Bust of the singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)

Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) needs no caption or introduction. To everyone he is the tenor par
excellence, and certainly one of the greatest. His timbre was powerful, dark, of great beauty and dramatic force. Here he is sculpted by Filippo
Cifariello.
The great singer did not perform at La Scala very often, singing one Bohème, one Mephistopheles and above all a triumphant Elixir of Love as well as
Franchetti’s Germania.
He became extremely famous especially abroad, in particular in America.
Clearly not everyone is aware that the singer was one of the investors in 1911 who helped acquire Sambon’s legacy which made up the original core collection of the still in progress La Scala Theatre Museum.
Besides many photos, our archive even houses a series of x-rays of his throat and lungs, as if for clinical examination into the secret of his unique and miraculous voice! Caruso was also the author of humorous caricatures which he enjoyed drawing of his colleagues from the world of music.