Track listing:
Disc 1
1. 'I was born with a voice and very little else...' / Ponchielli: 'Cielo e mar' from La Gioconda - 1918 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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2. Family background Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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3. Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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4. Puccini: 'O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 1919 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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5. Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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6. Donizetti: 'Spirto gentil' from La favorita - 1918 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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7. Colonel Delfino, and Giovanni Zerri's legal agreement Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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8. Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato - 1918 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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9. A hospital visit and a scholarship Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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10. Mascagni: 'Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna' from Lodoletta - 1918 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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11. Gigli graduates and makes his debut; he goes for the high B flat Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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12. Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 1918 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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13. Marriage, Rome and a tour to Spain Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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14. Mascagni: 'Apri la tua finestra!' from Iris - 1918 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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15. A letter from Fred Gaisberg of HMV Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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16. Mascagni: 'Mamma, quel vino e generoso' from Cavalleria rusticana - 1919 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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17. Gigli conquers South America, and receives an offer from the Met Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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18. Metropolitan Opera debut in Mefistofele Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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19. Boito: 'Giunto sul passo estremo' from Mefistofele - 1921 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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Disc 2
1. The critics' verdict, and more performances Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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2. Donizetti: 'Tombe degl'avi miei' from Lucia di Lammermoor - 1927 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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3. Gigli's fate becomes entwined with Caruso's Sample | Buy Track €1.50
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4. Giordano: 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chenier - 1922 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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5. Who will be Caruso's successor? Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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6. Verdi: 'De'miei bollenti spiriti' from La traviata - 1928 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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7. Life forms a regular pattern, and Gigli learns to sing in foreign languages Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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8. Lalo: 'Vainement, ma bien aimee' from Le Roi d'Ys - 1922 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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9. Manon at the Met Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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10. Massenet: 'O dolce incanto' from Manon - 1931 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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11. Catalani's Loreley Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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12. Catalani: 'Nel verde maggio' from Loreley - 1923 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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13. Summer in Italy, then back to New York and some physical training Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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14. Gounod: 'Ah! ne fuis pas encore!' from Romeo et Juliette - 1923 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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15. Honorary Captain of the NYPD Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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16. Meyerbeer: 'O paradiso' from L'Africaine - 1928 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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17. Flourishing finances and professional rivalries Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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18. Crushing remarks; the attraction of radio Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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19. Sullivan: The Lost Chord - 1931 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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20. A new decade, and the honour of playing Nemorino at the Met Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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21. Donizetti: 'Quanto e bella' from L'elisir d'amore - 1925 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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Disc 3
1. Debuts in Paris and London, and London's critical reception Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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2. Flotow: 'M'appari' [Ach! So fromm] from Mata [Martha] - 1929 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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3. Crisis: the death of Gigli's mother, and tension at the Met Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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4. Departure from the Met Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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5. America's loss is Europe's gain Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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6. Speech: Gigli in an interview at the Savoy Hotel, London - 1946 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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7. Cherished London reviews Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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8. Leoncavallo: 'No, Pagliacci non son!' from Pagliacci - 1934 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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9. Recording reflects the drama Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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10. Leoncavallo: 'Suvvia, cosi terribile' from Pagliacci - 1934 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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11. Touring, Gigli's working relationships, and a new turn of events Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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12. De Curtis: Non ti scorder di me - 1935 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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13. Film popularity, Hitler and Goebbels, and the Caracalla tradition Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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14. Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' from La Boheme - 1938 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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15. Voice expert John Steane's recommendation Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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16. Puccini: ' O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 1938 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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17. A new recording of Tosca Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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18. Puccini: 'Recondita armonia' from Tosca - 1938 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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19. Patience and hard work produce 'a perfrect set of master recordings' Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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20. Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 1938 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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21. A return to America and the Met Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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22. Verdi: 'Ingemisco' from the Requiem - 1939 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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23. The recording of Madama Butterfly Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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24. Puccini: Closing moments of Act I, Madama Butterfly - 1939 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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Disc 4
1. War keeps Gigli in Italy Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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2. Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni - 1940 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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3. Translation of the speech Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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4. Mascagni: 'Mamma, quel vino e generoso' from Cavalleria rusticana - 1940 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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5. More role debuts, Gigli's wartime films, and Andrea Chenier Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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6. Giordano: 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chenier - 1941 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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7. John Steane's verdict Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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8. Giordano: 'Come un bel di di maggio' from Andrea Chenier - 1941 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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9. Rome Opera House rallies wartime spirits Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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10. Verdi: 'Teco io sto - Gran Dio' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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11. Verdi: 'Non sai tu che se l'anima mia' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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12. Verdi: 'Oh, qual soave brivido' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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13. Gigli's political affiliations Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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14. Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida - 1946 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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15. Postwar Italy: an HMV manager's report Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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16. Verdi: 'Pui ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida' from Aida - 1946 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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17. Covent Garden with Rina, then a tour of Britian and Ireland Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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18. Speech given by Gigli after a concert at the Royal Albert Hall - 1952 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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19. The final phase - and no thoughts of retirement Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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20. Di Veroli: Ritorna amore - 1952 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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21. A last visit to the USA Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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22. Cottrau: Santa Lucia - 1949 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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23. Gigli's death, his obituaries, and his place in the tenor lineage Sample | Buy Track €1.50
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24. Meyerbeer: 'O paradiso' from L'Africaine (ending) - 1928 Sample | Buy Track €1.20
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