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This selection also includes the Introductory speech to the concert of Rio de Janeiro Teatro Jo Caetano, September 24, 1951.
This selection also includes the Introductory speech to the concert of Rio de Janeiro Teatro Jo Caetano, September 24, 1951. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Paride ed Elena: O del mio dolce ardor by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enrico Sivieri (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1770; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
Language: Italian
2.
Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Enrico Sivieri (Piano),
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/23/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "ah, fede negar potessi..."
3.
La traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enrico Sivieri (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Lunge da lei..."
4.
La forza del destino: O, tu che in seno agli angeli by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/16/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 6 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Siviglia! Leonora!..."
5.
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enrico Sivieri (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: Italian
6.
Les pęcheurs de perles: Je crois entendre encore by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enrico Sivieri (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; France
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Enrico Sivieri (Piano),
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; France
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: Italian
8.
Martha: Ach, so fromm by Friedrich von Flotow
Performer:
Enrico Sivieri (Piano),
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: Italian
9.
Lo schiavo: Quando nascesti tu by Antonio Carlos Gomes
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enrico Sivieri (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Brazil
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Italian
10.
Ave Maria by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enrico Sivieri (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This work is based on J.S. Bach's Prelude no 1 in C from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier.'
11.
La forza del destino: Ah! per sempre, o mio bell' angiol by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Elisabetta Barbarto (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/16/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 9 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: Italian
12.
La forza del destino: Solenne in quest' ora by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enzo Mascherini (Baritone)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/16/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: Italian
13.
La forza del destino: Invano, Alvaro...Le menaccie by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Giulio Neri (Bass)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/16/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: Italian
14.
La forza del destino: Fuggir...ferito siete by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/16/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 6 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: Italian
15.
Manon Lescaut: Tra voi, belle, brune, bionde by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/31/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 1 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: Italian
16.
Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Elisabetta Barbarto (Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/31/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 8 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection continues with "Taci, taci."
17.
Mignon: Adieu, Mignon! Courage! by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Patricio Martinez-Grau (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; France
Date of Recording: 09/24/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: Italian
18.
O bei nidi d'amore by Stefano Donaudy
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Patricio Martinez-Grau (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 09/24/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: Italian
20.
Mille cherubini in coro by Alois Melichar
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Patricio Martinez-Grau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 09/24/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This work is based on Franz Schubert's "Wiegenlied, D 498/Op 98 no 2" and
"Rosamunde, D 797/Op 26"
21.
Songs (6), Op. 48: no 6, Ein Traum by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Patricio Martinez-Grau (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Norway
Date of Recording: 09/24/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: French
22.
Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu "Largo" by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Patricio Martinez-Grau (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1738; London, England
Date of Recording: 09/24/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: Italian
23.
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Patricio Martinez-Grau (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 09/24/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
24.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Patricio Martinez-Grau (Piano),
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/24/2001
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 5 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Italian
25.
Agnus Dei by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Patricio Martinez-Grau (Piano),
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Date of Recording: 09/24/2001
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This work was arranged by Ernest Guiraud from the Intermezzo of Bizet's
'L'arlésienne.'
26.
Vaghissima sembianza by Stefano Donaudy
Performer:
Enrico Sivieri (Piano),
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/23/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Italian
27.
Quando il tuo diavol nacque by Stefano Donaudy
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enrico Sivieri (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 10/23/1951
Venue: Live Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs.
Language: Italian
28.
I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Enrico Sivieri (Piano),
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: Italian
29.
Mattinata by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor),
Enrico Sivieri (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1951
Venue: Live Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: Italian
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