Please do not mention Alagna and Villazon in "the same breath" as Corelli: In his time they would have been in the choir, or at most comprimarii!
This wonderful performance comes from the heart of a tormented soul whose stage fright was unbelievable. He may have transposed it down; he may sing "poorly" in french with rolling R:s or whatever; he may grasp to his score: But just listen, close your eyes if you will: Few sings the prayer with such thrilling intensity! I am deeply moved.
He transposed this aria down --This is a very difficut aria aria to sing in the original key and Corelli fails here! Listen to the young Korean fellow in concert here on YT!... He sings it in the ORIGINAL key [as Caruso did] One thing I have is a good ear ;'maybe too good!
@rovingdesertfox You must compare the program "arias" to the neapolitan song encores at the end. His demeanor during the encores was the "relaxed" Corelli.
Close your eyes & you'd think he's sung this aria forever instead of clutching a score for dear life. I saw that deer-in-the-headlights look he has at the end close-up when I supered at the Met in the 60s. The stage managers said he had the worst stage fright they'd ever seen & they often had to literally shove him onstage. Like Ruffo & Ponselle, he was largely self-taught as a singer & he was terrified that his prodigious gift could vanish at any moment.
Holy cow, that is one powerfull voice! Can't believe what i just heard! Parfait, une voix totalement incroyable et puissante! Bravo! en passant, le français est pas si pire que cela lol j'ai entendu pire!
Pire que Corelli en français... possible!! Villazon est à peu près à son niveau voire pire. Cela n'enlève en rien le fait que dans Ô Souverain de Massenet, c'est carrément mauvais! Mieux vaut s'abstenir parfois...
D'accord malheureusement en ce qui concerne Corelli, mais pas d'accord pour Villazon: s'il roule les r, la plupart des chanteurs lyriques français en font de même (Georges Thill, Alagna ...), pour le reste, son accent est tout à fait convenable.
Les « r » ne sont pas un problème. Tous les grands anciens roulaient, Alagna le fait parfois. C'est même quasi-nécessaire dans certaine circonstance pour la compréhension du texte.
Le problème de Villazon, c'est sa diction assez souvent opaque. L'aperture et l'accentuation est la plupart du temps correct, c'est vrai. J'exagérai.
As loud as he was (I used to call him the on and off guy) I have read more and more that offstage he was a kind and gentle man that loved to cook and had many non- opera friends. I am in medicine and when I learned about the stroke and coma I knew he did not have long, even though 80+ is a good long life. I still wonder how he sounded at that age. Did he sing after retiring?
У данного певца был прекрасный-сильный и звучный голос, но он просто портил свой материал, орал во весь голос, не смотрел над дикцией, и несмотря на драматичность голоса не обладал такой же мужественностью как Марио Дэль Монако...
This is a wonderful clip.That score he's holding looks 100 years old! Corelli was a magnificent dramatic tenor and despite his French,this is an excellent rendition of this Le Cid aria.The only one I like better is recording made in the late 20's by the great French lyric tenor,Georges Thill. Mille grazie for posting this.
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francocerri74 I know not only the story of opera, but the story of El Cid Campeador and I find too unheroical for the greatest Spanish warrior the national hero of Spain, besides The Heroic Tenor must sing with more exspession and not mewing something lowdly, like Correli does!
When I saw him in concert, he had music all over the piano. He would start in the crook of piano, read the score some and walk forward. After a phrase he would walk back and look at the music again. He did this all afternoon until in one song he couldn't find the second page. He gave a little shy smile and shrugged - then walked forward and finished the song - gloriously. He knew his music of course but he was nervous.
He was such a demanding and generous singer that the idea of singing with less energy in order to preserve his voice wasn't acceptable to him. I can't think of a better interpreter for this aria, except from Georges Thill, who was French.
The nerves...Corelli was not a happy performer, and such a shame considering everything he had-great voice and musicality, handsome looks,- a tall fit tenor.Retired by 55,who knows what could have been,knowing what was already there!
Please do not mention Alagna and Villazon in "the same breath" as Corelli: In his time they would have been in the choir, or at most comprimarii!
This wonderful performance comes from the heart of a tormented soul whose stage fright was unbelievable. He may have transposed it down; he may sing "poorly" in french with rolling R:s or whatever; he may grasp to his score: But just listen, close your eyes if you will: Few sings the prayer with such thrilling intensity! I am deeply moved.
SwedishChurchSinger 1 month ago
He transposed this aria down --This is a very difficut aria aria to sing in the original key and Corelli fails here! Listen to the young Korean fellow in concert here on YT!... He sings it in the ORIGINAL key [as Caruso did] One thing I have is a good ear ;'maybe too good!
redgrapeskins 4 months ago
Someone will have to show me where in this video he displayed nervousness.
rovingdesertfox 4 months ago
@rovingdesertfox You must compare the program "arias" to the neapolitan song encores at the end. His demeanor during the encores was the "relaxed" Corelli.
moorfan1 1 month ago
Close your eyes & you'd think he's sung this aria forever instead of clutching a score for dear life. I saw that deer-in-the-headlights look he has at the end close-up when I supered at the Met in the 60s. The stage managers said he had the worst stage fright they'd ever seen & they often had to literally shove him onstage. Like Ruffo & Ponselle, he was largely self-taught as a singer & he was terrified that his prodigious gift could vanish at any moment.
bobzeschin 1 year ago
fatal
rodikgork 1 year ago
Holy cow, that is one powerfull voice! Can't believe what i just heard! Parfait, une voix totalement incroyable et puissante! Bravo! en passant, le français est pas si pire que cela lol j'ai entendu pire!
psvvac2 2 years ago
@psvvac2
Pire que Corelli en français... possible!! Villazon est à peu près à son niveau voire pire. Cela n'enlève en rien le fait que dans Ô Souverain de Massenet, c'est carrément mauvais! Mieux vaut s'abstenir parfois...
TAMdeGledel 1 year ago
@TAMdeGledel
D'accord malheureusement en ce qui concerne Corelli, mais pas d'accord pour Villazon: s'il roule les r, la plupart des chanteurs lyriques français en font de même (Georges Thill, Alagna ...), pour le reste, son accent est tout à fait convenable.
monamelody45 7 months ago
@monamelody45
Les « r » ne sont pas un problème. Tous les grands anciens roulaient, Alagna le fait parfois. C'est même quasi-nécessaire dans certaine circonstance pour la compréhension du texte.
Le problème de Villazon, c'est sa diction assez souvent opaque. L'aperture et l'accentuation est la plupart du temps correct, c'est vrai. J'exagérai.
TAMdeGledel 7 months ago
I know that Corelli is not to everyone's taste, but for sheer dramatic power you can't beat this. He could knock down brick walls with that voice.
tigerboy1966 2 years ago 3
A love him with his shabby sheets. He don't know the text, but sings unbelivebly. This is his best Souverin.
marokt 2 years ago 3
+ 6 !!!!! IMMENSO !!!! IMMORTALE !!!! Ivanov 101, u menia doma iest toje samaia zapis,tam zvuk fantasti4eskii,dumaiu vsio taki 4to Corelli IEST Corelli,DOMINGO dlia menia nikogda nie biil nastaia6tii tenor !!!! S UVAJENIEM !!!!!!
bodiloto 2 years ago 2
As loud as he was (I used to call him the on and off guy) I have read more and more that offstage he was a kind and gentle man that loved to cook and had many non- opera friends. I am in medicine and when I learned about the stroke and coma I knew he did not have long, even though 80+ is a good long life. I still wonder how he sounded at that age. Did he sing after retiring?
madisonelectronic 2 years ago
!!SUBLIME!!! !!!EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!! !!! LO MAXIMO !!! No hay nadie que pueda igualarlo, menos superarlo.
pieritlyon 2 years ago 2
По-моему, очень грубо и слишком самбрированно. Надо помягче и голос посветлее,как у Доминго.
Ivanov101 3 years ago
Why don't you put his name anywhere in the discription?
Doromir 3 years ago 2
THANK YOU for the posting! Corelli was a giant. He was and still is without peers.
jrrtex 3 years ago 2
there will never be another like him
we were blessed to have him
charlie8943 3 years ago 4
What year was this, 1971 or 1973?
minnie888444 3 years ago
1971
djtsinopoulos 3 years ago
Este concierto fue en 1971
aida2004 2 years ago
Wonderful. Simply viscerally thrilling. I feel so sorry for him and his nerves! Who doesn't know what that feels like!
Operaphile 3 years ago 6
Che voce, che interpretatione, che bel uomo!!! Divo Maestro Franco Corelli!!!
phalenopsis1 3 years ago 5
grazie ginotti!!!
ezio2006 3 years ago 4
what's "nu chto zhe zto mnenye"?
altiburcio 3 years ago
MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI:Usted es EL CID por EXCELENCIA,¡¡¡FRAVO POR SIEMPRE!!!GRACIAS,por compartirlo en YOU TUBE.!!!
laonirica 3 years ago 6
FRANCO CORELLI, gran tenor.-
oscarvaldivieso 4 years ago 4
Listen to Christopher Dolan Sing this aria
njtenor57 4 years ago
Where is everyone?
voicemad 4 years ago
Corelli could be sitting on the toilet screaming for a new toilet roll and the whole of La Scala, Covent Garden and The Met would be outside the door
voicemad 4 years ago
The person who said that Corelli could have given a cat food commercial the same ethos has caught the greatness of this fabulous artist
voicemad 4 years ago
Une version concert bien plus juste que celle avec Damingo, pour le tempo. C'est déjà ça!- Le reste...
giloubreizh 4 years ago
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All Listen to Jose Carreras's version! He owns Correli!
sandrik100 4 years ago
For the guy who says this is not good sung because he knows El Cid, a SPANIARD is telling him que es un IDIOTA TOTAL.
Kallistono 4 years ago 6
Kallistono, be carefull with your words!
sandrik100 4 years ago
И правда, Сандро, почему Вы придираетесь именно к Корелли?
EvaHartwig 4 years ago
У данного певца был прекрасный-сильный и звучный голос, но он просто портил свой материал, орал во весь голос, не смотрел над дикцией, и несмотря на драматичность голоса не обладал такой же мужественностью как Марио Дэль Монако...
sandrik100 3 years ago
Ну что же, это мнение.
EvaHartwig 3 years ago
Lovely. But what a troubled face when he finishes.
poivriere 4 years ago
This is a wonderful clip.That score he's holding looks 100 years old! Corelli was a magnificent dramatic tenor and despite his French,this is an excellent rendition of this Le Cid aria.The only one I like better is recording made in the late 20's by the great French lyric tenor,Georges Thill. Mille grazie for posting this.
CraigFrancisSoto 4 years ago 2
Sandrink100 study the story of opera and french 2 before saying stupidityes..
francocerri74 4 years ago
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francocerri74 I know not only the story of opera, but the story of El Cid Campeador and I find too unheroical for the greatest Spanish warrior the national hero of Spain, besides The Heroic Tenor must sing with more exspession and not mewing something lowdly, like Correli does!
sandrik100 4 years ago
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Too slow, too unheroical, too melancolical.
sandrik100 4 years ago
vai a fare in culo, sempre
fabris77 4 years ago
There are 2 types of singers: Franco Corelli, and the rest.
jrrtex 4 years ago 2
Franco is still alives in our hearts, his voice make us evocate our more strong feeling Bravo Franco per sempre!
gonzalojosevb 4 years ago
Only God issues that voices
cstrum 5 years ago
When I saw him in concert, he had music all over the piano. He would start in the crook of piano, read the score some and walk forward. After a phrase he would walk back and look at the music again. He did this all afternoon until in one song he couldn't find the second page. He gave a little shy smile and shrugged - then walked forward and finished the song - gloriously. He knew his music of course but he was nervous.
Agorante 5 years ago
He was such a demanding and generous singer that the idea of singing with less energy in order to preserve his voice wasn't acceptable to him. I can't think of a better interpreter for this aria, except from Georges Thill, who was French.
archiloque 5 years ago
The nerves...Corelli was not a happy performer, and such a shame considering everything he had-great voice and musicality, handsome looks,- a tall fit tenor.Retired by 55,who knows what could have been,knowing what was already there!
tenorrman 5 years ago
Parece que acabara de sacar las partituras de la Biblioteca Nacional de París hace cinco minutos... jejejeje
Fantástico, como siempre...
AlfredoKraus 5 years ago 2