Caruso in his dressing gown, taken by his wife

Caruso in his dressing gown, taken by his wife

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norman lebrecht

December 09, 2018

We have been sent this newly accessible domestic shot of the great tenor, taken sometime between 1915 and 1920 and archived on a glass negative in the Bain News Service.

I want that dressing-gown.

 

Comments

  • Spenser says:

    As the story goes, John McCormack runs into Caruso and greets him by saying: “Well, how is the greatest tenor of all?” Caruso replies: “I was about to ask you the same question!”
    The REAL Three Tenors: Caruso, McCormack, Gigli.

  • Doug says:

    Don’t forget the feet. They don’t call them “opera slippers” for nothing.

  • Ben G. says:

    Interesting anecdote about the Met on tour in 1906 during the San Francisco fire and earthquake, when Mahler conducted. Enrico was certainly in love with himself:

    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/enrico-caruso-survives-the-san-francisco-earthquake

  • Ari Peräälää says:

    The headline is rather ambiguous.

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