Gigli & Melchior
03/17/12 12:00PM
We examine the careers of tenors Beniamino Gigli and Lauritz Melchior - both born on March 20, 1890.
Playlist
12:00pm
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Charles Mackerras |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80544 |
| Release Year | 2000 |
12:04pm
Pagliacci: "Vesti la giubba"
| Composer | Ruggero Leoncavallo |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Beniamino Gigli, tenor |
| CD/Album | Gigli Edition, Vol. 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Naxos 8.110263 |
| Release Year | 2003 |
12:08pm
Pagliacci: "Vesti la giubba"
| Composer | Ruggero Leoncavallo |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lauritz Melchior, tenor |
12:13pm
L'africana: "O paradiso"
| Composer | Giacomo Meyerbeer |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lauritz Melchior, tenor |
12:16pm
L'africana: "O paradiso"
| Composer | Giacomo Meyerbeer |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Beniamino Gigli, tenor |
| CD/Album | Gigli Volume 1 |
| Record co./Cat # | Nimbus 7807 |
| Release Year | 1990 |
12:21pm
Tosca: "E lucevan le stelle"
| Composer | Giacomo Puccini |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Beniamino Gigli, tenor |
| CD/Album | Gigli Edition, Vol. 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Naxos 8.110263 |
| Release Year | 2003 |
12:25pm
Die Meistersinger: "Selig, wie die Sonne"
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lauritz Melchior, tenor |
12:29pm
La bohème: “Che gelida manina”
| Composer | Giacomo Puccini |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Beniamino Gigli, tenor |
| CD/Album | Gigli Volume 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Nimbus 7817 |
| Release Year | 1990 |
12:34pm
Die Walküre: "Winterstürm"
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lauritz Melchior, tenor ; Frieda Leider, soprano |
12:40pm
Les pêcheurs de perles: "Au fond du temple saint"
| Composer | Georges Bizet |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Beniamino Gigli, tenor ; Giuseppe de Luca, baritone |
| CD/Album | Gigli Volume 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Nimbus 7817 |
| Release Year | 1990 |
12:45pm
Serenata
| Composer | Enrico Toselli |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Beniamino Gigli, tenor |
| CD/Album | Gigli Edition, Vol. 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Naxos 8.110263 |
| Release Year | 2003 |
12:49pm
Ich denke dein, Op. 78, No. 3
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | RCA Victor Orchestra |
| Conductor | Bruno Reibold |
| Soloists | Lauritz Melchior, tenor ; Lotte Lehmann, soprano |
| CD/Album | Lauritz Melchior - Wagner - Schumann |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 7914 |
| Release Year | 1990 |
12:53pm
Andrea Chénier: “Un dì all’ azzurro spazio”
| Composer | Umberto Giordano |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Hungarian State Orchestra |
| Conductor | Giuseppe Patanè |
| Soloists | José Carreras, tenor |
| CD/Album | Carreras - Domingo - Pavarotti |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 47176 |
| Release Year | 1976 |