Caruso (song) Caruso's life. Lucio Dalla told the origin and the meaning of the song in an interview to one of the main Italian newspapers, "Il Corriere della Sera". He stopped by the coastal town of Sorrento and stayed in the Excelsior Vittoria Hotel, coincidentally in the very same room where many years earlier the tenor Enrico Caruso spent some time shortly before dying. Dalla was inspired to write the song after the owners told him about the last days of Caruso and in particular the latter's passion for one of his young female students. Caruso was an acclaimed Italian operatic singer
Maria Caruso Maria Caruso Maria Caruso (Born October 12, 1980) is a Pittsburgh native dancer and choreographer, best known as the founder and artistic director of Bodiography Contemporary Ballet. Caruso is currently the chair of the Performing Arts department and director of the Dance department at La Roche College. Caruso is married to Dr. Alan Russell. Dr. Russell is a Highmark Distinguished Career Professor and the Director of the Disruptive Health Technology Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. She has five step-children. Maria Caruso grew up in Rural Valley, PA, outside of Pittsburgh. Caruso’s mother and father split when she