![]() ![]() ![]() He made his debut at the Met in New York in 1903Ī month later he was engaged to make his first group of recordings for a gramophone company using a hotel room in Milan. ![]() The following year he appeared in Monte Carlo, Warsaw, Buenos Aires and before the Tsar of Russia in St Petersburg.Ĭaruso took part in a grand concert at La Scala organised by Toscanini in 1901 to mark the death of Giuseppe Verdi.Ĭaruso in his role as the Duke in Rigoletto, in which On his debut on December 26 of that year, he sang Rodolfo from Puccini’s La Bohème, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Listen to Enrico Caruso singing La Donne e Mobile from Verdi's RigolettoĬaruso went on to perform at other theatres throughout Italy and was given a contract to sing at the prestigious Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1900. He made his stage debut in 1895 at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in Domenico Morelli’s L’amico Francesco, having been recommended by a musician who had heard him sing. Having decided to become an opera singer, Caruso took singing lessons, keeping up with them even during his compulsory military service. To earn money, he started to work as a street singer in Naples, progressing to singing Neapolitan songs as entertainment in cafes. Until she died in 1888, he was encouraged by his mother. He made more than 200 recordings of his beautiful voice, some made as early as 1902.Ĭaruso was born in Via San Giovanello agli Ottocalli in Naples and baptised the next day in the nearby church of San Giovanni e Paolo.Īt the age of 11 he was apprenticed to a mechanical engineer and also worked alongside his father in a factory.Īt the same time he was singing in his church choir and was told his voice showed enough promise for him to consider becoming a professional singer. Operatic tenor Enrico Caruso was born on this day in 1873 in Naples.īelieved by many opera experts to be the greatest tenor of all time, Caruso had a brilliant 25-year singing career, appearing at many of the major opera houses in Europe and America. Tenor's voice still regarded as greatest of all timeĮnrico Caruso sang in a choir while workingĪs an apprentice to a mechanical engineer ![]()
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