The Great Caruso sings Lensky's aria from Eugene Onegin. 1916. (In French)

This is a somewhat unusual Caruso recording. The great tenor did not often venture outside the Italian and French repertoire. Linguistically, it is a bit of a hodgepodge: an Italian tenor singing a Russian aria in French. I doubt , to be honest, if this recording occasioned any suicides among Russian tenors, but it is nonetheless interesting as a curiosity, simply because it is the great Caruso.

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Music

Tags:

• Caruso
• sings
• Lensky's
• aria
• from
• Eugene
• Onegin.
• 1916
• opera
• tenor
• Tchaikovsky
• Евгений
• Онегин

[MrGer2295]

MOLTO BELLO!!! Thank you Sir Edmund for sharing this Wonderful and Rare Performance of Great Italian Tenor ENRICO CARUSO (1873-1921).

[EdmundStAustell]

@MrGer2295 Thank you very much.

[Jarosby]

I like Caruso, but it isn't cool.

Lemeshev and Sobinov the best in this role))

[EdmundStAustell]

@Jarosby I absolutely agree with you. I posted this for historical interest only. My vote would go to Sergei Lemeshev, who by the way, adored Sobinov, to such an extent that when Lemehev was a student at the Moscow conservatory he intentionally copied Sobinov's phrasing, prounciation, dynamics, everything. When his teacher heard him, he lowered the boom, and told him to concentrate on being Lemeshev 1 instead of Sobinov 2 !! Good advice for any singer:-)

[oniks8074]

@EdmundStAustell invite you to listen to this version)

Денис Королёв (Ария Ленского) Опера "Евгений Онегин"

[EdmundStAustell]

@oniks8074 Я посмотрел видео. Вы правы! Он отлично! Спасибо за рекомендацию!

[MrWolfring]

It's not Lensky. This man could kill Onegin anyway. )))

But Caruso's voice is perfect.

[meltzerboy]

My only criticism of this performance is the fast tempo. I know there is a time constraint for these old recordings, but I doubt it has to be this fast. Otherwise, Caruso's voice is rich and golden as ever and his French passable, better than that of many other Italian tenors. (Caruso, like Chaliapin, was never satisfied with his singing in French.) I do prefer the performances of Gedda and Bjorling; however, Caruso is always good to her. Thanks for posting, Edmund!

[oniks8074]

@EdmundStAustell I still like Fritz Wunderlich, he sang a very in Russian

[oniks8074]

@EdmundStAustell Thank you for Caruso)

[angelartiz]

@MrWolfring :)

[mombobombo]

YOU ARE THE GREATEST!!!! Thank You GOD for this singer!!!