Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) - Italian opera singer. He was born on February 25, 1873 into a family of poor workers. Parents saw their son as an engineer, but since childhood he dreamed of becoming a musician. Only incredible hard work coupled with talent helped the boy get out of poverty and become famous throughout the world. Even now, people continue to honor his memory, remember the magnificent performance of lyrical and dramatic works. The musician was especially good at traditional Neapolitan songs. It is noteworthy that Caruso had minimal music education. He studied at evening school. The tenor's teacher was the pianist Schirardi and Maestro de Lutneau. The young man was also taught by the velvety baritone Missiano.

Difficult childhood

Enrico was the third child in poor family, after his appearance, Marcello and Anna Maria Caruso had four more children. As you know, the mother gave birth to 18 children in her life, but only 12 of them survived. The family lived in one of the poor industrial areas of Naples. After graduating from primary school, the boy refused to study further, although his parents saw him as an engineer. He wanted to follow his dream, to devote his life to music, so he joined the choir of a small local church.

At the age of 15, the future singer lost his mother. After her death, he got a job in his father's auto repair shop. At the same time, Enrico began to earn extra money, performing at church holidays in San Giovanello. Caruso believed that in the church dead mother will be able to hear him sing, so he devoted all his time to this activity. Parishioners admired his tenor, sometimes even offering to sing for their lovers. For this they generously paid the talented guy.

Later he began performing on the streets. It was then that teacher Guglielmo Vergine heard Enrico. He invited the young man to audition, and he soon became a student famous conductor Vincenzo Lombardi. The teacher supported his student in everything; it was he who organized the first concerts for Caruso in local bars and restaurants. In addition, the teacher advised changing the name Errico (given at birth) to a more harmonious pseudonym.

First appearance on stage

On November 16, 1894, the performer made his debut on the stage of the Teatro Nuovo. He performed the role in Morelli's opera "Friend Francesco", the singer managed to immediately attract the attention of audiences and critics. After some time, he sang in the opera “Honor Rusticana”, then performed the title role in “Faust”. In 1895, Enrico went on tour abroad for the first time.

One of the first countries that Caruso visited was Russia. After that he performed in many populated areas, winning an army of fans around the world. In 1900, the musician first appeared on the stage of the legendary La Scala theater, which is located in Milan.

Worldwide success

After touring in Europe, the singer performed for the first time in London, this happened in 1902. A year later, he repeated his success in New York, performing the role of the Duke of Mantua on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. The audience highly appreciated the tenor's talent, and from that time on he became the main star of the American theater. Enrico regularly sang parts from French and Italian operas. His repertoire included huge amount works.

The singer spent his first serious fee on entertainment venues. Later, he appeared on stage drunk several times, and because of this he almost ruined his career. In addition, Enrico smoked two packs of Egyptian cigarettes every day. He risked his health and voice for the sake of addiction without thinking about the consequences.

It was Caruso who became the first opera performer, who agreed to record his voice on gramophone records. Thanks to this, his repertoire has been preserved for many years. Now there are about 500 recorded discs of the singer.

Personal life

Enrico made an incredible impression on women. When his career was just beginning, the young man intended to marry the daughter of the theater director. But in last moment he changed his mind and ran away from the ceremony with the ballerina. After some time, the musician met his colleague Ada Ghiachetti. She was ten years older than him, but the age difference did not prevent a whirlwind romance.

Soon after they met, the lovers began to live in a civil marriage. Over the course of 11 years, the wife gave birth to four sons. Of these, only Rodolfo and Enrico, named after the characters in Rigoletto, survived. The woman sacrificed her career for the sake of her family, but Caruso did not want to settle down. He flirted regularly, although he did not cheat on Ada. As a result, the wife couldn’t stand it anymore and ran away with the family’s driver.

The tenor got angry with his lover, and in retaliation he started dating her younger sister. Ghiachetti filed a lawsuit demanding the return of the stolen jewelry, she was not going to put up with ex-husband. This story ended with Ada managing to get her husband to pay her a monthly allowance.

At the age of 45, Enrico met his first official wife. She became the daughter of American millionaire Dorothy Park Benjamin. She was 20 years younger than her husband. The father refused to give his blessing to their union, he even disinherited his daughter. At this time, the musician was going crazy with jealousy. He wanted to fatten his wife to such a state that other men would not consider her attractive.

Caruso's last appearance on stage dates back to December 24, 1920. He became very ill due to the accident, so he returned to Italy. The tenor died of pleurisy on August 2, 1921, and was buried in Naples. The funeral took place in the Church of San Francesco di Paola. After her husband's death, Dorothy published two books about his life. They were written in 1928 and 1945 and consisted mainly of love letters from the singer to his beloved wife.

Enrico Caruso is an Italian opera tenor who has successfully performed at the best theater venues in Europe and America with a repertoire ranging from lyrical songs to dramatic arias. During his life, the singer released about 260 recordings made from 1902 to 1920, which covered most of his stage career and continue to be popular today.

Childhood and youth

Enrico Caruso was born on February 25, 1873 in Naples, Italy, into a poor family. He was the third son of parents with many children to survive infancy. In the memoirs dedicated to the singer’s life, there was interesting fact, according to which his mother gave birth to 21 children - 20 boys and 1 girl. This legend, voiced by the tenor's widow and some of his friends, was subsequently refuted by biographers and researchers.

Caruso's father, who worked as a mechanic and foundry worker, believed that his son should continue his profession. At the age of 11, Enrico was apprenticed to an engineer who built city fountains and involved the boy in this process.

At the insistence of his mother, Caruso attended school and received a basic education under the supervision of a local priest. He learned to write letters and numbers beautifully, studied technical drawing and began to sing in church choir. The boy's voice was so good that he and those around him thought that he should leave design and construction and start musical career.

Enrico's mother supported her son's desire for creativity. After her death in 1888, Caruso found work as a street singer in Naples and began performing in local cafes and parties to earn money to support his family.

In his youth, the tenor gave concerts at Italian resorts, which brought in a good income. He completed a mandatory military training course, after which he was convinced that music was the only thing he wanted to do.

Music

In the spring of 1895, Caruso made his debut on the stage of the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in an amateur opera by composer Mario Morelli called Amico Francesco. This was followed by a series of performances at provincial concert venues, combined with vocal lessons that Enrico took from conductor Vincenzo Lombardi.

There was not enough money to live on, as evidenced by the singer’s appearance in an 1896 advertising photo in a blanket draped like a toga, since his only shirt was in the wash. Early on creative biography Tenor Caruso was booed during one of his concerts in Naples because he did not pay the claqueurs. This incident struck a nerve with the singer, and he vowed never to perform in his homeland again.

In 1900, Enrico had a breakthrough in his career. He signed a contract with the famous Italian opera house La Scala and on December 26 made his debut as Rodolfo in the composer's La Bohème. Caruso toured with a theater troupe in European and American capitals, singing for high-ranking audiences, including the Russian Tsar, who came to listen to the Italians perform on stage Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.

Enrico's first major role was the role of Loris in the opera Fedora by Umberto Giordano, which he first performed in Milan theater"Lirico" in 1898. He then took part in grand concert on stage at La Scala, dedicated to memory composer Other participants in the performance included leading Italian tenors Francesco Tamagno and Giuseppe Borgatti.

At the end of his contract with the theater in 1902, Caruso was hired to record records, offering a fee of £100. 10 discs quickly became bestsellers and helped to the young singer become famous in the English-speaking world. As a result, the leadership of the Royal London Opera House Covent Garden engaged Enrique for a season of performances in 8 operas, including Giuseppe Verdi's Aida and Don Giovanni.

Caruso made his debut at Covent Garden in mid-May 1902 in the role of Matntui in the production of Rigoletto. His partner was the highest paid opera diva Nellie Melba, who praised Enrique's voice, but considered him a less refined musician than the great tenor of the time, Jean de Resque.

After spending theater season 1902 in London, Caruso moved to New York and signed a contract with the famous Metropolitan Opera. At the same time, Pasquale Simonelli, who became an agent, banker and tenor impresario, organized Enrique's collaboration with record company"Victor Talking Machine", which lasted until the end of his life. In February 1904, the first collection of songs was released, which brought good income to the performer. “Santa Lucia” was also recorded there, one of the most famous songs from the repertoire of the great tenor.

Enrico Caruso performs the song "Santa Lucia"

In addition to regular engagements in New York, Caruso gave solo concerts in cities of America and Europe. He toured Europe before the outbreak of the First World War, returning to the Covent Garden stage several times as part of a British tour. In 1906, during a tour of the Metropolitan Opera artists in San Francisco, Enrique found himself in the epicenter of an earthquake. Fortunately, he and his colleagues were not injured, but the theater lost a significant part of its costumes, props and scenery.

IN mature years The timbre of Caruso's voice became lower, and he moved from lyricism to the performance of heroic operatic roles. The singer toured the countries of South America - Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, gave a concert in Mexico City, he received $ 10 thousand for his only performance in Cuba in 1920. In September 1920, Caruso completed work on a studio recording, which became the last of his life.

Personal life

In 1904, Caruso purchased a luxurious villa in Italy, near Florence. There he rested between performances. In New York, the singer lived in a suite at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Manhattan. Having ended his financial difficulties, Enrico ordered a gold medal decorated with his own profile from the famous jewelers Tiffany & Co, which he presented to his agent and friend Pasquale Simonelli.

An unpleasant incident happened to Caruso in 1906. He was charged with indecent exposure for pinching a married lady at a New York zoo. The tenor blamed it on a monkey in a cage nearby, but was still arrested and fined $10. This situation almost put an end to the singer’s career, but thanks to his extraordinary voice and talent, he managed to retain the love and devotion of the public.

Before the outbreak of World War I, Caruso had connections with the Italian opera singer Ada Ghiachetti, who was married to the manufacturer Gino Botti. During their relationship, the woman gave birth to Enrico four children, two of whom died in infancy. The diva left her husband and settled in the house of the famous tenor, but did not become his wife. 11 years after the start of the affair, the couple broke up, and Ada tried to get a significant part of Caruso's fortune through the court.

In 1918, Enrique arranged his personal life by marrying a young socialite Dorothy Park Benjamin. A year later, the couple had a daughter, Gloria. During the tour, husband and wife exchanged romantic letters, some of which were included in the memoirs written by Dorothy after Caruso's death. Dedicated to their relationship musical film"The Great Caruso", filmed by American director Richard Trope in 1951. The role of the tenor was played by an actor and singer.

Death

A sedentary lifestyle and passion for smoking strong Egyptian cigars weakened Caruso's health. By 1920, his health left much to be desired. In addition, during one of the concerts, a set fell on Enrique, breaking the singer’s left kidney and injuring his back. After this incident, the tenor was diagnosed with intercostal neuralgia and acute bronchitis.

After some time, Caruso started bleeding from his throat, and the singer canceled a number of performances. In 1921, purulent pleurisy and empyema were added to the list of diseases discovered in the singer. He underwent 7 operations to pump out fluid from chest cavity and lungs, after which temporary relief came.

In the summer of 1921, Enrique suffered from unbearable pain in his side, and after being examined by a local Neapolitan doctor, his health condition deteriorated sharply. After consultation with Roman surgeons, it was decided to remove the singer’s left kidney.

Caruso stopped at the Vesuvio Hotel in Naples on his way to a hospital in the capital in early August 1921. Suffering from insomnia, he took morphine and went to rest. The tenor did not survive the night; he was found dead on August 2, 1921. Doctors considered the probable cause of death to be peritonitis, which arose against the background of a subdiaphragmatic abscess.

Farewell to the great Italian and his work took place in the Royal Basilica of the Church of San Francesco di Paola. His embalmed body was preserved in a glass sarcophagus in the Neapolitan cemetery of Del Pianto. About 15 years later, Caruso's coffin was closed and the grave was decorated with an image of a mourner.

Luciano Pavarotti performs the song “In Memory of Caruso”

Last days The song “In Memory of Caruso”, most famously performed by, is dedicated to Enrique’s life.

Repertoire

• Musica proibita
• La donna e moblie
• O sole mio
• Torna a surriento
• Santa Lucia
• Musica proibita
• Amor ti vita
• O soave fanciulla
• Siciliana
• A vucchella

"He had the Legion of Honor and the English Victorian Order, the German Order of the Red Eagle and gold medal on the ribbon of Frederick the Great, the order of an officer of the Italian Crown, the Belgian and Spanish orders, even a soldier’s icon in a silver frame, which was called the Russian “Order of St. Nicholas”, diamond cufflinks - a gift from the All-Russian Emperor, a gold box from the Duke of Vendôme, rubies and diamonds from the English king ... - writes A. Filippov. “They still talk about his tricks to this day.” One of the singers lost her lace pantaloons right during the aria, but managed to push them under the bed with her foot. She was not happy for long. Caruso picked up his pants, straightened them and presented them to the lady with a ceremonial bow... Auditorium burst out laughing. He came to the Spanish king for lunch with his pasta, assuring that it was much tastier, and invited the guests to try it. During a government reception, he congratulated the President of the United States with the words: “I am happy for you, Your Excellency, you are almost as famous as I am.” He knew only a few words in English, which was known to very few: thanks to his artistry and good pronunciation, he always easily got out of a difficult situation. Only once did ignorance of the language lead to a curiosity: the singer was informed about the sudden death of one of his acquaintances, to which Caruso beamed with a smile and joyfully exclaimed: “Wonderful, when you see him, say hello from me!”

He left behind about seven million (for the beginning of the century this is crazy money), estates in Italy and America, several houses in the United States and Europe, collections of rare coins and antiques, hundreds of expensive suits (each accompanied by a pair of patent leather boots).”

And here is what the Polish singer J. Wajda-Korolewicz, who performed with the brilliant singer, writes: “Enrico Caruso, an Italian born and raised in magical Naples, surrounded by marvelous nature, the Italian sky and the scorching sun, was very impressionable, impulsive and quick-tempered. The strength of his talent was made up of three main features: the first is a charming, hot, passionate voice that cannot be compared with any other. The beauty of its timbre did not lie in the evenness of the sound, but, on the contrary, in the richness and variety of colors. Caruso expressed all his feelings and experiences with his voice - at times it seemed that acting and stage action were unnecessary for him. The second feature of Caruso’s talent is the unlimited palette of feelings, emotions, and psychological nuances in singing; finally, the third feature is his enormous, spontaneous and subconscious dramatic talent. I write “subconscious” because his stage images were not the fruit of careful, painstaking work, they were not refined and finished to the smallest detail, but as if they were immediately born from his warm southern heart.”

Enrico Caruso was born on February 24, 1873 on the outskirts of Naples, in the San Giovaniello area, into a working-class family. “At the age of nine he began to sing, and with his sonorous, beautiful contralto he immediately attracted attention,” Caruso later recalled. His first performances took place near his home in the small church of San Giovaniello. Enrico graduated only primary school. In terms of musical training, he received minimal necessary knowledge in the field of music and singing, acquired from local teachers.

Already a teenager, Enrico entered the factory where his father worked. But he continued to sing, which, however, is not surprising for Italy. Caruso even took part in theatrical production- musical farce “The Robbers in Don Raffaele’s Garden.”

A. Filippov describes Caruso’s further path:

“In Italy at that time, 360 tenors of the first class were registered, 44 of whom were considered famous. Several hundred singers of lower rank were breathing down their necks. With such competition, Caruso had few prospects: it is quite possible that his lot would have remained life in the slums with a bunch of half-starved children and a career as a street soloist, walking around the audience with a hat in his hand. But here, as usually happens in novels, His Majesty Chance came to the rescue.

In the opera Francesco's Friend, staged by the music lover Morelli at his own expense, Caruso had the opportunity to play an elderly father (the son's part was sung by a sixty-year-old tenor). And everyone heard that “dad’s” voice was much more beautiful than that of “little son.” Enrico was immediately invited to join an Italian troupe going on tour to Cairo. There Caruso went through a tough " baptism of fire“(he happened to sing without knowing the role, attaching a sheet of text to his partner’s back) and for the first time earned decent money, having a great time with the dancers of a local variety show. Caruso returned to the hotel in the morning riding on a donkey, covered in mud: he fell into the Nile while drunk and miraculously escaped from a crocodile. The merry party was only the beginning of a “big journey” - while touring in Sicily, he went on stage half-drunk, instead of “fate” he sang “revel” (in Italian they are also consonant), and this almost cost him his career.

In Livorno he sings “Pagliacci” by Leoncavallo - the first success, then an invitation to Milan and the role of a Russian count with a sonorous Slavic name Boris Ivanov in Giordano’s opera “Fedora” ... "

The critics' admiration knew no bounds: “One of the most beautiful tenors we have ever heard!” Milan welcomed a singer who had never before been known in opera capital Italy.

On January 15, 1899, St. Petersburg first heard Caruso in La Traviata. Caruso, embarrassed and touched by the warm welcome, responding to numerous praises from Russian listeners, said: “Oh, don’t thank me - thank Verdi!” “Caruso was a wonderful Radames, who excited everyone's attention with his beautiful voice, thanks to which one can assume that this artist will soon become one of the first ranks of outstanding modern tenors,” wrote critic N.F. in his review. Soloviev.

From Russia, Caruso went overseas to Buenos Aires; then sings in Rome and Milan. After the stunning success at La Scala, where Caruso sang in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, even Arturo Toscanini, who was conducting the opera, very stingy with praise, could not resist and, hugging Caruso, said. “My God! If this Neapolitan continues to sing like this, he will make the whole world talk about himself!”

On the evening of November 23, 1903, Caruso made his debut in New York at the Metropolitan Theater. He sang in Rigoletto. The famous singer immediately and forever conquers the American public. The director of the theater was then Enri Ebey, who immediately signed a contract with Caruso for a whole year.

When the Ferraran Giulio Gatti-Casazza later became director of the Metropolitan Theater, Caruso's fee began to grow steadily every year. As a result, he received so much that other theaters in the world could no longer compete with New Yorkers.

Commander Giulio Gatti-Casazza led the Metropolitan Theater for fifteen years. He was cunning and calculating. And if sometimes exclamations were heard that the fee of forty, fifty thousand lire for one performance was excessive, that no artist in the world had received such payment, then the director only chuckled.

“Caruso,” he said, “is worth the least as an impresario, so no fee can be excessive for him.”

And he was right. When Caruso participated in the play, the management increased ticket prices at its own discretion. There were dealers who bought tickets at any price, and then resold them at three, four and even ten times the price!

“In America, Caruso enjoyed constant success from the very beginning,” writes V. Tortorelli. “His influence on the public grew day by day. The chronicle of the Metropolitan Theater states that no other artist had such success here. The name Caruso appeared on posters every time big event in the city. It caused complications for the theater management: big hall The theater could not accommodate everyone. It was necessary to open the theater two, three, or even four hours before the start of the performance so that the temperamental gallery audience could calmly take their seats. It ended with the theater opening at ten o’clock in the morning for evening performances with Caruso’s participation. Spectators with bags and baskets filled with provisions occupied the most comfortable seats. People came almost twelve hours in advance to hear the singer’s magical, enchanting voice (the performances then began at nine o’clock in the evening).”

Caruso was only employed at the Met during the season; at the end of it, he went to numerous other opera houses, which besieged him with invitations. Wherever the singer performed: in Cuba, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and Buffalo.

Let's say, from October 1912, Caruso made a grand tour of European cities: he sang in Hungary, Spain, France, England and Holland. In these countries, both in Northern and South America, he received an enthusiastic reception from joyful and reverent listeners.

Once Caruso sang in the opera “Carmen” on the stage of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. At the end of Jose's arioso, false notes sounded in the orchestra. They went unnoticed by the public, but did not escape the conductor. Having left the console, he, beside himself with rage, went to the orchestra members with the intention of reprimanding them. However, the conductor noticed that many of the orchestra's soloists were crying, and did not dare say a word. Confused, he returned to his place. And here are the impressions of the impresario about this performance, published in the New York weekly Folia:

“Until now, I believed that the rate of 35 thousand lire that Caruso requested for one evening performance was excessive, but now I am convinced that for such a completely unattainable artist no compensation will be excessive. Bring tears to the orchestra members! Think about it! After all, this is Orpheus!

Success came to Caruso not only thanks to magical voice. He knew the parts and his partners in the play well. This allowed him to better understand the work and the composer's intentions and live organically on stage. “In the theater I’m just a singer and an actor,” said Caruso, “but in order to show the public that I’m neither one nor the other, but a real character conceived by the composer, I have to think and feel exactly like the person he had in mind.” composer".

On December 24, 1920, Caruso performed in his six hundred and seventh, and his last, opera performance at the Metropolitan. The singer felt very bad: throughout the entire performance he experienced excruciating, piercing pain in his side, and he had a strong fever. Calling upon all his will to help, he sang the five acts of “The Cardinal’s Daughter.” Despite the cruel illness, the great artist stood firmly and confidently on stage. The Americans sitting in the hall, not knowing about his tragedy, applauded furiously and shouted “encore,” not suspecting that they had heard the last song of the conqueror of hearts.

Caruso went to Italy and bravely fought the disease, but on August 2, 1921, the singer died.

The name Enrico Caruso is still on the lips of all those who are interested in music in all its forms. During his lifetime, the opera singer managed to achieve unprecedented professional heights thanks to his talent and hard work. But, meanwhile, Caruso’s childhood was not cloudless. Therefore, the great operatic tenor rightfully belongs to the category of people who have achieved everything on their own.

Caruso: childhood and youth

Enrico's parents were not rich people. His father worked as a car mechanic. The mother was a housewife and a devout woman. Marcello Caruso dreamed of his son becoming an engineer. But the boy showed signs of musical abilities, and he was sent to sing in the church choir.

When Enrico's mother became seriously ill, the boy prayed for her. After her death, he believed that only singing in church brought them closer. Ability to sing church songs and folk songs Enrico soon found it useful in his life. To support himself, Caruso performed on the streets of Naples. There he was noticed by vocal teacher Vergine.

This meeting became fateful for Enrico. He got the opportunity to study singing with Vincenzo Lombardi himself. After his career took off, Caruso went on his first tour to Russia. There his vocal abilities were met with thunderous applause. This was followed by other tours to different countries.

Creativity of a unique tenor

Enrico Caruso was the first opera singer, who decided to record their parts on records. At the age of 24, the singer performed the role of Enzo in the famous La Gioconda. Then fame came young man to the fullest.

Caruso entered La Scala in 1900. Milan received the singer well, glorifying him even more. After this, the tenor performed in London, Hamburg and Berlin. But the Metropolitan Opera in New York became his real home for twenty years.

The singer's repertoire always contained parts that he sang in Italian. In addition, he performed lyrical and dramatic roles equally magically.

Having become a legend during his lifetime, Caruso loved to talk about his work, but did not often talk about his personal life. Meanwhile, he was married and also survived whirlwind romance, which forever left a mark on his heart.

Personal life of an opera singer

Opera diva Ada Giachetti turned Caruso's head in his youth. For a while she was even his common-law wife. But the romance ended tragically. It was rumored that Ada ran away from Enrico with his driver.

And Caruso himself was not known for his loyalty. But, despite the disagreements, the common-law wife still gave birth to Enrico’s sons. They were named Rodolfo and Enrico.

Some time later, Caruso married a woman named Dorothy. From this marriage, Caruso left a daughter, Gloria. It was Dorothy who remained with him until his death. After the singer's death, Dorothy released several publications about him.

The Great Tenor: End of Life

At the age of 48, Caruso died of purulent pleurisy in Naples. People loved his work so much that they jointly ordered the production of a huge candle, which is now lit annually on the day of the tenor’s memory. It is believed that this candle should last for 500 years.

The singer was born on February 25, 1873. Spent my childhood in a small two-story house, which was located in an industrial area.

Composer Giacomo Puccini, hearing Caruso's tenor, said that he was a messenger of God. Many wanted to collaborate with famous singer, and even fought for this right.

Caruso always performed the parts in their original language, avoiding translations. He also perfectly got into character on stage. He masterfully mastered the art of transformation.

During his life, the singer managed to record about 500 gramophone records, which contained approximately 200 original works.

In addition to singing, Enrico loved to create caricatures and played many musical instruments, wrote articles about vocal techniques.

He also wrote his own parts. The most famous of them are “Serenade” and “Sweet Torments”.

Fame came at a high price for the singer. The press constantly attacked him. His house was robbed several times. In addition, they regularly tried to extort money from him.

Funds for the candle that was created in his honor were collected by hospitals and shelters. Since Caruso was actively involved in charity work during his lifetime.

The family where Enrico was born had six children. After the tenor achieved success, he surrounded not only himself with luxury, but also all members of his family.

Caruso did not have a classical school education. He only managed to finish elementary school. He devoted the rest of his time to singing.

Enrico Caruso is a man who became an opera legend. Today, his performance style is set as an example for all young performers. His parts sound like samples on which new singers are taught vocals. His legacy lives on in his work and in his actions.