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Enrico Caruso

1873 - 1921

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Enrico Caruso (25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Generally recognized as the first international recording star, Caruso made around 250 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enrico Caruso is the 25th most popular singer (down from 22nd in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Italy (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Singer.

Enrico Caruso was a famous Italian opera singer who is most famous for his recording of the aria "Vesti la giubba" from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci.

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Among singers, Enrico Caruso ranks 25 out of 4,381. Before him are Dalida, Umm Kulthum, Montserrat Caballé, Patti Smith, Marianne Faithfull, and Demis Roussos. After him are Tina Turner, Brian Johnson, Tupac Shakur, Debbie Harry, José Carreras, and Whitney Houston.

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Among people born in 1873, Enrico Caruso ranks 4. Before him are Sergei Rachmaninoff, Thérèse of Lisieux, and Thomas Andrews. After him are Johannes V. Jensen, Lee de Forest, Leon Czolgosz, Konstantin von Neurath, Colette, Jules Rimet, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, and Alexis Carrel. Among people deceased in 1921, Enrico Caruso ranks 3. Before him are Camille Saint-Saëns, and Gabriel Lippmann. After him are Peter Kropotkin, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Nicholas I of Montenegro, Peter I of Serbia, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Alfred Hermann Fried, Ludwig III of Bavaria, and Carl Menger.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Enrico Caruso ranks 257 out of 5,161. Before him are Piero della Francesca (1415), Pope John X (860), Pope Sixtus I (42), Pope Felix I (300), Pope John XV (1000), and Pope Paschal II (1050). After him are Florianus (232), Gaius Marius (-157), Andrea Mantegna (1431), Pope Lucius II (1100), Pope Gelasius I (410), and Livia (-58).

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Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Enrico Caruso ranks 3. Before him are Luciano Pavarotti (1935), and Adriano Celentano (1938). After him are Andrea Bocelli (1958), Toto Cutugno (1943), Farinelli (1705), Albano Carrisi (1943), Salvatore Adamo (1943), Eros Ramazzotti (1963), Domenico Modugno (1928), Gigliola Cinquetti (1947), and Barbara Strozzi (1619).

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