Caruso
Unfolding your heart in song, come la scia di un elica (like the wake of a propeller)
(Singing starts at 0:32. First, I’m dedicating this to my mother-in-law.)
This is a song with layers of meaning.
Written in the 1980s, it tells the story of Neapolitan tenor Enrico Caruso, who, legend has it, is one of the greatest opera singers of all time.
Caruso never quite found success in his homeland, but instead got his breakthrough in New York at the turn of the 20th century.
This song imagines him in his final days, dealing with love and mortality… and legacy.
Great songs, like the best literature or plays or paintings—
Offer continuous discovery and surprise—
If you take your time
And really be
With the song
Or the art
Or words or
With yourself.
Then, the gifts are mighty.