Tenor > Gigli, Beniamino

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...

Archive of Romances of Italian Salon Music / Beniamino Gigli

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Enrico Toselli: Serenade, Op. 6 no 1; Giuseppi Curci: Notte a Venezia
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Time Traveller: La Belle Epoque

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne; La Périchole; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Prinz Methusalem; Emile Waldteufel: Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"),...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Baldwin, Dalton; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cziffra, György; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gigli, Beniamino; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Pennario, Leonard; Royal, Kate
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Boskovsky, Willi; Rosenthal, Manuel; Gardner, Edward; Goehr, Walter; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

As the 19th century faded and the 20th century began; something special was in the air: the scent of decadence mingled with the thrill of...continue...

Le Voci Di Lecce / Camassa, Emitry, Elmo, Gallo, Perulli, Rizzo, Tafuro

1 CD / Nireo / 2012-04-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La Traviata; Rigoletto; I Lombardi alla prima criciata; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Strauss: Serenata; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Lucia di Lamm...
Performers: Camassa, Vanna; Demitry, Luigi; Elmo, Cloe; Gallo, Gustavo; Gigli, Beniamino; Pagliughi, Lina; Perulli, Franco; Rizzo, Niceta; Salerno, Mario; Tafuro, Franco; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Berretoni, U.; Morel, Jean Paul; Capuana, Franco; Mignone, E.; Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno

Dream Ticket to Andrea Chenier: The most famous arias and celebrated singers, 1908 - 1960

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chènier
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bjorling, Jussi; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Masini, Galliano; Milanov, Zinka [Sopran...

This is a compilation of the most famous arias and scenes from Andrea Chénier performed by different singers with varying interpretations. The recordings range from...continue...

The Art of Singing / Golden Voices of the Century [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-07-26

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; De los Angeles, Victoria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gigli, Beni...

Many illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century are featured in sound and vision in rare footage, much of it previously unavailable....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W and Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese
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Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939

6 CD / Danacord / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Missa Solemnis, Op. 125; Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan...
Performers: Berettoni, Umberto; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Brems, Else; Bruusgaard, Holger; Busch, Adolf; Byrding, Holger; Cassado, Gaspar; Ettl, Karl; Fidesser, Hans; Gigli, Beniamino; Granfelt, Hanna; Hamm...
Conductors: Weisbach, Hans; Malko, Nicolai; Walter, Bruno; Tango, Egisto; Grondahl, Launy; Mahler, Fritz; Schneevoigt, Georg; Wöldike, Mogens; Busch, Fritz; Paray, Paul; Fitelberg, Grzegorz; Hoeberg, Georg;...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...continue...

Torna a Surriento: Canzoni, Vol. 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-12-08

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Tu ca nun chiagne; Evemero Nardella: Ammore e' femmena; Paolo Tosti: La serenata; Vorrei (Could I); Mattinata for voice & piano/orchestra; Venetian Song, duet fo...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Constantino, Florencio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino...

A compilation of the most famous singers of their day performing the popular Neapolitan canzone. These canzone were often performed as encores at recitals given...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Beniamino Gigli, Maria Caniglia, Ebe Stignani, Lia Serafini, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-11-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pasero, Tancredi; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"My first reaction on hearing this recording again was that to sing RadamEs, Gigli denies the sweetness of his voice and belts, making him sound...continue...

O Sole Mio, Canzoni, Vol. 1

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-11-10

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Paolo Tosti: Il pescatore pensa, for voice & piano/orchestra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); Pour un baiser; L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Romanze (3); T'amo ancora; Mauro C...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Cazette, Louis; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giacomo, Salvatore di; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lucia, Fernando de; Muratore, Lucien [Vocals]; Pertile, A...

Rooted in popular culture, the Neapolitan canzoni's lyrics and music are inspired by everyday themes. They are plain and simple miniatures that attain a higher...continue...

Beniamino Gigli in Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-10-13

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Acampora, Irene; Cambi, Adelina; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gentile, Guiseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; Guelfi, Piero; Malgarini, Pina; Meletti, Saturno; Pini, Amalia
Conductors: Patanè, Franco

These recordings come from San Carlo, Naples, January 1952. Here, Gigli is perfervid throughout the performance and more involved with words than in the 1934...continue...

Georges Bizet: Carmen

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Cadoni, Fernanda; Gigli, Beniamino; Gigli, Rina; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Marcangeli, Anna; Mazzini, Guido; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tomei, Giulio; Tommaso, S. De
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

Gigli In Concert

1 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Stanislao Gastaldon: Musica proibita,...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino; Sivieri, Enrico
Conductors: Fekete, Zoltán; Shilkret, Nathaniel

This concert reveals how no tenor on record had as many colors in his palette as Gigli. At this point in his career, his interpretations...continue...

Puccini - The Music Scene

2 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borkh, Inge; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Caselli, Dario; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; de los Angeles, Victoria; Del Mon...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Patanè, Franco; Leinsdorf, Erich; Pasternack, Josef A....

This is a collection of acts and scenes from various Puccini operas performed by world-renowned singers. No librettos are included....continue...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Il mito dell'opera - 26 "E lucevan le stelle" da Tosca di Giacomo Puccini

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2009-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Bjorling, Jussi; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Caruso, Enrico; Ciniselli, Ferdinando; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Mig...

An opera becomes popular only if at least one of its arias is a success: Tosca contains many famous pieces, but one above all, "E...continue...

Gigli - Caruso - Schipa: The Legendary Three Tenors

1 CD / Yoyo USA, Inc. / 2008-10-14

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Vieni sul mar (A song from Naples); Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amor...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli; Gigli, Beniamino; Schipa; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]

18 "Celeste Aida" da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi / Caruso, Bergonzi, Paoli, Björling, Corelli, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Labò, Flaviano; Lagares, Rafael; Martinelli, Gio...

'Aida' is the most widely-performed opera ever and the aria 'Celeste Aida' is what might be termed its calling card. After all, it is sung...continue...

'O Sole Mio - The Very Best of Neapolitan Songs / Gigli

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ernesto de Curtis: Voce'e notte; Lucia, Lucì for voice & orchestra; Torna a Surriento; Canta pe' me...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

'O Sole Mio The Very Best Of Neapolitan Songs Includes 16 Beautifully Sung By Beniamino Gigli. These Are The Original Recordings Made Between 1925-1946....continue...

Famous Neapolitan Songs (Box Set)

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Emanuele Nutile: Mamma mia, che vo' sapè, for voice & orchestra; Ernesto de Curtis: Tu ca nun chiag...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]

The Great Masters of the Opera

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-05-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; La traviata; Aida, opera; Aroldo; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gi...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gigli, Beniamino; Jasper, Bella; Knoll, Rudolf; Kraus, Alfredo...

Benjamino Gigli - Recital

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Cloe Elmo

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Francesco Cilèa: A...
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Salerno, Mario; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Voorhees, Donald; Morel, Jean Paul

After some tentative years (alternating between mezzo and soprano parts), Cloe Elmo was to become one of the busiest performers on Italian Radio and took...continue...

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Opera Masters

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Agnus Dei, for voice & ...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Caniglia, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Micheletti, Gaston; Pinza, Ezio; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Supervia, Conchita

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 18 - Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Falstaff; Alberto Franchetti...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Finzi-Magrini, Giuseppina; Galvany, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pareto, Graziella; Ruffo, Titta

Ruffo possessed undoubtedly one of the most powerful voices of his era (along with Caruso, he was one of the leading singers of the new...continue...

Canzoni Napoletane e Popolari

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2007-05-22

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Teodoro Cottrau: Santa Lucia; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Voce'e notte; A Canzone 'e Napule for voice & orchestra; Lucia, Luc...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

The Essential Collection - Great Tenors / McCormack, et al

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Salvatore Fucito: Sultanto a Te for voice & orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; George Frederick Handel: Semele; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Aida, op...
Performers: Ancona, Mario; Bjorling, Jussi; Bourdon, Rosario; Burke, Tom; Caruso, Enrico; Cortis, Antonio; Crooks, Richard; Gigli, Beniamino; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melba, Nellie; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Rogers, Walter B.; Goehr, Walter; Sabajno, Carlo; Ormandy, Eugene; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Bourdon, Rosario; Grevillius, Nils...

The Essential Collection takes its first foray into classical music in this set, which features some of the greatest tenor voices of the first half...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Caniglia Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Ave Maria; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca...
Performers: Caniglia, Maria; Castagnone, M.; Gigli, Beniamino; Giuranna, Barbara; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Collingwood, Lawrance; Armani, G.; Berrettoni, Umberto; Marinuzzi, Gino; Goehr, Walter

For LP collectors, the soprano Maria Caniglia is known mainly as the partner of Beniamino Gigli. Together with him she not only made a number...continue...

Ten Top Tenors / Caruso, Roswaenge, Gigli, Tauber, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Adolphe Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra Diavolo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccin...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Kreisler, Fritz; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melchior, Lauritz; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Ed...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Szell, George; Paulik, Anton; Gaubert, Philippe; Heurteur, Fernand; Grevillius, Nils; Ormandy, Eugene; Collingwood, L...

Neapolitan Songs

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Romanze (2); L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); La serenata; Canzoni napoletane (3); Marechiare; Addio; Gia...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Bastianini, Ettore; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Capecchi, Renato; Carreras, José; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; de Lucia, Fernando; Del...

Arias

3 CD / Membran / 2006-05-04

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Iris; Lodoletta; Isabeau; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Francesco Cilè...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Nessi, Giuseppe; Pacetti, Iva; Paci, Leone; Rasa, Lina Bruna
Conductors: Mascagni, Pietro; Ghione, Franco

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Il mito dell'opera - 24 Nessun dorma da Turandot

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2005-07-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; Granda, Aless...

If it is true, as many claim, that the great epic age of opera ended with Puccini, there is no doubt that Calaf's aria, taken...continue...

The Stars Were Shining Vol 2 / Ponselle, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2005-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Luigi Luzzi: Ave Maria; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Carnevali, Vito; Fettes, Peter; Gigli, Beniamino; Grandi, Margherita; Newton, Ivor; Ponselle, Rosa
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Boult, Adrian; Robinson, Stanford

Beniamino Gigli "Ave Maria" with Erna Berger / selections from La Boheme, La traviata; songs [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Canto Society / 2005-02-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino
Conductors: Ricci, Luigi
Ensemble: Studio Orchestra

Run Time: 85 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Italy
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San Francisco Opera Gems Volume 2 / Merola, et al

3 CD / Guild / 2005-02-01

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Ros...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Alvary, Lorenzo; Boerner, Charlotte; Conner, Nadine; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garris, John; Gigli, Beniamino; Harrell, Mack; Howell, John; Jobin, Raoul; Kullman, Charles; Lehmann, Lotte; M...
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Sebastian, Georges
Ensemble: San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Canciones Napolitanas

1 CD / Yoyo USA, Inc. / 2004-09-13

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Italian Traditional: Santa Lucia; Anonymous, Italian: Canta per mi, song; Luigi Denza: Occhi Turchini! for voice & orchestra; Funiculì funiculà; Marcello d...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

Sacred Songs / Beniamino Gigli

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-09-01

Works: Vito Carnevali: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Percy Kahn: Ave Ma...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

Keith Hardwick - In Memoriam

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor; Crabbe, Armand; Dawson, Peter; Franci, Benvenuto; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Koshetz, Nina; Melchior, Lauritz; Monte, Toti Dal; Nemeth, Maria; Pinza, Ezio; Schiotz, Ak...
Conductors: Alwin, Carl; Santini, Gabriele; Bourdon, Rosario; Byng, George W.; Setti, Giulio; Nastrucci, Gino; Albergoni, Angelo; Steinmann, Max; Tango, Egisto; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Weissmann, Frie...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

The Unpublished Treasury

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ernani; Requiem Mass; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Spanish Traditional: No quiero casarme; Mar...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Crooks, Richard; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; Gorin, Igor; Koshetz...
Conductors: Büsser, Henri

This CD contains 20 tracks with nearly 77 minutes of unpublished works. Metal masters of these recordings have survived with time and now can be...continue...

Beniamino Gigli - A Life in Words and Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Graeme Kay: Beniamino Gigli; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Monte, Toti Dal; Tomei, Giulio; Zamboni, Maria

Gigli was born to sing, and he used records, broadcasts and film to promote his music and career way beyond the confines of the opera...continue...

Opera Explained - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-01

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana", narration with musical examples
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Bechi, Gino; Evstatieva, Stefka; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Mauro, Anna di; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Tumagian, Eduard
Conductors: Mascagni, Pietro; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

'Cavalleria Rusticana' is the short opera that has all the elements of a grand opera compressed into a single highly dramatic time span. The story...continue...

A Little Bit of Heaven / Butt, Gigli, Robeson, Lough, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2003-11-11

Works: Stephen Adams: The Holy City; Arthur Sullivan: The Lost Chord; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Traditional: My Lord, what a morning; Swing low, sweet chariot; Amazing Grace; Oh, what a beautifu...
Performers: Allin, Norman; Anderson, Marian; Bettendorf, Emmy; Brown, Lawrence [Classical]; Butt, Clara, Dame; Crooks, Richard [Tenor]; Francis, James; Gigli, Beniamino; Harris, Phil; Jackson, Mahalia; Lough, Er...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John, Sir; ; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir; Greenwood, Clifford; Wilbur, Jay; Robinson, Stanford
Ensemble: ; BBC Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Chorus; Chorus; Orchestra; Temple Church Choir; Vienna Boys' Choir

Beniamino Gigli - I Concerti del 1953 a Napoli, Roma, Milano

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2003-09-30

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Pietro Mascagni: Lodoletta; Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles; Jacques Halévy: La juive; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino