Caruso: Enrico Caruso - A Life in Words and Music - CD

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Caruso: A Life in Words and Music

 

1. King of Tenors: Enrico Caruso

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2. Verdi: 'Di quella pira' from Il trovatore

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3. Family background

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4. Cordiferro-Cardillo: 'Core 'ngrato'

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5. Early singing lessons

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6. Mascagni: 'Siciliana' from Cavalleria rusticana

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7. Caruso's first operatic roles

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8. Cottrau: 'Fenesta che lucive'

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9. More auditions and Enrico meets Puccini

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10. Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' (part 1) from La Boheme

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11. Caruso meets Ada Giachetti

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12. Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' (part 2)

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13. Enrico and Ada

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14. Giordano: 'Amor ti vieta' from Fedora

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15. 1898: St Petersburg

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16. Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida

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17. The 'monarch-in-waiting'

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18. Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca

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19. December 1900: debut at La Scala

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20. Donizetti: 'Una furtiva lagrima' from L'elisir d'amore

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Caruso: A Life in Words and Music

 

1. Humiliation in Naples

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2. Franchetti: 'Studenti, udite' from Germania

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3. 1900: Gaisberg records Caruso

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4. Verdi: 'Questa o quella' from Rigoletto

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5. 1902: Covent Garden debut with Nelly Melba

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6. De Crescenzo: 'Tarantella sincera'

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7. 1903: Caruso joins the New York Metropolitan Opera

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8. Verdi: 'La donna e mobile' from Rigoletto (1904 version)

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9. The 'King' is crowned

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10. Donizetti: 'Chi mi frena in tal momento?' from Lucia di Lammermoor

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11. 1904-6: international touring

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12. Bizet: 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetee' from Carmen

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13. An earthquake and a brush with the press

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14. Puccini: 'Addio, dolce svegliare alla mattina' from La Boheme

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15. 1906: La Boheme at the Met.

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16. Puccini: 'Non ve l'avevo detto?' from Madama Butterfly

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Caruso: A Life in Words and Music

 

1. Caruso's health

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2. Verdi: 'Di quella pira' from Il trovatore

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3. 1908: family upsets

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4. Leoncavallo: 'Vesti la giubba' from Pagliacci

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5. Family and health problems

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6. The 1909-10 season at the Met.

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7. Ponchielli: 'Cielo e mar!' from La Gioconda

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8. Mafia interest and a recording contract

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9. Puccini: 'Recondita armonia' from Tosca

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10. Ill health

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11. 1912-13: back at the Met.

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12. Puccini: 'O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme

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13. 1913-14: Covent Garden, Tosca and Aida

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14. Verdi: 'Di' tu se fedele' from Un ballo in maschera

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15. The war years

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16. Saint-Saens: 'Vois ma misere' from Samson et Dalila

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17. Fund-raising concerts

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18. Rossini: 'La danza'

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Caruso: A Life in Words and Music

 

1. Caruso's daily routine

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2. Caruso's private life

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3. O' Hara: 'Your eyes have told me what I did not know'

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4. 1918-20: marriage to Dorothy Park Benjamin

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5. Verdi: 'Solenne in quest'ora' from La forza del destino

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6. Dorothy in Italy; Caruso on tour

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7. Halevy: 'Rachel! Quand du seigneur' from La Juive

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8. 1920: Cuba

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9. 1920-21: injury and worsening health

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10. Verdi: 'Oh! mostruosa colpa!' from Otello

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11. Goodbye to the Met. - Caruso retires to Naples

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12. Cottrau: Neapolitan Song 'Addio a Napoli'

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13. The death of Caruso

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14. Verdi: 'La donna e mobile' from Rigoletto (1908 version)

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