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The Great Caruso

Dramatisation of the career of legendary tenor Enrico Caruso, from his days spent singing on street corners in order to survive, to his apprenticeship in an opera chorus in Naples and his sensational success in America.

Mario Lanza himself performed the operatic arias featured in the film.

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1 hour, 44 minutes

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Saturday10:15

Music Played

  • Mario Lanza

    Celeste Aida From Aida

  • Mario Lanza

    Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand is frozen)

  • Mario Lanza

    E Lucean Le Stelle (Tosca)

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca, Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle

    Performer: Mario Lanza.
  • Mario Lanza

    Ave Maria

  • Mario Lanza

    Sextet From Lucia Di Lammermoor

Credits

RoleContributor
Enrico CarusoMario Lanza
Dorothy BenjaminAnn Blyth
Louise HeggarDorothy Kirsten
Maria SelkaJarmila Novotna
Carlo SantiRichard Hageman
Park BenjaminCarl Benton Reid
Giulio Gatti-CasazzaEduard Franz
Alfredo BrazziLudwig Donath
Jean de ReszkeAlan Napier
Antonio ScottiPal Javor
GinoCarl Milletaire
Caruso, as a boyPeter Edward Price
WriterWilliam Ludwig
WriterSonya Levien
DirectorRichard Thorpe
ProducerJoe Pasternak

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