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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[@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).

[@lhasaroadrat9374]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@lewashcliffe]

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

[@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.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gordonbitting1659]

Love documentary. Caruso was simply unique there will never be another.

[@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!

[@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.

[@MarkSimone-yw7bs]

Iloveu Caruso he was my favorite tenor of all ilovehim

[@davidadrmd4636]

Good video. What a great singer. Thumbs up.

[@juanbernal2310]

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

[@rankoplavec3197]

AMAZING VOICE AMAZING STORY

[@Nicehousecrappycar]

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