Tag Archives: Beniamino Gigli
Recording of the Week – Gigli Compelation
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 2nd October 2016Amazon has a 10 CD collection of recordings by one of the greatest tenors of the 20th Century – Beniamino Gigli (1890-1956). They are currently selling it for $36. I got it for $14, so you should wait until it goes on sale again before buying it. The tenor had one of the most beautiful voices…
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Melchior and Gigli – March 20, 1890
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 20th March 2011Today is the birthday of two of opera’s supremely gifted tenors – Lauritz Melchior and Beniamino Gigli. Not only were they born on the same day, but in the same year. Below is Melchior singing Dio mi potevei scagliar from Verdi’s Otello. He sang the role at the Met only one time, and only it’s…
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