Tuesday, February 25, 2025

February 25 - Enrico Caruso (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for February 25th are here: Myra Hess (2020), George Harrison; Enrico Caruso (2021), Enrico Caruso (2022), Armand-Louis Couperin (2023), and Enrico Caruso (2024)

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Enrico Caruso (25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian tenor generally acknowledged as one of the greatest tenors of all time. 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caruso at the Met (1)


Caruso performed when the Met

Was as starry as starry can get,

And singers from Naples

Were regular staples

In the great Rigoletto quartet.

 
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Caruso at the Met (2)


A dowager raise her lorgnette

To note that the Met was beset

With Caruso’s battalions

Of low-class Italians,

Which caused her patrician regret.

 

 

 

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