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
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.