victorian era… Second to queen Victoria,. She was the biggest opera star in history, even admittedly by her contemporaries.

[@irishmike3514]

Ask Rob Cowan to do a program on John McCormack!!

[@user-dw3th2ws3s]

❤Слава в веках Великому Энрико Карузо .Прима тенор планеты Земля .❤

[@racheleleeba]

The Coat Song from La Boheme is actually a bass, not baritone aria. Even more impressive!

[@davidford8306]

The film of Caruso, smoking a cigarette using a cig holder, is surprising. But then, I was also surprised to see Maria Callas and Sherill Milnes smoking. I guess that some people have lungs strong enough to take anything.

[@jspaingreene6350]

You're engaging in a bit of historical anachronism... even in the 1950s, you can find ads of doctors endorsing smoking. Some people knew smoking was bad, but it wasn't generally worried about. I'm 50, and many people my age will talk about their parents smoking in the car with the windows rolled up, kids in the back. And then, look at Amy Winehouse... some people can sing and just don't care!

[@kimberlypatton9634]

@@jspaingreene6350 I'm 62,and you could smoke anywhere you wanted practically,up until around really 1905-2000!...Even on airplanes,DisneyWorld,Courtrooms,Church, Doctors offices you name it! I know because I remember...

[@Nicehousecrappycar]

@@kimberlypatton9634 Oh heck, yeah! I worked at Burger King in 1975-1978 and one of my tasks was mopping and cleaning the dining room and THAT meant making sure that a clean ashtray was on each table along with a filled napkin dispenser. People smoked.

[@irishmike3514]

Enrico Caruso was a very heavy smoker.....he smoked very strong Egyptian cigarettes. His smoking may have lead to his early death at 48.

[@davidford8306]

@@irishmike3514 Yes. It seems he had heavy tension, heart stresses.

[@WSmogpule]

That "Teatro nuovo" which you say is in Naples looks EXACTLY like the Teatro nuovo in Ferrara. Quite a long way away...

[@WSmogpule]

Actually there is a teatro nuovo in Naples, but it's nothing like the one you show.

[@acecarson3792]

👏👍

[@flauwegeit]

Why are some videos ' Not made available in your country ' ? which is Holland in this case. I just can't see you guys go through the trouble of making sure people in Holland can't watch your latest upload , I think the lying , coniving, snake eyes yt algorythm is behind this again am I right ?

[@hostlangr]

Die Zensoren sind wie *"Wanzen"* 'Auf der Mauer' in dem Kinderlied!

[@flauwegeit]

@@hostlangr I don't know that particular child song and can we talk english please ? my german is in really bad shape today

[@hostlangr]

@@flauwegeit, Google hilft!

[@anewman1976]

11:02 Script writer error here... "At the start of the 19th century" (?)

[@poshtraditions]

32:36 any idea which book this is?

[@dragoscojocaru5154]

Between mins. 39:55-40:12 they use a fragment of Manrico's "Mal reggendo" from Verdi's "Il trovatore" sung by Andrea Bocelli instead of Enrico Caruso!

[@irishmike3514]

I can't believe they would make a mistake such as that!!

[@dragoscojocaru5154]

Incredible, but sadly true...

[@jackbulmash4247]

You are spot on and the comparison is sad. There were also some silly editing errors in the spoken portion of this film like mixing up the early 19th with the 20th century.

[@jefolson6989]

That pretty scandalous! To opposite end of the spectrum.

[@jefolson6989]

Good call. They should be arrested! A scandal.

[@Mparsley]

I don't understand why they are talking about him in such familiar manner like they personally knew him.

[@user-uc6rv8sc7x]

Caruso sang the bass aria in Boheme not baritone. Caruso had two children with Ada Giachetti not four. He named them Mimi and Fofo after Boheme. Why was Franco Corelli put in at the end of this singing Trovatore ???? Made no sense.

[@Tojazzer]

"...the first internationally famous opera singer in the world." Avoiding redundancy is a very basic rule of writing. Finding this at just 40 seconds leaves me with little will to watch any further.

[@stevendaniel8126]

Beyond imagination......

[@IRosamelia]

Why does he look so much like Poirot? 😅

[@egonkl3in212]

😳😳😂🤣

[@kimberlypatton9634]

Poirot is a FICTIONAL character in many novels by Agatha Christie...if anything ,Hercule Poirot resembles Enrico Caruso- without the incredible voice ,that is...

[@equine2020]

Some say Mario Lanza was the reincarnation of Caruso. Born when Caruso passed.

[@hostlangr]

Warum soll er nicht *Mario Lanza* bleiben? Ist er nicht gut?

[@equine2020]

@@hostlangr ??? Can't understand.

[@santosperez8472]

ParA mi fue uno de los grandes tenores,pero particularmente también algo sobrevalorado,en primer lugar sus agudos eran limitados aunque bellos timbre reconozco todo eso,pero no el mejor de todos los tiempos.

[@hostlangr]

Kennen Sie *alle* Aufnahmen von ihm?

[@hostlangr]

Wie die Restauration immer besser wurde, ist auch *ihre* Wiedergabe zu pflegen: Die Übertragungs-Kette ist so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied! EQUALIZER Variante (update Einstellung!) *©2024* HL, Germany. *-* 0,4 dB (60Hz) -12,9 dB (230Hz) -15,0 dB (910Hz) -15,0 dB (4kHz) +15,0 dB (14kHz) Der Eintrag wird ergänzt, weil's viele unterschiedliche EQ gibt. Er bezieht sich hier auf eine *'Bass Booster App' (apk) - ohne* Zuschalten des BASS BOOST. Die meisten bedienen ja an ihrem Gerät/Handy Bluetooth richtig: Bitte Audio-Output Stereo, 'Advanced settings' überprüfen, *'Compatibility* Mode' der App 🎧 und evtl 'Sound Field FLAT' Ihrer Anlage (den BBoost nicht - oder vorsichtig verwenden). Auf *Artikulation* und Instrumente achten, dann wird der Effekt deutlich: einige denken, das sei weniger wichtig; - es *ist* wichtig! "Ohr des Dionysios" - nur Aufnahmehorn - ohne Mikro. Ziemlich beeindruckend. Der "Samt" in Enricos Stimme ist nun da. Die Qualität nähert sich dem Original. Modulation mit 'Bass Booster App': Der Klangcharakter der Stimmen wird dadurch nicht geändert. Weil jedoch die mMn. *kaum hörbaren* Obertonanteile >>2kHz crescendo-verstärkt werden, gewinnt die neue Wiedergabe relevant Brillanz (selbst die Akustik wirkt echt) und *Text* ist gut *verständlich.* Eine 'Zeitreise..'

[@hostlangr]

*EQ-Regelung* ist *KEINE* Änderung einer mgl. zugrunde liegenden Restauration. Sie wirkt hier wie eine 'Kirchenorgel stimmen' oder eine 'OhrBrille' und kann (bei alten Aufnahmen fast stets) zu einem schärferen Kontrast der Wiedergabe führen. Das Schöne ist, dass es ohne großen Aufwand erreicht wird. Wer die Musikanlage vom Handy aus (Bluetooth) steuert, sollte damit keine Probleme haben. Intensität der BBooster-(EQ) App bitte *vollständig* nutzen; Gesamtlautstärke ggf auf der externen Anlage einstellen! Es ist *NICHT LEICHT,* mittels eines EQ eine merkliche Besserung der Klangqualität antiker Aufnahmen zu finden! Hierzu gibt's *kein* Preset. Die angegebene Präzisionseinstellung© hat hunderte Stunden meist kleiner Schritte der Verfeinerung erfordert (durch Abgleich vieler historischer Aufnahmen u. a. von ECaruso, LTetrazzini, Orgel, Violine, Klavier usw. - mit WFurtwängler, ATatum, KRichter, ACortot, SFiorentino etc), um alle Praxistests zu bestehen. Insofern ist nur exakte, *genaueste* ! Befolgung wirklich zielführend in "die 1. Reihe". Die kleine Mühe der EQ- Einstellung lohnt sich....

[@meyou-dv8ns]

I think he was even better then Alfalfa

[@hostlangr]

Wer soll das denn sein???

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

Good LORD!! I am Italian and i cannot understand this english accent!! This is not something a english speaking italian can understand,,,, Basta!

[@joevasquez3434]

If Caruso had the technical training that todays young tenors have access to; he could have been THEE greatest of all time, man or women, but since he did not. Caruso lacked control, breath control and did not completely understand the rolls; let alone know how to act; which is so paramount to a singer when doing such opera's.

[@hostlangr]

Singen heutige junge Tenöre besser als Caruso? Kaum. Sie singen anders, aber nicht besser.

[@MarcioSaburi]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA MAN ARE U SERIOUS?

[@pedromotta9324]

Ridículos!

[@dokukarmagad12578]

I recognize the greatness of opera singers; they can do some amazing riffs. But why do they sing nearly every note with such a lot of vibrato? If it is called for in the score, why would the composers write it like that? To my more modern and admittedly uneducated ear, it sounds really cheesy.

[@Ruffiello]

A steady vibrato is a product of a healthy, free voice, properly produced. If one sings consistently with a straight tone, the voice is constricted. Classical composers expect this "vibrant" sound.

[@toms1197]

Some opine its cultural appropriation when blacks discuss or sing opera.

[@JamesAHollandMusic]

Caruso was not the greatest tenor of the 20th century. That is a gross exaggeration. He was the FIRST famous tenor but that doesn’t make him the best.

[@Xerxes89]

He is both of those things. One does not negate the other. Name one better for me please, id love to hear it.

[@MartyMusic777]

@@Xerxes89 Jussi Bjorling and Pavarotti come to mind. Corelli also had an unstoppable and VERY good voice. "Best" is not an objective statement.

[@dennisj.3439]

The greatest of his era, then ask the great tenors from Gigli and Martinelli to Bjoerling,Pavarotti and Corelli who was their inspiration and mentor !

[@mikeohlin9362]

Every singer that sang with him (including Ponselle and McCormick) said his voice was way ahead of anyone else). I'll take those that know.

[@JamesAHollandMusic]

@@Xerxes89really? OK….easy. Pavarotti. Pavarotti had a vastly superior voice to that of Caruso. Of course, you’re clearly a Caruso fan so you’ll reject any notion of any other tenor being as good or better. That’s your prerogative and it’s not my place to tell you that you’re wrong. I just don’t agree as I find Caruso far less enjoyable to listen to than a host of other tenors.

[@hostlangr]

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