Research Catalog

Title

Enrico Caruso [electronic resource] : a life in words and music / [written and narrated by David Timson].

Author

Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921.

Publication

[Hong Kong] : Naxos Music Library, [2007]

Details

Additional Authors

• Timson, David.
• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
• Cardillo, S. (Salvatore).
• Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945.
• Cottrau, Teodoro, 1827-1879.
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
• Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948.
• Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
• Franchetti, Alberto.
• De Crescenzo, Vincenzo, 1875-1964.
• Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
• Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919.
• Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
• Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
• Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
• O'Hara, Geoffrey, 1882-1967.
• Halévy, F., 1799-1862.

Alternative Title

Life in words and music

Subjects

• Streaming audio
• Songs (High voice) with orchestra
• Operas > Excerpts
• Composers > Biography
• Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921

Genre/Form

Streaming audio.

Note

• Includes program notes.
• "Includes over 30 original recordings from 1902-1920"--Booklet cover.

Credits (note)

• Restored by Ward Marston.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available as compact disc; previously issued as Naxos 8.558131--8.558134.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.
• System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.

Language (note)

• Songs sung in Italian or French; narrated in English.

Contents

King of tenors, Enrico Caruso (1:05) -- Il trovatore. Di quella pira / Giuseppe Verdi (1:44) -- Family background (6:34) -- Core'ngrato / Cordiferro-Cardillo (4:31) -- Early singing lessons (2:51) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Siciliana / Pietro Mascagni (2:12) -- Caruso's first operatic roles (7:06) -- Fenesta che lucive / Teodoro Cottrau (3:41) -- More auditions and Enrico meets Puccini (3:06) -- La bohème. Che gelida manina (part 2) / Giacomo Puccini (2:25) -- Enrico and Ada (3:14) -- Fedora. Amor ti vieta / Umberto Giordano (1:59) -- 1898, St. Petersburg (1:08) -- Aïda. Celeste Aïda / G. Verdi (3:24) -- The "monarch-in-waiting" (2:50) -- Tosca. E lucevan le stelle / G. Puccini (2:42) -- December 1990, debut at La Scala (2:01) -- L'elisir damore. Una furtiva lagrima / Gaetano Donizetti (4:17) -- Humiliation in Naples (3:11) -- Germania. Studenti, udite / Alberto Franchetti (3:04) -- 1900, Gaisberg records Caruso (3:04) -- Rigoletto. Questa o quella / G. Verdi (2:20) -- 1902, Covent Garden debut with Nelly Melba (4:11) -- Tarantella sincera / Vincenzo de Cescenzo (3:40) -- 1903, Caruso joins the New York Metropolitan Opera (2:26) -- Rigoletto (1904 version). La donna e mobile / G. Verdi (2:08) -- The "King" is crowned (3:16) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Chi mi frena in tal momento? / G. Donizetti (4:19) -- 1904-6, international touring (6:05) -- Carmen. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée / George Bizet (3:53) -- An earthquake and a brush with the press (9:04) -- La bohème. Addio, dolce svegliare alla mattina / G. Puccini (3:25) -- 1906, La bohème at the Met (1:13) -- Madama Butterfly. Non ve l'avevo detto? / G. Puccini (3:58) -- Caruso's health (4:25) -- Il trovatore. Di quella pira / G. Verdi (1:44) -- 1908, family upsets (3:36) -- Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba / Ruggiero Leoncavallo (3:20) -- Family and health problems (4:27) -- The 1909-10 season at the Met (:38) -- La giaconda. Cielo e mar! / Amilcare Ponchielli (2:49) -- Mafia interest and a recording contract (4:23) -- Tosca. Recondita armonia / G. Puccini (2:32) -- Ill health (7:37) -- 1912-13, back at the Met (1:35) -- La bohème. O soave fanciulla / G. Puccini (3:30) -- 1913-14, Covent Garden, Tosca and Aïda (3:27) -- Un ballo in maschera. Di' tu se fedele / G. Verdi (3:04) -- The war years (2:19) -- Samson et Dalila. Vois ma misère / Camille Saint-Saëns (4:37) -- Fund-raising concerts (6:43) -- La danza / Gioacchino Rossini (3:26) -- Caruso's daily routine (5:14) -- Caruso's private life (4:32) -- Your eyes have told me what I did not know / Geoffrey O'Hara (2:06) -- 1918-20, marriage to Dorothy Park Benjamin (1:09) -- La forza del destino. Solenne in quest'ora / G. Verdi (4:23) -- Dorothy in Italy ; Caruso on tour (7:45) -- La juive. Rachel! quand du seigneur / F. Halévy (4:34) -- 1920, Cuba (6:11) -- 1920-21, injury and worsening health (8:12) -- Otello. Oh! mostruosa colpa! / G. Verdi (4:42) -- Goodbye to the Met ; Caruso retires to Naples (1:25) -- Neapolitan song "Addio a Napoli" / T. Cottrau (3:23) -- The death of Caruso (6:29) -- Rigoletto (1908 version). La donna e mobile / G. Verdi (2:17).

ISBN

• 1843790645
• 9781843790648

OCLC

144526912

Author

Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921. voc

Title

Enrico Caruso [electronic resource] : a life in words and music / [written and narrated by David Timson].

Imprint

[Hong Kong] : Naxos Music Library, [2007]

System Details

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.

System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.

Performer

Enrico Caruso, tenor ; with unidentified orchestras and conductors ; David Timson, narrator.

Credits

Restored by Ward Marston.

Additional Formats

Also available as compact disc; previously issued as Naxos 8.558131--8.558134.

Language

Songs sung in Italian or French; narrated in English.

Connect to:

Access Naxos Music Library

Added Author

Timson, David. Author. Narrator

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Operas. Selections.

Cardillo, S. (Salvatore). Core 'ngrato.

Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945. Cavalleria rusticana. O Lola.

Cottrau, Teodoro, 1827-1879. Fenesta che lucive.

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Operas. Selections.

Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948. Fedora. Amor ti vieta.

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Elisir d'amore. Furtiva lagrima.

Franchetti, Alberto. Germania. Studenti, udite.

De Crescenzo, Vincenzo, 1875-1964. Tarantella sincera.

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Fleur que tu m'avais jetée.

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba.

Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886. Gioconda. Cielo e mar.

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Samson et Dalila. Vois ma misère, hélas!

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Soirées musicales. Danza.

O'Hara, Geoffrey, 1882-1967. Your eyes have told me what I did not know.

Halévy, F., 1799-1862. Juive. Rachel! quand du Seigneur la grâce tutélaire.

Other Form:

Compact disc version (OCoLC)56098925

Publisher No.

8.558131-34 Naxos Music Library

Branch Call Number

eNYPL Music