Beniamino Gigli (1933)

Titles read: "Now Pathetone adds another famous name to its long list of Distinguished Artists - Beniamino Gigli - The World's Greatest Operatic Tenor. Recording for the first time in England - at Kingsway Hall, London, for "His Master's Voice". (at the organ Herbert Dawson)".



London.



Various shots of the opera singer Beniamino Gigli singing 'Largo' by Handel for an HMV record. Several shots show technicians overseeing the recording and adjusting machinery. Some rather fusty looking men sit listening - HMV executives?
FILM ID:1124.08

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