February 25th is Enrico Caruso's 151st birthday. To celebrate the occasion, an original podcast dedicated to the famous tenor will be released.
The podcast tells the story of his life through relationships with the female world. This two-voice reading, created by Dario Ascoli and Angela Caputo and enriched by numerous sound documents, will be available at the following link www.altrisuoni.eu starting from Monday 26 February.
The podcast opens with the Lullaby by Annarella Caruso, the tenor's mother, previewed and set to music by Dario Ascoli.
The content offers a tight and precise narration on the love stories of the great tenor, enriched by musical inserts of his interpretations and fragments from his love letters. Through this narration, particular moments and feelings of Enrico Caruso are revealed, revealing his difficult, engaging and at times tormented relationships with the female universe, from his childhood to his passing. The podcast will be presented in preview on Radio/altriSuoni, the web radio that produced it, in a program dedicated to Enrico Caruso at 10:00 on Sunday 25 February.
“Since the opening of the Caruso Museum at Palazzo Reale on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth, we have noted a constant attendance and particular interest not only from Italian but also foreign visitors. – underlines the director Mario Epifani – A sign of how the figure of the great tenor still is relevant. A project realized thanks to the synergy with the Municipality of Lastra a Signa and the availability of donors such as Luciano Pituello and Ugo Piovano”.
'I am happy with this synergy that has been created between our Municipality, the Caruso Museum of Villa Bellosguardo and the Caruso Museum of Palazzo Reale in Naples – declares the mayor of Lastra a Signa, Angela Bagni – A bond has been created between institutions in the name of the greatest tenor of all time, born in Naples and resident for a period in Lastra a Signa. This is only the beginning of a journey made of shared events in the name of the great Caruso”.
Article published on 23 February 2024 - 11:44