Gigli: Beniamino Gigli - A Life in Words and Music (KAY)
Disc 1
Gigli: A Life in Words and Music
Kay, Graeme - narrator
1. 'I was born with a voice and very little else...' / Ponchielli: 'Cielo e mar' from La Gioconda - 1918 00:05:22
2. Family background 00:05:20
3. Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start 00:06:36
4. Puccini: 'O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 1919 00:03:36
5. Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi 00:03:19
6. Donizetti: 'Spirto gentil' from La favorita - 1918 00:04:03
7. Colonel Delfino, and Giovanni Zerri's legal agreement 00:05:01
8. Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato - 1918 00:02:26
9. A hospital visit and a scholarship 00:02:18
10. Mascagni: 'Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna' from Lodoletta - 1918 00:03:42
11. Gigli graduates and makes his debut; he goes for the high B flat 00:06:31
12. Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 1918 00:02:56
13. Marriage, Rome and a tour to Spain 00:04:13
14. Mascagni: 'Apri la tua finestra!' from Iris - 1918 00:02:35
15. A letter from Fred Gaisberg of HMV 00:04:15
16. Mascagni: 'Mamma, quel vino e generoso' from Cavalleria rusticana - 1919 00:04:18
17. Gigli conquers South America, and receives an offer from the Met 00:03:35
18. Metropolitan Opera debut in Mefistofele 00:04:42
19. Boito: 'Giunto sul passo estremo' from Mefistofele - 1921 00:03:27
Disc 2
1. The critics' verdict, and more performances 00:04:41
2. Donizetti: 'Tombe degl'avi miei' from Lucia di Lammermoor - 1927 00:04:40
3. Gigli's fate becomes entwined with Caruso's 00:07:30
4. Giordano: 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chenier - 1922 00:04:26
5. Who will be Caruso's successor? 00:05:49
6. Verdi: 'De'miei bollenti spiriti' from La traviata - 1928 00:04:22
7. Life forms a regular pattern, and Gigli learns to sing in foreign languages 00:02:06
8. Lalo: 'Vainement, ma bien aimee' from Le Roi d'Ys - 1922 00:03:26
9. Manon at the Met 00:00:57
10. Massenet: 'O dolce incanto' from Manon - 1931 00:03:36
11. Catalani's Loreley 00:00:50
12. Catalani: 'Nel verde maggio' from Loreley - 1923 00:02:28
13. Summer in Italy, then back to New York and some physical training 00:04:33
14. Gounod: 'Ah! ne fuis pas encore!' from Romeo et Juliette - 1923 00:02:14
15. Honorary Captain of the NYPD 00:02:22
16. Meyerbeer: 'O paradiso' from L'Africaine - 1928 00:03:57
17. Flourishing finances and professional rivalries 00:04:49
18. Crushing remarks; the attraction of radio 00:03:40
19. Sullivan: The Lost Chord - 1931 00:04:29
20. A new decade, and the honour of playing Nemorino at the Met 00:01:31
21. Donizetti: 'Quanto e bella' from L'elisir d'amore - 1925 00:02:52
Disc 3
1. Debuts in Paris and London, and London's critical reception 00:04:43
2. Flotow: 'M'appari' [Ach! So fromm] from Mata [Martha] - 1929 00:03:39
3. Crisis: the death of Gigli's mother, and tension at the Met 00:03:44
4. Departure from the Met 00:04:28
5. America's loss is Europe's gain 00:06:40
6. Speech: Gigli in an interview at the Savoy Hotel, London - 1946 00:00:43
7. Cherished London reviews 00:01:41
8. Leoncavallo: 'No, Pagliacci non son!' from Pagliacci - 1934 00:03:14
9. Recording reflects the drama 00:01:08
10. Leoncavallo: 'Suvvia, cosi terribile' from Pagliacci - 1934 00:02:57
11. Touring, Gigli's working relationships, and a new turn of events 00:05:59
12. De Curtis: Non ti scorder di me - 1935 00:03:17
13. Film popularity, Hitler and Goebbels, and the Caracalla tradition 00:04:44
14. Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' from La Boheme - 1938 00:04:25
15. Voice expert John Steane's recommendation 00:00:28
16. Puccini: ' O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 1938 00:03:34
17. A new recording of Tosca 00:02:41
18. Puccini: 'Recondita armonia' from Tosca - 1938 00:02:49
19. Patience and hard work produce 'a perfrect set of master recordings' 00:02:36
20. Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 1938 00:02:41
21. A return to America and the Met 00:04:34
22. Verdi: 'Ingemisco' from the Requiem - 1939 00:03:39
23. The recording of Madama Butterfly 00:00:37
24. Puccini: Closing moments of Act I, Madama Butterfly - 1939 00:04:18
Disc 4
1. War keeps Gigli in Italy 00:02:56
2. Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni - 1940 00:00:50
3. Translation of the speech 00:00:58
4. Mascagni: 'Mamma, quel vino e generoso' from Cavalleria rusticana - 1940 00:04:45
5. More role debuts, Gigli's wartime films, and Andrea Chenier 00:06:41
6. Giordano: 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chenier - 1941 00:05:09
7. John Steane's verdict 00:00:28
8. Giordano: 'Come un bel di di maggio' from Andrea Chenier - 1941 00:03:04
9. Rome Opera House rallies wartime spirits 00:01:06
10. Verdi: 'Teco io sto - Gran Dio' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 00:01:21
11. Verdi: 'Non sai tu che se l'anima mia' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 00:03:33
12. Verdi: 'Oh, qual soave brivido' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 00:03:24
13. Gigli's political affiliations 00:06:32
14. Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida - 1946 00:04:36
15. Postwar Italy: an HMV manager's report 00:01:00
16. Verdi: 'Pui ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida' from Aida - 1946 00:03:15
17. Covent Garden with Rina, then a tour of Britian and Ireland 00:06:18
18. Speech given by Gigli after a concert at the Royal Albert Hall - 1952 00:00:42
19. The final phase - and no thoughts of retirement 00:02:47
20. Di Veroli: Ritorna amore - 1952 00:03:34
21. A last visit to the USA 00:01:14
22. Cottrau: Santa Lucia - 1949 00:03:06
23. Gigli's death, his obituaries, and his place in the tenor lineage 00:09:04
24. Meyerbeer: 'O paradiso' from L'Africaine (ending) - 1928 00:02:28
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