Beniamino Gigli: A Life in Words and Music

Giulio Tomei (Performer), Arrigo Boito (Composer), Enrico Cannio (Composer), Alfredo Catalani (Composer), Teodoro Cottrau (Composer), Ernesto de Curtis (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), Beniamino Gigli (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Graeme Kay (Composer), Edouard Lalo (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Giacomo Meyerbeer (Composer), Amilcare Ponchielli (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Spoken Word (Composer)

Product Details

• Performer: Giulio Tomei
• Composer: Arrigo Boito, Enrico Cannio, Alfredo Catalani, Teodoro Cottrau, Ernesto de Curtis, et al.
• Audio CD (May 18, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 4
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0001N9ZES
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #369,811 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

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

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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?

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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

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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

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