Enrico Caruso

Also known as Errico Caruso, Enriko Karuzo

Italian opera singer (1873–1921)

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Enrico Caruso was an Italian opera singer who lived from 1873 to 1921 and became one of the most celebrated tenors of his era. He is historically significant because his powerful voice and popular recordings helped bring opera to a wider audience during the early 20th century.

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Acting · Napoli, Italy

Enrico Caruso 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 ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. One of the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded, Caruso made 247 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920, which made him an…

Known for

Enrico Caruso: A Voice for the Ages — self2022
Una Furtiva Lagrima2012
The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century1998
Legenden — Self (archive footage)1998
The Golden Twenties — Self (archive footage)1950
Masquerade in Vienna — Self (archive sound) (voice)1934
The Immortal Voice — Self1923
My Cousin — Tommasso Longo / Cesare Caroli1918
Lucia di Lammermoor — Edgardo1911
Lucia di Lammermoor — Self (voice)

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Enrico Caruso (25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic tenor, who sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Generally recognized as the first international recording star, Caruso made around 250 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920.

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