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La Gioconda, opera, Op. 9: Cielo e mar (is preceded by a brief spoken excerpt of Gigli's memoirs)
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Family background
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start
La bohème, opera: O soave fanciulla
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi
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La Gioconda, opera, Op. 9: Cielo e mar (is preceded by a brief spoken excerpt of Gigli's memoirs)
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Family background
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start
La bohème, opera: O soave fanciulla
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi
La favorite, opera: Spirto gentil
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Colonel Delfino, and Giovanni Zerri's legal agreement
O surdato 'nnamurato, for voice & orchestra (with chorus, ad lib)
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A hospital visit and a scholarship
Lodoletta, opera in 3 acts: Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli graduates and makes his debut; he goes for the high B flat
Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Marriage, Rome and a tour to Spain
Iris, opera (melodramma) in 3 acts: Apri la tua finestra!
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A letter from Fred Gaisberg of HMV
Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli conquers South America, and receives an offer from the Met
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Metropolitan Opera debut in Mefistofele
Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue: Giunto sul passo estremo
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: The critics' verdict, and more performances
Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Tombe degl'avi miei
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Gigli's fate becomes entwined with Caruso's
Andrea Chénier, opera: Un dì all'azzurro spazio'
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Who will be Caruso's successor?
La Traviata, opera: De'miei bollenti spiriti
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Life forms a regular pattern, and Gigli learns to sing in foreign languages
Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts: Vainement, ma bien aimée
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Manon at the Met
Manon, opera in 5 acts: O dolce incanto
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Catalani's Loreley
Loreley, opera (azione romantica) in 3 acts: Nel verde maggio
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Summer in Italy, then back to New York and some physical training
Roméo et Juliette, opera, CG 9: Ah! ne fuis pas encore!
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Honorary Captain of the NYPD
L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: O paradiso
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Flourishing finances and professional rivalries
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Crushing remarks; the attraction of radio
The Lost Chord, song for voice & piano
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: A new decade, and the honour of playing Nemorino at the Met
L'elisir d'amore, opera: Quanto è bella
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Debuts in Paris and London, and London's critical reception
Martha, opera: M'apparì (Ach! So fromm)
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Crisis: the death of Gigli's mother, and tension at the Met
Beniamino Gigli: A Life In Words & Music, narrative with musical examples: Dep
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