@BERNARDOANUK the tessitura is to high for him,yes he can sing it ,but that doesn't mean he should,it is obvious that it is uncomfortable for him to sing,this is a piece of music that is for a lighter voiced tenor to sing,not for a heavier voice like Corelli's-just because you can sing something doesn't mean you should
@cccorsetti I continue thinking the same to that before and you must listen his " messa di voce " in the minute 1:41 to 1:50. It's not possible to do it if you don't feel good with the tone and he does it with many facility.
@BERNARDOANUK listen to his tone from 1:58 on,the struggle with the cadenza and most importantly the look on his face,he is uncomfortable ,this last part of this music,is designed for a lyric tenor or at the least a lirico spinto who has agility ,especially in the upper register(listen to Mario Lanza singing the same and you will immediately recognize the difference,regardless of Corelli's age-he shouldn't have sung this even if he was 30 years old,it is just not for him-
@cccorsetti I understand perfectly your opinion and its true. Franco no have the agility necessary for the las part. Yes...i know. But remember that you say its TOO HIGH for him. And its not to high. The problem is the colour of his voice. Its too much heavy for this aria. And please...don't talk to me about MARIO LANZA...He never was a professional Opera Tenor. Is the same that if you talk me about Boccelli...We talk about really Opera tenors please.
@BERNARDOANUK Lanza and Bocelli are both certainly opera tenors,anyone who believes differently is not realistic or has an ax to grind with them,both have sung opera's and are capable of a career doing so,and with Corelli he does not have the agile voice for this specifically because the tessitura is to HIGH,your completely missing the point of the conversation
@cccorsetti It seems to me that we will never agree. And Bocelli and Lance are not professional Opera's tenors because they never have sung a complete Opera in a theatre. Never.
I think for you Michael Bolton is an Opera's tenor and Albano Carrisi too.
The problem for Corelli would be the same if he sings 1 or 2 tones down because his voice no has agility
@BERNARDOANUK no you are wrong again,both Lanza and Bocelli have sung complete opera's,Lanza sang M. Butterfly and Bocelli " Boheme" both on the stage,and Bolton could very well be an opera tenor for he is classically trained and most certainly has the voice now if he would get hired is another story I'm only disagreeable when I feel whoever I'm talking to is incorrect,
My question is: If in this concert in Tokyo he sang a beautiful Gelida, a strong Ch´ella mi creda, why he wive us a tired Donna? Sorry for my english.
If this is Corelli in 1981 then he is 60. I Am a die hard Corelli and I love just watching him sing although I must agree he did sound better in his thirties and forties. I still love listening to him. I have heard him sing where he sounds very tender and it tugs at my heart. No other tenors voice has been able to affect me that way!!!!
He doesn't seem old enough to have such a degraded voice; maybe have some sort of vocal trouble temporarilly? Or, maybe nodules on his throat. I don't know but here he is too young for his voice to have declined so much from where it was. Still one of my favorites in life and death.
I definitelly agree that this is far from Corellis best but even here, he's still as good, if not better, as the best tenors today... Sadly the beautiful art of classical singing is in decline.
He sounded best during tragic moments, because he could barely express more than angst, pain, and heartbreak in his singing. And just to set the record straight, he was one of the best if not the best at expressing these emotions. Again just to reiterate that its my opinion. It doesn't have to be everyone else's.
He doesn't look old. His voice is obviously in decline. And while admittedly Corelli's technique was impressive with some of the most intense high notes ever, IMO his singing often sounds one dimensional. No matter what he sang, it always sounded like he was crooning and crying. Just listened to his Romeo and Juliet with Freni and all through the first few acts,he sounds like a big cry baby. You listen to his recondita armonia in tosca and it sounds as tragic as his lucevan le stelle.
@StefanoTenore Caro amico...Bonisolli era un grande tenore...ma CORELLI era ineguagliabile in tutte le arie...io le dico una cosa...sono un tenore e vorrei saper cantare almeno come cantava Corelli alla fine della sua carriera...Almeno un pizzico della sua tecnica...
e riascoltatela senza vedere le immagini prodotte dal video quindi vi sembrera un normale acuto e non eseguito con fatica...FRANCO CORELLI = PRINCIPE DEI TENORI!!!
molti non apprezzano come ha cantato quest'aria...Vi invito a notare che è alla fine della sua carriera quindi è gia giustificato...Vi invito a fare anche un'altra osservazione...l'acuto finale è stato eseguito spendidamente...è una registrazione live dove vi è anche il video e quindi molti si lasciano incantare dalle apparenze...Vi invito quindi a notare che nell'acuto Corelli vibbrava con tutto il corpo (la nota era eseguita con un po di fatica)ma la voce non vibbrava quindi chiudete gli occhi
Espantoso,pero seguramente estava muy mal de la garganta y solo su gran maestria le permitio cantar esta dificil aria,por lo menos con resonancia aseptable,era un grande nada mas ke decir...
no me gusta sinceramente nooo... el final tampoco me gustò no se entiende muy bien no se puede comparar ni con alfredo kraus. ese si es un maestro, ni hablar que pavarotti y carreras, placido domingo no tanto pero igual son 3 maestros tambien de los mejores
¿será lo peor de cuanto de él se ha grabado? Casi todos los grandes tuvieron malas noches. Carreras y más tarde Pavarotti en Costa Rica, por ejemplo, fueron terribles. Esta de Corelli es para olvidar; apenas en el nivel de algunas grabaciones de Domingo.
Wonderful!!!!, how great is to hear the great maestro performing this different repertoire. He really keeps surprising me even after been his fan for so long.May our Lord have him in His Glory!!!:Bravoo!!!. Thank you for posting
Dios como dicen gansadas,jajaj sori,no es mi intencion ofender,pero escuchen como canta Corelli en una buena noche como dicen por ai,a te o cara,y van a escuchar una voz exelente y unas cualidades tecnicas,ke le permiten a este tenor lirico spinto,no dramatico(corrijo)alcansar un do-,con una hermosa performance,saludos..
@muzetta100 Да ладно... Его голос тут уже болен, это грустный факт. Для него эти си бекары и бесконечная певучесть как орешки были. Что произошло... неизвестно. Его можно сравнить по технике только с Паваротти. У обоих она была феноменальная. Один монолитный гибкий голос на всем диапазоне и идеальное бесконечное дыхание - залог певческого долголетия. Есть версия, что Ко делал какие то ингаляции и этим страшно навредил себе... вот как то так.
@0samples0 Конечно петь ему тут уже нечем,это факт..но просто тут некоторые умники пишут что он как кучка пепла,пылал-горел и перегорел...а почему?Может быть действительно какие-то проблемы со здоровьем.Это тоже самое,как про Кабалье пишут мол жирная тетка.Просто мало кто знает,что Кабалье перенесла несколько операций,у нее проблемы с почками...Поэтому и призвала ЗАХЛОПНУТЬ КЛЮВЫ!!!Честно говоря с трудом верится,что когда-либо появятся певцы равные им...
paquete... aqui Corelli esta en mala noche pero si vamos a comparar una mala noche de Corelli y una mala noche de Domingo, creo que Corelli sigue ganando y no precisamente por "paquete". Y bueno, comparando buenas noches de ambos sera el mismo resultado.
Creo que debes tener conocimiento antes de afirmar algo de lo cual es evidente que desconoces, claro que Franco Corelli no puede ser comparado con Domingo, aunque ambos son tienen una tesitura de tenor dramático, Corelli ha sido el más grande de su tipo, y qué decir de Domingo es todo un tenor ya consolidado y de los mejores, pero el mejor es Corelli sin duda. Un saludo
es tu opinión y de unos pocos mas, la respeto, pero no la comparto, creo que esta a años luz de la fuerza y de lo que expresa domingo cantando, además de a donde ha llegado cada uno claro
chiste, placido al nivel de corelli?, ni ronco por dios, no me meto y respeto tu opinion, pero corelli no le llega a domingo ni a la suela de los zapatos
@rodikgork Tu comentario que Corelli no le llega ni a la suela de los zapatos a Domingo, es, además de arrogante, injustificado. El mismo Plácido dijo que admiraba a Corelli y que era, a su juicio, el tenor que más lo había impresionado. Claro que cuando dijo eso no evaluó tu opinión.
Si admiras a Plácido Domingo, no es necesario que trates con soberbia de rebajar a otros. Todos los tenores famosos son (o fueron) grandes artistas y en definitiva, cada uno tenía característcas propias.
a wonderful voice, but i think this aria was not for him ... if i didint know this aria, i would not be able to understand what he sings on the cadenza ...
F. Corelli, anche se non più all'apice della propria carriera e in un ruolo che con il suo tipo di vocalità c'entra ben poco, offre comunque un'interpretazione di alto livello.
Mi piace Corelli...preferisco Di Stefano...Pavarotti è il più grande...Ma a parte i gusti personali, ci saranno pur dei criteri oggettivi per valutare l' effettiva caratura di un cantante lirico...altrimenti l'uno vale l'altro
Metri di giudizio universali (oddio detta così pare una cosa apocalittica xD) a certi livelli è difficile trovarne.
Si può parlare di tecnica, qualità di voce, tessitura ecc... ma temo proprio che quando si giudicano tali cantanti la preferenza personale la faccia da padrona.
E no, non credo che questo faccia sì che un tenore valga l'altro, anzi piuttosto il contrario; ognuno ha il suo favorito ed è assolutamente libero di goderne l'unicità ed i pregi.
not his best performance... more one of the worst ones... maybe a bad day or just to cash in some money. But not done with much heart for the thing he was doing.
LOL! Who are you to judge about one of the greatest opera singers on earth ever...
He choose bad aria so what???
He is past his prime here, yes, but that "imroviso" same night, is better then any tenor today, young or mature...
You do not have an idea what is needed to sing like him,or MDM, or, Bjorling or Caruso, and still you put your ignorant comments... Sing better than that and upload please so I can hear and stop being bunch of morons....
Me gusta el Gran Franco Corelli, en todo pero entre los mejores en la "Donna e mobile" ,también , estan L. Pavaroti y Mario Filippeschi (40-50), es muy bueno, en su canto, actuación escenica y de buena figura , hay que escucharlo, y verlo. Hay muchos tenores muy superiores que el mediocre pero mediatico P.Domingo.Hay tenores jovenes que cantanmuy biény tiene bella voz. Hay más de 20 tenores en el siglo 20 muy superiores a Domingo. pieri
Digan lo que digan el GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI SIGUE SIENDO EL MEJOR EN TODO es rediculo decir necedades.. Despues de este concierto, que fué un éxito, canto en varios conciertos más en grandes escenarios de Europa y en 2 operas, sino más, en el MET, de N.Y.. Que gustos tan extraños tienen algunos,decir que Kraus y Domingo son mejore, K raus tanía buena tecnica pero no bella voz y . Domingo sólo es un mediocre mediatico nada más;, Hay mejores que esos 2
In questo video spesso Corelli si lascia andare a vocali molto larghe e a pronunce un po' strane vedi il primo amabbile.. stranissimo per lui sempre così preciso.
Dalla postura direi che è un po' nervoso probabilmente non è una romanza che cantava molto volentieri... ne sapete qualcosa?
Bellisismo il suono muta d'accento con il filato...
l'acuto è molto largo impostato sulla O e non sulla e, tenuto con la fibra e nel finale leggermente a rischio.
L'acuto finale di quest'aria è un SI3 che mi sembra preso e tenuto in modo manca un po' di elasticità e viene appoggiato completamente sul diaframma disteso e gli addominali serrati la gola è amplissima e quindi l'impegno fisico e vocale è notevole... il suono si sporca in modo impercettibile ma si sta a cercare il pelo nell'uovo... il Duca di Mantova è notoriamente tenore lirico-leggero... nella voce di Corelli ce ne stanno esattamente tre eh eh
I'll reiterate what has been said already; he is not in the best vocal condition here and this is not a dramatic aria of which Corelli excelled. He still sounds 100 times better than the ridiculous sounds the tenors of today make. I would pay any amount of money to see Corelli sing this role over anyone else today.
My two cents? This wasn't a good choice of aria for his huge voice at this particular time. Other arias from this same evening are absolutely spot on fantastic. In any case, I would still have been screaming "BRAVO" for my man, Franco.
If you like FRANCO CORELLI check THE 30 TENORS in my playlist SUPER TENOR ARIAS ( including CLAUDIO SOTELO performing ARIA DEL CIRUJANO as a world première for YOU TUBE ) and tell me which one you prefer.
I'm thinking that maybe the acoustics in the hall weren't up to first grade and he had to make up for it, you just never know. Anyways, it's Corelli, that's good enough for me!
this is corelli obviously at his worst...his voice is gone. however, if you dont appreciate corelli in all his glory you really arent a 'die hard opera fan'.... your just an idiot
@junktank - At his worse? Not at all! Vocally he was in great shape but he was never known fir his agility in the quick runs, not even when he was young. In his time there were three schools: the power, the Verdian and the agile ones (Corelli and Del Monaco, Di Stefano and Bergonzi and Valetti respectively). Nowadays opera lovers demand "absolute/complete" singers that will go from Turandot to Rossini or Mozart like Kaufmann. You want to see other videos of this same concert to compare. Thanks
@vaddoc maybe these are ashes but they are enough to heat the heart of the listeners. most of the current tenors would give an eye to sing like this man.
Who cares what age he was ... he was a master. The decrescendo at 1:40-1:50 is marvelous and the high note at the end is thrilling as ever. Bravo Corelli!
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!!!
the more lyric a voice, the longer you can sing duke. so bjoerling, lanza, kraus, caruso, pavarotti, and WHOEVER ELSE FANS: corelli was not this voice type. even a great duke like carlo bergonzi put it away by the late 60's, because you have to have a lot of agility to your voice to do it now. corelli considered this role when he was able to sing it, but he never performed it because again it was just TOO lyric. still, he can sing an aria if he wants. so you blind pavarotti fans, learn for once.
you can't compare corelli to other lyric tenors, because it makes no sense. every voice is different, and corelli is one of the last in an era of voices that were immediately distinguishable. if you don't like corelli, don't comment on this video. it's dumb to flat out go "i don't like corellI" cause why are you commenting then? so this isn't a good performance, so? there's TONS of shitty performances from every tenor you all talk about somewhere on youtube. so what? there's MORE good ones.
ok, being one of the biggest corelli fans and researchers out there, and knowing a lot about all kinds of voices, especially dramatic, let me clue you all in: 1, this is in 1972 i believe, and corelli was 51. 2, corelli WAS a dramatic tenor, and you have to have listened to many recordings live and not to judge that, and by 1970 he was in slght decline, so to transpose this is natural and this role, not for his voice AT THIS POINT, is hard especially for a dramatic tenor.
Bjorling's recording to answer your comment was super a great classic but recordings and live are not the same as we know and Danny Newman the late PR director of lyric opera and a friend of mine told me he heard the 58' Aida show, Jussi did 3 of them and Newman liked it but Jussi said he was not happy with it in a big house he never had a big dramatic sound so he dropped the idea of singing it at the met but died two years later anyhow. I agree he was a great artist though above most others
Bjorling in Aida in a big house was not really best as far as the dramatic moments, his voice was not large he did it in Chicago 1958 and Claudia Cassidy loved him normally but gave him a poor review and said in the review he is my favorite tenor but it is not wise to sing it in a house this size (3,700) he is not Del Monaco. He had done it well in Sweden, Hungary and Vienna but they have smaller houses he was testing the big house for the met next but decided against it for NY and died.
I do agree with German opera singer but on one point he leaves out, even if Corelli was more lyric his Cadenza at the end would be the same. Tucker and Caruso and even heavy voiced Jadlowker had great Cadenza's and you need that for the end here. Gigli and Mario Lanza also did not have good Cadenza's, the voice is another thing, Corelli was more a SPINTO THEN A DRAMATIC TENOR BUT HAD A DRAMATIC COLOR TO HIS VOICE.
This was not for him he had no Cadenza really and plows his way through he never sang the duke or ballo, tough singing. corelli was great as calaf and in aida but this is not for him, great voice though. I have never ever been a fan of his but admire him in two roles.
Oh Goodness, this is truly awful. Sounds like a castrato. In 3 instances he's completely off-pitch. I was expecting something decent, now I need a vomit break. Better let Pavarotti, Caruso, Bjorling, and Di Stefano sing Rigoletto.
da pena verlo interpretando tan mal despues de ser uno de los mejores nisiquiera respeto las notas que son y la voz muy nasal y abierta de todos modos mis respeto maestro corelli
Corelli went to Giacomo Lauri Volpi for voice instruction around 1965, because his wife (the demise of his career) said he sounded like a Baritone. The GL Volpi Tech is clearly used here; it is obvious that he is "trying" to sound like a tenor, rather than using his tech acquired by such teachers as Art Melocchi. In this performance he was definitely trying to go all Volpi. It crept into a lot of his singing in the 70's and led to the end of his career in '76.
Here he's in a downward phase of his career and Guarrette perhaps did not listen Franco in the peak of his carrer singing arias like 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from "Andre Chenier" opera, 'Ah! Leve toi soleil' from "Romeo and Juliet", 'Ch' ella mi creda', "Core' ngrato" or "Di quella pira"...I'm portuguese,i listen opera very much and Corelli forever will be, among with Caruso, Del Monaco, Gigli, Bjorling, Lanza and Di Stéfano, truly one of the greatest and most important tenors of all time!
Sorry but "Guarrette" is somewhat wright when he says that Corelli is not singing well..don't take me wrong, i'm one of Franco Corelli's greatest fans and for me he is the 2º greatest tenor in history after Caruso, but he is making an amount of effort a unusually sub-glotal pressure and he shakes in the final part because of that. BUT "Guarrette" cannot compare Kraus, a liggiero tenor, to Franco Corelli, a spinto-dramatic tenor, the dramatic repertoire is demanding and completly different!
¡Espantoso! ¿Este es el gran Corelli? No vale nada. Por oír esto no pago ni un centavo, afortunadamente no se cobra por ver este video. Deberían escuchar a Alfredo Kraus con más de 70 años en 1998 cantando esto mismo.
Whaht a pity!!! i wish there are no such recording on you tube, cause Corelli is the best in heavier roles and earlier!! Not even a genius can be perfect all the time .. give him a break!!!
Come on, you compare this old Corelli, way past prime, singing something from Rigoletto, even though he couldn't sing lyric roles that well even during his prime years, with a young, prime Bjorling, high placed lyric, of course Bjorling's going to be better! But we turn around and compare Franco's Radames to Bjorling's (who did sing the role).
You're not biased when you recommend Jussi over others. That's given. It's actually disrespecting to even compare Mr. Bjorling with the others. Because u and the others who know, knows Jussi is an exiquisite anomaly, hence absolutely incomparable.
i wasn't talking about Corelli, but it doesn't matter who it is. To me, other than Jussi, they all sounded about the same: boring-thick-hairy-gross guys (oops Domingo isn't gross lol) with huge egos & bad breath! Basically, a parody, as some reviewer aptly put it. It was Jussi that turned my aversion to tenors completely around.
Oh my God, how can you say that??? listen to Corelli in Cavalleria Rusticana or his Manrico .. he is amazing... here he is older and this role is not for his voice!!! He was also very nervous thats why he retired early!
Lol, again i wasn't really referring to Corelli... Sorry if i offended Mr. Corell and u. And i am sure he's fantastic, esp in heavier roles like u say.
well to answer all of your questions too, despite of being sick or not, corelli had the biggest stage fright of all. this was most likely in the beginning of the concert, where he's still shaking of his nerves.
he was just a lil too fast,but not worst.
best of the best tenor.
ka2shi7 4 weeks ago
this is gay
EvilPuffyNips 1 month ago
@EvilPuffyNips twat
sean21408 1 month ago
@EvilPuffyNips i almost agree with you
jfichter69 1 week ago
@EvilPuffyNips jajajaja and??
BERNARDOANUK 1 week ago
Franco still sounds fantastic even at his worst
hazelssister 3 months ago in playlist Opera
tessitura is too high for corelli here
cccorsetti 4 months ago
@cccorsetti no...not to high. It's very easy for him
BERNARDOANUK 1 week ago
@BERNARDOANUK well if you think so ,that should be all that matters
cccorsetti 6 days ago
@cccorsetti I know it's easy for him because the high note is a Si bemol (B flat) and that it's very easy for Corelli. Ok?
BERNARDOANUK 6 days ago
@BERNARDOANUK the tessitura is to high for him,yes he can sing it ,but that doesn't mean he should,it is obvious that it is uncomfortable for him to sing,this is a piece of music that is for a lighter voiced tenor to sing,not for a heavier voice like Corelli's-just because you can sing something doesn't mean you should
cccorsetti 6 days ago
@BERNARDOANUK even here it is transposed down 1/2 step and he is still barely getting through it,I love Corelli but this is not him
cccorsetti 6 days ago
@cccorsetti I continue thinking the same to that before and you must listen his " messa di voce " in the minute 1:41 to 1:50. It's not possible to do it if you don't feel good with the tone and he does it with many facility.
BERNARDOANUK 5 days ago
@BERNARDOANUK listen to his tone from 1:58 on,the struggle with the cadenza and most importantly the look on his face,he is uncomfortable ,this last part of this music,is designed for a lyric tenor or at the least a lirico spinto who has agility ,especially in the upper register(listen to Mario Lanza singing the same and you will immediately recognize the difference,regardless of Corelli's age-he shouldn't have sung this even if he was 30 years old,it is just not for him-
cccorsetti 5 days ago
@cccorsetti I understand perfectly your opinion and its true. Franco no have the agility necessary for the las part. Yes...i know. But remember that you say its TOO HIGH for him. And its not to high. The problem is the colour of his voice. Its too much heavy for this aria. And please...don't talk to me about MARIO LANZA...He never was a professional Opera Tenor. Is the same that if you talk me about Boccelli...We talk about really Opera tenors please.
BERNARDOANUK 5 days ago
@BERNARDOANUK Lanza and Bocelli are both certainly opera tenors,anyone who believes differently is not realistic or has an ax to grind with them,both have sung opera's and are capable of a career doing so,and with Corelli he does not have the agile voice for this specifically because the tessitura is to HIGH,your completely missing the point of the conversation
cccorsetti 4 days ago
@cccorsetti It seems to me that we will never agree. And Bocelli and Lance are not professional Opera's tenors because they never have sung a complete Opera in a theatre. Never.
I think for you Michael Bolton is an Opera's tenor and Albano Carrisi too.
The problem for Corelli would be the same if he sings 1 or 2 tones down because his voice no has agility
BERNARDOANUK 4 days ago
@BERNARDOANUK no you are wrong again,both Lanza and Bocelli have sung complete opera's,Lanza sang M. Butterfly and Bocelli " Boheme" both on the stage,and Bolton could very well be an opera tenor for he is classically trained and most certainly has the voice now if he would get hired is another story I'm only disagreeable when I feel whoever I'm talking to is incorrect,
cccorsetti 4 days ago
My question is: If in this concert in Tokyo he sang a beautiful Gelida, a strong Ch´ella mi creda, why he wive us a tired Donna? Sorry for my english.
redhotchiliangel 5 months ago
@redhotchiliangel he didn't like it?
Mr19841504 3 months ago
non riesco più a mettere i commenti , come mai?
marycavion 6 months ago
he has something else on mind...not music..
Ismon1 6 months ago
piękny spiew!!!!
qumol 7 months ago
Magnifico!! es todo lo que desea un tenor
tachiniger 7 months ago
If this is Corelli in 1981 then he is 60. I Am a die hard Corelli and I love just watching him sing although I must agree he did sound better in his thirties and forties. I still love listening to him. I have heard him sing where he sounds very tender and it tugs at my heart. No other tenors voice has been able to affect me that way!!!!
hazelssister 8 months ago 2
Corelli lebt ewig!!!!
hans1941Dez 8 months ago
He doesn't seem old enough to have such a degraded voice; maybe have some sort of vocal trouble temporarilly? Or, maybe nodules on his throat. I don't know but here he is too young for his voice to have declined so much from where it was. Still one of my favorites in life and death.
Thanks for posting!
Gary2837 8 months ago
grandissimo franco!!!!!
pingu210786 11 months ago
Corelli at his worst was better than most of today's singers at their best!!!!!
MsRuthes 11 months ago 8
but Corelli in his best moment was better than Pavarotti in his best moment
ojpe93 1 year ago
I definitelly agree that this is far from Corellis best but even here, he's still as good, if not better, as the best tenors today... Sadly the beautiful art of classical singing is in decline.
Sokra81 1 year ago
He sounded best during tragic moments, because he could barely express more than angst, pain, and heartbreak in his singing. And just to set the record straight, he was one of the best if not the best at expressing these emotions. Again just to reiterate that its my opinion. It doesn't have to be everyone else's.
davesy22 1 year ago
He doesn't look old. His voice is obviously in decline. And while admittedly Corelli's technique was impressive with some of the most intense high notes ever, IMO his singing often sounds one dimensional. No matter what he sang, it always sounded like he was crooning and crying. Just listened to his Romeo and Juliet with Freni and all through the first few acts,he sounds like a big cry baby. You listen to his recondita armonia in tosca and it sounds as tragic as his lucevan le stelle.
davesy22 1 year ago
strašný!!!!!!!!!
Bentl087 1 year ago
@StefanoTenore Caro amico...Bonisolli era un grande tenore...ma CORELLI era ineguagliabile in tutte le arie...io le dico una cosa...sono un tenore e vorrei saper cantare almeno come cantava Corelli alla fine della sua carriera...Almeno un pizzico della sua tecnica...
SaroFalsaperla50 1 year ago
e riascoltatela senza vedere le immagini prodotte dal video quindi vi sembrera un normale acuto e non eseguito con fatica...FRANCO CORELLI = PRINCIPE DEI TENORI!!!
SaroFalsaperla50 1 year ago
molti non apprezzano come ha cantato quest'aria...Vi invito a notare che è alla fine della sua carriera quindi è gia giustificato...Vi invito a fare anche un'altra osservazione...l'acuto finale è stato eseguito spendidamente...è una registrazione live dove vi è anche il video e quindi molti si lasciano incantare dalle apparenze...Vi invito quindi a notare che nell'acuto Corelli vibbrava con tutto il corpo (la nota era eseguita con un po di fatica)ma la voce non vibbrava quindi chiudete gli occhi
SaroFalsaperla50 1 year ago
Espantoso,pero seguramente estava muy mal de la garganta y solo su gran maestria le permitio cantar esta dificil aria,por lo menos con resonancia aseptable,era un grande nada mas ke decir...
martindogo 1 year ago
terrible.
fabianrudberg 1 year ago
no me gusta sinceramente nooo... el final tampoco me gustò no se entiende muy bien no se puede comparar ni con alfredo kraus. ese si es un maestro, ni hablar que pavarotti y carreras, placido domingo no tanto pero igual son 3 maestros tambien de los mejores
todocarnaval1 1 year ago
Bloody hell. I love Corelli, but not in this.
tenor220 1 year ago
NO, simple not his repertoire and making the voice more liric and not pretty, but fantastic pianissimo. the Japanese ladies went INSANE !!!
dorothy76 1 year ago
¿será lo peor de cuanto de él se ha grabado? Casi todos los grandes tuvieron malas noches. Carreras y más tarde Pavarotti en Costa Rica, por ejemplo, fueron terribles. Esta de Corelli es para olvidar; apenas en el nivel de algunas grabaciones de Domingo.
aferiha 1 year ago
Wonderful!!!!, how great is to hear the great maestro performing this different repertoire. He really keeps surprising me even after been his fan for so long.May our Lord have him in His Glory!!!:Bravoo!!!. Thank you for posting
tenorschofield 1 year ago
Bravissimo e affascinante! Infatti mio marito dice che era molto famoso anche in Giappone.
mammacarmela1951 1 year ago
Ademas aca ya esta viejo correlli,escuchenlo cuando era joven,y despues hablen,dios.....
martindogo 1 year ago
no parece que estubiese tan viejo... no?
todocarnaval1 1 year ago
Dios como dicen gansadas,jajaj sori,no es mi intencion ofender,pero escuchen como canta Corelli en una buena noche como dicen por ai,a te o cara,y van a escuchar una voz exelente y unas cualidades tecnicas,ke le permiten a este tenor lirico spinto,no dramatico(corrijo)alcansar un do-,con una hermosa performance,saludos..
martindogo 1 year ago
el mejor tenor de todos los tiempos
Zhersh1 2 years ago
1980年に他界した父が好きで、コレルリのＬＰをよく聞いていました。このような映像が観られると思っていなかったので、感激です。
ありがとうございます。
kkkkouji1 2 years ago
oh lord, he sounds as if he just got back from a dentist !
mistatomsom 2 years ago
thank you primobaritono!!!!!
edaette 2 years ago 2
Да пусть все захлопнут свои клювы!!!КОРЕЛЛИ НЕ ОБСУЖДАЕТСЯ!!!!ЕГО НАДО СЛУШАТЬ!!!!
muzetta100 2 years ago
@muzetta100 Да ладно... Его голос тут уже болен, это грустный факт. Для него эти си бекары и бесконечная певучесть как орешки были. Что произошло... неизвестно. Его можно сравнить по технике только с Паваротти. У обоих она была феноменальная. Один монолитный гибкий голос на всем диапазоне и идеальное бесконечное дыхание - залог певческого долголетия. Есть версия, что Ко делал какие то ингаляции и этим страшно навредил себе... вот как то так.
0samples0 1 year ago
@0samples0 Конечно петь ему тут уже нечем,это факт..но просто тут некоторые умники пишут что он как кучка пепла,пылал-горел и перегорел...а почему?Может быть действительно какие-то проблемы со здоровьем.Это тоже самое,как про Кабалье пишут мол жирная тетка.Просто мало кто знает,что Кабалье перенесла несколько операций,у нее проблемы с почками...Поэтому и призвала ЗАХЛОПНУТЬ КЛЮВЫ!!!Честно говоря с трудом верится,что когда-либо появятся певцы равные им...
muzetta100 1 year ago
che brutto cantare....
enzogrella1 2 years ago
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Por cierto algunos que se creen saber de lírica, comparan a este paquete con placido domingo.
rodikgork 2 years ago
paquete... aqui Corelli esta en mala noche pero si vamos a comparar una mala noche de Corelli y una mala noche de Domingo, creo que Corelli sigue ganando y no precisamente por "paquete". Y bueno, comparando buenas noches de ambos sera el mismo resultado.
aguacun 2 years ago 5
no digas bobadas anda, este es un tenorucho del montón, y de muy montón, le puedes comparar con otros, pero no con placido domingo
rodikgork 2 years ago
jajajajajajaja! ok!
aguacun 2 years ago
Creo que debes tener conocimiento antes de afirmar algo de lo cual es evidente que desconoces, claro que Franco Corelli no puede ser comparado con Domingo, aunque ambos son tienen una tesitura de tenor dramático, Corelli ha sido el más grande de su tipo, y qué decir de Domingo es todo un tenor ya consolidado y de los mejores, pero el mejor es Corelli sin duda. Un saludo
georgiumsidus 1 year ago
es tu opinión y de unos pocos mas, la respeto, pero no la comparto, creo que esta a años luz de la fuerza y de lo que expresa domingo cantando, además de a donde ha llegado cada uno claro
rodikgork 1 year ago
@rodikgork Jajaj.... "tenorucho del montón"... muy buen chiste... Plácido Domingo jamás tuvo el nivel de Franco Corelli... ni lo tendrá.
Hay que ser imparcial en estos temas y no dejarse llevar por cuestiones "patrioteras", que son más aceptables en cuestiones de fútbol que en éstas.
marcdixi 1 year ago
chiste, placido al nivel de corelli?, ni ronco por dios, no me meto y respeto tu opinion, pero corelli no le llega a domingo ni a la suela de los zapatos
rodikgork 1 year ago
@rodikgork Tu comentario que Corelli no le llega ni a la suela de los zapatos a Domingo, es, además de arrogante, injustificado. El mismo Plácido dijo que admiraba a Corelli y que era, a su juicio, el tenor que más lo había impresionado. Claro que cuando dijo eso no evaluó tu opinión.
Si admiras a Plácido Domingo, no es necesario que trates con soberbia de rebajar a otros. Todos los tenores famosos son (o fueron) grandes artistas y en definitiva, cada uno tenía característcas propias.
marcdixi 1 year ago 3
a wonderful voice, but i think this aria was not for him ... if i didint know this aria, i would not be able to understand what he sings on the cadenza ...
Mrrsz1 2 years ago 3
una pena ,un genio acabado vocalmente.
Gustavocasanovatenor 2 years ago
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What a man's-man(such masculine notes)
And you fools can stick Bjorling-shit back up your asses..you tone-deaf bastards
mactopolis 2 years ago
a mi no me ha gustado, no es una de sus mejores actuaciones
rodikgork 2 years ago 3
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1/2 tone down!!! SHIT CAPRELLI!!!
jcbcn751 2 years ago
Does anyone know when this was performed?
GruntyAssassin2 2 years ago
F. Corelli, anche se non più all'apice della propria carriera e in un ruolo che con il suo tipo di vocalità c'entra ben poco, offre comunque un'interpretazione di alto livello.
31122051 2 years ago
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31122051 2 years ago
Allora...grande Mario Del Monaco che mi ha sempre regalato emozioni ineguagliabili; Corelli lo sto scoprendo solo adesso.
19Xemnas19 2 years ago
Mi piace Corelli...preferisco Di Stefano...Pavarotti è il più grande...Ma a parte i gusti personali, ci saranno pur dei criteri oggettivi per valutare l' effettiva caratura di un cantante lirico...altrimenti l'uno vale l'altro
19Xemnas19 2 years ago
Metri di giudizio universali (oddio detta così pare una cosa apocalittica xD) a certi livelli è difficile trovarne.
Si può parlare di tecnica, qualità di voce, tessitura ecc... ma temo proprio che quando si giudicano tali cantanti la preferenza personale la faccia da padrona.
E no, non credo che questo faccia sì che un tenore valga l'altro, anzi piuttosto il contrario; ognuno ha il suo favorito ed è assolutamente libero di goderne l'unicità ed i pregi.
PickBit 2 years ago
not his best performance... more one of the worst ones... maybe a bad day or just to cash in some money. But not done with much heart for the thing he was doing.
memberoftubeyou 2 years ago 2
totally agree...
Isreal94 2 years ago
didn't much enjoy this take on the song. but ok
acdcfan94561 2 years ago
LOL! Who are you to judge about one of the greatest opera singers on earth ever...
He choose bad aria so what???
He is past his prime here, yes, but that "imroviso" same night, is better then any tenor today, young or mature...
You do not have an idea what is needed to sing like him,or MDM, or, Bjorling or Caruso, and still you put your ignorant comments... Sing better than that and upload please so I can hear and stop being bunch of morons....
Corelli RIP 4ever!
caruso81 2 years ago 4
This aria is not the best but he was one of the greatest voices .
utahdan23 2 years ago
sorry but this performance wasn't really good.
I'm sure, I would sing that better!
medusaview 2 years ago
yes, i agree : corelli looks tired.
896423658 2 years ago 2
como que le fraseo le falla..no cantrola los pianos...
loco951 2 years ago
Me gusta el Gran Franco Corelli, en todo pero entre los mejores en la "Donna e mobile" ,también , estan L. Pavaroti y Mario Filippeschi (40-50), es muy bueno, en su canto, actuación escenica y de buena figura , hay que escucharlo, y verlo. Hay muchos tenores muy superiores que el mediocre pero mediatico P.Domingo.Hay tenores jovenes que cantanmuy biény tiene bella voz. Hay más de 20 tenores en el siglo 20 muy superiores a Domingo. pieri
pieritlyon 2 years ago
Digan lo que digan el GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI SIGUE SIENDO EL MEJOR EN TODO es rediculo decir necedades.. Despues de este concierto, que fué un éxito, canto en varios conciertos más en grandes escenarios de Europa y en 2 operas, sino más, en el MET, de N.Y.. Que gustos tan extraños tienen algunos,decir que Kraus y Domingo son mejore, K raus tanía buena tecnica pero no bella voz y . Domingo sólo es un mediocre mediatico nada más;, Hay mejores que esos 2
pieritlyon 2 years ago
In questo video spesso Corelli si lascia andare a vocali molto larghe e a pronunce un po' strane vedi il primo amabbile.. stranissimo per lui sempre così preciso.
Dalla postura direi che è un po' nervoso probabilmente non è una romanza che cantava molto volentieri... ne sapete qualcosa?
Bellisismo il suono muta d'accento con il filato...
l'acuto è molto largo impostato sulla O e non sulla e, tenuto con la fibra e nel finale leggermente a rischio.
Corelli è un grande.
palymusic 2 years ago 6
Giusto, sono d'accordo con te!!
Ma a dire la verità, non so se mi sbaglio, ma l'acuto finale non mi sembra nemmeno un Do di petto!! Si vede che non è il suo forte questo pezzo!!!
Gio0587 2 years ago
L'acuto finale di quest'aria è un SI3 che mi sembra preso e tenuto in modo manca un po' di elasticità e viene appoggiato completamente sul diaframma disteso e gli addominali serrati la gola è amplissima e quindi l'impegno fisico e vocale è notevole... il suono si sporca in modo impercettibile ma si sta a cercare il pelo nell'uovo... il Duca di Mantova è notoriamente tenore lirico-leggero... nella voce di Corelli ce ne stanno esattamente tre eh eh
Che splendido tenore!!!
palymusic 2 years ago
Sono d'accordo, ma non mi sembra che Franco qui sia in grandissima forma...
Mi pare che il vibrato sfugga in un paio di occasioni e che manchi un pò del consueto smalto, ma forse è una mia impressione.
In ogni caso Corelli è sempre un piacere da ascoltare
PickBit 2 years ago
I'll reiterate what has been said already; he is not in the best vocal condition here and this is not a dramatic aria of which Corelli excelled. He still sounds 100 times better than the ridiculous sounds the tenors of today make. I would pay any amount of money to see Corelli sing this role over anyone else today.
jhugo1977 2 years ago 2
My two cents? This wasn't a good choice of aria for his huge voice at this particular time. Other arias from this same evening are absolutely spot on fantastic. In any case, I would still have been screaming "BRAVO" for my man, Franco.
yes4albert 2 years ago
If you like FRANCO CORELLI check THE 30 TENORS in my playlist SUPER TENOR ARIAS ( including CLAUDIO SOTELO performing ARIA DEL CIRUJANO as a world première for YOU TUBE ) and tell me which one you prefer.
upatoia 2 years ago
tono basso....
operadacapo 2 years ago
what the heck are y'all talking about....this man is old but still amazing!!!
thanks and goodnite!
lechanteur88 2 years ago
Just because I love Corelli,I can't stand this rendition.
He was so wonderful, he shouldn't have sung in this bad condition.
blichilde 2 years ago 5
I'm thinking that maybe the acoustics in the hall weren't up to first grade and he had to make up for it, you just never know. Anyways, it's Corelli, that's good enough for me!
goldie0800 2 years ago
la peor version que escuche, sin dudas, un desastre...
hermeneuta3 2 years ago
estas wey haha pasame el link de una mejor y te digo
Rdamantiys 2 years ago
oh bien te esta fallando el oido o tu genero favorito es el reggaeton, al maestro corelli con cariño
crustaceocascarudo 2 years ago
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He is kind of shouting when he sings, which is a big turn off to anyone who is a die hard opera fan.
hnksnw 2 years ago
this is corelli obviously at his worst...his voice is gone. however, if you dont appreciate corelli in all his glory you really arent a 'die hard opera fan'.... your just an idiot
long live corelli
junktank 2 years ago 33
@junktank Lots of actual tenors would wish to have Corelli's "gone" voice however.
WANK83 1 year ago 9
@junktank naa listen from the same concert "che gelida manina", this song is not for his voice
mnunezper 1 year ago
@junktank and you are so right! anyone who doesn't get corelli doesn't know anything about great singing!
bravo franco!
mmbriggs 1 year ago
@junktank - At his worse? Not at all! Vocally he was in great shape but he was never known fir his agility in the quick runs, not even when he was young. In his time there were three schools: the power, the Verdian and the agile ones (Corelli and Del Monaco, Di Stefano and Bergonzi and Valetti respectively). Nowadays opera lovers demand "absolute/complete" singers that will go from Turandot to Rossini or Mozart like Kaufmann. You want to see other videos of this same concert to compare. Thanks
alexgomez2 5 months ago
Very tired, the ashes of a giant fire
vaddoc 2 years ago 18
@vaddoc maybe these are ashes but they are enough to heat the heart of the listeners. most of the current tenors would give an eye to sing like this man.
happelleppah 1 year ago 5
I really like this.
ronaldliuart 2 years ago
this is really quite embarassing
HopePoisoned 2 years ago 3
Who cares what age he was ... he was a master. The decrescendo at 1:40-1:50 is marvelous and the high note at the end is thrilling as ever. Bravo Corelli!
rainking61 2 years ago 2
Ya esta un poco cansado y viejo, se le nota un poco tosco, claro tiene sobragudos brillantes............
stefano7159 2 years ago
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!!!
laonirica 2 years ago 4
Old and tired ALWAYS FRANCO CORELLI, the greates singer on earth!
JoeVentiur 2 years ago 2
This is NOT Franco Corelli!
robtul12 3 years ago
oh yeah ! he is franco corelli. but he is old here ....
stybboon 2 years ago
the more lyric a voice, the longer you can sing duke. so bjoerling, lanza, kraus, caruso, pavarotti, and WHOEVER ELSE FANS: corelli was not this voice type. even a great duke like carlo bergonzi put it away by the late 60's, because you have to have a lot of agility to your voice to do it now. corelli considered this role when he was able to sing it, but he never performed it because again it was just TOO lyric. still, he can sing an aria if he wants. so you blind pavarotti fans, learn for once.
JuillHope17 3 years ago
you can't compare corelli to other lyric tenors, because it makes no sense. every voice is different, and corelli is one of the last in an era of voices that were immediately distinguishable. if you don't like corelli, don't comment on this video. it's dumb to flat out go "i don't like corellI" cause why are you commenting then? so this isn't a good performance, so? there's TONS of shitty performances from every tenor you all talk about somewhere on youtube. so what? there's MORE good ones.
JuillHope17 3 years ago 2
ok, being one of the biggest corelli fans and researchers out there, and knowing a lot about all kinds of voices, especially dramatic, let me clue you all in: 1, this is in 1972 i believe, and corelli was 51. 2, corelli WAS a dramatic tenor, and you have to have listened to many recordings live and not to judge that, and by 1970 he was in slght decline, so to transpose this is natural and this role, not for his voice AT THIS POINT, is hard especially for a dramatic tenor.
JuillHope17 3 years ago
i don't like corelli
matthewR77 3 years ago
'*slight* decline'?
Mooorhe 2 years ago
you are all comparing apples to oranges here.
this guy is a dramatic singer, not a lyric singer, this role is not meant for his voice, it doesnt mean he's bad.
this guy does an AWESOME cavaradossi.
Operaandchant90 3 years ago
Of course the duke is not the pussy. He is the lion. And in this is MDM the best
tomzoricic 2 years ago
wow THIS GUY IS AWEFUL no offence
Pavaroti is better
plasmadragon1998 3 years ago
I know that it's Tokyo, but his song is really not fit with the Japanese subtitles-.-
rubbishemail123456 3 years ago
Gross.
Webarton 3 years ago
This is a half step down...
NeilWilliamAnderson 3 years ago
how old were he sang this aria?
jkg888 3 years ago
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I DON'T LIKE CORELLI...and in this area ...at his worst!!! horrible
fabriou 3 years ago
Bjorling's recording to answer your comment was super a great classic but recordings and live are not the same as we know and Danny Newman the late PR director of lyric opera and a friend of mine told me he heard the 58' Aida show, Jussi did 3 of them and Newman liked it but Jussi said he was not happy with it in a big house he never had a big dramatic sound so he dropped the idea of singing it at the met but died two years later anyhow. I agree he was a great artist though above most others
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Bjorling in Aida in a big house was not really best as far as the dramatic moments, his voice was not large he did it in Chicago 1958 and Claudia Cassidy loved him normally but gave him a poor review and said in the review he is my favorite tenor but it is not wise to sing it in a house this size (3,700) he is not Del Monaco. He had done it well in Sweden, Hungary and Vienna but they have smaller houses he was testing the big house for the met next but decided against it for NY and died.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
I do agree with German opera singer but on one point he leaves out, even if Corelli was more lyric his Cadenza at the end would be the same. Tucker and Caruso and even heavy voiced Jadlowker had great Cadenza's and you need that for the end here. Gigli and Mario Lanza also did not have good Cadenza's, the voice is another thing, Corelli was more a SPINTO THEN A DRAMATIC TENOR BUT HAD A DRAMATIC COLOR TO HIS VOICE.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
This was not for him he had no Cadenza really and plows his way through he never sang the duke or ballo, tough singing. corelli was great as calaf and in aida but this is not for him, great voice though. I have never ever been a fan of his but admire him in two roles.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Oh Goodness, this is truly awful. Sounds like a castrato. In 3 instances he's completely off-pitch. I was expecting something decent, now I need a vomit break. Better let Pavarotti, Caruso, Bjorling, and Di Stefano sing Rigoletto.
operabuff23 3 years ago
Pavarotti Bunda mucha
aulavocal 3 years ago
Is it me, or does Corelli sound different here? He sounds lighter.
Chasson0318 3 years ago
Pavarotti is THE Duke.
castorp278 3 years ago
oh my god. I normally adore corelli, but here he barks like a dog........a shame for such a tenor
Elried 3 years ago
da pena verlo interpretando tan mal despues de ser uno de los mejores nisiquiera respeto las notas que son y la voz muy nasal y abierta de todos modos mis respeto maestro corelli
SPARTANO30009 3 years ago
Corelli went to Giacomo Lauri Volpi for voice instruction around 1965, because his wife (the demise of his career) said he sounded like a Baritone. The GL Volpi Tech is clearly used here; it is obvious that he is "trying" to sound like a tenor, rather than using his tech acquired by such teachers as Art Melocchi. In this performance he was definitely trying to go all Volpi. It crept into a lot of his singing in the 70's and led to the end of his career in '76.
songsofscarlet 3 years ago
RIP.
leadoffeohippus 3 years ago
No es el estilo de Corelli (acá se esforzó demasiado) y no hay que dejar de reconocer que es uno de los mejores de la historia...
Pero, cabe alguna duda de que el mejor fue, es y será, Su Majestad Enrico Caruso?
Mi ranking:
1º Enrico Caruso
2º Alfredo Kraus
3º Plácido Domingo
Las 3 voces más DULCES (si quiero caudal me voy a Pavarotti).
Saludos!
Xaker7 3 years ago 3
Here he's in a downward phase of his career and Guarrette perhaps did not listen Franco in the peak of his carrer singing arias like 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from "Andre Chenier" opera, 'Ah! Leve toi soleil' from "Romeo and Juliet", 'Ch' ella mi creda', "Core' ngrato" or "Di quella pira"...I'm portuguese,i listen opera very much and Corelli forever will be, among with Caruso, Del Monaco, Gigli, Bjorling, Lanza and Di Stéfano, truly one of the greatest and most important tenors of all time!
giacomoconti 3 years ago
Sorry but "Guarrette" is somewhat wright when he says that Corelli is not singing well..don't take me wrong, i'm one of Franco Corelli's greatest fans and for me he is the 2º greatest tenor in history after Caruso, but he is making an amount of effort a unusually sub-glotal pressure and he shakes in the final part because of that. BUT "Guarrette" cannot compare Kraus, a liggiero tenor, to Franco Corelli, a spinto-dramatic tenor, the dramatic repertoire is demanding and completly different!
giacomoconti 3 years ago
Sinceramente si es mala esta interpretación a comparacion de otras, quiza ya estaba en las ultimas...
domine2417 3 years ago
Será "the best tenor" pero aquí canta desastrozo.
Guarrette 3 years ago
Wrong song for him, this is a lyric tenor role. Check out his E lucevan le stelle...
JackOperaMan 3 years ago
His "E Lucevan..." is OUTSTANDING!!! I agree with you on this one.. But I still enjoy his rendition a lot!
Cornour 3 years ago
¡Espantoso! ¿Este es el gran Corelli? No vale nada. Por oír esto no pago ni un centavo, afortunadamente no se cobra por ver este video. Deberían escuchar a Alfredo Kraus con más de 70 años en 1998 cantando esto mismo.
Guarrette 3 years ago
Mitico Franco!!!!!!!
Sei il migliore nei secoli!!!!
Chicomedio 3 years ago 3
Whaht a pity!!! i wish there are no such recording on you tube, cause Corelli is the best in heavier roles and earlier!! Not even a genius can be perfect all the time .. give him a break!!!
operaf209 3 years ago
how old is he here?
septichka 3 years ago
es uno de mis tenores favoritos pero... horrible!!
luciano1935 3 years ago
give him a break, this is close to his retirement; great singer during his prime
TheRealEmit 3 years ago
Franco superman!
light? heavy?
bull shit!
La donna bad, but this is end career, problems in voice.
zzzLUCIANOzzz 3 years ago
Respect him!
mcflavio1 3 years ago
When i listen to other tenors sing i'm reminded of how much superior and refined (no comparing really) Jussi Bjorling is.
kittycrunch456 3 years ago 2
Come on, you compare this old Corelli, way past prime, singing something from Rigoletto, even though he couldn't sing lyric roles that well even during his prime years, with a young, prime Bjorling, high placed lyric, of course Bjorling's going to be better! But we turn around and compare Franco's Radames to Bjorling's (who did sing the role).
GermanOperaSinger 3 years ago
I am a great admirer of Jussi Bjoerling's so my opinion will be sort of biased, but I honestly find Jussi a better Radames also.
primobaritono 3 years ago
You're not biased when you recommend Jussi over others. That's given. It's actually disrespecting to even compare Mr. Bjorling with the others. Because u and the others who know, knows Jussi is an exiquisite anomaly, hence absolutely incomparable.
kittycrunch456 3 years ago 2
i wasn't talking about Corelli, but it doesn't matter who it is. To me, other than Jussi, they all sounded about the same: boring-thick-hairy-gross guys (oops Domingo isn't gross lol) with huge egos & bad breath! Basically, a parody, as some reviewer aptly put it. It was Jussi that turned my aversion to tenors completely around.
kittycrunch456 3 years ago
Oh my God, how can you say that??? listen to Corelli in Cavalleria Rusticana or his Manrico .. he is amazing... here he is older and this role is not for his voice!!! He was also very nervous thats why he retired early!
operaf209 3 years ago
Lol, again i wasn't really referring to Corelli... Sorry if i offended Mr. Corell and u. And i am sure he's fantastic, esp in heavier roles like u say.
kittycrunch456 3 years ago
This guy's voice sounds like a 90 year olds.
hnksnw 3 years ago
Compare with the 85 year old Lauri-Volpi. No difference!
diomipoteviscagliar 3 years ago
it sounds like he's only using vowels. there are no "r's" or "t's"
jokerab112 3 years ago
Really awful.
AfroPoli 3 years ago
well to answer all of your questions too, despite of being sick or not, corelli had the biggest stage fright of all. this was most likely in the beginning of the concert, where he's still shaking of his nerves.
iltenoredramatico 3 years ago
He looked so nervous...But still very impressive.
kostet83 3 years ago