Enrico Caruso
1873
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1921
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: opera
country of citizenship: Kingdom of Italy
native language: Italian
languages spoken, written or signed: Italian
occupation: opera singer
award received: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Enrico Caruso (, US also , Italian: [enˈriːko kaˈruːzo]; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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