Franco Corelli in "Tu ca nun chiagne" by Ernesto De Curtis

[babystinky]

I looked up the word 'passion' in the dictionary, I saw Corelli's face. What a performance.

[dayanvolpe]

Bravo Franco, but MARIO DEL MONACO is the best!!!

[aslialdemir]

fa piangere fantastico!

[colora40]

colora 40 I can`t understand you when you say that Alagna wreced his voice long time ago.Maybe you can`t read but he is still geting best criticism from new prodactions.How many has done it after 25 years on stage.Nobody has never get so much genuin feelings,not these old tenors who spot out the words as Corelli.No feelings at all,feelings is not to shout.Sorry.

[joejoe4812]

watch Elie Berberian singing "Tu ca nun chiagne"

/watch?v=LhhcbsXFN6M

[MsRuthes]

Corelli at his 'worst" was better than today's tenors at their "best."  "How grateful I am for his recordings and videos. He will llive forever!

[zorandesign]

watch this as a responce, add it after youtube.com

/watch?v=S-gs5IINRyA

[zorandesign]

/watch?v=S-gs5IINRyA

[colora40]

colora40 pure marokt.do you have some wax in your ears,he is spitting words .from his mouth.It is very old fashion sett to sing. Not my style to day.I still love Alagnas soft voice and him self.

[Loejyrrab]

@colora40 Alagna wrecked his voice early on in his career. He started out as a meteor and flamed out way too soon. Pity. He is not yet 50 yrs, but we don't hear of him at all lately. He could have ranked with the best, but alas, bad habits did him in.

[TheVoicelesson]

God, was he handsome or what!

[isabella1954able]

Ancora traduzioni BARBARE,ma cambia il significato.

[isabella1954able]

ESPERTI,qui' le vocali sono aperte oppure chiuse?Il cantante d'opera,canta la canzone napoletana,come fosse romanza d'opera.Non alla MUROLO,non alla MEROLA,ne alla SERGIO BRUNI,Che sicuramente,molto sicuramente rispecchiano l'anima NAPOLETANA.Ma per molti,che come me, si sono accostati a queste splendide arie, il ringraziamento va' ad ARTISTI come CARUSO;GIGLI ,SCHIPA,DI STEFANO(con tutti isuoi difetti)CORELLI,DEL MONACO e PAVAROTTI,che non e' mai stato tra i miei favoriti.Ma...............

[verdi0381]

What voice of this man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eadtay17]

youtube.com/watch?v=wwjeVYYCsC­o

[Albertmaximus1]

He was an unique singer!

[alexandru2611]

Great tenor, but this one goes to del Monaco. The changed tempo does not really makes this song justice

[mrsdarcy123]

Grandiosoooooooooooooooooooooo­o.

[Cantachepassa]

This is a 1971 concert.

[ErnaSack]

transposed, he's re-writing the song, messes up tempi etc, top note is nothing compared to del monaco's squillo in the ed sullivan show, good tneor though

[LordMgls]

No -- he is geniously kidding with the tempo. Aout being transposed... if you have the score, send me then!

[federic017]

per i puristi del belcanto queste interpretazioni alla "Del Monaco", non piacciono e sono da sempre criticate in malo modo. C'è a chi piace l'osso e a chi la carne. Io amo la carne, agli altri puristi lascio l'osso volentieri. un saluto

[SirDrey]

I wish were Japanese to listen to that very performance. Unfortunately, I was born too late.

BTW: Is there one more version of the same track - same year, same performance, but a REMASTERED one? The quality is so poor :(

[EriolAB]

when was this recorded?

[hamilcarbarcas1]

Tokyo 1982

[andyroma72]

duca di mantova

corelli è un grande

pero io gli preferisco del monaco.che dici tu?

[DucaDiMantova1]

Impagabile!!!! straborda di voce ovunque, come un fiume in piena, vorrebbe dare sempre di più in alcune frasi, non gli basta mai ma ci riesce sempre. Note piene di potenza di adrenalina pura e di emozione, tutto insieme fa il trionfo dell' arte e dei sentimenti umani. . .

[SZRD]

In reference to mondi65's comment: I don't see how anyone can listen to Corelli's performance here and say his voice never came "from the heart". Not trying to argue, but in my opinion, this is the epitome of singing from the heart.

[tehen162]

Agreed.

[upatoia]

Si a Ud. le gusta FRANCO CORELLI descubra ahora a LOS 30 TENORES en mi lista de reproducción SUPER TENOR ARIAS ( incluyendo a CLAUDIO SOTELO interpretando ARIA DEL CIRUJANO en pre-estreno mundial para YOUTUBE ) y dígame cual es su preferido.

[mondi65]

according to my opinion corelli's voice never came from his heart,otherwise he'd sure be the greatest tenor ever...he was always an instrument which shined more when he was new(young) of course..lol..

[TheMusetta]

LO ADORO!!!!!

[acdevi]

fantastic!

[laonirica]

Jamás habrá Tenor alguno en la Lirica Actual que se le pueda comparar pues Nadie es capáz de Infundir Tanta Belleza, tanta Maestría en el Bello Manejo de la Voz, Tanta Expresividad, y Tanto Sentimiento, Todo en un mismo Ser...

¡¡¡DESCANSA EN PAZ ÚNICO PRINCIPE DE LOS TENORES!!!!-BRAVO POR SIEMPRE FRANCO CORELLI!!!

[NathanaelSaintCyr]

I wish people would stop comparing singers and just enjoy the f@#%ing music. Do people really have so little going on in their lives that they must tear apart musicians... The man is dead for Christ's sake... Give it a rest and enjoy what he gave us...

[marokt]

I would prefer to listen Corelli at the age of 101, than Alagna is any age. Alagna makes me tired. Franco elecrtryfies me.

[TheVoicelesson]

@marokt Alagna (and the rest of today's tenors) should kneel before the grave of Corelli and ask for forgiveness!

[Gordeev666]

Эта запись говорит нам о том великом певце, который родился среди нас - людей! Почему таких больше нет?...

[halpa8]

Corelli is great!

[xittophilo]

...la presencia, la simpatía, más la indudable calidad de su voz y su técnica, hacen diferencia a su favor, habrá algun aspecto en que se vea superado por otros maestros, pero en el resultado final, franco es IMBATIBLE.

[giacomoconti]

To me, the second greatest tenor in history, only behind the legendary Caruso..he had all: handsome stage presence, powerful voice, brilliant and astonishing upper register..he was capable to go from high notes to a pianissimo,also with the technique he perfected with a little help from Lauri-Volpi..it was for that reason that he was internationally beloved, he putted the audiences and fans flabbergasted..for all of this,thank you Franco!!!

[wiik32]

Alagna ? Be serious

[leonelfran]

IDIOT. Cant say anything to that STUPID statment

[emmatoth]

There is no such thing having "too big balls" on stage! Franco Corelli was the greatest tenor!

He was a GOD! We blessed he sang for us! No one has those brilliant highnotes!

[MusashiTzu]

and he had the biggest balls of them all. Colossal balls, so rotund and immense they could choke a blue whale.

[wotan3000]

Bravo

Corelli is a madman with a voice pouring directly from his heart down a magisterially created technical apparatus. He perfected his technique so his heart could sing, and sing it does.

Mammoth emotion! Plangent resonance!

A deity!

He is THE tenor of the second half of the 20th Century. No doubt. I just wish he would have done at least 1 Siegfried.

Just one!

His Huguenots recordings show how thrilling he would have been!

[paddaman1]

Fantasic voice, and a very unique technique suited to his voice, but He would have never been able to sing a Siegfried, because of the nature and type of technique he employd for his voice, Siegfried is written in such a way that would have challenged him severely. Corelli's placement is slightly higher, perfect for spinto roles, and the dramatic Italian repertoire, but I'm afraid he would have strugled to sing a Siegfried or even a Siegmund for that matter. He knew what was best for his voice.

[deutschefach]

@paddaman1 I studied with Corelli and his voice is Italian and would have been wasted in German rep. His style is passion in abundance. He knew what was best. He did not like German music and did not understand it really. He is the singer of the middle of the last century, and no one is likely to hear that kind of passion today. It scares conductors when they have to follow a singer who is prone to showing off his voice, which is what made Corelli so thrilling.

[sirenadellopera]

@wotan3000 Hello, fellow Corelli Freak! :-) I'm with you 1,000 %!!!!

[MusashiTzu]

his balls are too big for the stage.

[marktiell]

Canta Napoli!

[Phaidra69]

this is not an ordinary case and we can't say " one more first class tenor " .he was a phenomenon , like Callas , a very precious gift which God sent to us !

[operabitch77]

NOT A GIFT!!! caruso, ponselle, ruffo were MIRACLES and gifts. they worked hard but need NOT to depend on a technique but they all three had one! corelli worked like a madman to CREATE the instrument from nothing to what you hear here. an outstanding display of technique and amazing breath(support) control. top ten tenor for sure!!!!! one of the greatest instruments evern. BUT, NOT one of the miracles of PURE beauty and natural gift!

[AlexLegionOfFate]

I agree. It's somewhat unfair to compare different singers amongst each others. I've listened to a lot of renditions of this piece but none of these can compare to the one by Caruso. There you can FEEL the melody, whereas here you only hear it.

[Noelie70]

¡¡¡JAMÁS Terminaré de Admirar su Arte, Su Pasión, Su entrega, todo su Talento Y SU INDISCUTIDO DESPARRAMO DE BELLEZA MASCULINA!!!!

[goldie0800]

Hear Corelli, and die happy! ;-) Marvellous.

[jrynz]

What a massive, visceral voice!

[Noelie70]

verdaderamente ÚNICO,EL MEJOR!....maestro en el uso de su voz,y en la expresividad!!!

[laonirica]

Maestro FRANCO CORELLI,Tenor* *HEROICO* ÚNICO E IRREPETIBLE!!!-¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE!!!

[gonzalojosevb]

Una voz fabulosa, en su categoría, por qué en la actualidad no hay tenores así? por que vivimos esta epoca de "hambruna lirica" ????

[maxmarce]

Sr gonzalojosevb.Aparte de las voces que hay pocas y estoy de acuerdo contigo;lo que veo es que no hay ganas de cantar no tienen sangre eso es lo que creo yo.Saludos

[laonirica]

Caro Maestro FRANCO CORELLI:nel cielo,oggidi,APRILE 8,le stelle brillano piu fortemente,¡¡¡BRAVO PER SEMPRE MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!!!

[laonirica]

Maestro FRANCO CORELLI: Eres el ANGEL HEROICO MAS BELLO,de la historia del ARTE LIRICO.¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE!!!

[laonirica]

Maestro FRANCO CORELLI: Eres el ANGEL HEROICO MAS BELLO,de la historia del ARTE LIRICO.¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE!!!

[MusashiTzu]

its amazing his balls can fit on the stage.

[Marnie797]

Oh, my god!

[laonirica]

¿no hay acaso registros filmados de sus conciertos en Viena y Paris en la decada del "70"?...¿pOR QUE QUIEN LOS ATESORE no le hace un regalo a las nuevas generacione subiendolos en YOU TUBE,el Mundo se los Agradecera^? BRAVO POR SIEMPRE MAESTRO FRANCO CORELI!!!

[somefilipinosinger]

Franco Corelli = The Balls!

[laonirica]

FRANCO CORELLI: Il Piu Bello Del Mondo¡¡¡ es un modelo de artista y de masculinidad que hoy debemos tener como ejemplo, y no esos "CARILINDOS"que estan tan de moda, que ni son vedaderamente lindos y lo que es peor, no tienen ni un gamo de talento.BRAVO maestro¡¡¡

[operasfab]

Splendide.... Corelli est à jamais un immense ténor. La voix est merveilleusement belle.

Quel engagement dans cet extrait.

Chapeau bas.

[mwalsh2008]

Amazing. No one--NO ONE--like this today.

Mike

[BariTenoreDram]

Bravo today wait some years ;)

[BariTenoreDram]

Bravo today wait some years ;)

[BariTenoreDram]

Bravo today wait some years ;)

[laonirica]

Sin duda el tenor heróico por excelencia del siglo que no merece recibir comentarios tan obscenos de personas que creen conocer este supremo arte. ¡¡¡Bravo a la memoria de Franco Corelli!!!

[Ararara22]

agree with you. Corelli's tone is, hmmm... 'Michelangiolesque'... and yes, much 'heroical', even 'herculean' and a touch Baroque if not manneristic...

[Ararara22]

The titanic raw power of Franco's voice gives me chill everytime I listen to it... a gift of Mother Nature.

Here is the English translation of De Curtis' lyrics:

[poivriere]

Thank you for the translation. The singing alone carries the tone of the message; the lyrics add even more power to it.

[Ararara22]

How beautiful the mountain tonight

This beautiful I've never seen before

Under the cover of this white moonlight

It looks like a weary, deluded soul

You who never cry and make me cry

Where are you? Where are you tonight?

I long for you! I long for you!

[Ararara22]

These eyes of mine crave to see you Crave to see you one more time! How calm the mountain tonight This calm I've never seen before! All asleep around here, asleep or dead Except me still awake, desperate for love You who never cry and make me cry Where are you? Where are you tonight? I long for you! I long for you! These eyes of mine crave to see you Crave to see you one more time!

[Pourqouis]

Comm'è bella 'a muntagna stanotte...

bella accussí, nun ll'aggio vista maje!

N'ánema pare, rassignata e stanca,

sott''a cuperta 'e chesta luna janca...

Tu ca nun chiagne e chiágnere mme faje,

tu, stanotte, addó staje?

Voglio a te!

Voglio a te!

Chist'uocchie te vonno,

n'ata vota, vedé!

[UteRosbach]

Herrlich, einfach wunderschön!

[giacomolaurivolpi]

to be remembered by those who "know" about opera would have destroyed the chances od caruso singing bell canto with open full voice when everybody was being carefull of singing correctly.

[salomenet]

Actually for me Caruso bears a lot of similarities to Corelli: big, dark, warm, rich and thrilling voices, both with very individual singing styles, both having the rare ability to captivate audiences by uniquely conveying emotions through their singing etc.

[salomenet]

Of course, both Caruso and Corelli, along with their individual approaches to singing, had also mastered very solid singing techniques of belcanto.

[Samurai9]

For me, Corelli's voice is not baritonal and nothing like Caruso's. Judging from recordings, Caruso fairly early became a dramatic tenor with a much darker voice than Corelli's.  Of course, the basic technique of producing the voice, and the passion of expression, are similar.

[xilpix]

Parliamo allora di tenori drammatici, non baritonali.

Oggi le voci profonde non vanno di moda.

[baffetto77]

Simply the best... :'-)

[20478]

Corelli e'un tenore baritonale ,come:Caruso,giacomini ecc..Non e' comparabile con pavarotti o fleta che sono tenori lirici e come tali piu' adatti ad un altro repertorio!!Cmq penso che stiamo parlando del meglio in tutti e tre i casi!!!

[LLLLLLERTDFDH]

Wow. Just. Wow.

[kotor2511]

Approaching perfection...

[urns100]

este tenor me da un orgasmo cuando lo oigo, es espectaculor, que pasion, verdaderamente un Tenor Spinto de Calidad

[giacomolaurivolpi]

Corelli is grandious, powerfull, handsome, elegant, who can not admit that, his baritonal qualities, his diminuendos, Lord he was fantastic, but pavarotti will always be remembered, like caruso will always be remembered and not fleta so much. thats all, lirico, spinto, dramatico, all clasifications, but not degrees of talent.

[spectrum3]

Nadie puede comparar a Corelli con Pavarotti, ambos son totalmente distintos. Pero ambos Grandiosamente geniales!!!

[v2eqi]

Actually there are many tenors like Luciano but none was complete like Dario.

[theonlygriffo]

Many tenors like Pavarotti....

Probably the most stupid comment i've ever heard.

[giacomolaurivolpi]

comparing corelli with pavarotti is like comparing fiat with ferrari, both italian made by the same manufacturer but different products, pavarotti is unique, Corelli is great! tats the difference, you will find 100's of tenores de forza in history, but one pavarotti, his talent, his charisma, his easyness to sing were unmatched by franco. he was awesome collosal, grandious, but Not Pavarotti.

[erialm]

Tenore di forza, or dramatic tenors, are far more rare than the lyric counterpart, to which Pavarotti belonged. There have been far more exceptional lyrical tenors other than Pavarotti; Caruso, Gigli, Bjorling, Di Stefano...the list goes on.

[giacomolaurivolpi]

Yes I understand this basic concep erialm, but the type of voice doesn't represent thetype of talent, Pavarotti's talent was to conect to everybody, Corelli only with few, like Del Monaco, o Even Fleta back when, or now Cura instead of Villazol, The talent can't be disguised by drama.

[erialm]

The only thing Pavarotti instead of Corelli did was to appeal to the masses who have very little understanding of opera or voice in general. It is as Kraus said; "I'd rather be loved by those who truly understand oprea than by the masses who don't". Pavarotti was loved by many due to the skill of his mass-marketing, not because of the greatness of his voice.

[Davidoff1Gustav]

I heard Pavarotti in Chicago, he had a truly great voice.. interestingly enough it wasn't the high voice that was most impressive, but the lower voice. It was a huge, secure voice, he made a mistake and it sounded like the orchestra was wrong. And, not a great movie, but listen to his Nessun Dorma in Yes Giorgio... astounding.. maybe it was the milk as a baby cause Freni had it too.

[MusashiTzu]

this is not a pavarotti video or anything to do with him.

[waltersoto777]

nice example, only that Corelli is the ferrari and Pavarotti the fiat, you comparing Corelli to "100's of tenores de forza" shows either way too much bias or quite simply a complete lack of knowledge.

[vickersman]

as usual stefan-you come through with the most amazing material. I wish you could have talked to Corelli about this concert when you invu'd him-He really seed overwhelmed at the amount and intensity of the applause.You never did talk to him about this right?

[lascala123]

Pavarotti Manrico.You are joking.The best pira and role of manrico belong to either Corelli or Lauri Volpi.

[Ivanhoe2]

What a voice!! Just listen to the crowd! He looks so incredibly handsome too.

[babbitt12]

pavarotti is manrico i beg to difffer!noone can sing di quella pira like pavarotti.

[v2eqi]

Not here.Potts shouldn't sing anything related to la lirica or any canzone Neapolitan.Ah,I guess 2 or 3 million sales of cd's will make him a real tenor and shut us up but probably won't do either.

[salomenet]

Am I dreaming? Potts-itis is expanding?

[babbitt12]

if you think this is good wait til u hear paul pots version.i believe its on his next cd!

[baffetto77]

Franco ti amo...

[v2eqi]

Corelli was master of Calaf,Manrico,Chenier,Radames and Ernani.Del Monaco was Otello,Tucker was Alvaro.Desidera il corelli in tensione il tenore più grande di tutto il tempo

[v2eqi]

The power ,squillo,slancio are incomparable.This was what Corelli was all about,THRILL.This song is a testament to talent.

[urns100]

Creo que en el minuto 2:02 se puede observar como las chinitas planean tener sexo con el buen Corelli al salir del concierto!! XD

[Ozzman1980]

Гений!!!!!

[orthochrom]

Thank you for the video Christian Vienna

[perchance2dreamer]

Many thanks to Stephan Zucker for posting this. He has interviews with Corelli at BelCanto that will melt your heart. YouTube just removed the fabulous Nessun Dorma tape. All the little personal moments in this performance really make it magical! Francophilia!

[urns100]

I love this man

[jorjikia]

wunderbar!er singt wirklich sehr gut!er war der beste in seinem beruf!hat sehr gutte kollegen gehabt!so wie z.b.:M.del monaco,G.di stefano u.a

[marietherese]

Superb interpretation! As Mesospeak notes, Corelli's clarion voice and natural intensity could often seem like "too much" of a good thing in lighter works but here he's brilliant.

The video is so touching too. His infamous nerves are on display at the beginning (imagine being so gifted and so beautiful and yet still so insecure!) but it's the genuine pleasure he shows at the audience's acclaim and the humility with which he acknowledges it that really gets to me. Bravo, Corelli!

[Mesopeak]

I have heard almost every major male tenor of the past century sing this aria (Domingo, Pavarotti, Carreras, Kraus, Alagna, Bonisolli, Lanza, Caruso, etc...)and none have matched Corelli's interpretation. For some of the lighter arias, Corelli's voice is too over-powering but for this one it is quite appropriate. He felt this song in his heart and he makes you feel it too.

[Tenortone21]

How bout Mario Del Monaco??

[tonytib]

Del Monaco is Othello!

[ucrebel59]

I agree with you, Corelli was not suited for the lighter arias, but he pulls this one off. The thing about Corelli was that he was so exciting to listen to, You just knew you were watching a tenor of unreal talent.

[Sanrus]

I'm simply mesmerized by this live performance. It makes me wish that Italy could really be all about Corelli or Di Stefano's prodigious singing.

[Toreadorssong]

Sheer genius. A unique gift. I would give a year of my life to have heard him live once.

[robertwbecker]

One of my Heros, what a force of nature,, and he understood what the jaw was all about. Thank you for the post Stephan and your promoting of the Great Franco!

[Glenmed]

He even sends the Japanese audience wild. That takes some doing!

[operabitch77]

actually the japanese were known for going wild. almost as much as the italians! its the english he had a hard time with.

[Glenmed]

Well, I'm on my feet and I'm cheering at the computer screen!

[picapin]

chill out dude, it's not such a great performance. You should see more performances of this very song

[gonzalojosevb]

Only Corelli could sing like this, was he a real human being? Bravissimo, maestro per sempre

[ksol1460]

you asked "was he a real human being?" An Angel, as far as I'm concerned. I've got to get this DVD. Saw him a bunch of times in the mid-70s including one concert with Tebaldi, he knocked your socks off even on "off" nights.

[tomasjuhasz]

Tenor of 20 century!!!Bravo

[ksol1460]

He melts my fillings.

[HellasItalia4]

SIMPLY THE BEST! GRAZIE MAESTRO! PS:tenors do not try this at home

[corellilover]

I just love him

[Glenmed]

Voice, looks, charisma = Franco Corelli. The rest of us are damn lucky if we have just one of these.

[FacePaster]

Unbelievable.

[Samurai9]

This clip well captures Corelli's fire and passion, essential components of his art. Note, also, the widely open mouth on high notes, favoring the left side.

[imachunt]

I think WOW sums it up really!

[WISKRdotCOM]

There is none better.

[vickersman]

great

[polandsopotgirl]

What a voice!!!

[johnatspray]

WOW!!!

[Mesopeak]

They just don't make them like Franco Corelli anymore...what an agonizing shame. I've heard this song sung by all the greats and those not-so-great, and no one delivers wildfire like the great maestro Corelli. He consumed the audience with his voice.

[Freccia6000]

I cantanti d'oggi possono solo sognare di avere una voce come questa.

[valentinmonaco]

what a voice...fantastic singer!

[csoda]

His force is a lion's

[baritolo]

Che bello vedere che una voce così non ha confini e sa emozionare anche dall'altro capo del mondo!