Pasquale Simonelli

Pasquale Isidoro Simonelli (May 4, 1878 – September 14, 1960), Commander (Commendatore) of the Order of the Crown of Italy, was an Italian-American banker.

In 1897, on the ship Oregon, he sailed from Naples, Italy and, on February 10, arrived in New York City.

In 1903, Simonelli was instrumental in securing the services of Enrico Caruso[1] for the New York Metropolitan Opera.

Simonelli married Rosa in 1903 and had two children: Julius (born in 1904 in their summer home on Brighton Ave, Long Branch, New Jersey) and Maria.

His remains rest in the Simonelli family mausoleum in the cemetery of Sant'Erasmo in Saviano, Naples.