the quality of his sound,,his power,,his production,, his vibrato ,, his support of tone, has not been equalled ... Warren was the baritonal equivalent
Pav was a vocal midget compared to Caruso. Pav had great agility with his voice but it was too small to compare to Caruso. Pavarotti was indeed a great tenor but most certainly not the greatest. His voice was too limited in volume and timbre.
¡Caruso, Caruso, ra,ra,ra! Para mi gusto, no ha habido, no hay y quién sabe si habrá, algún cantante que esté a su altura. Ojo, eso no quiere decir que na haya habido grandes cantantes, pero a veces, Caruso hasta parece barítono. Cabe preguntarse: si así suena el acompañamiento, ¿cómo sonaría Caruso en vivo? Conocí a una ancianita que lo escuchó (ella estaba en el balcón de su casa que estaba frente a la antigua Plaza de toros "El Toreo", en la ciudad de Máxico, y Caruso cantaba dentro).
That melisma is the proof of the pudding. Listen carefully, he sings in forte with every note equal- like a string of pearls- no pushing; he is beyond technique. The word "awesome" is bandied about too casually, but surely it fits here.
@pestiucul Why decide who was the better? Caruso and Pavarotti were both great . Caruso was the first to stun the world with his voice in recordings, Pavarotti did the same some half a century later.
The greatest tenor in recorded history in an original 78 recording - it can't get any better ! - If you are willing to listen a few times and willing to tune into the genious and soul of Enrico Caruso
bhè, forse dico un'eresia oppure non sento più bene ma il si naturale ultimo è stirato, si vede che aveva dato fondo a tutto il fiato. Per dire che anche nelle sfere siderali della maestria e dell'arte, esiste quell'imperfezione che fa grande l'uomo.
@chimico21: belcanto is of course "beautiful singing" as you as Italian would know. Caruso forever changed the way tenors were singing. He didn't really intend to, but he couldn't help singing his heart. Belcanto was just "beautiful singing" with emphasis on the beautify of the voice. Caruso added another dimension: the heart - the emotion. As a Neapolitan he may not have been able to or even wanted to hold back ....
@Rodolpho262: I may have misspelled a few of them as it often happens :-)
But, yes, I'm quite sure I know what I'm talking about. Before Caruso the emphasis of the tenor voice was on registers and the quality of the voice, not the emotional impact. I've uploaded a video where this is discussed: search YT for "Pavarotti- Enrico Caruso-bel canto"
@MarionetaIlluminati cleary ur the biggest idiot ever for claiming that.u shud go hide in some egg i suggest,even justin bieber is a better singer than that tranny of urs.
Incompable. The voice of the past century. No competition. When Plácido Domingo was elected the best tenor of the 20th century, he said: No, it is not me. It is Enrico Caruso.
My grandfather had early memories of Caruso visiting our family as a houseguest in Brooklyn. Unable to sing for the guests because of his contract, he would retire to the kitchen to help the cook and sing thousands of dollars worth of opera while he stirred the spaghetti pot!
@levanyzzuf Thanks for sharing this memory. I can feel the wings of history when I listen to this and imagine Caruso singing in your granpa's kitchen. Grazie mille.
@crapfacejoe i think you got a bit exited there, you dont seem to have heard Pavarotti, to be saying that he should be a shame in comparison. Not to take away anything from the great Caruso, but that part of your comment was pretty close to shameless
@learnguage Pav is seriously overrated, one only has to make comaprisons of his videos on youtube and those of Caruso, Gigli, Lanza, Del Monaco, Corelli, Schipa, Bjorling, Di Stefano... It's pretty embarassing to hear Pav after listening to these guys.
Quando eu ouço esta música cantanda pelo grande Caruso, me lembro da minha infância, quando deveria ter uns quatro ou cinco anos. porque o meu pai vivia colocando este disco na vitrola. Que interpretaçaõ magnifica.
The father of all later tenors. Incomparable. There have been many great tenors after him, but this guy created the modern tenor - without even intending to. He just sang his heart, He was a Neapolitan "peasant", but also the greatest tenor of which we have recordings. The empathy in his singing has in my opinion never been surpassed.
Spent a happy time listening to these. How, in a recording medium that is technically crap, can a voice come over with such a bell-like purity? Where, I wonder, is the soul in a recorded voice (or indeed instrument) ; not in Aphex-induced "air" or 32 bit reverb - Caruso would touch one's heart through a can-and-string telephone. I delight in this mystery......
Sadly, when an upload gains great popularity, like this one, more and more irrelevant comments are posted by people that know nothing about the subject and seem to have the sole intention of making nothing out of any artistic endeavour.
Fortunately only a small percentage of the human population is thus inclined, but one (at least I) tend to pay far too much attention to these potential inmates of insane asylums.
There is no way one can really appreciate Caruso's true talent and voice...because the difference in technology (sound/video/costumes) is just too great...In the mid-sixties there were a lot of people alive that heard and saw Luciano Pavarotti and also Errico Caruso (in the late 10s/early 20s) and they said that Pavarotti was wayyyyyy...better than Caruso; there is no way for us to really compare nor give an honest and true opinion, because we can't.
Thank you, Merrihew, for this video. I like how you did this so much, it is going into my favorites. Good job!!! Jesus, what an amazing voice. My father, who was from Italy, used to play his recordings all the time back in the 50's. Even as a little kid, I used to WISH I could sit right in front of him and hear his voice live...
Caruso was the acoustic recording era's mega-star. He made 260 recordings for Victor between 1904-1920, that promoted the sale of so many records and Victrolas. He's still regarded as the unmatched yardstick of operatic singers.
it used to be that there were many types of tenor voices (some good, some not bad, many shrill and hard on the ears) at the turn of the 20th century. then caruso arrived, and since then all operatic tenors strived to sound like him.
I'm related to him : ). He's like my great great great great grandcousin or something like that, I wish I was around when he was alive so I could've met him, he seemed like an incredible person!
Over 500 comments and I'm almost sure there's somewhere an acknowledgement I'd like to make. Caruso "invited" arangement of "La donna e mobile" we know so well - and over here we have a historic document of the way the aria had used to be interpreted before. Notice and delight :-))
Wow! One would think that in order to regain a truly great singer, one only needs to unplug all the gadgets and learn real voice projection, as this man did.
Памяти Карузо. (вариант Валерия Светлого) Слушай, душа моя, нежную песню Италии. Словно счастливая сказка сама к нам пришла. Сладко мечтая о счастье, в той сказке витали мы. Песню из сказки любовь нам сама и нашла. Голос Карузо, великого сына Италии, Нас опьяняет надеждой и славой любви. И, наконец, к берегам наслажденья пристали мы. Музыка радости нас за собою зови. Припев: Страна Италия, Ты словно песня вечная! ...
Beautiful performance! The clarity surprises me considering the records age. Wonderful video. Thank you for uploading and to CurzonRoad for sharing. Maya
Caruso heard, through a machine driven by the sheer power of his voice alone, which was engraved on a disc without any electrical or electronic intervention. Nothing gets closer to hearing the real voice. Caruso forever lives!
Caruso heard, through a machine driven by the sheer power of his voice alone, which was engraved on a disc without any electrical or electronic intervention. Nothing gets closer to hearing the real voice. Caruso forever lives!
@merrihew Its not being jaded. Its just its not new. You think in that time people were still going nuts at the invention of fire. They weren't siked about the wheel, i wont be excited about that.
@edgar867.yeah i'm a poser. i don't know who "luiciano" (as you spelt the name) is...i just have a few caruso albums on cd, and a few caruso Victrola 78's (one turned 103 years old this year). i have some opera on dvd, and some libretti...yeah, i don't really know opera~ :)
@edgar867 i don't really mind being branded a poser....i didn't know that mall kids could be fans of a man dead almost 90 years... so if you don't like caruso, why are you hanging here?
@zorkikat i'm just fucking around with you friend, i like this, he was one of the greatest if not the greatest, i was just messing around because i was bored as hell, you got some iron patience, others would have kicked my momma into the argument since the first message.
This song always sounds better on a stolen Infernos. (Lol, if you don't know what I'm talking about, then I'll tell you. I'm talking about Grand Theft Auto III, it's a game where you shoot people, steal cars, and work for the mafia. And this song happens to be on one of their "radio stations." That is why I said what I said.
Tengo 18 años y me gustaría que más jovenes escuchen a Enrique! Thank you so much
Shessish 2 weeks ago
no ese guey si que canta algo machin!!
Agrostain 4 weeks ago
very good what a voice Thank you from Australia
RolandfionaRuby123 1 month ago
I was singing this song when i was just 6 years old. Over 30 years ago.
Only it was finnish version with very dirty lyrics.
kaianttila73i 1 month ago
I very much like the way you've done this with the book photos. Thanks.
goodoldpaper 1 month ago
awesome work thx for uploading!
Geron1mo1 1 month ago
the quality of his sound,,his power,,his production,, his vibrato ,, his support of tone, has not been equalled ... Warren was the baritonal equivalent
roselandalvin 1 month ago
His Master's voice
CamiloSanchez1979 1 month ago
OMG, my ears need a cold shower...
Fanucci34 1 month ago
@garretmcclelland .....mmm....so how it comes that i understand every single world and i'm ITALIAN?
Crapacciona 1 month ago
Linda, Enrico Caruso é fenomenal.
MsLari58 1 month ago
@garretmcclelland Yep. Kinda hard for a chinese to learn french... but I want to learn french!! > <
darkrose834 1 month ago
@darkrose834 don't worry, you'll never have to learn french to understand Rigoletto, maybe italian, and always double check what people tell you..
Crapacciona 1 month ago
What is the meaning of the song?
darkrose834 2 months ago
maestro LOOK at YOUR student SINGING to CELEBRITYS..."tenor90210 D'Artagnan SINGING"...
tenor90210 2 months ago
nicely done!
fixdaserver 2 months ago
Magnificent!
hznfrst 2 months ago
very nice slideshow !!!
leito341 3 months ago
Still the unsurpassed master tenor in recorded history. He had it all - power, empathy, lyrical, dramatic, spinto. Genious.
tomfroekjaer 3 months ago
imconparable el mejor de todos
3384694 3 months ago
Bravo.He was the very best. TY merrihew for posrting.
paulostroff99 3 months ago
bravo!! bravo!!! bravo!! c'est extraordinaire!!
seyia200 3 months ago
Pav was a vocal midget compared to Caruso. Pav had great agility with his voice but it was too small to compare to Caruso. Pavarotti was indeed a great tenor but most certainly not the greatest. His voice was too limited in volume and timbre.
Mikep487 3 months ago
Caruso wasn't "A Master". he was "The Master" of Opera.
xJoeyxPr0xCheater 4 months ago
la donna , bravo. !!
jackal794 4 months ago
BRAVO!!!
jufassina 4 months ago
EL GRAN ENRICO CARUSO!!!!!!!!!!!
camilob94 4 months ago
wow great vidio, ty!
motorolahola 4 months ago
Caruso will always be a legend. But honestly, imo, I don't think any recording of this song beats Pavarotti's 1971 recording.
rockmeistro 4 months ago
@UnufcE Why would you say that? Hey, it might not be entirely true, that's just the story that was recorded in my grandfather's biography.
levanyzzuf 5 months ago
41 ignorantes
brutaldmcccp 5 months ago 30
excepcional, maravilloso, no hay adjetivos para calificar a esta leyenda
ergis27 5 months ago
¡Caruso, Caruso, ra,ra,ra! Para mi gusto, no ha habido, no hay y quién sabe si habrá, algún cantante que esté a su altura. Ojo, eso no quiere decir que na haya habido grandes cantantes, pero a veces, Caruso hasta parece barítono. Cabe preguntarse: si así suena el acompañamiento, ¿cómo sonaría Caruso en vivo? Conocí a una ancianita que lo escuchó (ella estaba en el balcón de su casa que estaba frente a la antigua Plaza de toros "El Toreo", en la ciudad de Máxico, y Caruso cantaba dentro).
noveniaguerra 6 months ago 2
beyond Pavarotti
mauriciomille 6 months ago
Favoloso, altro che Lanza.....
federricoilgrande 6 months ago
maestro let me sing for you! "tenor90210 La Donna e mobile"
tenor90210 6 months ago
lanza is my favorite but caruso was def a magnificent voice
bigrocky73 6 months ago in playlist BIGLAZ
Marvelous! I remember hearing this from an old cartoon (aaah, old cartoons!), but I don't know which, anyone has an idea?
newredsocks 6 months ago
@newredsocks I bet it was a Bugs Bunny toon.
Sylanx 6 months ago
That melisma is the proof of the pudding. Listen carefully, he sings in forte with every note equal- like a string of pearls- no pushing; he is beyond technique. The word "awesome" is bandied about too casually, but surely it fits here.
45oldbear 6 months ago 17
@45oldbear Couldn't have said it better.
danyluis 5 months ago
bravissimo...........
ricardofrancis100 6 months ago
i remeber this from GTA 3
MovieHound17 6 months ago
MAESTRO! let me sing FOR YOU,,,"tenor90210 la donna e mobile"
D3K0135 6 months ago
Damnnnnn. That, children, is what is known as Phrasing.
flicfan416 7 months ago
who is better , Caruso or Pavarotti? i cant decide
pestiucul 7 months ago
@pestiucul Why decide who was the better? Caruso and Pavarotti were both great . Caruso was the first to stun the world with his voice in recordings, Pavarotti did the same some half a century later.
tomfroekjaer 7 months ago 2
not a patch on Pavo
blahdiblah2010 7 months ago
The greatest tenor in recorded history in an original 78 recording - it can't get any better ! - If you are willing to listen a few times and willing to tune into the genious and soul of Enrico Caruso
tomfroekjaer 7 months ago
Well done. Very interesting.
jobirgheidi 7 months ago
thank you so much
KielerSchlamperich 7 months ago
I like "La Banda Limón" better
Megarafaelgomez 7 months ago
My late brother once recorded this song on a 78rpm back in the 50s.He thought he was going to be another Caruso.
vincent5august 7 months ago
my gandfather made suits for enrico caruso. He was a visitor to my grandfather's home. He sang lullabys to my mother
alfredh50 7 months ago
He's the greatest. Even I think this, although most of the time, I listen to rock and hip hop
toblerone251186 7 months ago
robba bona chistu carus e stat nu grand tenor .
melofaiilpiacere 7 months ago
i love to sing this song!
tenor90210 8 months ago
extraordinario!
tenor90210 8 months ago
I've got a question. Are there also recordings of Caruso just when he speaks? I'm curious of how his speakingvoice sounded.
Masknick 8 months ago
@Masknick No, unfortunately, There are no recordings of his speaking voice. Only studio recording (and no live recordings) of him singing.
tomfroekjaer 8 months ago
@tomfroekjaer Ahw, that's a pity. I thought on youtube are some live recordings of Caruso?
Masknick 8 months ago
@Masknick ????? Caruso died in 1921!!!
zagibonteese 8 months ago
@zagibonteese Yes I know.
Masknick 8 months ago
es cierto eran buenos tiempos pero gracias a la tecnologia ahora esta hermoza musica es para todos
necropolis3030 8 months ago
saludos desde Mexico!!
vampirodrako 9 months ago
que cancion!!!!!
tenor90210 9 months ago
sehr schönes einfaches Vid für den "besten Tenor aller Zeiten" - und man muss die
Sachen ja auch da haben. Echtheit vor Videotricks und Nachbearbeitung - macht
wirklich Spaß. Dank an den Sammler, das mit uns zu teilen.
Pushpower1 9 months ago
@Pushpower1
Caruso war eindeutig der Größte, da kommt Keine/r nach.......................
INUIT3333 9 months ago 3
maestro,one day we'll sing together...
tenor90210 10 months ago
bhè, forse dico un'eresia oppure non sento più bene ma il si naturale ultimo è stirato, si vede che aveva dato fondo a tutto il fiato. Per dire che anche nelle sfere siderali della maestria e dell'arte, esiste quell'imperfezione che fa grande l'uomo.
sincrotto 10 months ago
el tenor de tenores maestro enrico carusso
20082500571 10 months ago
W Mantova! W ITALIA !
emagan79 11 months ago
Каков брацы удалец!
Не кричит,а кружево плетет из чудесного голоса для Девы Марии!
Граф Сморчевский-Потоцкий,Россия,Москва.2011 год
Smorchevsky 11 months ago
Kíváló a sziciliai tenor! *
A dal szerzői is*
macococo1 11 months ago
Iìm Italian. and I would like to know onething: what do you know and think about "belcanto"
chimico21 11 months ago
@chimico21: belcanto is of course "beautiful singing" as you as Italian would know. Caruso forever changed the way tenors were singing. He didn't really intend to, but he couldn't help singing his heart. Belcanto was just "beautiful singing" with emphasis on the beautify of the voice. Caruso added another dimension: the heart - the emotion. As a Neapolitan he may not have been able to or even wanted to hold back ....
tomfroekjaer 11 months ago
@tomfroekjaer
Are you sure of your words?
Rodolpho262 11 months ago
@Rodolpho262: I may have misspelled a few of them as it often happens :-)
But, yes, I'm quite sure I know what I'm talking about. Before Caruso the emphasis of the tenor voice was on registers and the quality of the voice, not the emotional impact. I've uploaded a video where this is discussed: search YT for "Pavarotti- Enrico Caruso-bel canto"
tomfroekjaer 11 months ago
@tomfroekjaer Thank you very much!!
chimico21 11 months ago
what a tenor!!!!!!!!
BrooksMusicOfficial 11 months ago
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Lady Gaga is better tha this italian hustler.His voice is AWFUL. GAGA FOREVER.
MarionetaIlluminati 11 months ago
@MarionetaIlluminati cleary ur the biggest idiot ever for claiming that.u shud go hide in some egg i suggest,even justin bieber is a better singer than that tranny of urs.
akuanakpenangygadil 11 months ago
@MarionetaIlluminati she should remove the a from her name . gag is more like it !
btflash55 11 months ago
b r a v o ! beautiful! Greets Inge
PreuschoffPerrier 11 months ago
what a tenor! I'm a tenor bcz.of Enrico "Limmopera meet Sergio"
tenor90210 11 months ago
Incompable. The voice of the past century. No competition. When Plácido Domingo was elected the best tenor of the 20th century, he said: No, it is not me. It is Enrico Caruso.
tomfroekjaer 11 months ago 3
Superb as usual for him.TY for posting.
paulostroff99 11 months ago
wow this was a 78 record i grew up with this music... love it and love u dad
ItalianoGrace 11 months ago 2
maestro you are with God and you still are teaching me,check me "Limmopera meet Sergio"
tenor90210 1 year ago
My grandfather had early memories of Caruso visiting our family as a houseguest in Brooklyn. Unable to sing for the guests because of his contract, he would retire to the kitchen to help the cook and sing thousands of dollars worth of opera while he stirred the spaghetti pot!
levanyzzuf 1 year ago 137
@levanyzzuf wow, this is really cool ! Those were good times...
andreacaccese 8 months ago
@levanyzzuf Your grandfather was such an extremely lucky man!! Ö
DastodlichKaninchen 7 months ago
@levanyzzuf
Oh you must have wonderful memories.. My Grandparents talked about him as if he was a relative.. so of course I thought he was ..lol
we lived in Brooklyn, NY was well.
but I was born about 40 years after the Great Caruso passed away.
thanks for sharing.
zarconegullcottage 7 months ago
@levanyzzuf Thanks for sharing this memory. I can feel the wings of history when I listen to this and imagine Caruso singing in your granpa's kitchen. Grazie mille.
Swedejim 6 months ago 2
@levanyzzuf you are damn lucky
VSOctavian 4 months ago
@levanyzzuf Wow, that's actually really cool man!
goathead111 4 months ago 2
@levanyzzuf Your grandpa was a lucky man, indeed.
1999521 3 weeks ago
Caruso's voice rings out from the grave like a thunderbolt. He puts the new generation of tenors to shame, including dead ones like Pavarotti.
crapfacejoe 1 year ago
@crapfacejoe: just love your comment! Why not tell it as it is - I didn't have the courage myself!
If you look at my channel (and my website), it's all about the one and only Enrico Caruso.
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
@crapfacejoe i think you got a bit exited there, you dont seem to have heard Pavarotti, to be saying that he should be a shame in comparison. Not to take away anything from the great Caruso, but that part of your comment was pretty close to shameless
learnguage 1 year ago
@learnguage Pav is seriously overrated, one only has to make comaprisons of his videos on youtube and those of Caruso, Gigli, Lanza, Del Monaco, Corelli, Schipa, Bjorling, Di Stefano... It's pretty embarassing to hear Pav after listening to these guys.
crapfacejoe 1 year ago
My father loved Caruso. Thank you for this.
peabert7 1 year ago
Quando eu ouço esta música cantanda pelo grande Caruso, me lembro da minha infância, quando deveria ter uns quatro ou cinco anos. porque o meu pai vivia colocando este disco na vitrola. Que interpretaçaõ magnifica.
SergioCardosoLima 1 year ago
Enrico, the greatest. Unico e irrepetible.
MMIFO 1 year ago
Primoroso!!! SBC-SP 22-01-11
ailtonpo 1 year ago
enrico caruso or enrico palazzo?? hehehe great song
4ntonioValencia 1 year ago
he lived where i live now !
(:
x3drugsrawr 1 year ago
The father of all later tenors. Incomparable. There have been many great tenors after him, but this guy created the modern tenor - without even intending to. He just sang his heart, He was a Neapolitan "peasant", but also the greatest tenor of which we have recordings. The empathy in his singing has in my opinion never been surpassed.
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
che peccato che nn ci sono più i dischi in vinile ... :(
17sam71 1 year ago
amazing voice and man !!
usernamemikisok 1 year ago
Timeless in both content and form!
PMishkin 1 year ago
Bravo Enrico! Still..the greatest of all time.
hithard57 1 year ago 2
Spent a happy time listening to these. How, in a recording medium that is technically crap, can a voice come over with such a bell-like purity? Where, I wonder, is the soul in a recorded voice (or indeed instrument) ; not in Aphex-induced "air" or 32 bit reverb - Caruso would touch one's heart through a can-and-string telephone. I delight in this mystery......
GodOverDemon 1 year ago
im direkten Vergleich fällt Jan Kiepura besser aus. Zu viel Schauspiel zu wenig Stimme.
2421imeon 1 year ago
Caruso is Opera's genius.
michellekwan483 1 year ago 31
And again Caruso is the one to beat. But no one's managed to do that yet.
FoxPlant2006 1 year ago
@FoxPlant2006 lol listen to fritz wunderlich, wunderlich "managed" that :)
Diienen 1 year ago
Pensate un po' un tenore come CARUSO con la tecnica musicistica di oggi quale vedetta sarebbe stato...
carpi2051 1 year ago
that's great. Thank you!
cirrato1991 1 year ago
Thank you!
vparonto 1 year ago
e dizem que os tenores de hoje são bons.....
fabiocenamo14 1 year ago
Wow! Tremendous. Thank you.
zzpippy 1 year ago
Great! Scratches and all.
loufalce 1 year ago
Italian Pride!!!
draziom902 1 year ago
Lui si che mi rende orgoglioso di essere italiano!
SuperCrazyAlby 1 year ago 2
this 78 makes my digitally remastered version of La Donna e Mobile sound like garbage. i wish i could find one in working condition.
ixceix 1 year ago
Sadly, when an upload gains great popularity, like this one, more and more irrelevant comments are posted by people that know nothing about the subject and seem to have the sole intention of making nothing out of any artistic endeavour.
Fortunately only a small percentage of the human population is thus inclined, but one (at least I) tend to pay far too much attention to these potential inmates of insane asylums.
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago 3
See? A mans voice can be beautiful, even without any computer aid. Auto-tune has ruined music for future generations.
inamerica55585 1 year ago
His voice is so amazing and Powerful, It gives me Chills.
nerfwarsattack 1 year ago
this guy cant even sing
alhaqiqa1 1 year ago
@alhaqiqa1 Really? Haha.
thenaj88 1 year ago
@alhaqiqa1 Are you on crack????
aleztfu 1 year ago
Amazing.
ezikah 1 year ago
There is no way one can really appreciate Caruso's true talent and voice...because the difference in technology (sound/video/costumes) is just too great...In the mid-sixties there were a lot of people alive that heard and saw Luciano Pavarotti and also Errico Caruso (in the late 10s/early 20s) and they said that Pavarotti was wayyyyyy...better than Caruso; there is no way for us to really compare nor give an honest and true opinion, because we can't.
bvb7589 1 year ago
33 people must be justin bieber's fans
xjpl84 1 year ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
@xjpl84 Who's justin bieber?
seektheforce 1 year ago
Thank you, Merrihew, for this video. I like how you did this so much, it is going into my favorites. Good job!!! Jesus, what an amazing voice. My father, who was from Italy, used to play his recordings all the time back in the 50's. Even as a little kid, I used to WISH I could sit right in front of him and hear his voice live...
puppiefaces 1 year ago
Caruso was the acoustic recording era's mega-star. He made 260 recordings for Victor between 1904-1920, that promoted the sale of so many records and Victrolas. He's still regarded as the unmatched yardstick of operatic singers.
pgh45rpms 1 year ago
Always when i hear that i get hungry
Arjetube 1 year ago
it used to be that there were many types of tenor voices (some good, some not bad, many shrill and hard on the ears) at the turn of the 20th century. then caruso arrived, and since then all operatic tenors strived to sound like him.
SteelyDamned 1 year ago
Oh, thank you so much! I needed *just* this today. My fiance didn't know why I squee'd when I saw the name Caruso, but *now* ze does!
teland793 1 year ago
he pronounces it
"mobile - " where as more recent singers usually pronounce it "mo - bile"
and I wonder if most italians are able to understand every words that opera singers sing.
simhopp 1 year ago
Truly amazing! Thank you!
meatballpoorboy 1 year ago
this song was played perfectly by Pavarotti
SorinFromRomania 1 year ago
Beautiful - thank you merrihew for making this available. I have never heard Caruso sing before this...
kabiya1062 1 year ago
Enrico Caruso the Greatest tenor EVER
kombatzero 1 year ago
This is just great! A very great voice, musicality and heart, and technique to burn - a miracle of nature.
troppofiato 1 year ago
His voice is perfect for this song. Pavarotti is great, no doubt, but Caruso just commands it effortlessly.
vhreio 1 year ago
I'm related to him : ). He's like my great great great great grandcousin or something like that, I wish I was around when he was alive so I could've met him, he seemed like an incredible person!
jewingten 1 year ago
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Still THE standard by which all later performances/interpretations of this aria are judged.
And it was recorded more than 100 years ago!
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
Just perfect!
curkiputas 1 year ago
sei grosso Caruso!!!
diefee28 1 year ago
Over 500 comments and I'm almost sure there's somewhere an acknowledgement I'd like to make. Caruso "invited" arangement of "La donna e mobile" we know so well - and over here we have a historic document of the way the aria had used to be interpreted before. Notice and delight :-))
operamaniak81 1 year ago
This dude sings like Dracula.
fatkidsgettinghurt 1 year ago
Wow! One would think that in order to regain a truly great singer, one only needs to unplug all the gadgets and learn real voice projection, as this man did.
danekjovax 1 year ago
I Love his voice
and wow theirs one survivor of those things (disk player)
animefanatica 1 year ago
fafyfcmtd100 1 year ago
Thank You! ☼
racingracing 1 year ago
nama
mama
vitas
akato1 1 year ago
this video has style! :D
abgdez 1 year ago
the magic school de l`U...
svjatazarov 1 year ago
He is my Great,great,great,great Grandfather :P
MrPresidentalbiz 1 year ago
Beautiful performance! The clarity surprises me considering the records age. Wonderful video. Thank you for uploading and to CurzonRoad for sharing. Maya
mayatatyana1 1 year ago
Beautiful performance! The clarity surprises me considering the records age. Wonderful video. Thank you. Maya
mayatatyana1 1 year ago
how could you dislike this?
MyFightQuest 1 year ago
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Caruso heard, through a machine driven by the sheer power of his voice alone, which was engraved on a disc without any electrical or electronic intervention. Nothing gets closer to hearing the real voice. Caruso forever lives!
zorkikat 1 year ago
Caruso heard, through a machine driven by the sheer power of his voice alone, which was engraved on a disc without any electrical or electronic intervention. Nothing gets closer to hearing the real voice. Caruso forever lives!
zorkikat 1 year ago 18
@zorkikat We are so jaded today that we don't appreciate what a miracle this invention was at the time.
merrihew 1 year ago 21
@merrihew I like listening to records. the scratches add character.
Martintheauthor 1 year ago
@merrihew Its not being jaded. Its just its not new. You think in that time people were still going nuts at the invention of fire. They weren't siked about the wheel, i wont be excited about that.
ItsNotColdEnough 1 year ago
@zorkikat: think of it as a fruitful compromise;-)
N9155E 1 year ago
@zorkikat luiciano beats him!! you poser hail true opera!! XDDDDDD
edgar867 1 year ago
@edgar867
zorkikat 1 year ago
@edgar867.yeah i'm a poser. i don't know who "luiciano" (as you spelt the name) is...i just have a few caruso albums on cd, and a few caruso Victrola 78's (one turned 103 years old this year). i have some opera on dvd, and some libretti...yeah, i don't really know opera~ :)
zorkikat 1 year ago
@zorkikat hahaha, dude you're such a poser everyone knows enrico is for kids who go to the mall to show how opera they are dude, XDDDDD
edgar867 1 year ago
@edgar867 i don't really mind being branded a poser....i didn't know that mall kids could be fans of a man dead almost 90 years... so if you don't like caruso, why are you hanging here?
zorkikat 1 year ago
@zorkikat i'm just fucking around with you friend, i like this, he was one of the greatest if not the greatest, i was just messing around because i was bored as hell, you got some iron patience, others would have kicked my momma into the argument since the first message.
edgar867 1 year ago
Records > Mp3s
Saku19 1 year ago
This song always sounds better on a stolen Infernos. (Lol, if you don't know what I'm talking about, then I'll tell you. I'm talking about Grand Theft Auto III, it's a game where you shoot people, steal cars, and work for the mafia. And this song happens to be on one of their "radio stations." That is why I said what I said.
420LaYzIe420 1 year ago
rawr
ThePlasticSpatula 1 year ago
Bellisima
aicdethfan84 1 year ago