Ma com'è possibile che in quegli anni avevano tutti una voce meravigliosamente bella?!?! GIGLI una voce incantevole e superba come sempre. Che meraviglia!!
Grazie di aver postato questo documento... Eccezzionale!!!!!! "GIGLI il padre di tutti i tenori, sicuro che nessuno dei grandi si senta offeso, era magnifico in tutti i ruoli!!!
Gigli! What a genius! Nobody is even close to his vocal quality and technique nowadays. His skilfulness is mindblowing. And at the same time, his vocal expression is outstanding and breathtaking. I think every contemporary tenor students should learn from his recordings and technique. I will certainly try to. :D
Después que falleciera Caruso, se presenta Gigli en el Metropolitan. Le dijeron: "UD va a ser el segundo Caruso!" El respondió, eludiendo inteligentemente cualquier comparación con el napolitano: "preferiría ser el primer Gigli".
Какой артист.....!!!!!! Какой голос....!!!!! Опера в исполнении таких артистов не скучная , она держит тебя в напряжении. И вот необычайно красивая развязка. Беньямино Джильи - это Большой артист ! А его голос - словно кисть в руке художника рисует сюжет. Браво !!!
Wonderful! What a magnificent historical document this is! And from such an early time, also. Gigli couldn't act, but anyone who can stand there and pour out that golden tenor voice, on and on and on doesn't have to act! Who cares? What a magnificent tenor he was! Thank you so much for posting this wonderful footage!
Amazing singing! How full of effort is modern opera singing compared to this. No wonder audiences don't laugh or cry any more - the singers have become passionless machines enslaved to their loud inflexible voices.
Gigli was very loud, just a big free magnificent sound. Not one tenor today has the power Gigli had. He sang in front of 10's of thousands without amplification.
Watch him carefully here. Look at his eyes. He is acting...in his own way. Just like he is singing in his own way, like no other tenor could. The only one who rivals him is Enrico Caruso.
Grazie per avermi fatto vedere l'eccezionale presenza scenica e sentire la voce melodiosa di un grande Gigli giovane. Ha per caso la registrazione di tutta l'opera?
***** - Jozef - Where did you find this (excerpt)? I have some Vitaphone shorts, thanks to my friend in Arizona, but THIS one, I've never heard of. Thanks for making it available!!
***** - Thanks for the specific info! I guess we should THANK the old Vitaphone entity (and whoever was responsible for MAKING this, rare video ... w/in the old corporation) for a such a representative example of Gigli, at his characterful best. His tone goes a tiny, bit-SHARP at a few times, but not damagingly-so. This is one of those examples of a great, seemingly-OLD evidence of a time when GREAT singers could don make-up, and go thru the usual, dramatic gestures ... but none of the latter would MASK/obscure the most-remarkable contributions that they would make, to classical/operatic legacies.
This is a real gem. Even though it lookd odd to us today, the grand voice of Gigli is superb. I see nothing funny about Millo Picco. He was appearing in a serious role in a serious opera. Perhaps the viewer needs to dwell more on that
In acele vremuri,erau si dirijori de aceeasi "talie",anume:solistul era ...mai ales la arie,el cu orchestra urmarea solistul si IL ACOMPANIA,nu isi impunea tempoul,frazarea...URMAREA SI ACOMPANIA.
So who are the other singers here with Gigli, if you can tell me? Who sings the baritone role of Alfio, and likewise, who is the mezzo appearing as Mamma Lucia?
