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Enrico Caruso (Italian pronunciation: [enˈriːko kaˈruːzo]) (February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921) was an Italian tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and North and South America, appearing in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Caruso also made approximately 290 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920. All of these recordings, which span most of his stage career, are available today on CDs and as digital downloads.
Caruso's 1904 recording of "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci was the first sound recording to sell a million copies.
Caruso's 25-year career, stretching from 1895 to 1920, included 863 appearances at the New York Metropolitan Opera before he died from an infection at the age of 48. His fame has lasted to the present day despite the limited marketing and promotional vehicles available during Caruso's era. (He was, nonetheless, a client of Edward Bernays, during the latter's tenure as a press agent in the United States.) Publicity in Caruso's time relied on newspapers, particularly wire services, along with magazines, photography and relatively instantaneous communication via the telephone and the telegraph, to spread a message and raise a performer's profile.
Actors: William Sepulveda (miscellaneous crew), Eugene Stamos (miscellaneous crew), Laurie Gershon (miscellaneous crew), Paul Becker (miscellaneous crew), Ilia Volok (actor), Jessica Lichtner (miscellaneous crew), Marion Cotillard (actress), Patricia Norris (costume designer), Kevin Cannon (actor), Elena Solovey (actress), Jeremy Renner (actor), Joaquin Phoenix (actor), Antoni Corone (actor), Eva Vedock (miscellaneous crew), Ian M. Stratford (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: 1920. In search of a new start and the American dream, Ewa Cybulski and her sister Magda sail to New York from their native Poland. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, she quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. And then one day, Ewa encounters Bruno's cousin, the debonair magician Orlando. He sweeps Ewa off her feet and quickly becomes her only chance to escape the nightmare in which she finds herself.
Keywords: 1920s, aunt, bare-breasts, boat, church, confession, corruption, cousin-cousin-relationship, cousin-versus-cousin, denunciationActors: Vincent Riotta (actor), Stefano Reali (director), Stefano Reali (composer), Massimo De Rita (writer), Stefano Reali (writer), Maurizio Mattioli (actor), Renato Carpentieri (actor), David Traylor (actor), Claudia Mori (producer), Yari Gugliucci (actor), Paolo Benassi (editor), Patrizio Rispo (actor), Martina Stella (actress), Fabrizio Zappi (producer), Fabio Fulco (actor),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Lucio Dalla (writer), Sara Swain (actress), Raffaele Piscopiello (producer), Federico Remiti (actor), Federico Remiti (writer), Federico Remiti (director), Andoni Panici (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Christopher Dedrick (composer), Christopher Rowley (director), Christopher Rowley (producer), John Whitcher (editor), Michael C. Newsome (actor), Norman McIsaac (actor), Naomi Vondell (actress), Mike Sheehan (writer), Anita Turcotte (miscellaneous crew), Alex Khan (producer), Tim Keele (actor), Jason Allen (actor), Mikayla Scott (actress), Josh Peddlesden (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Michael Pfleghar (director), Michael Degen (actor), Werner Kreindl (actor), Jacques Perrin (actor), Fabio Testi (actor), Michael Pfleghar (producer), Michael Pfleghar (writer), José Carreras (actor), Cyrielle Clair (actress), Peter Chatel (actor), Vince Tempera (composer), Sylvester Levay (composer), Franziska Walser (actress), Gary McDonald (actor), Niki Lauda (actor),
Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Maurice Travail (actor), Marcel Gassouk (actor), Yvonne Dany (actress), Albert Michel (actor), Olivier Mathot (actor), Hélène Tossy (actress), Serge Berry (actor), François Boyer (writer), Jacques Disses (actor), Mort Shuman (composer), Alan Adair (actor), Ermanno Casanova (actor), François Cadet (actor), Mony Dalmès (actress), Philippe Chauveau (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Mario Siletti (actor), James Bacon (actor), Vito Scotti (actor), Charles La Torre (actor), Joseph Sargent (actor), Robert F. Simon (actor), Franco Corsaro (actor), Vincent Barbi (actor), Paul Birch (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Ernest Borgnine (actor), John Marley (actor), John Close (actor), David Raksin (composer), Bertram Millhauser (writer),
Plot: Movie deals with organized crime "protection" rackets. Small shopkeepers are forced to pay for protection or else be brutalized or killed.
Keywords: black-hand, brooklyn-bridge, cosa-nostra, italian-american, italian-american-cop, little-italy, mafia, mafia-boss, mano-nera, murderActors: John Hamilton (actor), Jack George (actor), Eduard Franz (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Antonio Filauri (actor), George Chakiris (actor), Charles Evans (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Ludwig Donath (actor), David Bond (actor), James Conaty (actor), Douglas Carter (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Paul Harvey (actor),
Plot: Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to one, because he sings; to Dorothy's, because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel chested, loud, emotional, unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly. The film depicts Caruso's lament that "the man does not have the voice, the voice has the man": he cannot be places he wants to be, because he must be elsewhere singing, including the day his mother dies. Throughout, Mario Lanza and stars from the Met sing.
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, fame, loss-of-mother, opera, tenorActors: Giacomo Gentilomo (director), Dhia Cristiani (miscellaneous crew), Gina Lollobrigida (actress), Franco Pesce (actor), Piero Pierotti (writer), Maria De Matteis (costume designer), Fulvio Palmieri (writer), Nerio Bernardi (actor), Lamberto Picasso (actor), Carlo Sposito (actor), Giacomo Gentilomo (writer), Lidia Simoneschi (actress), Gian Paolo Rosmino (actor), Giovanna Scotto (miscellaneous crew), Tina Lattanzi (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Che bella cosa è na jurnata 'e sole
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