Post 289. TODAY IT'S TENORS.

 

THE Original TENORS.

 

 

 

 

 

All three of them.

 

 

Midst news of another radicalised head case


gunning people down in France, nations at

 

 

each other's throats over political interference


from a social network, trade tariffs widening the


ever increasing gap between America and China


and murderous machinations in the spy world,

 

 

I am back at my desk in the real world: the little

 

 

Steepletone is doing its stuff. And today it's the

 

 

Original original three tenors: Enrico Caruso


(below right),Beniamino Gigli (above) and Jussi


Bjorling (below left).

 

Gigli was the first operatic tenor I ever heard on

 

 

record (old vinyl).

 

 

I had listened to Richard Tauber and Webster

 

 

Booth on the wireless of course, but Gigli was

 

 

something else again. Bjorling was a wonderful

 

 

Swedish tenor and Caruso was the benchmark for


the lot of them, and is to this very day. But I 


particularly liked Gigli. The little man had touches


of individuality(hear the last note of his Che gelida


manina) and I thought he was magic. Still do.
 

 

 

Where I picked up this CD, though, I have no 


idea.

 

 

You'll probably only get the later three now.

 

 

Well, they were pretty good, too.

Dare I say it?

 

 

 

Almost as good as my three.