Enrico Caruso & Nellie Melba - O soave fanciulla (Victor, 1907)

Last month…August…Dead Tenors’ Society celebrated the 100th anniversary of the death of Enrico Caruso, who passed away on August 2, 1921, at the age of 48. I must admit that, after an entire month of Caruso, it has been difficult to even think of another tenor for this month’s episodes. The question arose, “What could possibly follow an entire month of Caruso?” The answer is obvious…MORE CARUSO!!! Last week’s episodes were devoted to the duet recordings made by Caruso with his illustrious colleagues. This week will cover many of the duets that I missed last week. Based on your comments and suggestions, I was able to infer that nobody would object to yet another week of Caruso. Anyone who DOES object is probably looking at the wrong YouTube channel… Caruso’s duet recordings are a marvel to listen to. The great tenor had an uncanny ability to change the color of his voice (without actually changing the voice itself) to match whatever colleague he was singing with. I am hard pr