Charles Anthony (tenor) from Sicily. He studied music at Loyola University New Orleans, where he studied under Dorothy Hulse, also the teacher of Audrey Schuh and Harry Theyard; he graduated in 1951. The tenor sang the role of the Messenger in "Il trovatore", at the New Orleans Opera Association, in 1947. At the age of twenty-two, he auditioned under his birth name for the Metropolitan Opera's Auditions of the Air. He won the auditions, but Sir Rudolf Bing convinced him to drop his surname, saying that it would invite comparisons with Enrico Caruso. Anthony made his debut at the Metropolitan on March 6,
Pino Caruso Pino Caruso Giuseppe Caruso (born 12 October 1934), best known as Pino Caruso, is an Italian actor, author and TV-personality. Caruso was born in Palermo, Sicily and debuted as dramatic stage actor in his home town in 1957. In 1965 he moved to Rome and entered the theater company "Il Bagaglino". He gained a great popularity taking part to several RAI variety shows such as "Che domenica amici" (1968), "Gli amici della domenica" (1970), "Teatro 10" (1971),"Dove sta Zazà" (1973), "Mazzabubù" (1975), "Due come noi" (1979). Caruso was the president of the Italian Actors Union from 1979 to 1989. From