The Great Caruso
This film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to Musetta's because he sings; to Dorothy's because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel-chested, loud, emotional, and unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly. The film depicts Caruso's lament that 'the man does not have the voice, the voice has the man': he cannot be places he wants to be, because he must be elsewhere singing, including the day his mother dies. Throughout, Mario Lanza and stars from the Met sing.
November 23, 1909 in USA
October 4, 1914 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
5 August 1900, Pallagorio, Italy
30 June 1905, Fresno, California, USA
November 23, 1898 in Sherman, Texas, USA
June 3, 1923 in Dysart, Pennsylvania, USA
22 April 1904, Maryland, USA
January 2, 1897 in Bucharest, Romania
23 October 1907, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
July 24, 1895 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
July 27, 1894 in Valencia, Spain
July 22, 1903 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy
21 June 1912, New York City, New York, USA
May 10, 1896 in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
9 April 1911, Fresno, California, USA
March 4, 1908 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
16 September 1934, Norwood, Ohio, USA
February 8, 1900 in Birtley, Durham, England, UK
March 22, 1893 in Gragnano, Campania, Italy
July 11, 1897 in New York, New York, USA
13 November 1914, New York City, New York, USA
July 20, 1885 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
May 31, 1894 in Redondo Beach, California, USA
September 1, 1895 in Berlin, Germany
10 September 1882, Sandwich, Illinois, USA
October 21, 1895 in Paris, France
26 February 1905, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
6 July 1885, New York City, New York, USA
8 January 1888, County Meath, Ireland
May 14, 1905 in Texas, USA
