Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era
A documentary by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Jan Schmidt-Garre (director)
This documentary allows us to travel back to the beginning of the 20th century, getting in touch with the singers who built the modern ’myth’ of the tenor voice, from Gigli to Tauber, from Caruso... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards2019Winner - Video Documentary
2 Blu-rays + DVD Video + 2 CDs
$59.25Other available formats
Contents
BLU-RAY 1 – PART I
Enrico Caruso (1873–1921), John McCormack (1884–1945), Leo Slezak (1873–1946), Tito Schipa (1889–1965), Richard Tauber (1891–1948), Dialogue with Eternity
BLU-RAY 2 – PART II
Lauritz Melchior (1890–1973), Beniamino Gigli (1890–1957), Georges Thill (1897–1984), Helge Rosvænge (1897–1972), Ivan Kozlovsky (1900–1993), Joseph Schmidt (1904–1942), Jussi Björling (1911–1960)
DVD Video
Six films featuring archival material with Tito Schipa, Richard Tauber and Ivan Kozlovsky singing arias and songs, movie trailers with Joseph Schmidt, and interviews with John Steane and Stefan Zucker.
CDs 1–2
The soundtrack to the series contains many previously unreleased recordings highlighting the history of tenor singing in the first half of the 20th century as well as recordings of the last castrato from the Sistine Chapel, Alessandro Moreschi, and the most significant bel canto singer of the 19th century, Fernando de Lucia.
BOOK I and II
Two comprehensive books with essays about the history, technique and aesthetic of singing by Georg-Albrecht Eckle, Marietta Amstad, Herman Klein, Stefan Zucker, Christoph Schlüren, Peter Feuchtwanger, Jürgen Kesting and Wolf Rosenberg.
