Autographs of Enrico Caruso
Enrico Caruso (/kəˈruːzoʊ/, US also /kəˈruːsoʊ/, Italian: ; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He 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. One of the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded, Caruso made 247 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920, which made him an internationally popular entertainment star. More about Enrico Caruso
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Enrico Caruso came from a poor but not destitute background. 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, there was a story of Caruso's parents having had 21 children, 18 of whom died in infancy. However, on the basis of 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." Read even more about Enrico Caruso at Wikipedia
Caruso was the third of seven children and one of only three to survive infancy. For decades, there was a story of Caruso's parents having had 21 children, 18 of whom died in infancy. However, on the basis of 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." Read even more about Enrico Caruso at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Enrico Caruso
The most expensive item with a signature of Enrico Caruso (Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) Personal & Family Letters and Photographs signed) was sold in February 2024 for £500.00 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 November 2014 with an average selling price of £0.99 for an autographed item of Enrico Caruso. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2024 with £500.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was December 2015. In average, an autographed item from Enrico Caruso is worth £6.34.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Enrico Caruso were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ENRICO CARUSO ... Signed OPERATIC Tenor / Autograph Photo ... Classical Music | £337.99 | |
| Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) Personal & Family Letters and Photographs signed | £500.00 | |
| ENRICO CARUSO - Operatic Tenor / Opera Music - Autograph Letter - 1909 | £203.00 | |
| Enrico Caruso autograph photo print | £3.99 | |
| Enrico Caruso autograph photo print | £4.49 | |
| Enrico Caruso autograph photo print | £3.49 | |
| ENRICO CARUSO HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH + VINTAGE POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH | £77.99 | |
| ENRICO CARUSO RARE ORIGINAL SIGNED PROGRAMME PAGE | £102.00 | |
| ENRICO CARUSO SIGNED 10X8 PHOTO, GREAT STUDIO IMAGE, LOOKS AWESOME FRAMED | £6.34 | |
| ENRICO CARUSO Signed Photograph - Singer - Italian Tenor | £0.99 | |
| Enrico Caruso – Italian Opera – Rigoletto – Authentic Signature | £230.00 | |
| Enrico Caruso, unique signed old photo of legendary singer | £200.00 | |
| ITALIAN OPERATIC TENOR ENRICO CARUSO HANDWRITTEN & SIGNED UK POSTCARD (1905). | £169.99 | |
| ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO POSTCARD ENRICO CARUSO VIENNA 1913 POSTALLY USED | £41.00 | |
| Signed Enrico Caruso Programme From Blackpool 1909 - Genuine Autograph Rare | £369.99 | |