Rare Cassette of the tenor's original aria recordings (Dolby Stereo, remastered from the original mono recordings)  A collection to cherish.  

Seller includes a bonus music cassette as a gift!

Bio:

Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) was a beloved Italian tenor whose 41 year career encompassed stage, screen, concerts, recordings, radio and television. Born in Recanati, Gigli was the youngest of six children of an impoverished shoemaker. He showed early promise as a boy soprano and joined the choir of his hometown Cathedral at age seven. Gigli spent several years with the choir and was eventually elevated to soloist. In 1905, Gigli made his debut Macerata’s Teatro Lauri Rossi as the title character in Billi’s operetta La Fuga di Angelica, singing the title part…a soprano role! Although the 15 year old youth was mortified by having to appear in drag, the applause he received at the end of the evening somewhat assuaged his embarrassment.

These romantic songs reveal a full lyric tenor, which took on spinto characteristics as he matured. Gigli’s repertoire of 60 roles encompassed everything from Bel Canto to Verismo. Among his greatest roles were the leads in Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Favorita, L’Elisir d’Amore, Lodoletta, L’Amico Fritz, Maristella and L’Arlesiana. In spite of the ravages of illness, the voice remained largely intact to the end of the tenor’s career. Gigli’s recorded legacy is monumental… over 400 discs, including several complete operas, made for Victor and HMV between 1918 and 1955.