Franco Corelli - Vittoria, vittoria! - Live 1964

[stevevandien]

Good grief.  And some dingbats still maintain that Corelli lacked squillo.

[rem1736]

Youtube won't let me push the 'like' button as many times as I want to.

[sugarbist]

I like the timber of Corelli's voice.He doesn't sound as dark as he did on the studio recordings& he still young here, around 42 or so.

[MariaCaIIas]

This is so hysterically funny, how old Fausto has had enough of Franco's obsession with high notes and hits the bit without waiting for Franco to finish! You can hear Franco catching his breath and jumping into the bit a tad too late with his "l'alba vindice apar..." LOL!!!!!!!!!!

God bless the souls of both!

[liEder89]

POTENZA!

[2591740]

corelli siempre seras lo mas grande para mi lo mas grande el mejor de la historia amo tu voz

[Cantormatis]

JESUS! Wow. Such singing!

[TreblesBasses]

PERFECT PUCCINI COUPLE!

[tena2]

He was the best Mario ever. To me of course

[ikmarchini]

And the Boston Brahmins don't applaud for Corelli with a note like that??? Mezzamorti!!

Listen on YT to Corelli hit the same note in Parma.  They know what they are hearing!

[ElisabettaVS]

@ikmarchini because they don't want to interrupt the music, there is enough time to applaude at the end :) Different habits in Germany/USA/Italy for instance, all acceptable, but always different.

[bloydaage]

Just a shame that the mic can't take his whole voice at the B-flats. The mic and the technical system "protects". It means that the rec level was too high from the start.

[pieritlyon]

El Gran Maestro Franco Corelli , Magnífico, como siempre....pieri..

[laonirica]

Tosca never again have a Cavaradosi, as the Great FRANCO CORELLI!!!-Never!!!

Thanks!!!*Moorhe* for sharing it from youtube!!!

[leadoffeohippus]

Does anyone else agree with me that Tosca has the most incredible music of all operas?

[Operaandchant90]

yes.

[elephantbarbiegirl]

I agree with you but feel the same way about Puccini in general. I watch other operas but my heart always leaps when I have the chance of seeing one of Puccini's

[GermanOperaSinger]

Don't think I've ever heard him hold this note shorter than 11 seconds. In fact it always turns out to be exactly 11 seconds. This one may have been longer if the conductor hadn't pushed him on...I personally consider the arietta following the Bb to be even more exciting than the actual note. He's always a little out of breath there, but anyone would be after a 11 second Bb. Great legendary singing, none like him today of course.

[Mooorhe]

I prefer the arietta to the high note as well, I think it's just wonderful when the tenor absolutely explodes, my favourite singer of the arietta is definitely Carreras.

However, my favourite part of this passage of music is actually when Cavaradossi croons 'sei tu?'. If done correctly, it can melt a heart, many tenors just say it, but it's when a tenor like di Stefano or Pavarotti sings that line with soul and lyrical beauty that I just become overwhelmed.

[tagliavini]

I totally agree with you with reference to 'sei tu'. It is often the mark of an intelligent interpreter when this is sung with thought and sublety.

[singermanz]

why do you have a -4 next to this comment??? you just said what most people think already!

[GermanOperaSinger]

YOu are stupid. Carreras in his prime actually had a good voice. He was way better than Domingo.

[8x8MaVerick8x8]

@Mooorhe Maybe this is dumb but I always thought it was an A?

[VivaMariaCallas]

@GermanOperaSinger He holds it for 'only' about 7 seconds in the 1965 Met performance with Callas, but I think that he probably held it shorter in deference to her.

[ghaingstein]

Unequalled!!!

[oden60]

Irripetibile!!!

[pearlmuth3]

Yes he is singing tons in Europe he just did 8 shows in los angeles in tosca and is singing really heavier stuff like Boccenegra, Grimes, Queen of Spades, Hoffman, Juive etc. in Vienna where he lives and Germany. He is 58 years old now and has been singing opera in top houses since 1975 when he went in for Tucker when RT died in 1975 that was in Ohio and then in 1976 the met. 33 years is a lot of singing.

[Mooorhe]

Oh yes, I remember, someone said on YouTube that they are going to see him sing Manrico in 2009 somewhere in Europe; I'll have to try and get a ticket for it.

[pearlmuth3]

He yelled bravo it sounds like, Neil Shicoff at age 55 did the same thing but not quite as long, two seconds less and they yelled but when held forever it is a little strange, it's called milking the audience-- it was a great note for sure but many tenors if they wanted to be hammy could do it and off stage have but his sound of course on it was fantastic. Great voice yes.

[Mooorhe]

Does Shicoff still sing?

[ElisabettaVS]

@Mooorhe He does. I heard him in Tosca this year.

[SENAFOREVER]

@pearlmuth3, Franco Corelli can milk me anytime...

[laonirica]

El Maestro FRANCO CORELLI, marca un antes y un después en el modo de sentir, interpretar y comunicar los roles y las obras de *Este Arte Supremo* que es La Opera!!!

¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!!!

GRACIAS!!! -*Mooorhe*- por Compartir éste Hermoso Recuerdo!!!

[ShawDAMAN]

Amazing- it sounded like someone exclaimed something in the audience after that note... :)

It's a shame the conductor stopped him but it did allow him breath to continue singing- :)