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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Made in 1951, this bio of the legendary Enrico Caruso is a treat for opera lovers. Though the script and acting are on the corny side, it's thoroughly enjoyable, and a wonderful filmed record of Mario Lanza, in top form, singing a wide variety of music.
There are scenes that will delight, some are brief, and some are of the complete aria, from the temple scene in "Aida" to a terrific "Vesti la Giubba"...my favorites are the "Rigoletto" quartet, and the "Lucia" sextet. Amazing music, beautifully performed.
Dorothy Kirsten acts and sings the soprano parts well, and Ann Blyth, who plays his wife, gets her turn to sing with "The Loveliest Night of the Year".
This is a film I rent every once in a while, and like more with each viewing. Lanza's voice was extraordinary, though his talent was misused and abused by Hollywood, and scorned by the "purists", who ruled the opera world in those days. How times have changed. There is hardly a great singer today who hasn't made a "pop" recording. Lanza's voice lives on, perhaps appreciated in the truest sense as a singer more now, than in the '50's when he was a "star".
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Mario Lanza displays his supurb talent in this music filled video and if you aren't already a fan "The Great Caruso" will make you one. The musical selections in this video are unsurpassed. A video you will watch over and over.
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I have been in love with this movie since first seeing it in the theater when I was a child. I am watching it again today, and it is still very good. I am moved by his singing like no one else's. The movie has so many musical numbers, it is wonderful. I just wonder why there was never a sound track from the movie, at least I have never been able to find it. The Ava Maria number still brings tears to my eyes!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The Great Caruso
This is a marvelous story, and Mario Lanza is spectacular, as always!!! My problem is since it is an older tape, it is not clear, and the sound quality is not up to par. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Caboose
Classic Entertainment
I don't know how many times we have watched this video.
We had to buy a replacement after dozens of viewing of our earlier copy.
Highly recommended. Read more
We had to buy a replacement after dozens of viewing of our earlier copy.
Highly recommended. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Richard R. Blake
Mario's Musical Marvel
Mario Lanza was the only tenor, past or present, who could ever have portrayed Enrico Caruso in an English language movie biography. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Orlando R. Barone
The Great Lanza Does The Great Caruso
"The Great Caruso" (1951) stars the great American tenor Mario Lanza in his finest performance. It co-stars Ann Blyth and features some of the finest Opera stars of the era. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dr. James Gardner
One of the most beautiful voices ever.
I bought this movie because Mario Lanza's voice is one of the most beautiful of all time. I enjoyed the story of Caruso even if it wasn't all told
"by the book. Read more
"by the book. Read more
Published 16 months ago by J. Frey
Alost treasure rediscovered
i saw the movie as a teenager , about fifty years ago. Seeing it again was like he very first time. It is a spectular performance by one of the world's greatest masters. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Stephen Sam Smith
The best I have seen in a long time
I have waited a long time to get this film, mine broke years back, but at last I have a good copy. Thanks.
Published on May 26, 2009 by Anna M. Ponzo
Disappointing purchase....
Hello. I made this purchase for an older friend of my Aunt. She was very excited to be receiving this video, for she has memories from her youth of not only this actor, but the... Read more
Published on March 16, 2009 by N. Williams
Handsomely mounted opeartic biopic
This is a highly fictionaliased and heavily sentimental portrait of the great operatic tenor .It is lavishly mounted and has many popular ingredients which all helped in making it... Read more
Published on September 27, 2008 by F. J. Harvey
Mario Lanza - one of my first loves!
All these years later, I still love him - and the story of the great Caruso is as tender and touching as it was fifty years ago. Read more
Published on August 10, 2007 by Barbara McArthur
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