A Life - Caruso (Timson)

David Timson

2003-10-06 • Spoken Word

Tracklist

• 1
  King of Tenors: Enrico Caruso (The Life of Caruso)
  1:06
• 2
  Verdi: 'Di Quella Pira' from Il Trovatore
  1:45
• 3
  Family background
  6:34
• 4
  Cordiferro-Cardillo: 'Core 'ngrato'
  4:31
• 5
  Early Singing Lessons
  2:52
• 6
  Mascagni: 'Siciliana' from Cavalleria Rusticana
  2:12
• 7
  Caruso's First Operatic Roles
  7:06
• 8
  Cottrau: 'Fenesta Che Lucive'
  3:41
• 9
  More Auditions and Enrico Meets Puccini
  3:07
• 10
  Puccini: 'Che Gelida Manina' (part 1) From la Boheme
  1:45
• 11
  Caruso Meets Ada Giachetti
  1:12
• 12
  Puccini: 'Che Gelida Manina' (part 2)
  2:25
• 13
  Enrico and Ada
  3:15
• 14
  Giordano: 'Amor Ti Vieta' from Fedora
  1:60
• 15
  1898: St Petersburg
  1:08
• 16
  Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida
  3:24
• 17
  The 'monarch-in-waiting'
  2:51
• 18
  Puccini: 'E Lucevan Le Stelle' from Tosca
  2:43
• 19
  December 1990: Debut At la Scala
  2:02
• 20
  Donizetti: 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' from L'elisir D'amore
  4:17
• 1
  Humiliation In Naples
  3:12
• 2
  Franchetti: 'Studenti, Udite' from Germania
  2:32
• 3
  1900: Gaisberg Records Caruso
  3:04
• 4
  Verdi: 'Questa O Quella' from Rigoletto
  2:21
• 5
  1902: Covent Garden Debut With Nelly Melba
  4:12
• 6
  De Crescenzo: 'Tarantella Sincera'
  3:40
• 7
  1903: Caruso Joins the New York Metropolitan Opera
  2:27
• 8
  Verdi: 'La Donna e Mobile' from Rigoletto (1904 Version)
  2:09
• 9
  The 'King' Is Crowned
  3:17
• 10
  Donizetti: 'Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento?' from Lucia Di Lammermoor
  4:19
• 11
  1904-6: International Touring
  6:06
• 12
  Bizet: 'La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee' from Carmen
  3:53
• 13
  An Earthquake and a Brush With the Press
  9:04
• 14
  Puccini: 'Addio, Dolce Svegliare Alla Mattina' from la Boheme
  3:26
• 15
  1906: la Boheme At the Met.
  1:13
• 16
  Puccini: 'Non Ve L'avevo Detto?' from Madama Butterfly
  3:59
• 1
  Caruso's health
  4:25
• 2
  Verdi: 'Di Quella Pira' from Il Trovatore
  1:44
• 3
  1908: Family Upsets
  3:36
• 4
  Leoncavallo: 'Vesti la Giubba' from Pagliacci
  3:20
• 5
  Family and Health Problems
  4:27
• 6
  The 1909-10 Season At the Met.
  0:39
• 7
  Ponchielli: 'Cielo e Mar!' from la Gioconda
  2:50
• 8
  Mafia Interest and a Recording Contract
  4:23
• 9
  Puccini: 'Recondita Armonia' from Tosca
  2:33
• 10
  Ill health
  7:37
• 11
  1912-13: Back At the Met.
  1:35
• 12
  Puccini: 'O Soave Fanciulla' from la Boheme
  3:31
• 13
  1913-14: Covent Garden, Tosca and Aida
  3:27
• 14
  Verdi: 'Di' Tu Se Fedele' from un Ballo In Maschera
  3:05
• 15
  The War Years
  2:20
• 16
  Saint-Saens: 'Vois Ma Misere' from Samson Et Dalila
  4:38
• 17
  Fund-raising concerts
  6:43
• 18
  Rossini: 'La Danza'
  3:26
• 1
  Caruso's Daily Routine
  5:15
• 2
  Caruso's Private Life
  4:33
• 3
  O' Hara: 'Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Not Know'
  2:07
• 4
  1918-20: Marriage to Dorothy Park Benjamin
  1:09
• 5
  Verdi: 'Solenne In Quest'ora' from la Forza del Destino
  4:24
• 6
  Dorothy In Italy; Caruso On Tour
  7:46
• 7
  Halevy: 'Rachel! Quand Du Seigneur' from la Juive
  4:35
• 8
  1920: Cuba
  6:12
• 9
  1920-21: Injury and Worsening Health
  8:12
• 10
  Verdi: 'Oh! Mostruosa Colpa!' from Otello
  4:42
• 11
  Goodbye to the Met. - Caruso Retires to Naples
  1:25
• 12
  Cottrau: Neapolitan Song 'Addio a Napoli'
  3:24
• 13
  The Death of Caruso
  6:29
• 14
  Verdi: 'La Donna e Mobile' from Rigoletto (1908 Version)
  2:18