| Amilcare Ponchielli |
La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts (Cielo e mar (is preceded by a brief spoken excerpt of Gigli's memoirs)) |
5:22 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Family background) |
5:20 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start) |
6:36 |
| Giacomo Puccini |
La bohème, opera (O soave fanciulla) |
3:36 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi) |
3:19 |
| Gaetano Donizetti |
La favorita, opera (Spirto gentil) |
4:03 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Colonel Delfino, and Giovanni Zerri's legal agreement) |
5:01 |
| Enrico Cannio |
O Surdato 'nnamurato, for voice & orchestra (with chorus, ad lib) |
2:26 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (A hospital visit and a scholarship) |
2:18 |
| Pietro Mascagni |
Lodoletta, opera in 3 acts (Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna) |
3:42 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Gigli graduates and makes his debut; he goes for the high B flat) |
6:31 |
| Giacomo Puccini |
Tosca, opera (E lucevan le stelle) |
2:56 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Marriage, Rome and a tour to Spain) |
4:13 |
| Pietro Mascagni |
Iris, opera (melodramma) in 3 acts (Apri la tua finestra!) |
2:35 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (A letter from Fred Gaisberg of HMV) |
4:15 |
| Pietro Mascagni |
Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act (Mamma, quel vino è generoso) |
4:18 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Gigli conquers South America, and receives an offer from the Met) |
3:35 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Metropolitan Opera debut in Mefistofele) |
4:42 |
| Arrigo Boito |
Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue (Giunto sul passo estremo) |
3:27 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (The critics' verdict, and more performances) |
4:41 |
| Gaetano Donizetti |
Lucia di Lammermoor, opera (Tombe degl'avi miei) |
4:40 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Gigli's fate becomes entwined with Caruso's) |
7:30 |
| Umberto Giordano |
Andrea Chénier, opera (Un dì all'azzurro spazio') |
4:26 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Who will be Caruso's successor?) |
5:49 |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
La Traviata, opera (De'miei bollenti spiriti) |
4:22 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Life forms a regular pattern, and Gigli learns to sing in foreign languages) |
2:06 |
| Edouard Lalo |
Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts (Vainement, ma bien aimée) |
3:26 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Manon at the Met) |
0:57 |
| Jules Massenet |
Manon, opera in 5 acts (O dolce incanto) |
3:36 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Catalani's Loreley) |
0:50 |
| Alfredo Catalani |
Loreley, opera (azione romantica) in 3 acts (Nel verde maggio) |
2:28 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Summer in Italy, then back to New York and some physical training) |
4:33 |
| Charles Gounod |
Roméo et Juliette, opera (Ah! ne fuis pas encore!) |
2:14 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Honorary Captain of the NYPD) |
2:22 |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer |
L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts (O paradiso) |
3:57 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Flourishing finances and professional rivalries) |
4:49 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Crushing remarks; the attraction of radio) |
3:40 |
| Arthur Sullivan |
The Lost Chord, song for voice & piano |
4:29 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (A new decade, and the honour of playing Nemorino at the Met) |
1:31 |
| Gaetano Donizetti |
L'elisir d'amore, opera (Quanto è bella) |
2:52 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Debuts in Paris and London, and London's critical reception) |
4:43 |
| Friedrich von Flotow |
Martha, opera (M'apparì (Ach! So fromm)) |
3:39 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Crisis: the death of Gigli's mother, and tension at the Met) |
3:44 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Departure from the Met) |
4:28 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (America's loss is Europe's Gain) |
6:40 |
| Beniamino Gigli |
Gigli in an interview at the Savoy Hotel, London (Speech) |
0:43 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Cherished London reviews) |
1:41 |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo |
Pagliacci, opera (No, Pagliaccio non son!) |
3:14 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Recording reflects the drama) |
1:08 |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo |
Pagliacci, opera (Suvvia, così terribile) |
2:57 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Touring, Gigli's working relationships, and a new turn of events) |
5:59 |
| Ernesto de Curtis |
Non ti scordar di me, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib) |
3:17 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Film popularity, Hitler and Goebbels, and the Caracalla tradition) |
4:44 |
| Giacomo Puccini |
La bohème, opera (Che gelida manina) |
4:25 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Voice expert John Steane's recommendation) |
0:28 |
| Giacomo Puccini |
La bohème, opera (O soave fanciulla) |
3:34 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (A new recording of Tosca) |
2:41 |
| Giacomo Puccini |
Tosca, opera (Recondita armonia) |
2:49 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Patience and hard work produce "a perfect set of master recordings") |
2:36 |
| Giacomo Puccini |
Tosca, opera (E lucevan le stelle) |
2:41 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (A return to America and the Met) |
4:34 |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem) (Ingemisco) |
3:39 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (The recording of Madama Butterfly) |
0:37 |
| Giacomo Puccini |
Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera (Closing moments of Act 1) |
4:18 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (War keeps Gigli in Italy) |
2:56 |
| Spoken Word |
Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni (1940) |
0:50 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni (translation of the speech)) |
0:58 |
| Pietro Mascagni |
Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act (Mamma, quel vino è generoso) |
4:45 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (More role debuts, Gigli's wartime films, and Andrea Chénier) |
6:41 |
| Umberto Giordano |
Andrea Chénier, opera (Un dì all'azzurro spazio) |
5:09 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (John Steane's verdict) |
0:28 |
| Umberto Giordano |
Andrea Chénier, opera (Come un bel dì di maggio) |
3:04 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Rome Opera house rallies wartime spirits) |
1:06 |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Un ballo in maschera, opera (Teco io sto - Gran Dio) |
1:21 |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Un ballo in maschera, opera (Non sai tu che se l'anima mia) |
3:33 |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Un ballo in maschera, opera (Oh, qual soave brivido) |
3:24 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Gigli's political affiliations) |
6:32 |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Aida, opera (Celeste Aida) |
4:35 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Postwar Italy: an HMV manager's report) |
1:00 |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Aida, opera (Per ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida) |
3:15 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Covent Garden with Rina, then a tour of Britain and Ireland) |
6:18 |
| Beniamino Gigli |
Speech given by Gigli after a concert at the Royal Albert Hall |
0:42 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (The final phase - and no thoughts of retirement) |
2:47 |
| Manlio di Veroli |
Ritorna Amore |
3:34 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (A last visit to the USA) |
1:14 |
| Teodoro Cottrau |
Santa Lucia, for voice & orchestra |
3:06 |
| Graeme Kay |
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples (Gigli's death, his obituaries, and his place in the tenor lineage) |
9:04 |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer |
L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts (O paradiso (ending)) |
2:28 |
