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Album Tracks 1. I Was Born with a Voice and Very Little Else 2. Family Background 3. Gigli's Stage Debut and Poverty-Stricken Start 4. Puccini 'O Soave Fanciulla' from la Boheme - Maria Zamboni 5. Service in the Household of Countess Spannocchi 6. Donizetti 'Spirto Gentil' from la Favoria 7. Colonel Delfino, and Giovanno Zerri's Legal Agreement 8. Cannio O Surdato 'Nnammurato 9. A Hospital Visit and Scholarship 10. Mascabni 'Ah! Ritrovarla Nella Sua Capanna' from Lodoletta 11. Gigli Graduates and Makes His Debut; He Goes for the High B Flat 12. Puccini 'E Lucevan Le Stelle' from Tosca 13. Marriage, Rome and a Tuor to Spain 14. Mascagni 'Apri la Tua Finestra! from Iris 15. A Letter from Fred Gaisberg of HMV 16. Mascagni 'Mamma, Quel Vino E Generoso' from Cavalleria Rusticana 17. Gigli Conquers South America, and Recieves An Offer from the Met 18. Metropolitan Opera Debut in Mefistofele 19. Boitol 'Giunto Sul Passo Estremo' from Mefistofele 1. The Critics' Verdict, and More Performances 2. Donizetti 'Tombe Degl'avi Miei' from Lacuia Di Lammermoor 3. Gigli's Fate Becomes Entwined with Caruso's 4. Giordano 'Un Di All'azzurri Spazio' from Andrea Chenier 5. Who Will Be Caruso's Sucessor 6. Verdi 'De'miei Bollenti Spiriti' from la Travita 7. Life Forms a Regular Pattern, and Gigli Learns to Sing in Foreign Languages 8. Lalo 'Vainement, Ma Bien Aimee' from Le Roi D'ys 9. Manon at the Met 10. Massenet 'O Dolce Incanto' from Manon 11. Catalani's Loreley 12. Catalani 'Nel Verde Maggio' from Loreley 13. Summer in Italy, Then Back to New York and Some Physical Training 14. Gounod 'Ah! Ne Furis Pas Encore!' from Romeo Et Juliette 15. Honorary Captain of the Nypd 16. Meyerbeer 'O Paradiso' from L'africaine 17. Flourishing Finances and Professional Rivalries 18. Crushin Remarks; the Attracti
