Tag Archives: Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli
Cielo E Mar Posted by Serena on Sep 7, 2016
In my last post I recounted the story of my mother’s meeting with the famous Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli, and described how he gave an impromptu performance for her and a small group of blind girls on the beach in Pesaro. One of the arias that Gigli sang during that brief encounter was Cielo e…
My Mother Meets A Famous Italian Tenor Posted by Serena on Sep 5, 2016
Often, whilst working at the telaio (loom, see this post), I find myself daydreaming. And so it was that, weaving and dreaming, a memory came back to me, a story from my mother’s childhood that she used to tell us when we were kids. This story would bring tears to my eyes every time I…