Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921)
Enrico Caruso, the quintessential Italian tenor, was the most beloved singer of his day. Critics agreed that he was also probably the best. Known throughout the Western wo...
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Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) was an Italian tenor who was an early recording artist and the foremost Metropolitan Opera attraction for a generation. For power, sweetness, and versatility his voice was wi...
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Dec 7 (Reuters) - Milan's La Scala opera house, whose
history is intertwined with Italy's, launches its 2007-2008
season with Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" with Daniel Barenboim
picking up the bat...
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Nov 23 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on Nov. 30 since 1900: 1900 - The Irish wit and dramatist Oscar Wilde died in
poverty in Paris, having earlier served two...
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Today is Monday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2007. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 24, 1814, the War of 1812 officially ended as the ...
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Rome (dpa) - Luciano Pavarotti, the legendary Italian tenor who
turned opera arias like Nessun Dorma into global pop hits, died
Thursday at the age of 71.
Big...
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Today is Friday, November 23, the 327th day of 2007. There are 38 days left in the year.Highlights in history on this date:1499 - Perkin Warbeck, pretender to English throne, is executed.1531 - Pea...
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Luciano Pavarotti was bigger than life _ the oversized belly, huge handkerchief, grandiose lifestyle and ever-present grin that shone like a beacon. He backed it up with a voice of intense focus an...
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Berlin (dpa) - Regarded as the building's "godfather," Kaiser
Wilhelm 11 personally put in an appearance when the legendary Adlon
Hotel was opened on Berlin's Pariser Platz ...
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Enrico BanducciSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — Enrico Banducci, who provided a stage for up-and-coming comedians such as Mort Sahl, Woody Allen and Bill Cosby at his hungry i nightclub dur...
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Legend has it that Italian opera star Enrico Caruso rode out the 1906 earthquake in the Palace Hotel, finally running into the rubble-filled street wearing only a towel to declare, "I will never se...
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Rome (dpa) - Luciano Pavarotti, the legendary Italian tenor who
turned opera arias like Nessun Dorma into global pop hits, will be
buried in Modena in northern Italy on Satu...
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Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921)
Enrico Caruso
FACTBOX-Italy's home of opera, La Scala
