 At that same theater he created the role of Maurizio in Francesco Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur" (1902).Puccini considered casting the young Caruso in the role of Cavaradossi in "Tosca" at its premiere in 1900, but ultimately chose the older, more established Emilio De Marchi instead.Caruso took part in a grand concert at La Scala in February 1901 that Toscanini organised to mark the recent death of Giuseppe Verdi.