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Saturday 11th of December 1920

104 years ago The Elesir Was Blood



During a performance of 'L'elisir d'amore' by Donizetti, 47-year-old tenor Enrico Caruso suffers a throat haemorrhage and starts bleeding heavily from the mouth in Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

Caruso's performance was canceled at the end of Act 1.