Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso (; ; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Caruso also made approximately 260 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920. All of these recordings, which span most of his stage career, remain available today on CDs and as downloads and digital streams. Enrico Caruso came from a poor but not destitute background. Born in
D. J. Caruso D. J. Caruso Daniel John Caruso, Jr. (; born January 17, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His work encompasses a variety of genres, including thriller ("Disturbia, Taking Lives"), drama ("Standing Up"), horror ("The Disappointments Room"), and action ("I Am Number Four, "). He has also directed numerous episodes of television series such as "The Shield", "Over There", "Smallville", and "Dark Angel". The majority of his films fall into the thriller and action film genres. Caruso was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Lorraine (Zullo) and Daniel John Caruso, who owned a salon, House of Beauty.