Caruso and the Art of Singing: Including Caruso's Vocal Exercises and His Practical Advice to Students and Teachers of SingingCaruso's vocal coach and accompanist chronicles his career, and expertly describes his breathing technique, tone production, practice sessions, style and repertory. Features 46 fully notated vocal exercises and 10 photos. |
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Caruso and the Art of Singing: Including Caruso's Vocal Exercises and His ... Salvatore Fucito,Barnet Julius Beyer No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 56 - Mr. Caruso, the new tenor, made a thoroughly favorable impression, and will probably grow into the firm favor of this public. He has a pure tenor voice of fine quality and sufficient range and power. It is a smooth and mellow voice and is without the typical Italian bleat. Mr. Caruso has a natural and free delivery and his voice carries well without forcing. He phrased his music tastefully and showed considerable refinement of style. "His clear and pealing high tones set the bravos wild with delight,...
Page 56 - ... white' quality in its upper ranges when he lets it forth. In mezza voce it has expressiveness and flexibility, and when so used its beauty is most apparent. Mr. Caruso appeared last evening capable of intelligence and of passion in both his singing and his acting, and gave reason to believe in his value as an acquisition to the company." The musical critic of the Sun was impressed by Caruso's finer qualities as a vocal artist.
Page 55 - Conrled's new artists, otte upon whom much will depend during th*e coming season— Enrico Caruso, who took the part of the Duke. He made a highly favorable Impression, and he went far to substantiate the reputation that had preceded him to this country. He is an Italian in all his fibre, and his singing and acting are c hirac wrist lo uf what Italy now affords in those arts.
Page 55 - Italian in all his fiber, and his acting and singing are characteristic of what Italy now affords in those arts. His voice is purely a tenor in its quality, of high range, and of large power, but inclined to take on the 'white' quality in its upper ranges when he lets it forth.
Page 3 - ENRICO CARUSO is dead. The enormous displacement caused by this lamentable happening is not alone confined to the artistic sphere but literally to the entire civilized world. We doubt if there are more than a half dozen public men on the globe to-day whose demise would so stir the universal imagination as has the passing of the incomparable tenor.
Page 118 - Caruso governed the expiratory flow of the breath with such mastery that not a particle of it escaped without giving up its necessary equivalent in tone. Besides, Caruso emitted for each musical phrase, or even for each note, just enough breath to produce that phrase or note musically, and no more. The remainder of his breath he kept in reserve, which made the enchanted hearer feel that the master was still far from the limit of his resources, that he had retained ample motive power for whatever...
Page 61 - ... still further admiration for the superb beauty of his voice. The pleasure which his singing gives is exquisite, scarcely leaving room for curious questionings touching his limitations. He is to be accepted for what he is, with gratitude, and no one who loves the art of song ought to miss the opportunities which his presence at the Metropolitan offers.
Page 5 - Naples disputes with Constantinople the claim of occupying the most beautiful site in Europe. It is situated on the northern shore of the Bay of Naples (Sinus Cumanus), in 40° 52' N., 14° 15' 45" E., as taken from the lighthouse on the mole.
Page 216 - He pondered the mental, emotional, and moral traits of the character as they were revealed not only in his own lines and music but throughout the entire opera. If he found that insufficient, he searched elsewhere — in art, in literature, in history. When he was preparing the role of Samson, he went to the Bible for additional enlightenment on that legendary hero in order that he might...
Page 144 - Caruso's mastery of this equipment which produced tone colors so finely wrought, and spread over so wide a range of delicate nuances, that he was unexcelled, and became unique, in the world of song. This is the real reason why his voice continues to survive, as if in the spirit, within the minds of all who heard it, although his physical instrument has been silenced forever.