Vocal range
Enrico Caruso
Tenor · Opera · Classical · Italy · prominent since 1902
Cited range
B2 — A#4
Octaves
1.9
Semitones
23
Voice type
Tenor
What is Enrico Caruso’s vocal range?
Enrico Caruso's vocal range is commonly cited as B2 to A#4 (Bb4) — about 1.9 octaves, or 23 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Dark, baritonal tenor timbre on acoustic discs; transposed music down rather than reach past Bb4. That cited span is wider than 6% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Vesti la giubba
Reading the numbers
- The bottom of this range is unusually high for a tenor: 91% of the 127 tenors here are cited lower than B2.
- The ceiling is modest for a tenor — only 3 of the 127 tenors here stop lower.
- Only 1 of the 127 tenors here work a narrower cited span.
- The span is 9 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- Prominent from 1902, earlier than all but 0 voices in this library.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Enrico Caruso
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on B2
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#4
7 other voices here reach the same ceiling.