Beniamino Gigli Association in Finland

	born in Recanati 20.3.1890
	member of church choir in 1897
	out of school in 1902
	farmacy assistant in 1902-1907
	sang as a girl in 1907 and began his studies in the same year in Rome
	Santa Cecilia academy 1911-1914
	winner of Parma song contest in July 1914
	debut in Rovigo 15.10.1914 in La Gioconda
	Genova 1914 (Manon)
	Palermo 1915 (Mefistofele)
	Napoli 1916
	Roman Opera 1916
	In Spain 1917
	La Scala 18.11.1918 (Mefistofele conducted by Toscani)
	Buenos Aires 1919
	Rio de Janeiro 1920

Metropolitan (Mefistofele) 26.11.1920 - April 1932 as the most expensive singer in the world Berlin 1924

Stockholm 1925 Buenos Aires 1928

London 1930 Verona Arena first time in 1929, last in 1950

first popular movie in 1935 Caracallan Termit 1937

Arena Gigli 1937 Aida 1937

Il Trovatore in 1939 i Pagliacci in 1941

forbidded to perform - accusation: activities with facists 1945-1955 extensive concert tourneus in different parts of the world

1946-1954 performed 40 times in the same night Cavalleria and Pajazzo Egypt in 1950

South Africa in 1951 Last performance in opera house in Rome 1953 in Fedora

Outdoors concert still in 1954 Cavalleria / Pajazzo last time in Messina 22.8.1954

concerts in Helsinki 28th and 31st October 1954 Sang during his farewell tournee form january 1955 to may 25th in Washington unblievable 41 concerts

in Lissabon 34 and in Machester 31 arias or songs! because of his illness retired to privacy and died in Rome 30.11.1957. Cause of death - hearth desease, diabetes and Asian flu

Buried in Recanati next to his mother in a grave pyramid inspired form the last act of Aida Singer of the singers, tenor of the tenors, the ambassador of Italianity in the world, the concert voice of the century, etc.

Sang in 2249 opera performances, 2000 concerts, half of them charity concerts, legendary good-hearted helper About 400 recordings and same number of live-recordings, more are found all the time and 15 voicemovies are his artistic inheritance to generations to come. Up to this date about 100 CDs has been published

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Metropolitan (Mefistofele) 26.11.1920 - April 1932 as the most expensive singer in the world	Berlin 1924
Stockholm 1925	Buenos Aires 1928
London 1930	Verona Arena first time in 1929, last in 1950
first popular movie in 1935	Caracallan Termit 1937
Arena Gigli 1937	Aida 1937
Il Trovatore in 1939	i Pagliacci in 1941
forbidded to perform - accusation: activities with facists	1945-1955 extensive concert tourneus in different parts of the world
1946-1954 performed 40 times in the same night Cavalleria and Pajazzo	Egypt in 1950
South Africa in 1951	Last performance in opera house in Rome 1953 in Fedora
Outdoors concert still in 1954	Cavalleria / Pajazzo last time in Messina 22.8.1954
concerts in Helsinki 28th and 31st October 1954	Sang during his farewell tournee form january 1955 to may 25th in Washington unblievable 41 concerts
in Lissabon 34 and in Machester 31 arias or songs!	because of his illness retired to privacy and died in Rome 30.11.1957. Cause of death - hearth desease, diabetes and Asian flu
Buried in Recanati next to his mother in a grave pyramid inspired form the last act of Aida	Singer of the singers, tenor of the tenors, the ambassador of Italianity in the world, the concert voice of the century, etc.
Sang in 2249 opera performances, 2000 concerts, half of them charity concerts, legendary good-hearted helper	About 400 recordings and same number of live-recordings, more are found all the time and 15 voicemovies are his artistic inheritance to generations to come. Up to this date about 100 CDs has been published