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Enrico CARUSO (tenor) (1873-1920)
A Life in Words and Music
Written and Narrated by David Timson
CD 1
King of Tenors: Enrico Caruso
Family background
Early singing lessons
Caruso's first operatic roles
More auditions and Enrico meets Puccini
Caruso meets Ada Giachetti
Enrico and Ada
1898: St Petersburg
The 'monarch-in-waiting'
December 1900: debut at La Scala
CD 2
Humiliation in Naples
1900: Gaisberg records Caruso
1902: Covent Garden debut with Nelly Melba
1903: Caruso joins the New York Metropolitan Opera
The 'King' is crowned
1904-6: international touring
An earthquake and a brush with the press
1906: La Boheme at the Met.
CD 3
Caruso's health
1908: family upsets
Family and health problems
The 1909-10 season at the Met.

Mafia interest and a recording contract
Ill health 1912-13: back at the Met.
1913-14: Covent Garden, Tosca and Aida
The war years
Fund-raising concerts
CD 4
Caruso's daily routine
Caruso's private life
1918