Opera excerpts and songs. Subtitle from container. Beniamino Gigli, tenor ; Unspecified orchestra, Rosario Bourdon, conductor (tracks 1-3 and 14-19) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Giulio Setti, conductor (tracks 4-13). Recorded 1927-28. Original labels and matrix numbers listed in insert. Compact disc. Program notes in English by William Ashbrook (6 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Les Pêcheurs de perles. Del tempio al limitar (with Giuseppe De Luca, baritone) / Bizet (4:27) -- La Gioconda. Enzo grimaldo, principe di santafior! (with Giuseppe De Luca, baritone) / Ponchielli (4:30) (4:25) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Tombe degl'vi miei (5:01) ; Giusto cielo, rispondete (with Ezio Pinza, bass) (3:56) ; Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (with Ezio Pinza, bass) (4:27) ; Tombe degl'vi miei (4:46) ; Giusto cielo, rispondete (3:54) ; Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (4:27) ; Chi mi frena in tal momento? (with Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano ; Louise Homer, contralto ; Angelo Bada, tenor ; Giuseppe De Luca, baritone ; Ezio Pinza, bass) (4:24) / Donizetti -- Rigoletto. Bella figlia dell'amore (with Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano ; Louise Homer, contralto ; Giuseppe De Luca, baritone) / Verdi (4:12) (4:26) -- Cavelleria rusticana. Viva il vino spumeggiante / Mascagni (3:42) -- La traviata. De' miei bollenti spiriti / Verdi (4:16) -- Mignon. Ah, non credevi tu (4:04) ; Addio, Mignon, fa core (3:07) / Thomas -- L'africaine. O paradiso / Meyerbeer (3:50) -- Voce 'e notte (3:44) ; Canta pe' me (3:27) / De Curtis.
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