His early income was from singing serenades. 4 Enrico Caruso 78 RPM Opera Records, #s 87358, 87269, 87312, 87044 -- 1908 Sep 1, 2016 40 Enrico Caruso, the most admired Italian operatic tenor of the early 20th century and one of the first musicians to document his voice on recordings. Homage to Enrico Caruso (25/02/1873 - 02/08/1921) This is a non-profit homepage created as a post mortem tribute to the legendary Neapolitan singer and opera star Enrico Caruso who, with his voice, empathy, charisma and gramophone recordings, contributed to making opera known and loved in the world in the beginning of the past century. His business partner, Fred Gaisberg, recruited extraordinary artists such as Enrico Caruso, Feodor Chaliapin and Dame Nellie Melba. Das „Caruso 2000“ genannte Experiment ist unter Spezialisten und Gesangskennern umstritten. 2007 brachte die Enrico-Caruso-Agentur gemeinsam mit dem Pianisten Tommaso Farinetti eine neue Caruso-CD auf den Markt, auf der der junge Pianist Farinetti Caruso virtuell begegnet und die Orchesterstimmen der Originalaufnahme durch eingesetzte Klavierbegleitung ersetzt. Enrico Caruso (baptized Henricus and called Errico - the Neapolitan version of Enrico - during his youth) was born in Naples, Italy on the 25 th of February 1873 as the third child of seven. He was 82 years old. In 1941, motivated by Ernst von Siemens , Deutsche Grammophon was taken over by Siemens & Halske. The family was extremely poor and the father an alcoholic. He received little primary education and briefly studied music with conductor Vicenzo Lombardini. The younger of Enrico Caruso's two sons by his long-time relationship with soprano Ada Giachetti (Giachetti was already married, though seperated from her husband, and divorce was illegal in Italy at that time), handsome Enrico Caruso, Jr., was a teenager attending military school in America when his father died. Gesellschaft, Hanover. Within a decade, the company was producing several million records a year. Label Format Year Country; Enrico Caruso: Enrico Caruso With All-Star Casts In Metropolitan Revival (Operatic Ensembles) M 953 Enrico Caruso Jr., an actor, singer and the last surviving son of the great tenor, died after suffering a heart attack Thursday at his home in Jacksonville, Fla. He was the third of seven children to a poor alcoholic father. His voice was sensuous, lyrical, and vigorous in dramatic outbursts and became progressively darker in timbre in later years. Artist Release Name Cat.No. Enrico Caruso (b. Errico Caruso) was born on February 25, 1873, in Naples, Italy. Learn more about his life and career.