Francesco Tamagno heard on the stages of London and New York during the late-Victorian Era. Tamagno, however, refused to perform Wagnerian works, even in Italian translation; he believed that the tessitura of the music written for Wagner's tenor heroes lay too low to suit his vocal range. Tamagno lived long enough to witness the rise to fame of the young Enrico Caruso (1873–1921). He admired Caruso's ability, predicting as far back as 1898 that Caruso would go on to become the number-one Italian tenor of the 20th century. As M. J. Phillips-Matz observes in her 2002 Puccini biography, Tamagno and Caruso actually
Emily Caruso Emily Caruso Emily Caruso (born June 4, 1977 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American sport shooter. She is a two-time Olympian, a gold medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Caruso started shooting as part of the Police Athletic League (PAL) at the age of eleven. She attended Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, where she became a member of the University's rifle team. During her time as a college student, Caruso was a four-time All-American in both the air rifle and small-bore categories.