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Beniamino Gigli (I) (1890–1957)

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Beniamino Gigli was born in Recanati, Italy, on March 20, 1890, into a poor family. He possessed a fine singing voice and, after struggling to make a living for many years, he eventually made his operatic debut as a tenor on October 15, 1914, appearing in "La Giaconda" in Rovigo, Italy. Over the following years his reputation and stature grew... See full bio »

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in Recanati, Marche, Italy

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(age 67) in Rome, Lazio, Italy
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1953 Puccini
Opera singer
 
1950 Taxi di notte
Nello Spadoni
 
1949 Una voce nel tuo cuore
Gino
 
1946 Voglio bene soltanto a te
 
1943 Silenzio, si gira!
Il tenore Massimo Giuliani/Antonio, il sosia ladruncolo
 
1943 Lache Bajazzo
Morelli
 
1943 Laugh Pagliacci
Il tenore Morelli
 
1941 Broken Love
Il tenore Luciano Riccardi
 
1941 Mother
Mario Sarni, il tenore
 
1940 Musica di sogno
Il cantante
 
1939 Casa lontana
Il tenore Carlo Franchetti
 
1939 Der singende Tor
Carlo Franchetti
 
1939 Marionette
Il tenore Mario Rossi
 
1939 Der Trichter. (Nr. II) (short)
 
1938 My Heart Belongs to Thee
Mario Rossi
 
1938 The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Il tenore Mirate
 
1938 Only for Thee
Ettore Vanni, il tenore
 
1937 Mother Song
Ettore Vanni
 
1937 The Voice of the Heart
Gino Mari
 
1936 Forever Yours
Enzo Curti
 
1936 Thou Art My Joy
Mario Monti
 
1936/I Ave Maria
Tino Dossi
 
1935 Vergiss mein nicht
Enzo Curti - tenor Scala of Milano
 
1935 Non ti scordar di me
 
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2007 Funny Games (performer: "CARE SELVE, OMBRE BEATE")
 
2007 Slipstream (performer: "Mi Par D'Udire Ancor")
 
2006 The Sopranos (TV series)
– The Ride (2006) (performer: "Viva Il Vino Spumeggiante")
 
2005 The Skeleton Key (performer: "Je Crois Entendre Encore")
 
1997 Funny Games (performer: "Cara Salva")
 
1997 Sunday (performer: "La donna è mobile")
 
1996 Harriet the Spy (performer: "La Serenata")
 
1993 Household Saints (performer: "Vogliatemi Bene")
 
1992 Canvas (performer: "Torna A Surriento")
 
1991 The Addams Family (performer: "Oh Sole Mio")
 
1991 Volere volare (performer: "Mamma")
 
1988 Chiari di luna (performer: "Mamma")
 
1961 Girl with a Suitcase (performer: "L'aria 'CELESTE AIDA")
 
1950 Taxi di notte (performer: "Vesti la giubba" undredited)
 
1941 Broken Love (performer: "Winterstuerme wichen den Wonnemond", "Caro mio ben" - uncredited, "Io son l'umile ancella" and "La dolcissima effegie", "La bohème excerpts from acts III and IV", "In meinen Träumen darf ich bei Dir sein Tenerezza" - uncredited)
 
1941 Mother (performer: "Mamma", "Non ti scordar di me", "La donna è mobile", "Spento è quel sorriso", "Un bacio ancora")
 
1936 Thou Art My Joy (performer: "Tu sei la vita mia" - uncredited, "Celeste Aida", "O terra, addio" - uncredited, "È lucevan le stelle" - uncredited, "Santa Lucia" - uncredited, "Donna non vidi mai" - uncredited, "No! Pazzo son! Guardate!" - uncredited)
 
1927 A Program of Concert Favorites (short) (performer: "Mírame así", "Bergère légère", "Come, Love, with Me", "O sole mio")
 
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1950 Soho Conspiracy
Himself
 
1948 Mad About Opera
Himself
 
1940 Traummusik
Himself (Lead Male Opera Singer)
 
1927 Quartette from 'Rigoletto' (short)
Himself, Tenor
 
1927 A Program of Concert Favorites (short)
Himself - Tenor
 
1927 Beniamino Gigli, Assisted by M. Picco and Minna Boener and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus in Three Numbers from 'Cavalleria Rusticana' (short)
Himself
 
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1998 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1988 Omnibus; Memories of a Musical Dog (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1948 Leckerbissen
Himself - filmszenen
 
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