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| Enrico Caruso - La Donna e Mobile |
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Caruso singing La Donna e Mobile from Verdi's
Rigoletto for Victor in 1907. The correct
playing speed is 75 rpm which I did not know
when I uploaded this record. I played it at
78.26 rpm. Some of Caruso's earlier records
played at much slower speeds and I have
adjusted those postings accordingly.
Tags : Caruso Victor Orthophonic |
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Affichage : 295045
Durée : 138 s |
| Enrico Caruso - Santa Lucia (1916) |
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SANTA LUCIA
Original voice recording: 1916
--BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION--
(from Wikipedia)
Enrico Caruso (born Errico Caruso; February
25, 1873 -- August 2, 1921) was an Italian
opera singer and one of the most famous
tenors in history. Caruso was also the most
popular singer in any genre in the first two
decades of the 20th Century and one of the
most important pioneers of recorded music.
Caruso's popular recordings and his
extraordinary voice, known for its mature
power, beauty and unequalled richness of
tone, made him perhaps the best-known
operatic star of his era. Such was his
influence on singing style, virtually all
subsequent Italianate tenors (and many
non-Italian tenors) have been his heirs to a
greater or lesser extent. He remains famous,
though he predated the publicity that would
aid later stars of opera.
During his career, Enrico Caruso made over
260 recordings and made millions of dollars
from the sale of his 78 rpm records. While
Caruso sang at many of the world's great
opera houses including La Scala in Milan and
Covent Garden in London, he is best known as
the leading tenor at the Metropolitan Opera
in New York City for 17 years. Maestro Arturo
Toscanini, who conducted some of the operas
that Caruso sang in at the Met, considered
him one of the greatest artists with whom he
ever worked. Caruso's technique and style
combined in a unique way the finest aspects
of elegant, technically-polished 19th Century
tenor singing with the emotionally-charged
delivery and exciting, thrusting timbre
demanded by the Verismo composers of the
early 20th Century.
Tags : Enrico Caruso Santa Lucia tenor italian neopolitan opera music |
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Affichage : 169281
Durée : 257 s |
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