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The Great Caruso (1951)

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Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to one, because he sings; to Dorothy's, because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel chested, loud, emotional, unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly. The film depicts Caruso's lament that "the man does not have the voice, the voice has the man": he cannot be places he wants to be, because he must be elsewhere singing, including the day his mother dies. Throughout, Mario Lanza and stars from the Met sing.

Updated May 23 2020

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US -

1951-04-16

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Keywords:

opera biography

FACTS

Runtime: 109 mins Rating: 5.9 Tag Line: The Intimate Story of a Man with a Voice as Great as His Heart!

Cast

Alan Napier

Jean de Reszke

George Chakiris

Dancer (uncredited)

Mae Clarke

Woman (uncredited)

Ann Blyth

Dorothy Benjamin

Ludwig Donath

Alfredo Brazzi

Carl Benton Reid

Park Benjamin

Richard Hageman

Carlo Santi

Eduard Franz

Giulio Gatti-Casazza