Enrico Caruso: His Life and Death (Hardcover)

by Dorothy Caruso (Author)
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“Mrs. Caruso's lovingly-drawn portrait of her husband is that of a great singer, who was also an extraordinarily picturesque and amiable character.”–Saturday Review of Literature

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ENRICO CARUSO - HIS LIFE AND DEATH BY DOROTHY CUROSO. RESERVED OF REPRODUCTION OR IN PART IN ANY FORM 1945 BY DOROTHY CARUSO PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC, ROCKEFELLER CENTER, 1230 SIXTH AVENUE NEW YORK 20, N. Y, ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF BOOKS IN WARTIME A ruling by the War Production Board has curtailed the use of paper by book publishers. In line with this ruling and in order to conserve materials and manpower, we are co-operating by 1. Using lighter-weight paper, which reduces the bull of our books substantially. 2. Printing books with smaller margins and with more words to each page. Result fewer pages per book. Slimmer and smaller books save paper and plate metal and labor. We are sure that readers will under stand the publishers desire to co-operate as fully as possible with the objectives of the War Production Board and our government. MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY AMERICAN BOOK-STRATFORD PRESS, INC., NEW YORK Because Enrico so deeply loved her I dedicate this book to the memory of his mother THE PHOTOGRAPH which appears on the jacket and as the frontispiece is reproduced through the courtesy of the photographer, Kaiden Kazanjian. The remaining photographs were supplied by Dorothy Caruso and the Culver Service. THE CARICATURES which appear throughout the book - were all drawn by Enrico Caruso, with the exception of Dorothy Carusos portrait . of her husband as Don Alvaro. All of the drawings except tl Caruso Making a Record originally appeared in the Italian-language news paper, La Follia di New York, and were later used in several editions of Caricatures by Enrico Caruso, published by Marziale Sisca. They are reprinted here by special arrangement with Mr. Sisca. Authors Foreword ix HOW HE L O O K E D A series of photographs i Off Stage 2 On Stage 19 ENRICO CARUSO, His Life and Death 35 APPENDIX 285 High Points in Carusos Life 287 Operatic Repertoire 288 Caruso Recordings, A Discography by Jack L. Caidin 289 PHOTOGRAPHS Carusos first published photograph 3 Caruso when he left Italy to come to America in 1904 4 Entrance to the park of the Villa Bellosguardo at Signa, Italy 5 Caruso arriving in New York from his last season in Austria and Germany 6 Gloria at the time of her christening 7 Caruso with the Italian comedian, Gravina 8 Singing at Sheepshead Bay, September, 1918 9 From the train window at Monterey en route to Mexico City ..... 10 Caruso and his valet, Mario. Mexico City, 1919 n At Eastiiampton, July, 1920 12 Caruso drawing caricatures at the Southampton Fair 13 vii Convalescing after his first illness, Vanderbilt Hotel, New York City 14 Aboard the S. S. President Wilson, May, 1921 15 Carusos last photograph, taken in Sorrento 16 Facsimile of Carusos handwriting 17 Dorothy Caruso. New York City, 1943 18 Caruso at the age of 22 as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana 21 In the title role of Charpentiers Julien 22 As Nemorino in I EIisir damore 23 As Samson 24 As Rodolfo in La Boherae 25 As Canio in Pagliacci 26 As Dick Johnson in The Girl of the Golden West 27 As Cavaradossi in Tosca 28 As Eleazar in La Juive 29 As the Chevalier des Grieux in Manon 30 As Radames in Aida 31 The Julien costume Caruso wore the first time he dined at his future wifes home 32 CARICATURES Antonio Scotti 59 Caruso as Don Alvaro in La Forza del destino drawn by Dorothy Caruso 72 Woodrow. Wilson 74 Caruso as Eleazar in La Juive 77 Kaiser Wilhelm II 80 Giulio Gatti-Casazza 83 Caruso as Riccardo in Un Ballo in raaschera 103 Caruso as Don Jos6 in Carmen 106 Caruso as Samson in Samson et Dalila . 113 Caruso as Canio in Pagliacci 130 Caruso Making a Record courtesy Gramophone Co... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 311 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press Reprint (July 23, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313253773
• ISBN-13: 978-0313253775
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,572,482 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars seen from somebody who knew him, January 20, 2001

By	"floria11" (Dresden, Sachsen Germany) - See all my reviews

The book is written by Carusos wife, who he married 3 years before he died . She describes therefore in great detail and citing many letters by him their life and what happened, how is character was etc. She carefully leaves his private life before their marriage out (get this in "my father and my family" by Enrico Caruso jr.:-), but nevertheless - the book is great to read. The first book she wrote about him, shortly after his death (wings of song) is good too and is may be a little bit closer to truth. But to read Carusos letters in this book here is already worth the while....

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for all music lovers!, February 4, 2004

By	Melissa (Houston, Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Enrico Caruso, his life and death

Who would know more about Enrico Caruso than his wife! This book is about a man who KNEW what he was doing, how he was doing it and WHY he did it. Caruso's letters will touch your heart because he wrote them in a initable language and you will know the personal side of this great tenor. Dorthy Caruso was an excellent writer gives you an up-close and personal look in to his life and discography. There is also a very interesting appendix in the back of the book. Enrico Caruso didn't live forever but his singing did and still does today. The world will never forget him. He will always be in our hearts. I hope he is singing in Heaven.
A sound man! A sound book!