Tagliolini with Chicken Livers and Fresh Tomatoes

The great tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) was probably this century’s most legendary singer (his only challenger to that claim would be Maria Callas). His sensual singing of opera and the music of his native Naples still grips us even if he sounds remote on scratchy old 78 rpm records. After making his debut in Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in 1895, he quickly rose to international fame and first appeared at the Metropolitan in 1903. He remained in New York until