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Giulio Tomei, Amilcare Ponchielli, Graeme Kay
Beniamino Gigli: A Life in Words and Music
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar (is preceded by a brief spoken excerpt of Gigli's memoirs)
2. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Family background
3. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start
4. La bohème, opera: O soave fanciulla
5. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi
6. La favorita, opera: Spirto gentil
7. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Colonel Delfino, and Giovanni Zerri's legal agreement
8. O Surdato 'nnamurato, for voice & orchestra (with chorus, ad lib)
9. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A hospital visit and a scholarship
10. Lodoletta, opera in 3 acts: Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna
11. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli graduates and makes his debut; he goes for the high
12. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
13. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Marriage, Rome and a tour to Spain
14. Iris, opera (melodramma) in 3 acts: Apri la tua finestra!
15. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A letter from Fred Gaisberg of HMV
16. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso
17. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli conquers South America, and receives an offer from t
18. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Metropolitan Opera debut in Mefistofele
19. Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue: Giunto sul passo estremo
Track Listings (21) - Disc #2
1. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: The critics' verdict, and more performances
2. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Tombe degl'avi miei
3. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli's fate becomes entwined with Caruso's
4. Andrea Chénier, opera: Un dì all'azzurro spazio'
5. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Who will be Caruso's successor?
6. La Traviata, opera: De'miei bollenti spiriti
7. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Life forms a regular pattern, and Gigli learns to sing in
8. Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts: Vainement, ma bien aimée
9. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Manon at the Met
10. Manon, opera in 5 acts: O dolce incanto
11. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Catalani's Loreley
12. Loreley, opera (azione romantica) in 3 acts: Nel verde maggio
13. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Summer in Italy, then back to New York and some physical t
14. Roméo et Juliette, opera: Ah! ne fuis pas encore!
15. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Honorary Captain of the NYPD
16. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: O paradiso
17. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Flourishing finances and professional rivalries
18. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Crushing remarks; the attraction of radio
19. The Lost Chord, song for voice & piano
20. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A new decade, and the honour of playing Nemorino at the Me
21. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Quanto è bella
Track Listings (24) - Disc #3
1. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Debuts in Paris and London, and London's critical receptio
2. Martha, opera: M'apparì (Ach! So fromm)
3. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Crisis: the death of Gigli's mother, and tension at the Me
4. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Departure from the Met
5. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: America's loss is Europe's Gain
6. Gigli in an interview at the Savoy Hotel, London (Speech)
7. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Cherished London reviews
8. Pagliacci, opera: No, Pagliaccio non son!
9. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Recording reflects the drama
10. Pagliacci, opera: Suvvia, così terribile
11. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Touring, Gigli's working relationships, and a new turn of
12. Non ti scordar di me, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)
13. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Film popularity, Hitler and Goebbels, and the Caracalla tr
14. La bohème, opera: Che gelida manina
15. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Voice expert John Steane's recommendation
16. La bohème, opera: O soave fanciulla
17. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A new recording of Tosca
18. Tosca, opera: Recondita armonia
19. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Patience and hard work produce "a perfect set of master re
20. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
21. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A return to America and the Met
22. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Ingemisco
23. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: The recording of Madama Butterfly
24. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Closing moments of Act 1
Track Listings (24) - Disc #4
1. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: War keeps Gigli in Italy
2. Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni (1940)
3. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni (t
4. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso
5. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: More role debuts, Gigli's wartime films, and Andrea Chénie
6. Andrea Chénier, opera: Un dì all'azzurro spazio
7. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: John Steane's verdict
8. Andrea Chénier, opera: Come un bel dì di maggio
9. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Rome Opera house rallies wartime spirits
10. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Teco io sto - Gran Dio
11. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Non sai tu che se l'anima mia
12. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Oh, qual soave brivido
13. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli's political affiliations
14. Aida, opera: Celeste Aida
15. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Postwar Italy: an HMV manager's report
16. Aida, opera: Per ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida
17. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Covent Garden with Rina, then a tour of Britain and Irelan
18. Speech given by Gigli after a concert at the Royal Albert Hall
19. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: The final phase - and no thoughts of retirement
20. Ritorna Amore
21. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A last visit to the USA
22. Santa Lucia, for voice & orchestra
23. Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli's death, his obituaries, and his place in the tenor
24. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: O paradiso (ending)

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All Artists: Giulio Tomei, Amilcare Ponchielli, Graeme Kay, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti, Enrico Cannio, Pietro Mascagni, Arrigo Boito, Umberto Giordano, Giuseppe Verdi, Edouard Lalo, Jules Massenet, Alfredo Catalani, Charles Gounod, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Arthur Sullivan, Friedrich von Flotow, Beniamino Gigli, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Ernesto de Curtis
Title: Beniamino Gigli: A Life in Words and Music
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Label: Naxos
Release Date: 5/18/2004
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical
Styles: Instructional, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Early Music, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPC: 636943814826

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