Gigli - Non Ti Scordar di Me DVD 1935 / Bel Canto Society BCS-D0504 / Directed by Zoltan Korda / Essay and notes by Stefan Zucker

UPC 789984050460

REGION 0 NTSC DVD (ALL REGIONS)

MADE IN GERMANY

AUDIO: English mono

Playtime: 73 minutes

English Summary:

This 1935 English full-length film features musical selections from Trovatore, Rigoletto, Africana, Mignon, Favorita, Marta, Elisir, and songs, with a total of 4 high Cs.

Operatic tenor Beniamino Gigli turns in what many fans consider to be his finest performance in this 1935 production that features Italian titles and songs, yet was filmed in English.

 Gigli had many sonorities and two basic dynamic levels, loud and soft. Non ti scordar di me finds him in peak form and provides a key to some of his best art, making clear that it was based on chiaroscuro—the contrasting of tone colors, usually in response to words, and of soft passages with loud. He repeats the title song, singing it differently.