Caruso - O Sole Mio download

When I hear this I think of all the Neapolitan immigrants in the Family Circle of the old Metropolitan Opera House hearing his voice and swelling with pride. Their lives were so difficult yet he eased their burdens a bit for a few hours. I know this because my great aunt (Jewish and a sweat-shop survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire) sacrificed her pennies to hear Caruso as often as she could because his humanity eased her soul - she often told me this. We thankfully know him from his recordings, but he was a phenomenon on many levels. For many people who think he was just another tenor: He was an inspiration to a whole generation of immigrants who sacrificed so much to come to the United States to improve their and their children's lives. He was a balm during bitter times.

Wow,, want a voice. He was a giant in the opera world in his time and we can hear why too.

I am here because of a book I got called "1001 songs you must hear before you die"

Recently found out that Enrico is my great great uncle on my mother's side of my family... We always believed music ran in the family! My great aunts were both on Broadway and my great uncle Paul was a part of the Chicago symphony.

My dad cried when I found this song for him, and so I cried too. Caruso, one of the best tenors.... for all time

I dream of an italian husband ,who is singing in the shower.

Oh my! This recording is nearly 100 years old...can you imagine what his voice would have sounded like with today's recording equipment...and what he would have sounded like in live performance... I am in awe. 

Caruso was a genious. His interpretations of songs and arias have been imitated now for more than a century.

Remembering Enrico Caruso on his birthday: He was born on February 25, 1873 and lived until August 2, 1921.

A voice instructor once told him that his voice sounded like the wind whistling through an open window, but he never gave up and went on to be one of the greatest tenors that ever lived, please remember he died when recording devices were just getting started and don't always always sound great.