New Britain herald., 1921-08-02
ENRlCO CARUSO
 DIES IN ITALY
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 Messages from all parts of the world inquiring as to his illness were received at the Caruso apart ment. They came from London, Paris, Mexico City, Rome, Milan, Buenos Aires, Havana and many other countries. They were sent not only by persons known in the world of music but from many admirers who had sat in his audiences at some time in the 25 years of his career as an opera star. ..+
 Up to the time of his sailing for Italy reports were current that Carusos voice had not withstood the ravages of his many weeks of ill., ness. These were denied by his friends.
 Given Great Send Off.
 Thousands of friends who were gathered at the pier cheered him in his gallant effort, but he declined to give an encore "untii next season."
 Caruso, looking pale and much thinner doffed his hat in acknowl- edsment of the greetings of the crowd.
 Police reserves and dock guards had great difficulty in holding in check a great crowd of admirers as they greeted Caruso when he went aboard the steamship, where his most intimate friends bade him and Mrs. Caruso farewell.
 When Caruso left for Italy, he ap- peared confident that he would re- turn to America next fall and again take his place with the Metropolitan Opera Go.
 Shortly however after the tenor had arrived in Italy reports began to drift back to this country that he would not sing again before the American public in his old voice. Caruso however, immediately cabled a denial of these reports declaring that when I want to show I have not lost my voice, I will do so at the proper time and place."
 Sang Each Day.
 Early this month word came from Italy that Caruso was not recovering as rapidly as her been expected and seemed depressed, but friends de- as rapidly as had been expected and that he sang short time each day.
 Reports reaching Rome at this time stated that Caruso would. be able
  though friends reluctantly admitted 'it will never be quite the same gain"
 News of Carusos death on the heels of continued reassuring re- ports from Italy came as a stunning shock to the music loving world. Only last Sunday photographs of the singer in Italy were published here and they showed him cheerful and apparently in robust health His friends here recalled today that when he was critically i'll last winter he often expressed the wish that if he had to die he would prefer to die l in his own sunny Italy, for which he always held deep affection. The breakdown in the tenor's health last winter followed a series | of mishaps to Caruso which cul- minated on December II in Brooklyn | when he burst a blood vessel while singing in "Elisir d'Anore" at the Academy of Music.
 Versatility Personified. The list of Italian and French | operas in which the noted tenor's | | New York revealed an amazing yer satility. In 6 years he sang no less than 549 times, in one season, 1907.08 making 51 appearances, a great test of endurance for aany voice. He was unsparing, if not reckless of his vo- | cal powers. No grand opera tenor in America, from the days of Brignoli, 1 Can1panini, RavelH, Tamagno and lJean de Reszke, it is recorded, ever reigned so long in popular favor. Had Throat Troubles. | Caruso, after his strenuous opera seasons, sometimes had trouble with his throat, which he usually overcame | with little rest and care and at | certain intervals rumors that 'Caruso will never sing again" were freqent- | ly printed. In the winter of 1920, | however, he suffered a serious afflic- 1 ton, when a small blood vessel in his throat burst while he was singing | in "Elisir d'Amore'' in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Recovered from this, this 1lI mishap' carYso was stricken with | Married in 1918.
 During his indisposition, Caruso was the object of devoted attention by his wife, formerly Miss Dorothy Benjamin, of New York, whom he married in 1918. One child was born i to them. Caruso had a son by a | former wife, a singer named Ada | Ciachetti, with whom he had been associated in opera at Treviso and Bologna.
 II Born in 1878
 Enrico Caruso, for more than 25 years celebrity in the world of song.
 the tenor with. the golden voice.
 idolized by millions in America and
 abroad, had an artistic career as well
 known as that of any famous states man or military leader. He was born in Naples, Italy, Feb. 25, 1873, the son of Marcellius Caruso, a mechanic who detested music but was persuade ed to permit his son, when Il years old to sing in the churches of his native city. An unpromising pupil for three years he studied under Gugilelmo Yer zine, pledging his teacher that wher