Many people consider
Enrico Caruso
the greatest tenor of all time. His astonishing voice—often described as “golden
” or “silken
”—made him the foremost attraction at opera houses across Europe and throughout the Americas.
Caruso was born in Naples in . His father, a mechanic, insisted that the young Enrico leave school at age 12 and work in a factory. But he had already begun singing, mainly in churches, and when he was 16 he ran away from home...