Gigli - Pearlfishers - Nadir's aria

Another specific Gigli request. Beniamino Gigli singing Mi Par D'Udir Ancora from Act 1 of Bizet's Pearlfishers, recorded for HMV in 1931. Interesting to compare with the Tino Rossi version I posted previously. Totally different. I'm not going to offer an opinion other than to say that it is beautiful singing

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• Pearlfishers
• Victor
• Orthophonic

[tavam55]

I have only recently become a fan of Gigli and this and Amarilli are my favourites , thank you for uploading . A friend was listening to him and I asked who it was and I am ashamed to say I had never heard of him but my response was " this guy is better than Pavarotti"

[merrihew]

@tavam55 If you spend some time on YT you'll discover that there are hundreds of tenors better than Pavarotti - especially pre-War.

[emiliano52]

Thanks a lot Merrihew for posting this treasure. The more we argue about tenors the more we disagree. But I think that there should be consensus that Gigli had the greatest Mezzo voice ever.

[merrihew]

I don't disagree. My only problem is the fairly early onset of sloppiness in his technique. Not a problem with some material, but check out his Il Mio Tesoro which I will post as a request. Its the worst version I've ever heard.

[inx1dawoman]

sublime beauty. i am in love

[stefakamelpash]

As smooth as it gets. Every young student who wants to learn to sing tenor should be made to listen to this---multiple times. If a young person sings this way, the voice will grown on its own, and it will remain always healty. This is arguably the most beautiful tenor voice of all time.

[alexander78585]

Un grande cantante, voce e musica!!!. Mi piache molto!!!

[davebenjoya]

thank you for posting. stunning.

[lanafiz1]

ну спел и чего? мог бы и не петь.

[svjatazarov]

ну де..уж прям и боюсь говорить своё мнёние и специально не пишу по англицки, хотя эт мой 2 язык....ну великий певец и художник....хотя...на этой записи поёт совершенно без груди...и гортань стоит очень высоко.....на других записях этой же вещи... гораздо позже по времени...поёт шикарно с грудью, хотя оставляя сам последнее до без груди.....ну эт ерунда!!! шикарн певец шикарн мастер...его пед розатти всегда был при нём и правильно вёл его эволюцию голоса...просто шиккарно!!!

[woodyaan]

THE BEST NADIR!

[eurydike]

@Bedi99

he could jump all the time, the voice is incredible

[eurydike]

today i listened to a cd with arias and songs sung by a few great tenors of the past (like Caruso or Tauber and others ) and i didnt know when i was listening who is who. and every time i said to myself THAT one (aria , song) is so beautiful and every time I looked at the booklet and it said every time "Benjamino Gigli". a blessed voice is this.

[RhythmOfTheBreathing]

An incredibly velvet voice. Nobody has ever sung this aria with such depth and beauty. Thank you so much for uploading.