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Table of Contents:

• Amarilli / Caccini (3:25)
• Come raggio di sol (2:40) ; Sebben, crudele (3:45) / Caldara
• Il mio bel foco ... Quella fiamma che m'accende / Marcello (4:15)
• Stabat Mater: Cujus animam / Rossini (4:15)
• Don Giovanni : Dalla sua pace (4:35) ; Il mio tesoro (4:10) / Mozart
• Le Roi d'Ys : Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir ... Vainement, ma bien aimée / Lalo (3:20)
• La Juive: Rachel! quand du Seigneur / Halévy (4:50)
• Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell'amore / Verdi (4:25)
• Paride ed Elena: O del mio dolce ardor / Gluck (4:05)
• Lucia di Lammermoor: Chi mi frena / Donizetti (4:25)
• Maristella: Io conosco un giardino / Pietri (2:50).

Author/Creator:

Gigli, Beniamino, 1890-1957 , performer

Contributors:

Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1882-1963 , performer

Homer, Louise, 1871-1947 , performer

Bada, Angelo , performer

De Luca, Giuseppe, 1876-1950 , performer

Pinza, Ezio , performer

Caccini, Giulio, 1551-1618

Caldara, Antonio, 1670-1736

Conti, Francesco, 1681 or 1682-1732

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Lalo, Édouard, 1823-1892

Halévy, F., 1799-1862

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

Pietri, Giuseppe, 1886-1946

Languages:

Italian
Latin
French
English

Language Notes:

Item content: Italian, Latin, French
Librettos: English, French, Italian, Latin
Librettos translated from (original): French, Italian, Latin
Accompanying materials: English

Main Work:

The art of Beniamino Gigli [by Gigli, B.]

Included Works:

Nuove musiche [by Caccini, G.] > Amarilli mia bella (arranged)

Come raggio di sol [by Caldara, A.] (arranged)

Costanza in amor [by Caldara, A.] > Sebben, crudele

Doppo tante e tante pene [by Conti, F.] > Quella fiamma che m'accende

Stabat Mater, G minor [by Rossini, G.] > Cujus animam

Don Giovanni [by Mozart, W.A.] > Dalla sua pace

Don Giovanni [by Mozart, W.A.] > Mio tesoro

Roi d'Ys [by Lalo, É.] > Aubade

Juive [by Halévy, F.] > Rachel! quand du Seigneur la grâce tutélaire

Rigoletto [by Verdi, G.] > Quartetto

Paride ed Elena [by Gluck, C.W.] > O del mio dolce ardor

Lucia di Lammermoor [by Donizetti, G.] > Chi mi frena in tal momento

Maristella [by Pietri, G.] > Io conosco un giardino

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Songs (High voice) with orchestra

Sacred songs (High voice) with orchestra

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Beniamino Gigli, tenor ; with (10th and/or 12th selections) Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano ; Louise Homer, contralto ; Angelo Bada, tenor ; Giuseppe de Luca, baritone ; Ezio Pinza, bass ; various orchestras and conductors.

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo tenor voice; orchestra
4 performers and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; solo alto voice; solo tenor voice; solo baritone voice; orchestra
6 performers and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; solo alto voice; solo tenor voice (2); solo baritone voice; solo bass voice; orchestra

General Notes:

From the collection of Richard Taruskin c.4
From the collection of Richard Taruskin c.3
(C.2) From the collection of Lipman-Dowis.
Opera arias and ensembles, and songs; orchestra accompaniment.
Sung in original languages (Italian, Latin or French).
Recorded in Europe between Dec. 1927 and March 1949.
Biographical note by Cedric Wallis on container; texts with English translations ([3] pages)--inserted.
From the collection of Marc Smugar.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (51 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono ; 12 in.

Physical Characteristics:

vinyl; 12 in.; 33 1/3 rpm

Audio Characteristics:

analog; 33 1/3 rpm; mono

Call Numbers:

LPZ

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Seraphim: 60054

OCLC Numbers:

3693559