 He sang a broad spectrum of roles, ranging from lyric, to spinto, to dramatic parts, in the Italian and French repertoires.In the German repertoire, Caruso sang only two roles, Assad (in Karl Goldmark's "The Queen of Sheba") and Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin", both of which he performed in Italian in Buenos Aires in 1899 and 1901, respectively.During his lifetime, Caruso received many orders, decorations, testimonials and other kinds of honors from monarchs, governments and miscellaneous cultural bodies of the various nations in which he sang.