Autographs of Enrico Caruso
Enrico Caruso (25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic tenor, who sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Generally recognized as the first international recording star, Caruso made around 250 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920.
Enrico Caruso was born in Naples in the via Santi Giovanni e Paolo n° 7 on 25 February 1873. He was baptised the next day in the adjacent Church of San Giovanni e Paolo. His parents originally came from Piedimonte d'Alife (now called Piedimonte Matese), in the Province of Caserta in Campania, Southern Italy.
Caruso was the third of seven children and one of only three to survive infancy. For decades, it was widely reported that Caruso's parents had 21 children, 18 of whom died in infancy. However, based on genealogical research (amongst others conducted by Caruso family friend Guido D'Onofrio), biographers Pierre Key, Francis Robinson, and Enrico Caruso Jr. and Andrew Farkas, have proven this to be untrue. Caruso himself and his brother Giovanni may have been the source of the exaggerated number. Caruso's widow Dorothy also included the story in her best-selling memoir about her husband, published in 1945. She allegedly quoted the tenor, speaking of his mother, Anna Caruso (née Baldini): "She had twenty-one children. Twenty boys and one girl – too many. I am number nineteen boy."
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Traded items with a signature of Enrico Caruso
The most expensive item with a signature of Enrico Caruso (Opera Star Tenor ENRICO CARUSO - terrific Hand Signed photo Autograph) was sold in June 2025 for £753.46 while the cheapest item (ENRICO CARUSO Signed Photograph - Singer - Italian Tenor) found a new owner for £0.99 in December 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was September 2012 with an average selling price of £1.99 for an autographed item of Enrico Caruso. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with £753.46 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was October 2014. In average, an autographed item from Enrico Caruso is worth £89.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Enrico Caruso were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Autograph Album, Opera, Enrico Caruso, Nellie Melba, Bruno Walter etc, 1913 | £605.00 |  |
| Autograph Album, Opera, Enrico Caruso, Nellie Melba, Bruno Walter etc, 1913 | £605.00 | |
| Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) Personal & Family Letters and Photographs signed | £500.00 | |
| Enrico Caruso autograph photo print | £3.99 | |
| Enrico Caruso autograph photo print | £4.49 | |
| ENRICO CARUSO RARE ORIGINAL SIGNED PROGRAMME PAGE | £102.00 | |
| ENRICO CARUSO SIGNED 10X8 PHOTO, GREAT STUDIO IMAGE, LOOKS AWESOME FRAMED | £6.34 | |
| Enrico Caruso – Italian Opera – Rigoletto – Authentic Signature | £230.00 | |
| Enrico Caruso, Italian Operatic Tenor, SIGNED cartoon of artist Rene Bull, 1909 | £254.50 | |
| Enrico Caruso, Italian Operatic Tenor, SIGNED picture | £204.50 | |
| Enrico Caruso, unique signed old photo of legendary singer | £200.00 | |
| ITALIAN OPERATIC TENOR ENRICO CARUSO HANDWRITTEN & SIGNED UK POSTCARD (1905). | £169.99 | |
| Opera Star Tenor ENRICO CARUSO - terrific Hand Signed photo Autograph | £753.46 | |
| ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO POSTCARD ENRICO CARUSO VIENNA 1913 POSTALLY USED | £41.00 | |
| Signed Enrico Caruso Programme From Blackpool 1909 - Genuine Autograph Rare | £369.99 | |
