Beniamino Gigli (pronounced [benjaˈmiːno ˈdʒiʎʎi]) (March 20, 1890 – November 30, 1957) was an Italian opera singer. The most famous tenor of his generation, he was renowned internationally for the great beauty of his voice and the soundness of his vocal technique. Music critics sometimes took him to task, however, for what was perceived to be the over-emotionalism of his interpretations. Nevertheless, such was Gigli's talent, he is considered to be one of the very finest tenors in the recorded history of music.
Gigli is well-known to have had a second family with Lucia Vigarani, producing three children. Gigli's exact number of offspring is unknown.
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One of the most famous and celebrated tenors of the 20th century
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Puccini
1953
Opera singer
Taxi di notte
1950
Nello Spadoni
Una voce nel tuo cuore
1949
Gino
Voglio bene soltanto a te
1946
Silenzio, si gira!
1943
Il tenore Massimo Giuliani / Antonio, il sosia ladruncolo
Lache Bajazzo
1943
Morelli
Laugh Pagliacci
1943
Il tenore Morelli
Broken Love
1942
Il tenore Luciano Riccardi
Mamma
1941
Mario Sarni, il tenore
Musica di sogno
1940
Il cantante
Der Trichter. (Nr. II)
1939
Short
Casa lontana
1939
Il tenore Carlo Franchetti
Der singende Tor
1939
Carlo Franchetti
Marionette
1939
Il tenore Mario Rossi
My Heart Belongs to Thee
1938
Mario Rossi
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938
Il tenore Mirate
Mother Song
1937
Ettore Vanni
Die Stimme des Herzens
1937
Gino Mari
Thou Art My Joy
1936
Mario Monti
Ave Maria
1936/I
Tino Dossi
Forever Yours
1936
Enzo Curti
Vergiss mein nicht
1935
Enzo Curti - tenor Scala of Milano
Non ti scordar di me
1935
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Horror Story
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Ispytanie
2014
performer: "O, Colombina"
Funny Games
2007
performer: "CARE SELVE, OMBRE BEATE"
Slipstream
2007
performer: "Mi Par D'Udire Ancor"
The Sopranos
2006
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Skeleton Key
2005
performer: "Je Crois Entendre Encore"
Funny Games
1997
performer: "Cara Salva"
Sunday
1997
performer: "La donna è mobile"
Harriet the Spy
1996
performer: "La Serenata"
Household Saints
1993
performer: "Vogliatemi Bene"
Canvas
1992
performer: "Torna A Surriento"
The Addams Family
1991
performer: "Oh Sole Mio"
Volere volare
1991
performer: "Mamma"
Chiari di luna
1988
performer: "Mamma"
The Last Tycoon
1976
performer: "Mi par d'udire ancora" - uncredited
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
performer: "'Celeste Aida' from 'Aida'"
Taxi di notte
1950
performer: "Vesti la giubba" undredited, "Con la pioggia o con la Luna", "Città silente", "Mattinata"
Broken Love
1942
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
Mamma
1941
performer: "Mamma", "Non ti scordar di me", "La donna è mobile", "Spento è quel sorriso", "Un bacio ancora"
Thou Art My Joy
1936
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
Vergiss mein nicht
1935
performer: "Vergiss mein nicht" Wenn du so zärtlich bist Non ti scordar di me
A Program of Concert Favorites
1927
Short performer: "Mírame así", "Bergère légère", "Come, Love, with Me", "O sole mio"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Music for You
1952-1955
TV Series
Himself
Soho Conspiracy
1950
Himself
Mad About Opera
1948
Himself
Traummusik
1940
Himself (Lead Male Opera Singer)
A Program of Concert Favorites
1927
Short
Himself - Tenor
Beniamino Gigli, Assisted by M. Picco and Minna Egener and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus in Three Numbers from 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
$13 Million
