Caruso ‘used chamomile’ to combat stage fright
mainA stash of private letters coming up for sale at Christie’s suggests that the greatest tenor of his age was paralysed at times by performance anxiety.
Sensibly, he used herbal remedies.
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The way the photo is cropped on the home page suggests that Caruso’s “stage fright” had nothing to do with singing.