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Graeme Kay Composer
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples
Performances: 1
Tracks: 45
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Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples
- Family background
- Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start
- Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi
- Colonel Delfino, and Giovanni Zerri's legal agreement
- A hospital visit and a scholarship
- Gigli graduates and makes his debut; he goes for the high B flat
- Marriage, Rome and a tour to Spain
- A letter from Fred Gaisberg of HMV
- Gigli conquers South America, and receives an offer from the Met
- Metropolitan Opera debut in Mefistofele
- The critics' verdict, and more performances
- Gigli's fate becomes entwined with Caruso's
- Who will be Caruso's successor?
- Life forms a regular pattern, and Gigli learns to sing in foreign languages
- Manon at the Met
- Catalani's Loreley
- Summer in Italy, then back to New York and some physical training
- Honorary Captain of the NYPD
- Flourishing finances and professional rivalries
- Crushing remarks; the attraction of radio
- A new decade, and the honour of playing Nemorino at the Met
- Debuts in Paris and London, and London's critical reception
- Crisis: the death of Gigli's mother, and tension at the Met
- Departure from the Met
- America's loss is Europe's Gain
- Cherished London reviews
- Recording reflects the drama
- Touring, Gigli's working relationships, and a new turn of events
- Film popularity, Hitler and Goebbels, and the Caracalla tradition
- Voice expert John Steane's recommendation
- A new recording of Tosca
- Patience and hard work produce "a perfect set of master recordings"
- A return to America and the Met
- The recording of Madama Butterfly
- War keeps Gigli in Italy
- Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni (translation of the speech)
- More role debuts, Gigli's wartime films, and Andrea Chénier
- John Steane's verdict
- Rome Opera house rallies wartime spirits
- Gigli's political affiliations
- Postwar Italy: an HMV manager's report
- Covent Garden with Rina, then a tour of Britain and Ireland
- The final phase - and no thoughts of retirement
- A last visit to the USA
- Gigli's death, his obituaries, and his place in the tenor lineage
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