The life of the famous Italian singer Enrico Caruso was such a case.October 13, 1894 has anyone at that time known Enrico went to the director of the Neapolitan theater "Mercadante" to the test in the presence of the great Puccini.Caruso was expecting this meeting with a heavy heart, he was afraid of the number thirteen.
refuse such an important meeting was unthinkable, but ... the thirteenth!In order to somehow calm down, give yourself confidence, the young singer decided to take his talisman theater and the night before putting it in his pocket.In the morning he went to the theater.Cursed number is not haunted.
"Maybe remove the talisman from his pocket and keep it in your hands while singing?"- Caruso thought.But what is it ?!He frantically rummaging in his pockets.Talisman is not!Back home, look for? .. But already half past nine, it's time to be in the theater."What should I do? - One thought interrupts the other. - After today, everything can be solved. Like it singing theater director, and me to sign a lucrative contract. We must sing! Sing, even if the lost talisman."
- Well, what do you sing to us?
and Enrique answers (he never could explain why):
- "Cavatina" from "Faust."
But that's what he was forbidden to sing the teacher, as the voice of the singer was still not enough height and confidence.Failure.Complete failure."And all - the mascot."
But why deceive ourselves: the main cause was the fear: the voice refused to obey.
Caruso did not remember how he found himself at home.On the floor by his bed, he saw the mascot.And then came the voice!After this incident, Caruso bought the locket and put it in his talisman.From now on, it will always be hanging around his neck ...
Caruso became a professional singer.He knows vying invited to tour ... It is in Trapani, Sicily.All tickets are sold out, the audience eagerly awaiting the start of the opera.But the performance never took place: again prevented the thirteenth.
- Today, I could not speak - said the singer theater director.
- Why?
- Missing my talisman!
- What are you, crazy?Are you a man or a hysterical prima donna?
- Believe me, I have nothing.Two years ago, when I found myself without a mascot, it happened that way.How can I pursue this damned "baker's dozen"!
director threatened:
- Signor Caruso, you do not know what is Sicily!Unless ye go forth, defeat the theater audience.And we'll kill you.
Caruso is on the scene.He's trying to sing, but can not ...
Singer, failing to remove make-up, fled to his hotel.And the next morning the maid brought him a medallion with a mascot: accident together with the shirt he got to the laundress.And Caruso found his voice.
On the same day he had a conversation with the director of the theater:
- Dear Signor Caruso, tonight you still will sing.Required!
- After what happened yesterday ?!
- But you do not know what happened next!Instead, you made one of the singers of our company.The crowd chased him.Imagine, she demanded that you return.
The same evening, Caruso surpassed himself.It was since then the singer has been declared the greatest tenor in the world.He played it often, but it was one day each month, when the famous singer would not want to speak.
But years passed, and Caruso, a man smart enough, he realized that his failure associated with the number thirteen, simply the result of self-hypnosis.He began performing in these days.
- I no longer believe in the stupid prejudices!- He said later.
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Articles Source: Vladimir Mezentsev."In the tight corners of mysticism"
