Editing Enrico Caruso (section)

===Later career and personal life===
[[File:Enrico Caruso.jpeg|right|thumb|Caruso in front of his white Empire-style upright piano, in his apartment in New York City]]

The timbre of Caruso's voice gradually darkened as he aged and by 1916, he began adding heroic tenor parts such as [[Samson and Delilah (opera)|Samson]], [[Le prophète|John of Leyden]], and [[La Juive|Eléazar]] to his repertoire. Caruso toured the South American nations of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil in 1917, and two years later performed in Mexico City. In 1920, he was paid the enormous sum of US$10,000 a night (US${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|10000|1920|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}{{Inflation-fn|US}}) to sing in [[Havana]], Cuba.{{sfn|Scott|1991|p=181}}

[[File:Meyerbeer - L'Africaine - Enrico Caruso as Vasco da Gama - The Victrola book of the opera.jpg|thumb|left|Caruso as [[Vasco da Gama]] in ''[[L'Africaine]]'', 1907]]

In 1917, the United States entered World War I, sending troops to Europe. Caruso did extensive charity work during the conflict, raising money for many war-related patriotic causes by giving concerts and participating enthusiastically in [[Liberty Bond]] drives. The tenor had shown himself to be a shrewd businessman since arriving in America. He put a sizable proportion of his earnings from record royalties and singing fees into a range of investments. Biographer Michael Scott writes that by the end of the war in 1918, Caruso's annual income tax bill amounted to $154,000 (US${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|154000|1918|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}{{Inflation-fn|US}}).{{sfn|Scott|1991|p=168}}

Prior to World War I, Caruso had been romantically linked to an Italian soprano, Ada Giachetti, who was a few years his senior.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050525231437/http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/5-22-2005-70340.asp Caruso Love Letters Reveal Passion Behind a Life of Epic Operatic Drama]}} 2005 article describing the discovery of voluminous correspondence between Caruso and Giachetti.</ref> Though she was already married, Giachetti bore Caruso four sons during their liaison, which lasted from 1897 to 1908. Two survived infancy: Rodolfo Caruso (1898–1951) and singer/actor Enrico Caruso Jr. (1904–1987). Ada had left her husband, manufacturer Gino Botti, and an existing son to cohabit with the tenor. Information provided in Scott's biography of Caruso suggests that she was Caruso's vocal coach as well as his lover.<ref>Orlando Barone, [http://listserv.bccls.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=OPERA-L;Ovrwlw;19960221144958-0500D Caruso Mysteries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725050939/http://listserv.bccls.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=OPERA-L;Ovrwlw;19960221144958-0500D |date=25 July 2011 }}, article written for the Opera-L discussion list 1996-02-21, retrieved 29 October 2010.</ref> Statements by Enrico Caruso Jr. in his book tend to substantiate this.{{sfn|Caruso|Farkas|1990|p=338}}<ref>Wah Keung Chan, [http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm7-7/caruso-en.html The Voice of Caruso] from ''La Scena Musicale'' Vol. 7, No. 7 online, retrieved 6 November 2010.</ref> Her relationship with Caruso broke down after 11 years and they separated. Giachetti's subsequent attempts to sue him for damages were dismissed by the courts.<ref>Caruso Jr. covers his father's relationship with Giachetti in great detail. {{harvnb|Jackson|1972}} and Scott (1988) also contain extensive information about the liaison.</ref>

[[File:Caruso and wife.jpg|thumb|left|Caruso and his wife on their wedding day, 1918]]
[[File:Caruso family.jpg|thumb|upright|Caruso with his wife and daughter sailing for Italy, 1921]] 

In 1917, Caruso met and courted a 25-year-old socialite, [[Dorothy Caruso|Dorothy Park Benjamin]] (1893–1955). She was the daughter of [[Park Benjamin]], a wealthy New York patent lawyer and author. In spite of the disapproval of Dorothy's father, the couple wed on 20 August 1918. They had a daughter, Gloria Caruso (1919–1999). Dorothy wrote two biographies of Caruso, published in 1928 and 1945. The books include many of Caruso's letters to his wife.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/18/arts/gloria-caruso-murray-79-artist-and-tenor-s-daughter.html Gloria Caruso Murray, 79, Artist and Tenor's Daughter], [[William H. Honan]], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 18 December 1999</ref>

A fastidious dresser, Caruso took at least two baths a day and enjoyed good food and convivial company. He forged a particularly close bond with his Met and Covent Garden colleague [[Antonio Scotti]]&nbsp;– an amiable and stylish baritone from Naples. Caruso was superstitious and habitually carried several good-luck charms with him when he sang. He played cards for relaxation and sketched friends, other singers, and musicians. His wife, Dorothy, said that by the time she knew him, her husband's favourite hobby was compiling [[Scrapbooking|scrapbooks]]. He also amassed valuable collections of rare postage stamps, coins, watches and antique [[snuffbox]]es. Caruso was a heavy smoker of strong [[Egyptian cigarettes]]. This deleterious habit, combined with a lack of exercise and the punishing schedule of performances that Caruso willingly undertook season after season at the Met, may have contributed to the persistent ill-health which afflicted the last year of his life.<ref>{{harvnb|Caruso|1945|p={{page needed|date=February 2020}}}}. Mrs Caruso enumerated these facts partly to satisfy public curiosity and partly to dispel myths and rumours about her husband.</ref>{{sfn|Key|Zirato|1922|p={{page needed|date=February 2020}}}}{{sfn|Jackson|1972|p={{page needed|date=February 2020}}}}