The Great Caruso
Dramatisation of the career of legendary tenor Enrico Caruso, from his days spent singing on street corners in order to survive, to his apprenticeship in an opera chorus in Naples and his sensational success in America.
Mario Lanza himself performed the operatic arias featured in the film.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:33Mario Lanza
Celeste Aida From Aida
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00:54Mario Lanza
Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand is frozen)
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01:00Mario Lanza
E Lucean Le Stelle (Tosca)
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01:00Giacomo Puccini
Tosca, Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle
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01:17Mario Lanza
Ave Maria
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01:25Mario Lanza
Sextet From Lucia Di Lammermoor
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Enrico Caruso | Mario Lanza |
| Dorothy Benjamin | Ann Blyth |
| Louise Heggar | Dorothy Kirsten |
| Maria Selka | Jarmila Novotna |
| Carlo Santi | Richard Hageman |
| Park Benjamin | Carl Benton Reid |
| Giulio Gatti-Casazza | Eduard Franz |
| Alfredo Brazzi | Ludwig Donath |
| Jean de Reszke | Alan Napier |
| Antonio Scotti | Pal Javor |
| Gino | Carl Milletaire |
| Caruso, as a boy | Peter Edward Price |
| Writer | William Ludwig |
| Writer | Sonya Levien |
| Director | Richard Thorpe |
| Producer | Joe Pasternak |