The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso ★★½ 1951
The story of opera legend Enrico Caruso's rise to fame, from his childhood in Naples, Italy, to his collapse on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. Lanza is superb as the singer, and there are 27 musical numbers to satisfy the opera lover. ♫The Loveliest Night of the Year; Over the Waves; Vesti la Giubba; M'Appari; Celeste Aida; Numi, Pieta; La Fatal Pietra; Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor; La Donne a Mobile. 113m/C VHS, DVD . Angela (Clark) Clarke, Jarmila Novotna, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid, Eduard Franz, Ludwig Donath, Alan Napier, Shepard Menken, Nestor Paiva, Ian Wolfe, Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten; D: Richard Thorpe; C: Joseph Ruttenberg; M: Johnny Green. Oscars ‘51: Sound.
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