Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso (February 25 1873–August 2 1921) was one of the most famous tenors in the history of opera. Caruso was also the most popular singer in any genre in the first twenty years of the twentieth century and one of the pioneers

Enrico Caruso (February 25 1873–August 2 1921) was one of the most famous tenors in the history of opera. Caruso was also the most popular singer in any genre in the first twenty years of the twentieth century and one of the pioneers of recorded music. During his career, he made nearly 260 single track 78 rpm recordings and made millions of dollars from the sale of his records. While Caruso sang at many of the world's great opera houses including La Scala in Milan and Covent Garden in London, he is best known as the leading male singer at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for seventeen years.

Born in Naples, Italy, Caruso began his career in that city in 1894. His first big success came in 1902 in Alberto Franchetti's opera "Germania", in Milan, where he also made his first ten recordings that year.