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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.
21 June 1912, New York City, New York, USA
November 23, 1909 in USA
16 September 1934, Norwood, Ohio, USA
15 February 1942, Wendell, Idaho, USA
10 September 1882, Sandwich, Illinois, USA
3 June 1901, Calabria, Italy
July 27, 1894 in Valencia, Spain
October 4, 1914 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
October 25, 1907 in Tripoli, Greece
4 December 1888, Dublin, Ireland
13 November 1914, New York City, New York, USA
31 October 1902, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
10 March 1884, Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 6, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
July 22, 1903 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy
June 3, 1923 in Dysart, Pennsylvania, USA
July 29, 1873 in Binghamton, New York, USA
December 11, 1888 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
16 August 1910, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
May 10, 1896 in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
