Suggested by Dorothy Caruso's biography of her husband.

Special features of this DVD: Dolby Digital ; scene selection.

Original music, Johnny Green ; cinematography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; editor, Gene Ruggiero ; costume designers, Helen Rose, Gile Steele.

Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna, Blanche Thebom, Teresa Celli, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid.

Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to one, because he sings; to Dorothy's, because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel chested, loud, emotional, unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly. The film depicts Caruso's lament that "the man does not have the voice, the voice has the man": he cannot be places he wants to be, because he must be elsewhere singing, including the day his mother dies. Throughout, Mario Lanza and stars from the Met sing.

MPAA rating: G.

DVD-R.

This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and many not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives.