Caruso: A Life in Words and Music
King of Tenors: Enrico Caruso
Verdi: 'Di quella pira' from Il trovatore
Family background
Cordiferro-Cardillo: 'Core 'ngrato'
Early singing lessons
Mascagni: 'Siciliana' from Cavalleria rusticana
Caruso's first operatic roles
Cottrau: 'Fenesta che lucive'
More auditions and Enrico meets Puccini
Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' (part 1) from La Boheme
Caruso meets Ada Giachetti
Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' (part 2)
Enrico and Ada
Giordano: 'Amor ti vieta' from Fedora
1898: St Petersburg
Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida
The 'monarch-in-waiting'
Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca
December 1990: debut at La Scala
Donizetti: 'Una furtiva lagrima' from L'elisir d'amore
Humiliation in Naples
Franchetti: 'Studenti, udite' from Germania
1900: Gaisberg records Caruso
Verdi: 'Questa o quella' from Rigoletto
1902: Covent Garden debut with Nelly Melba
De Crescenzo: 'Tarantella sincera'
1903: Caruso joins the New York Metropolitan Opera
Verdi: 'La donna e mobile' from Rigoletto (1904 version)
The 'King' is crowned
Donizetti: 'Chi mi frena in tal momento?' from Lucia di Lammermoor
1904-6: international touring
Bizet: 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetee' from Carmen
An earthquake and a brush with the press
Puccini: 'Addio, dolce svegliare alla mattina' from La Boheme
1906: La Boheme at the Met.
Puccini: 'Non ve l'avevo detto?' from Madama Butterfly
Caruso's health
Verdi: 'Di quella pira' from Il trovatore
1908: family upsets
Leoncavallo: 'Vesti la giubba' from Pagliacci
Family and health problems
The 1909-10 season at the Met.
Ponchielli: 'Cielo e mar!' from La Gioconda
Mafia interest and a recording contract
Puccini: 'Recondita armonia' from Tosca
Ill health
1912-13: back at the Met.
Puccini: 'O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme
1913-14: Covent Garden, Tosca and Aida
Verdi: 'Di' tu se fedele' from Un ballo in maschera
The war years
Saint-Saens: 'Vois ma misere' from Samson et Dalila
Fund-raising concerts
Rossini: 'La danza'
Caruso's daily routine
Caruso's private life
O' Hara: 'Your eyes have told me what I did not know'
1918-20: marriage to Dorothy Park Benjamin
Verdi: 'Solenne in quest'ora' from La forza del destino
Dorothy in Italy; Caruso on tour
Halevy: 'Rachel! Quand du seigneur' from La Juive
1920: Cuba
1920-21: injury and worsening health
Verdi: 'Oh! mostruosa colpa!' from Otello
Goodbye to the Met. - Caruso retires to Naples
Cottrau: Neapolitan Song 'Addio a Napoli'
The death of Caruso
Verdi: 'La donna e mobile' from Rigoletto (1908 version)
