A remarkable piece of ephemera from the honey-voiced tenor, his original captain's hat in a box as procured from his longtime secretary and sold together with a famous photograph of Gigli standing by the sea and holding this very hat aloft! The box has several labels affixed, recording provenance and the date of 1957.
In lyrical and romantic repertory, many regarded Gigli as the legitimate heir of Caruso. He made his professional debut as Enzo in La Gioconda at Rovigo in 1914 and his Rome Opera debut as Faust in Mefistofele in 1916. He later debuted at La Scala in 1918 and first appeared at the Met in 1920, singing every season there until 1932 when he returned to Europe.
A remarkable piece of ephemera from the honey-voiced tenor, his original captain's hat in a box as procured from his longtime secretary and sold together with a famous photograph of Gigli standing by the sea and holding this very hat aloft! The box has several labels affixed, recording provenance and the date of 1957.
In lyrical and romantic repertory, many regarded Gigli as the legitimate heir of Caruso. He made his professional debut as Enzo in La Gioconda at Rovigo in 1914 and his Rome Opera debut as Faust in Mefistofele in 1916. He later debuted at La Scala in 1918 and first appeared at the Met in 1920, singing every season there until 1932 when he returned to Europe.