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petermakem (January 8th, 2009 @ 12:57 am)

The voice of Caruso alone among tenors has the richness of a full orchestra. I can identify many other great tenors by a single instrument, Mc Cormack the violin, Gigli the French Horn, Bjorling the viola, Pavarotti the trumpet, but Caruso's voice-an archangel's strike on the gong of the world. Peter Makem

jamesdeperu (January 4th, 2009 @ 1:11 am)

Thenor´s father.

tomfroekjaer (December 30th, 2008 @ 3:43 pm)

Well, we are both right - but we don't seem to hear the same thing.... Some people think that the digitally remastered recordings where the noise has been filtered out and the orchestra redone are great (I don't necessarily). I myself have uploaded Una furtiva lagrima from 1904. Maybe you'd like to hear that and tell me if you don't hear the beauty of his voice in that recording?

castorp278 (December 30th, 2008 @ 10:36 am)

I can agree with the second part of your answer, it's a very rare quality among singers, along with Caruso I would say only Pavarotti and Callas had it. I even read once that some lady who heard Caruso and Pavarotti in live was asked to compare them and she said that when they sing a person has a feeling that they are singing only for that person.

castorp278 (December 30th, 2008 @ 10:33 am)

Thank you for your reply but if we agree it's true that there are no ''hidden qualities'' in Caruso's recordings maybe there is only one, perhaps not the most important one but still the missing one, and that is the beauty of his voice. I think it is very difficult to imagine the beauty of his voice with or without the intuition, it's just not recognizable in his recordings.

lekaino (December 26th, 2008 @ 12:08 am)

Hay ke reconocerle la buena tecnica al hombre y le hecho de haber sido uno de los primeros, pero espestacular no era.

adri235 (December 25th, 2008 @ 8:28 am)

thank you for sharing!!

tomfroekjaer (December 23rd, 2008 @ 10:56 pm)

The high C is not important - it is the quality of communication that counts. Caruso may not have had a 'natural' high C, but he makes people (me...) sob.

tomfroekjaer (December 23rd, 2008 @ 10:29 pm)

castorp1981, I don't think anyone answered you as regards to this. So I will try to. The recordings with Caruso are all very bad, but there is no 'hidden' qualities. One has to listen to the recordings many times to 'filter out' the noise (so that one does pay attention to it anymore). Caruso had the ability to make one forget that he was singing. In other words he was BEING the role of what he was singing with all emotions of that role. This for me is what communicates. Pure intuition.

tomfroekjaer (December 23rd, 2008 @ 9:48 pm)

I really hope that we one day would be able extract the full spectrum of Caruso's voice with advanced techniques, but I'm afraid that it would be comparable to trying to extract the music of the great ancient Greek drama...

GR8TM4N (December 23rd, 2008 @ 5:37 pm)

Thank you very much :) - great site by the way!

libetta (December 23rd, 2008 @ 9:31 am)

if Pavarotti was the Steinway of tenors, Caruso would be the Grotrian! everything plus a sweeter tone!