Enrico Caruso was considered one of the greatest tenors ever known. Mario Lanza, himself a renown tenor, plays the title role. Studying Caruso’s recordings over some years, Lanza sings twenty-seven songs with such passion and sentiment that the result is an outstanding and worthy tribute to the talents of both tenors. The story traces Caruso’s career as a cafe singer through to his career at the famous Met. It also follows his happy marriage to Dorothy Benjamin played by Ann Blyth and the troubles he experienced with her family. “The Great Caruso” is a musical feast and includes favourite arias from composers such as Verdi and Puccini. Based on Dorothy Caruso’s biography of her husband.
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ACMI Identifier
305944
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Music & Performing Arts → Caruso, Enrico, 1973-1921
Music & Performing Arts → Operas - Excerpts
Music & Performing Arts → Singers - Biography
Music & Performing Arts → Tenors (Singers)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)