Portrait of Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso

Acting

Biography

Enrico Caruso was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. One of the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded, Caruso made 247 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920, which made him an internationally popular entertainment star.

Born: February 24, 1873

Place of Birth: Napoli, Italy

Filmography

1950
The Golden Twenties

as Self (archive footage)

1934
Masquerade in Vienna

as Self (archive sound) (voice)

1918
My Cousin

as Tommasso Longo / Cesare Caroli