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The Great Caruso

Dramatisation of the career of legendary tenor Enrico Caruso, from his days spent singing on street corners in order to survive, to his apprenticeship in an opera chorus in Naples and his sensational success in America.

Mario Lanza himself performed the operatic arias featured in the film.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Aug 2024 12:30

Music Played

  • Mario Lanza

    Celeste Aida From Aida

  • Mario Lanza

    Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand is frozen)

  • Mario Lanza

    E Lucean Le Stelle (Tosca)

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca, Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle

    Performer: Mario Lanza.
  • Mario Lanza

    Ave Maria

  • Mario Lanza

    Sextet From Lucia Di Lammermoor

Credits

Role Contributor
Enrico Caruso Mario Lanza
Dorothy Benjamin Ann Blyth
Louise Heggar Dorothy Kirsten
Maria Selka Jarmila Novotna
Carlo Santi Richard Hageman
Park Benjamin Carl Benton Reid
Giulio Gatti-Casazza Eduard Franz
Alfredo Brazzi Ludwig Donath
Jean de Reszke Alan Napier
Antonio Scotti Pal Javor
Gino Carl Milletaire
Caruso, as a boy Peter Edward Price
Writer William Ludwig
Writer Sonya Levien
Director Richard Thorpe
Producer Joe Pasternak

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