Franco Corelli & Ettore Bastianini "Solenne in quest'ora"

[angelofsundown]

pelle d'oca !!!... magari si trovassero oggi cantanti cosi.

[legionx2012]

Perfection. 

[chaten65]

Corelli war und ist immer noch unerreichbar. Zusammen mit Bastianini oder Merrill. Ich habe diese ganze Oper auf DVD.

[eurydike]

voices suitable for heaven:)

[33331192]

I don't know if I can live with/out you-tube any more.

[racheleleeba]

@33331192 I had the same reaction the first time I found all the opera on YT, and Franco Corelli in particular!

[mondmaennchen1]

Danke für die Veröffentlichung dieser Oper!!!. Diese Aufführung ist für mich die beste Wiedergabe aller Zeiten. EB und FC sind (speziell in diesem Duett) unerreicht!

Alles Liebe und Gute von Mondmännchen1

[numetutelare]

Due voci grandiose. virili, pastose, che nobilitano la parola cantata. Spiace che questo modo di cantare sia perduto....

[11792654]

this is fucking legendary

[orovalleydude]

@11792654 Well said. Who can sing like this today? I'm sorry to report: no one. Oneguin65: thank you for posting this rare look and sound, much appreciated...

[MegaTessitore]

Assolutamente fantastico . il meglio mai sentito . Bastianini e Corelli esprimono la loro arte con passione emozionando chi ascolta.

[RemzofFrance]

Is it me or are there some eejits throwing objects on the stage at the end of the clip?

[paulostroff99]

Superbly sung. TY Oneguin65 for posting.

[IRA77GEOTENORE]

Two THE Greatest after IIWW voices and singers!!! Glory of Italy!

[ThePaco1818]

most ones that post coments in here , dont remember , most of the great ones, are gone

now we must apreciate, the ones we have,not forgetting logic the old ones

so pls dont compare florez, villazon, vargas , or guleghina, netrebko, or garanca

with passed stars, lets enjoy what we have , lets be realistic

all coments i see here dont enjoy our present stars

[Sieglinde84]

This duet is so incredibly beautiful. Too bad they end up being enemies... Carlos/Alvaro is such a good pairing.

Corelli and Bastianini were good friend IRL and their harmony shows it.

[Zashorigin]

Spectacular!!!

The only thing that bothers me is, and even though I just love him, but why is Ettore so expressionless while Franco is singing so emotionally beautiful???

[happelleppah]

i will see "forza" next week. I'am afraid voices like these will not be heard anymore but this opera has its own fantastic strength inside. i am sure i will enjoy it

[happelleppah]

ma sarà bello il vibrato della voce di Corelli in questa romanza?

[eurydike]

oneguin, your videos are a miracle:-)))

[abracadabranque]

Corelli travaille très bien ses diminuendi:Un duo de rêve!

[ElSalvador50]

Bastianini, my favorite baritone of all time, and Corelli singing diminuetos lying flat on his back haha, does it get any better than this?

[alleviso2]

Duetto splendido di due grandissimi.

[VolkgartenBySquirrel]

Where did you FIND this? Thank you - very much!

[FacePaster]

i can't believe those assholes throwing the vegetables at the stage at the end. Makes me so mad that these guys had no appreciation for the immense artists they were hearing. Today we would kill to hear two singers like this.

[HOUSE18011991]

Does anyone have the words for this particular extract?? If anyone does please share it with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[siglino]

ALVARO Solenne in quest'ora Giurami dovete Far pago un mio voto. CARLO Lo giuro. ALVARO Sul core cercate. CARLO Una chiave. ALVARO indicando la valigia Con essa trarrete Un piego celato! L'affido all'onore, Colà v'ha un mistero Che meco morrà. S'abbruci me spento. CARLO Lo giuro, sarà. ALVARO Or muoio tranquillo; Vi stringo al cor mio. CARLO lo abbraccia con grande emozione Amico, fidate nel cielo! Addio. ALVARO Addio.

[gaemp]

Bastianini is great.... but as Cheniér I prefer del Monaco. I don't like Corelli's "vibrato"...

[tehen162]

@gaemp Corelli is not Chenier here, but Alvaro from Forza del destino by Verdi.

[gaemp]

@tehen162 you are right, sorry, I forgot to write "also"...

[Sieglinde84]

This is pure beauty. Two heavenly voices, two handsome men and the wonderful chemistry... they were good friends in real life too and it's visible in their harmony.

[f1a6b3]

Una lección de canto. Impresionante!

[Aetion]

Outstanding rendition by both. Tks Onegin.

[Nadir2711]

Les voix sont celles que l'on  attend...et ce duo est d'une beauté toute verdienne....du très beau chant....

[halavey]

At 1:40 Carlo says I swear ( Lo Giuro) ?

[corellithebest]

@halavey Yes, he does. :)

[halavey]

Del Monaco and Corelli actually sang this quite differently, listen to MDM not very similar to this at all. This is a duet not an aria.

[halavey]

What about 1:40?

[halavey]

Yes, bloydaage Tucker was terrific in the role with Warren live at the met in the 50's and later with Merrill and really was a favorite of many and that includes myself. This is a great duet.

[fordmondeo11]

@halavey

1:40

[italopera]

Corelli and del Monaco are the only singers able to sing this aria correctly.

Thank you very much for sharing

[bloydaage]

What about Tucker?!!!

[martythetickler]

Tell that to Caruso & Scotti.

[vojta80]

This so so wonderfull and noce comments too. When i have seen comments to the other parts of this Telecasts from Napoli 1958 it is just so

unfair, really! Such a pity that opera funs became so often opera critics.....and quite strict and negative!

[JuillHope17]

i love how flowers just fall onto the stage at the very end. oh teatro san carlo...

[trem0lo]

If I ever audition tenors I'm going to set up a couch next to the piano to make sure they're breathing correctly :) Correlli sets an excellent example for young tenors here.

[martythetickler]

It's a tribute to how damn good Corelli is that he can sing on his back. Fucking show - off.

[tehen162]

According to the story he is dying. How is he supposed to sing in your opinion?

[sugarbist]

@tehen162 This is opera . Theres always somebody dying . Enjoy

[katester7]

Mi sono comossa!

[riigoletto]

love them both

[bodiloto]

IMMORTALI,bellissima interpretazione!!!!Grazie.

[corellithebest]

What SUBLIMITY! The two REALLY GREAT HUMAN BEINGS and MARVELLOUS ARTISTS! No, they were not what one might suspect them to be, they were "only" best friends. And even from the words they are saying you can't conclude such a thing (there were no such connotations in the 19th century opera), Alvaro and Don Carlo Vargas (under false names) were actually friends until they found out about each other's true identity.

[entropia34332]

just amazing!!!!

[claudiooriental]

Gracias Oneguin65 que gran video. Que oportunidad de ver estas obras de arte, para gente como yo que no habríamos podido apreciar este arte inmortal. Qué linda es la música, como todo, cuando es sublime. Muchas gracias.

[caribolas]

Corelli refused to hire a claque, so they booed just to intimidate. It happened with Caruso in this same theatre. Shame for Naples.

[SatchmoSings]

Two of the GREATEST singing, ON CAMERA like this, and the audience behaved this way!

Bastianini and Corelli; (okay, so I put the baritone first) the GREATEST!

[sokker88]

does anybody know where i can find the words in english so i can better understand the meaning and emotion involved with this song?

[redsox2213]

not Pradelli's best moment of conducting.

[Vairguy09]

One of my favorite duets. Corelli's messa di voce is superb and the rest of his singing is electric, and of course, Bastianini...you don't need to may more than BASTIANINI. Sublime!

[daddy2foots]

The most noble baritone and the most exciting tenor of all time.

[TheWisemonkey8]

@daddy2foots Ettore Bastianini is my favourite... in my mind one the few baritone singers who can match and outmatch most great singers of the past. Even Callas and Corelli had difficulty out-singing him... he really was a bass with terrific high notes...

[laonirica]

Cuántos Bellos Recuerdos como éste,del Querido y Recordado Maestro FRANCO CORELLI, deben de haber sido filmados aunque más no sea por un instante, y...¡Tantos somos los que no tuvimos la oportunidad, de poderlos conocer y disfrutar!!!.

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

GRACIAS *Onegin65*por ser el único Capáz de Compartirlos, con el Mundo!!!.-

[sokker88]

remarkable...on his back?  wow

[arturovilla02]

in this world you will find all kind of trash people like gangers,hooligans etc

[msjm34811]

I am a passionate adorer of Forza. This duo is perhaps the very best I have heard! Imagine singing this well while lying down!! Please keep in mind that grand opera includes both brilliant singing as well as fine acting.This rendition captures both in breathtaking beauty.

[janerike]

This is very well sung, by both. Actually this is one of the best I`ve heard. Well done to produce that sound when lying down!!!! Can`t understand why someone throws tomatos after this!!! Sick people ( Scala???)

[lascala123]

No,Teatro San Carlo(Napoli).

[TurandotFanatic]

That's really curious, some balls start to fall on stage after someone yell "Bravi!!!", like tomatos or something else.

I posted a Lauri-Volpi video where he sings wonderfully a rendition of "Di quella pira", and at the end the same theatre claps but boos also.

[Erdrick345]

I would say that this is the finest version of that aria I've heard better that Bjoerling/Merril, which is quite good

[pearlmuth3]

Also don't forget the pearl fishers duet for the most beautiful duet with tenor/baritone, perhaps the most beautiful and why the throwing? are they crazy?

[aguacun]

Some people that demands from the world attention and the right to fit in it, join gang bands on streets... other throws radishes at theaters

[spaniarddamnit]

wow i cant believe someone had the gall to throw tomatoes after that. look at the very end of the video.

[kazakhman52]

I think its amazing that this video even exists. To see two of the giants of the era perform one of the most amazing duets is fantastic. Without Youtube, how many opera fans would never experience this? Thank you Youtube, and many thanx to Oneguin65 for posting this

[Republicrat74]

@kazakhman52 I agree! One of the great tenor-baritone duets in all of opera sung so beautifully by two giants of their era. I had the good fortune of hearing Bastianini sing at the Lyric in Chicago. What a voice!

[Sieglinde84]

This is the most beautiful tenor-baritone duet ever. Not even the one in Don Carlo can beat it. This is more intimate.

And they are just perfect. Brilliant chemistry!

[RABSCALLION]

Franco Corelli's voice is thrilling!!! Both men are heterosexually passionate yet masculine.

[2ManyHighCs]

"heterosexually passionate yet masculine" ? Now THERE is food for thought.

[caribolas]

HAHAAHAAHAHAH

[listeningtoit]

This is perhaps the most romantic duet between two males in the whole opera literature. The only one that is comparable is the duet from "The Pearlsfishers" - "Au fond du temple saint" - both the interpreters are absolutely in the mood of this lovely duet!

[raythespian]

This is the most beautiful and affecting rendition of this duet I've ever heard.

It's understandable that followers of del Monaco would feel threatened by a new and handsome tenor of similar vocal endowment and greater talent.

[lascala123]

To all posters,the chemistry you see is merely due to the fact that Corelli and Bastianini were best friends.Early in Franco's career,Ettore supported him and when Ettore had cancer,Dario help him to perform in the Met.

[dirtbag719]

Unbelievable! I have this on CD but never realized Corelli was prostrate throughout the entire duet. To sing those 2 diminuendi on his back is one of the greatest feats of singing you'll ever hear. Spinal chills! You don't hear singing like this any more. Corelli might not have been the "best" singer technically but, for my money, he (along with early Luciano) was the most thrilling. I don't care how much they touched each other if they can produce sounds like that.

[2ManyHighCs]

Dirtbag, you are spot-on. But a tenor does not sing like Corelli and NOT be technically correct. The nuances he sings in this duet would fall far short on a singer of less technical perfection. How many other tenors have done it, before or after Corelli?

[dirtbag719]

Perhaps a poor choice of words on my part. Obviously, his technique was fantastic. I guess what I meant was he was not always the most fastidious of singers - he slurred the staccato notes in Pira almost all the time and his diction was not in Pavarotti's league. But, that said, he was a monumental voice - the most thrilling I've ever heard.

[mojopum]

Its strange the way they touch each other. Too much chemistry!!! Nice X

[BMessemer]

As others pointed out, these two were best friends. But there's another reason as well. Corelli was either staring at the ceiling or had his eyes closed and couldn't possibly see the conductor. Bastianini held his hand not only for dramatic reasons, but squeezed Corelli's to show the conductor's rubato. I'm not sure of this but it makes sense. Look at the way Bastianini watches the conductor, even when it's Corelli's phrase.

[corellithebest]

Yes, it definitely makes sense now that you explained. I already knew they were best friends, and the characters they are portraying are friends, but only because they don't know yet each other's true identity. Anyway, I have this DVD and I ADORE it! Tebaldi is Leonora and she is WONDERFUL, too!

[cleanears]

those WERE the days!

[daddy2foots]

It's flowers they're throwing. Since this was being recorded, the audience was told not to clap or cheer. I think they wanted to show their appreciation in some way, although the sound of the bouquets hitting the stage amid the overall silence is funny.

[ewlumsden]

Those were radishes coming down, When the stretcher-bearers come on you can see, and hear the thud of them landing.Check out some more recent sources to find out why.a lot has been written about it.

[moorfan1]

Vegetables? How stupid could this audience be?  Both men are magnificent.

For Corelli to float diminuendos like these while supine makes him truly supernatural.

I would gladly trade places with this audience...I will sit and be enthralled, and they can watch currents like Cura and the like.

[poivriere]

They can be as stupid as fans and claques anywhere can be. All it takes is the inability--or unwillingness--to perceive beauty.

[poivriere]

And one striking thing is that he apparently takes such relatively small breaths to produce that amazing sound while supine!

[tena2]

I have to admit that Corelli did not belong to this world, there is no oje who much him in this opera, or turandot nor in aida.

He was maid by god to sing these others too. thanks corelli RIP.

[macciboma]

Amo puccini e il verismo in generale

ma questa pagina di verdi mi piace,

anche merito degli ine guagliabili

interpreti.

grazie del video.

[salomenet]

Corelli is the only one I have ever heard that sang "Solenne" as it is due, sounding like a dying man. His vocal colours are incredible and the two decrescenti (which he further elaborated later) sound as if his voice was escaping him along with his life.

Bastianini, such full, beautiful, caressing voice.

[marokt]

Great perormance! Corelli's singing is so safe, rich in nuances, his vocal fantasy is so amazing! And this was his debut in this role...

[mannail888]

I could not help but assume that, judging on the almost fornlornly way Bastianini looks at Corelli, how Corelli holding Basianini for dear life, there were something really touching going on between these two men.

[poivriere]

I've read that the 1958 Naples audience was pretty rough, and threw veggies at Corelli and Bastianini to show them that they were not welcome. Bastianini wasn't bothered by it, but supported Corelli, who was very upset. A few years later, when Bastianini was dying of cancer, Corelli was said to have been extremely helpful and supportive of his friend. You can read about some of this at a site called Opera Gems.

[Shelle0202]

Many thanks for your interesting comments. I shall look it up. A beautiful performance.

[entropia34332]

A message from Corelli to all tenors: "Who's your daddy bitces?" :)

[waynetenor]

Ilistened to a version of this Duet with Careras in it, whilst good, doesnt compare with this version....magic

[occhioverde71]

Stupenda... la voce di Corelli è meravigliosa.... le mezze voci e i fiati sono stupendi... Bastianini è nettamente il migliore Vargas che io abbia conosciuto

[v2eqi]

Frnco is the Goat(Greatest of All Time).

[billyguns2]

How fortunate we are to have this extraordinary performance by two of the greatest male opera singers of all time!

[pavy456]

o so true

[poivriere]

This always knocks my socks off: Corelli flat on his back, spinning out that melodic line with such power and control. Bastinini is no slouch, either.

[cansanso]

como desearia cantar tan perfecto como franco .brao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[erin129]

this is such perfection it brough tears to my eyes. i would gladly give a month of my life to be able to travel back in time and watch this performance live.

[HAGGISMACPEDEN]

Beautifully done; Corelli was First Class.

[sminervini]

Franco Corelli is incredible!! There will never be a comparable tenure. The man performed miracles with his voice.

[michaud1]

There is something about italians singers singing in their own language. But i don't knock down the singers that you mentioned above. They have that special warm. Milanov, Callas, Bjorling, De los Angeles, Warren were great. I did not mean to offend you. I know they are great voices outside Italy.

[yalematt2010]

You're absolutely right. That extra something that comes from the natural effortlessness of the primary language makes such a difference! All the others are great, too, but Italian was made for Italians; they do it well.

[michaud1]

One of the greatesr tenor with one of the greatest baritone - real italian bite - great singing. This doest not exist anymore. This was the time when italian opera was sung by italian singers.

[PaduaFernandes]

At this time, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Maria Callas, Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles and many others were great names in Italian opera - and were not Italian at all. Fortunately, great voices do not need to be born in Italy.