Beniamino Gigli " O Lola ,c'hai di latti la cammisa"

[frankmaiorana66]

I own this recording of Cavaleria Rusticana. It was recorded in 1940 and as Pietro Mascagni was still living, he conducted this recording himself. He also gave a spoken preface before the beginning.

[antiseri]

SUPERLATIVO, un vero MAESTRO del "belcanto"... BRAVO!!

[SuperCaesar98]

Se si vuole imparare il canto bisogna ascoltare Gigli

[MrSkylark1]

Beniamino Gigli was a student of Enrico Rosati, who taught James Melton

and Mario Lanza. Gigli's discography and longevity in singing, establishes the fact that he understood the Art of Bel Canto which no one, Impressarios, Conductors or Vocal (?) Teachers, comprehend today. 

[guglielmo64]

Unbelievable!

[opera1232010]

Splendide technica

Pierre Tenore

[minnie888444]

I love this andante, actually largo, excellent use of fiato! But even he has a slight problem on the last note, though, it's a bit ingolato and he seems at the bottom of his air resources. The Siciliana is extremely difficult.

[petrina1022]

Singing with an open sound in the high tessitura is very unusual to hear from Gigli (he usu. covers the top notes) and is a risky venture. Guess the effect called for it though.

[mactopolis]

Wow !!!! such ringing notes

[dimakauffman]

this is amazing, but no one compares with DI STEFANO singing "siciliana"

[miirabilis]

non sai

[aldomar57]

Agli amici Il gruppo didocci

Voi sapete sicuramente che Pietro Mascagni era livornese (nato a Livorno 7 dicembre 1863 morto a Roma, il 2 agosto 19459.

La Cavalleria Rusticana è un melodramma in un atto musicato dal Maestro Mascagni su libretto di Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti e Guido Menasci, tratto dalla novella omonima di Giovanni Verga. L'unico siciliano è Verga.

La mia citazione non era per voi ma per lo'amico carroyoq.

Ciao

Aldo

[carroyoq]

ahhhhh ahora sí dice. Es que me sonó raro, yo soy fan de gigli, y leí su biografía como 3 veces... De hecho para la grabación dirigida por Mascagni, el propio compositor escogió a Gigli, así que desde mi punto de vista la versión presente ES LA versión...

[carroyoq]

Muy bonito, pero Gigli no era siciliano....

[paulostroff99]

Sensational!  Bravo! TY.