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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.
2 November 1921, New York City, New York, USA
November 23, 1909 in USA
22 September 1894, Eureka, California, USA
5 August 1900, Pallagorio, Italy
July 22, 1903 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy
November 23, 1898 in Sherman, Texas, USA
30 June 1905, Fresno, California, USA
7 January 1903, Birmingham, England, UK
26 February 1905, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
4 November 1896, Canton, Illinois, USA
March 22, 1893 in Gragnano, Campania, Italy
May 10, 1896 in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
16 January 1887, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
October 4, 1914 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
December 11, 1888 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
13 November 1914, New York City, New York, USA
July 29, 1873 in Binghamton, New York, USA
March 4, 1908 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
14 August 1893, Lansing, Michigan, USA
31 August 1907, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
21 June 1912, New York City, New York, USA
June 3, 1923 in Dysart, Pennsylvania, USA
16 January 1903, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
8 January 1888, County Meath, Ireland
February 6, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
