Talk:Enrico Caruso

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Enrico Caruso is probably born on February 25 and not 27, as given in many reference books (See: allmusic.com) - Puck 13:08, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

None of the sources I have seen ever give the "sources" of either February 25th or 27th. Neither does allmusic.com. What is the reason to believe Feb 25th and not 27th?

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[edit] Earthquake

Would it be relevant to mention that he performed in San Francisco the night before and became a survivor of the great quake?

[edit] Improvement

I am starting an improvement drive for this article. I will nominate it for collaboration of the week.

Capitalistroadster 10:38, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

To that end, let me add 2 things: he opened at the Met 17 times, a record only broken by Domingo, & he was the first recording artist (on wax, no less!). Trekphiler 19:34, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
Seeing as how his career started in 1894, some seven years after commercial recording began, it's unlikely that he could possibly be "the first recording artist". In fact, he first recorded in 1902, which much postdates all sorts of artists. Is there a Billy Murray article?24.22.172.60 06:12, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
Yes, Billy Murray (singer). -- Infrogmation 16:25, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced quotes

These 2 quotes were recently added - anyoen have a source?

  • He was initially reluctant to become a professional singer. When asked why he replied that he knew many tenors and they were all starving.
  • He was a collegue and friend of the Irish tenor John McCormack. One day when they met by chance in a shop he asked McCormack "How is the greatest tenor in the world today?" McCormack replied that he must be refering to himself.

-AKeen 20:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Haunting in Oklahoma

http://www.ghouli.com/GHOSTSTORY/HauntedOklahoma.htm

Enrico Caruso is said to haunt the Brady Theater in Tulsa, OK

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the page linked above has disappeared, and defaults to another page related to ghosts, but not to Caruso.

our local legend is that Caruso performed at the Tulsa Municipal Auditorium (still standing, known as the Brady Theater, or, more fondly, the Old Lady on Brady). Afterwards, J. Paul Getty asked Caruso if he had ever seen an oil well. apparently, the weather was quite bitter, and Caruso caught cold, leading to the illness that sent him home to his deathbed. the link above may have referred to some people's belief that the ghost of Caruso may haunt the old theater. 63.165.44.53 (talk) 15:12, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Certain recordings of his were predominantly used in Woody Allen's Match Point, an Academy Award-nominated thriller starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

I think this footnote to the main article belongs more properly in Trivia. Orbicle 09:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


Why did you put Daily Rotten? It's not a reliable source! ---Jack 23:27, 3 Feb 2007 (UTC)

[edit] high notes??

I consider it impossible that "Caruso must have had problems with very high notes"!
- The high C ("do di petto") is the trademark of every single opera piece, usually the highest dramatic moment in the developement of the story. Not a "very high note", therefore, but simply what a tenor is expected to achieve.
- Caruso has been the most famous tenor in history...the supposedly incapability of yielding a good high C would have no doubt condemned him to eternal oblivion.
- Instead: he had an incredibly versatile voice, powerful and flexible, and I have personally heard many of his recordings with a full, powerful "do di petto" that did not show any incertaincy.
- I think the distortion to B might have been because of other constraints, or for technical reasons. And the choice of doing one falsetto (in an opera that I don't know, so I'm guessing) could be an artistical decision.

According to this source [[1]] it seems he may have had trouble with high notes early in his career, but that he resolved them around the time he gained fame. --Chapuisat 21:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wow!

Nothing about the time the Teatro Nacional in Cuba was bombed during Caruso's performance? Murderbike (talk) 22:36, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jussi Björling less robust and golden-toned than Caruso?

The statement that Jussi Björling's voice was "less robust and golden-toned than Caruso's" seems very POV to me. Could somebody explain this to me? Jussi's recording sure sound pretty robust and golden-toned to me... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.151.192.10 (talk) 13:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC)