In The Record of Singing Caruso is represented with Donizetti 's aria "Una furtiva lagrima," made at his very first recording session, in 1902 in Milan.

Little by little, Caruso got better and better, singing in bigger houses, until around 1900, when no one could match his unique combination of power and warm, golden tones.

The provincial city of Parma (pop. 89,300) harbors the toughest opera audience in Italy. Local legend has it that the great Enrico Caruso, singing L'Elisir d'Amore, was once all but booed ...