FULL My Cousin Silent Film USA 1918 with Enrico Caruso, Piano by Glenn Amer 2011

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: My Cousin   
• Composer: various  
• Libretto:
• Venue & Opera Company: Studio USa  
• Recorded: 1918
• Type: Movie
• Singers: Enrico Caruso
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Glenn Amer, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Date Published: 1918  
• Format: Broadcast
• Quality Video: 2 Audio:3
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

This silent film was made in 1918. It features the great tenor, Enrico Caruso in a dual role – that of famous opera singer (Cesare Caroli) and his Cousin, an impoverished sculptor. The piano accompaniment was recorded in July 2011 by Glenn Amer, (singer/pianist and Caruso fan!)

The accompaniment was recorded in one take – completely improvised and arranged by Glenn using operatic tunes and popular songs (mostly taken from Caruso’s repertoire). All the links and other bits are also improvised. After watching through the film, I noted down all the tunes that I have used (not including improvised links):

1.Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)
2.Ne’ cieli bigi (La Boheme)
3.Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)
4.Printemps qui commence (Samson et Dalilah)
5.La Donna e mobile (Rigoletto)
6.Ne’ cieli bigi (La Boheme)
7.Fremon gia nell’anima (La Boheme)
8.Addio a Napoli (Cottrau)
9.A Vucchella (Tosti)
10.Angelo casta e bel (Il Duca d’Alba)
11.M’appari (Martha)
12.Che’lla mi creda (La Fanciulla del West)
13.Santa Lucia
14.O soave fanciulla (La Boheme)
15.No pagliaccio non son (Pagliacci)
16.Prologue (Pagliacci)
17.Un tal giocco (Pagliacci)
18.Stridono lassu (Pagliacci)
19.Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)
20.a venti tre ore (Pagliacci)
21.Chorus — Evviva (Pagliacci)
22.Un tal giocco (Pagliacci)
23.I Zampognari (Pagliacci)
24.Un tal giocco (Pagliacci)
25.Recitar! Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)
26.Domine Deus (Petite Messe Solenelle — Rossini)
27.Addio a Napoli (Cottrau)
28.Santa Lucia Luntana (Mario)
29.Liebestraum (Liszt)
30.Serenata (Memories of a Concert — Caruso)
31.Dreams of Long Ago (Caruso)
32.Marcheta (Schertzinger)
33.For You Alone (Geehl)
34.Brindisi (Cavalleria Rusticana)
35.O Lola (Siciliana) (Cavalleria Rusticana)
36.Che’lla mi creda (La Fanciulla del West)
37.Liebestraum (Liszt) again!
38.Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
39.I want to be a Prima Donna (The Enchantress — Victor Herbert)
40.Caro Nome (Rigoletto)
41.Santa Lucia
42.Recondita Armonia (Tosca — Puccini)
43.Amore o grillo (Madama Butterfly — Puccini)
44.Valse Bleue (Margis)
45.Una Furtiva Lagrima (L’Elisir d’amore — Donizetti)
46.Studenti Udite! (Germania — Franchetti)
47.Amor ti Vieta (Fedora — Giordano)
48.Over There (George M. Cohan)