One of the first singers to make phonograph records, Caruso became universally famous by means of the new medium. Several of his recordings were successively reissued in new formats and remain available today.
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His position as the greatest living dramatic tenor was unchallenged to the end of his life.
Caruso's last appearance was at the Metropolitan Opera House on December 24, 1920. In 1987 the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences recognized Caruso with a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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