Beniamino Gigli

Beniamino Gigli

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Beniamino Gigli was born on Mar 20, 1890 in Italy. Beniamino Gigli's big-screen debut came with Vergiss mein nicht directed by Augusto Genina in 1935, strarring Enzo Curti - tenor Scala of Milano. Beniamino Gigli is known for The Mystery of Padre Pio directed by José María Zavala, Modestino Fucci stars as Self and Andrea Tornielli as Self. The upcoming new movie Beniamino Gigli plays is Capone which will be released on May 12, 2020.

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. His first recordings were issued in 1918, and he was invited to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1920, where the greatest singers of the time performed. He appeared there every year for the next 12 seasons until 1932; he got into a wage dispute with the management and, even though it was in the middle of the Great Depression, he quit and left to return to Europe. During the 1920s and 1930s he was often called the World's Greatest Tenor and

  • Birthday

    Mar 20, 1890
  • Place of Birth

    Recanati, Marche, Italy

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