Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso
Caruso, c. 1910
Born(1873-02-25)25 February 1873
Naples, Italy
Died2 August 1921(1921-08-02) (aged 48)
Naples, Italy
Resting placeCimitero di Santa Maria del Pianto
Occupations
Years active1895–1920
Spouse
(m. 1918)
PartnerAda Giachetti (1898–1908)
Children5
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Enrico Caruso (/kəˈrz/,[1] US also /kəˈrs/,[2][3][4] Italian: [enˈriːko kaˈruːzo]; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) 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,[5] which made him an internationally popular entertainment star.

  1. ^ "Caruso, Enrico". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Caruso". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Caruso". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Caruso". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Enrico Caruso: Complete Recordings, Vol. 10 (1916-1917)". Naxos.com. 14 August 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

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