Enrico Caruso Vocal Range and Voice Type
Enrico Caruso's cited vocal range is B2 to A#4 (1.9 octaves). Enrico Caruso is commonly classified as a tenor. See the notes and compare your range free.
Evidence and review
Individual evidence review is pending. The displayed range is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.
These are the approximate figures fans and music journalists commonly cite — the widest notes a singer has recorded, not the comfortable range they sing in every night, and not lab measurements. Treat them as a fun reference, not a target.
How Enrico Caruso uses that range
The color is dark for a tenor, close to a baritone through the middle of the staff, and the weight sits low rather than up in the mask. Attacks land firm and immediate, lines are joined with audible portamento, and the vibrato holds one moderate speed from start to finish. Up top the vowel is covered rather than opened out, and with Bb4 as the ceiling the interest is in how much happens underneath it. Press the larynx down to imitate that darkness and all you get is muffled tone.
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.
- Signature song
- Vesti la giubba
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a tenor — only 15 of the 223 tenors here stop lower.
- Only 12 of the 223 tenors here work a narrower cited span.
- The span is 9.5 semitones short of the library median (32.5 semitones) — a compact working range.
- Prominent from 1902, earlier than all but 0 voices in this library.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Akon (C3–A#4), within 1 semitone at both ends.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Enrico Caruso’s voice
How high can Enrico Caruso sing?
Enrico Caruso is commonly cited singing as high as A#4 (Bb4), the top of a cited range that starts down at B2.
What is Enrico Caruso’s highest note?
Enrico Caruso’s highest note is commonly cited as A#4 (Bb4).
What is Enrico Caruso’s lowest note?
Enrico Caruso’s lowest note is commonly cited as B2.
How many octaves can Enrico Caruso sing?
Enrico Caruso’s commonly cited range spans about 1.9 octaves (23 semitones), from B2 up to A#4. That span is wider than 8% of the 636 voices in this library.
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Also bottoming out on B2
34 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#4
12 other voices here reach the same ceiling.