Lodoletta is a dramma lirico or lyric opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni. The libretto is by Giovacchino Forzano, and is based on the novel Two Little Wooden Shoes by Ouida.
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