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...Enrico Caruso's sons was once asked whether his father sang for pleasure. "No," the young Caruso replied, "my father sang for money." Anyone who believes that the big payday looming for Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti this week in Los Angeles is unprecedented ought to think again. The Three Tenors don't approach in earning power or popularity such predecessors as Caruso and John McCormack. Both earned millions while singing everything from Vesti la giubba to Come into the Garden, Maud at a time when the income tax was either nonexistent or in its infancy and when a dollar...
...Caruso, meanwhile, was probably the highest-paid performer in the world during his heyday from 1903 to his death in 1921. Beginning in 1914, when the average weekly salary in the U.S. was about $12, Caruso was paid at least $2,500 (almost $37,000 in today's dollars) for each appearance at the Metropolitan Opera; today the Met's top fee is only $12,000. In Central and South America, where he was a god, Caruso received as much as $15,000 for a single engagement, payable in gold. His appearances in two silent movies in 1918, My Cousin...
...Caruso and McCormack also benefited enormously from the nascent recording industry, which Caruso in particular legitimized as an artistic medium. His 1904 contract with the Victor Talking Machine Co. called for a royalty of 50 cents a record along with a hefty royalty advance. When asked by a friend how much he earned from recordings, Caruso told the man to guess. Ten thousand dollars was the estimate. "Right," said Caruso, "only I make that monthly...
Cornell defense is also always exciting, if being bad can be called exciting. Two netminders split time between the posts, and both have had trouble. Senior Suzanne Caruso has a goals-against average of 12 and a save percentage of 39.3 percent, sophomore Carol Owen's figures are 11.8 and 51.4 percent, respectively...
...Cornell is another story. In its 7-16 loss to Penn, Caruso had to face 32, count 'em, 32 shots...