Beniamino Gigli.

Author/creator Gigli, Beniamino
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoNew York : RCA Victor, ℗1990.
Description1 audio disc (74 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBori, Lucrezia, 1887-1960 performer.
Other author/creatorPinza, Ezio performer.
Other author/creatorRuffo, Titta, 1877-1953 performer.
Other author/creatorRethberg, Elisabeth, 1894-1976 performer.
Other author/creatorPasternack, Josef, performer.
Other author/creatorBourdon, Rosario, 1885-1961 conductor.
Other author/creatorSetti, Giancarlo, 1935- conductor.
Other author/creatorSivieri, Enrico, conductor.
Other author/creatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra.
Other author/creatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus.
SeriesGold seal
Vocal series
Gold Seal. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Andrea Chénier. Un di all'azzurro spazio / Giordano (4:14) -- La favorita. Spirto gentil / Donizetti (3:53) -- Faust. Salut, demeure/Salve, dimora (sung in Italian) (4:31) ; Roméo et Juliette. Ange adorable (4:08) ; Roméo et Juliette. Ah! ne fuis pas encore (with Lucrezia Bori, soprano) (2:06) / Gounod -- Le Roi d'Ys. Vainement, ma bien aimée / Lalo (3:25) -- Tosca. O dolci mani / Puccini (2:05) -- L'elisir d'amore. Una furtiva lagrima (4:15) ; L'elisir d'amore. Quanto è bella (2:47) ; Lucia di Lammermoor. Act III, scene 3 : tomb scene (with Ezio Pinza, bass) (12:59) / Donizetti -- La Gioconda. Enzo Grimaldo, principe di Santafior (with Tita Ruffo) (4:25) ; Cielo e mar (4:32) / Ponchielli -- Les pêcheurs de perles = I pescatori di perle. Je crois entendre encore/Mi par d'udir ancora / Bizet (sung in Italian) (3:58) -- Attila. Te sol quest'anima : trio (with Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano & Ezio Pinza, bass) (2:57) ; I Lombardi. Qual voluttà trascorrere : trio (with Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano & Ezio Pinza, bass) (4:15) / Verdi -- Lo schiavo. Quando nascesti tu (3:13) ; Il guarnay. Vanto io pur (4:09) / Gomes.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteAnalog recordings, digitally remastered.
General noteProgram notes (17 p.) in English by George Jellinek, with German, French & Italian translations, inserted.
Performer Beniamino Gigli, tenor ; with assisting vocalists ; accompanied by unnamed orchestras conducted by Josef Pasternack, Rosario Bourdon & Enrico Sivieri and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Giulio Setti.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded on various dates, March 21, 1921-October 1951.
Publisher number7811-2-RG RCA Victor

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