Enrico Caruso was an Italian operatic tenor, who 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 dram
Caruso, c. 1910
Enrico Caruso as the Duke in Rigoletto, 1904
Caruso as Duke in The Theatre, 1912
The medal that Caruso gave to Pasquale Simonelli, his New York City impresario
Fernando De Lucia was an Italian operatic tenor and singing teacher who enjoyed an internationally successful career.
1895 portrait of De Lucia from "Freund's Weekly" magazine