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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.
6 November 1895, Italy
5 November 1890, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
July 22, 1903 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy
16 January 1903, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
22 April 1904, Maryland, USA
March 22, 1893 in Gragnano, Campania, Italy
August 21, 1891 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 February 1942, Wendell, Idaho, USA
August 31, 1882 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
16 August 1910, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
