A LIFE - CARUSO (TIMSON)

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The Life of Caruso (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
David Timson, reader


1.   King of Tenors: Enrico Caruso - 1:05
2.   Verdi: 'Di quella pira' from Il trovatore - 1:44
3.   Family background - 6:34
4.   Cordiferro-Cardillo: 'Core 'ngrato' - 4:31
5.   Early singing lessons - 2:51
6.   Mascagni: 'Siciliana' from Cavalleria rusticana - 2:12
7.   Caruso's first operatic roles - 7:06
8.   Cottrau: 'Fenesta che lucive' - 3:41
9.   More auditions and Enrico meets Puccini - 3:06
10.   Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' (part 1) from La Boheme - 1:45
11.   Caruso meets Ada Giachetti - 1:11
12.   Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' (part 2) - 2:25
13.   Enrico and Ada - 3:14
14.   Giordano: 'Amor ti vieta' from Fedora - 1:59
15.   1898: St Petersburg - 1:08
16.   Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida - 3:24
17.   The 'monarch-in-waiting' - 2:50
18.   Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 2:42
19.   December 1990: debut at La Scala - 2:01
20.   Donizetti: 'Una furtiva lagrima' from L'elisir d'amore - 4:17

The Life of Caruso (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
David Timson, reader


1.   Humiliation in Naples - 3:11
2.   Franchetti: 'Studenti, udite' from Germania - 2:31
3.   1900: Gaisberg records Caruso - 3:04
4.   Verdi: 'Questa o quella' from Rigoletto - 2:20
5.   1902: Covent Garden debut with Nelly Melba - 4:11
6.   De Crescenzo: 'Tarantella sincera' - 3:40
7.   1903: Caruso joins the New York Metropolitan Opera - 2:26
8.   Verdi: 'La donna e mobile' from Rigoletto (1904 version) - 2:08
9.   The 'King' is crowned - 3:16
10.   Donizetti: 'Chi mi frena in tal momento?' from Lucia di Lammermoor - 4:19
11.   1904-6: international touring - 6:05
12.   Bizet: 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetee' from Carmen - 3:53
13.   An earthquake and a brush with the press - 9:04
14.   Puccini: 'Addio, dolce svegliare alla mattina' from La Boheme - 3:25
15.   1906: La Boheme at the Met. - 1:13
16.   Puccini: 'Non ve l'avevo detto?' from Madama Butterfly - 3:58

The Life of Caruso (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
David Timson, reader


1.   Caruso's health - 4:25
2.   Verdi: 'Di quella pira' from Il trovatore - 1:44
3.   1908: family upsets - 3:36
4.   Leoncavallo: 'Vesti la giubba' from Pagliacci - 3:20
5.   Family and health problems - 4:27
6.   The 1909-10 season at the Met. - 0:38
7.   Ponchielli: 'Cielo e mar!' from La Gioconda - 2:49
8.   Mafia interest and a recording contract - 4:23
9.   Puccini: 'Recondita armonia' from Tosca - 2:32
10.   Ill health - 7:37
11.   1912-13: back at the Met. - 1:35
12.   Puccini: 'O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 3:30
13.   1913-14: Covent Garden, Tosca and Aida - 3:27
14.   Verdi: 'Di' tu se fedele' from Un ballo in maschera - 3:04
15.   The war years - 2:19
16.   Saint-Saens: 'Vois ma misere' from Samson et Dalila - 4:37
17.   Fund-raising concerts - 6:43
18.   Rossini: 'La danza' - 3:26

The Life of Caruso (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
David Timson, reader


1.   Caruso's daily routine - 5:14
2.   Caruso's private life - 4:32
3.   O' Hara: 'Your eyes have told me what I did not know' - 2:06
4.   1918-20: marriage to Dorothy Park Benjamin - 1:09
5.   Verdi: 'Solenne in quest'ora' from La forza del destino - 4:23
6.   Dorothy in Italy; Caruso on tour - 7:45
7.   Halevy: 'Rachel! Quand du seigneur' from La Juive - 4:34
8.   1920: Cuba - 6:11
9.   1920-21: injury and worsening health - 8:12
10.   Verdi: 'Oh! mostruosa colpa!' from Otello - 4:42
11.   Goodbye to the Met. - Caruso retires to Naples - 1:25
12.   Cottrau: Neapolitan Song 'Addio a Napoli' - 3:23
13.   The death of Caruso - 6:29
14.   Verdi: 'La donna e mobile' from Rigoletto (1908 version) - 2:17

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