Previously unpublished private papers of Italian tenor chart the singers rise to fame and troubled personal life
The previously unpublished private papers of Enrico Caruso, one of the greatest singers of the last century, have come to light for the first time. Love letters with the passion of a Puccini opera are among hundreds of documents charting his rise to world fame and his troubled personal life.
Caruso is such an important figure in the history of performed music that an archive offering new insight into his life, career and vocal technique is significant. It was unavailable even to his son, Enrico Caruso Jr, as he was writing his fathers biography in 1990.
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