[78-L] Two Enrico Carusos?

DAVID BURNHAM burnhamd at rogers.com.invalid
Thu Feb 19 09:17:12 PST 2015


I'm sending this to both 78L and ARSC since there is a wealth of knowledge on both lists and many listers who will know about these things will be on one but not the other.
I just noticed in the "Collectors' Guide to Victor Records" a recording by Enrico Caruso Jr.  This is the first I've ever encountered this name.  The recording date is indicated as 1938, long after the death of the Caruso we're familiar with.  I assume it's genuine, (even though the letter prefix to the number is "BS".  The record shown is a special issue but did this new Caruso ever record on standard Victor records?  The label doesn't even indicate whether he is a tenor or a baritone, although if I knew my operatic roles better, that would tell me.
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