Enrico caruso biography summary organizer

          THE purpose of this book is to present a portrai- ture of Enrico Caruso and to set down essential facts touching his career and private life which belong.

        1. Of Enrico Carusoand to set down essential facts touching his career and private life which belong properly in a biography.
        2. An NPR Music producer recalls how a single singer from a bygone day triggered his love of opera.
        3. ENRICO CARUSO was born in Naples, Italy, February.
        4. Enrico Caruso was known to many as the "Great Caruso" who held court at the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC for nearly 18 years.

          5. An NPR Music producer recalls how a single singer from a bygone day triggered his love of opera.!

          Born Errico Caruso (adopted more formal Enrico for stage), February 27 (some sources say 25), , in Naples, Italy; died of pneumonia and peritonitis in in Naples; son of Marcellino (a mechanic) and Anna (Baldini) Caruso; married Dorothy Park Benjamin, ; children: Gloria; (with Ada Giachetti) Rodolfo, Enrico Jr.

          Education: Studied voice with Guglielmo Vergine, , and Vincenzo Lombardi, Worked as laborer, including jobs as mechanic and jute weaver, beginning c. ; debuted in L'Amico Francesco at Teatro Nuovo, Naples, ; expanded repertoire to include La Traviata, Rigoletto, Aida, and Faust, among others; first sang Canio in I Pagliacci, , and Rodolfo in La Boheme, ; debuted in La Boheme at La Scala, Milan, ; performed internationally, including appearances in Moscow, Buenos Aries, Monte Carlo, and London, beginning in ; made first recordings, ; debuted in U.S.

          at Metropolitan Opera, New York City, Appeared in silent films My Cousin and A Splendid Romance, ; subject of fi