The great Caruso

Author

Richard Thorpe

Call Number

• DVD MUSICAL (CEN)

Performers

Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna, Blanche Thebom, Teresa Celli, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid.

Publication Information

[Burbank, CA] : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2011]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: G.

Summary

"Renowned tenor Mario Lanza portrays his long-time singing idol Enrico Caruso in the crowd-pleasing musical that was 1951's #4 box-office hit. Suggested by Dorothy Caruso's biography of her husband, The Great Caruso rings out with aural pleasures (27 musical selections) and shines with the grandeur of a life lovingly refracted through the Hollywood biopic lens. The music (by Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi and more) emhasizes works most closely associated with Caruso. The story, spanning Enrico Caruso's Naples boyhood to worldwide acclaim and tragedy-stricken final performance, touches on the down-to-earth character traits that spread the singer's fame beyond the black-tie society of Metropolitan Opera connoisseurs"--Container.

Notes

Title from container.

"This disc is expected to play back in DVD video 'play only' devices and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.

Suggested by Dorothy Caruso's biography of her husband.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.