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These 7 CDs cover the entire career of "the second Caruso," the most popular Italian tenor of the first half of the 20th century, from his first records made in Milan in 1918 to his Carnegie Hall farewell concert in 1955. Along with his operatic arias, duets and ensembles, he lends his famous honeyed tone to Neapolitan and Italian popular songs; he sings Donizetti (from La Favorita), Ponchielli (from La Gioconda), Meyerbeer (from L'Africaine), Verdi (from Rigoletto), Gounod (from Faust), Bizet (from Carmen), Lalo (from Le Roi d'Ys), Wagner (from Lohengrin), Ambroise Thomas (from Mignon), Handel (from Serse), songs by Mascheroni, Bixio, Caslar, Mazziotti, Buchardo, Mascagni and many more!