che tenore... è grazie a fenomeni come lui che mi sono avicinato a questo fantastico mondo della lirica.. lo reputo il miglior tenore del 900.. quelli di oggi non reggono il minimo confronto a mostri sacri come lui!!
Corelli and Tucker were the Tenors whose voices I fell in love with as a kid. I Did'nt know a thing about Opera at age 8 but I knew that the sound pouring out of these men were exceptional. When I was finally able to see Corelli perform, I was stunned by this movie star handsome guy who could sing like nobody's buisness, act and poured all his heart and soul into his performances. Why did'nt Corelli make fims of Opera ?
great song but who is this clown saying corellis stage fright was the pains of the damned?!?!?! that old over dramatic man needs to go eat a rubber eraser.
Semplicemente il più grande tenore mai esistito. Immortale. Grazie di aver donato la tua voce al mondo, Franco. Uno dei più grandi rimpianti della mia vita é non averti mai potuto ascoltare dal vivo.
Simply the best tenor ever existed. Immortal. Thank you to have given your voice to the world, Franco. One of the biggest regrets of my life is to have never listened to you live.
colora40 I listen first min Alagna and then Corelli.I know everyone has fun and they like there singers are best,bur sorry, I didn`t liked him.Oldfashion nasal voice.
Maybe he was his time best tenor but not today.I understand it is hard to change the mind to somebody else.
This is a real Calaf.I love old Corelli recordings.He was the king of tenors especially in the dramatic roles! Its sad that we only have talent show crap now.
Perfekcyjny elegancki przystojny ekspresyjny . A głos niepowtarzalny i fenomenalny tembr połączony z duża mocą i swobodą operowania we wszystkich rejestrach-fantastycznie w górnych. Franco- Tobie przyznałbym dziś tytuł TENORA WSZECH CZASÓW
I have CD of Corelli at the Met performing Turnadot, and I have listened to it again and again, till I know it backwards, it is just wondefull - Very hard to see how he could be ever be equaled or ever be bettered!
Corelli's and Lauri-Volpi's renditions are the best I have heard so far. I would like to hear Beniamino Gigli sing this aria, but I have not seen such a video on YT.
There are so many and not a single with Gigli! Does anyone know please?
@jmccracken1963 Thank you. “Nessun Dorma” is an aria for a dramatic tenor voice, although many lyric tenors, among them Gigli, have sung and still sing it. “Non piangere Liu” would be more suitable to a lyric and warm lyric voice like the Gigli’s one, wouldn’t it?
@bigmandrel Cowbell? What do you dislike? Timbro, emission, colour or whatever? I really wonder how to compare Corelli to a cowbell even if my mother (who listened to him "live") says that someone called him PeCorelli (from Pecora=Sheep in italian) because of his emphatic "vibrato" on high notes.
@liEder89 : concordo, ottimo anche Daniele Barioni in questo ruolo ( aggiungerei all'elenco G. Giacomini, F. Bonisolli, N. Martinucci e G. Cecchele da giovane ), ma il miglior Calaf della storia del canto per me rimane e rimarrà il DIVINO e INTRAMONTABILE Franco Corelli. Saluti, con il massimo rispetto.
I would be happy to be proven wrong in this instance, but I am not. If one compares Corelli's "live" Ed Sullivan Show singing (Tu ca nun chiagne, Mamma quel vino... etc) with his Turandot offering here, for example, it is obvious that the latter performance is lip-synched. There are other examples of the tenor miming to a recording in front of a live audience (e.g. Cielo e mar in the 1970s) so, in such circumstances, the appearance may be live, when the singing, itself, is not.
I'm afraid that tehen 162 is mistaken, his various sources notwithstanding. It is obvious, from Franco Corelli's facial movements (and from the sound quality) that the tenor is miming here. (The same scenario applies to his "Cavalleria" appearance on the Voice of Firestone during another telecast, where he is clearly miming to a record.) However, Corelli did sing "live" when he appeared as a guest on the Ed Sullivan Show during the 1960s.
Corelli is wonderful here, but it is definitely not a "live" television performance. He also mimed from Cavalleria Rusticana in another Voice of Firestone appearance. However, his singing of a Neapolitan song in the same TV series was not mimed! Up to the early 1960s Voice of Firestone material was indeed performed and telecast "live". For example: Bjorling, Tagliavini, Merrill, Gorin, et al. in the 1950s.
il principe dei tenore e il principe calaf impeccabile lo squillo degli acuti,il temperamento,l'espressività.. e la presenza stupenda......un DIO della lirica
If you're not aware of it, there is a great Corelli film version of Turandot made for Italian television in 1958, before he came to the U.S. It's in black and white, and there are clips on YT. I've watched it at least five times!
All right, I stopped crying from music a long time ago, but I've got big tears. But I'm crying because, like Callas, this kind of voice has disappeared forever. Both of those angels were full of love for everyone and everything, or they never would have been able to sing like this. And aside from all the hoopla about "proper vocal placement" singing from the heart will never go out of style. The Met is like a morgue these last 20 years, apparently due to singing without a heart.
@sillyboydeux It is his style (esp. that tenore cry or yelp) that went out of fashion. Too bad. Passion belongs in opera! His technique was amazingly solid and indefensible. He never would have lasted as long, singing as well if he had bad technique. Those ringing high notes, though natural, took enormous support. He was a consummate artist, and one who matured throughout his career.
I couldn't agree more with you. Corelli is, and has been my favorite singer since I started training for opera, and by far you are correct! I don't know their personal lives, but heart is correct.
@sillyboydeux Most Singers Nowadays Suck. If you look like a Model and sound like shit, then you're a shoe in to get a job as a singer, this resonates all across the board, not just the classical genre,changed what constitutes bel canto because of what we think is sexy. Plus technique is really not exact science, taught by teachers that see voice through their filter of reality, just like anything else. But Music evolution has taken a back seat to the sheer business of it all.That'sSad.
@MrJustin2782 I know what you are talking about exactly. What you say is totally true. Nowadays there are no heroes at all, not even on stage any more. Heroism (literal, metaphorical) has been banished from public life.
@sillyboydeux I really do love Corelli. Believe me, there isn't a young tenor out there with the level of adoration and respect I have for this man. But, I would never say that this kind of voice is "dead". Trust me, there are plenty of us up-and-coming opera singers with a whole lot of heart and a whole mess of talent. We've learned from these videos and we are inspired by them every time we watch them. We know what it takes to be a great performer and musician, not just a great singer.
There is another man that looks like the great one, and sounds like him. He is an American his name is Donald Braswell. In fact, after Donald graduated from Juilliard in New York he studied under Franco. Donald has a MySpace site and some of his opera videos on You Tube, also his own web site. He is a cross over singer and does a beautiful job on all gurus of music. He caught my eye because of his similarities to Franco. He is much loved in Australia. I'd love your opinion on Donald
@Nrobinsongs I HOPE IM NOT TOO CRUEL BUT THE BEST THING I CAN SAY ABOUT MR BRASWEL IS THAT HES TERRILE . THERE IS NO VOCAL LINE. THE VOICE BREAKS EVERYWHERE, ITS NOT A STEADY VOICE . ITS THE WORST NESSUN DORMA I EVER HEARD
@raigekimaru : If I recall correctly, Pavarotti is the King of The High Cs and Corelli considered to be the Prince of Tenors while Kraus' nickname was Il Signor...
Corelli blows Pavarotti out of the water. pavarotti's voice was pretty, Corelli's voice was pure tempestuous power and passion. the prince being more dramatic than the king would not make much sense. john alexander was better than pav and kraus, but he never gets mentioned. the fact of the matter is, pavarotti had a great voice, but he is overrated and there have been better.
@raigekimaru I conclude from your comparisons who is "better" is based on the strength of the voice in your opinion.
In that case, I'm sure you don't understand why Kraus was famous and Florez is now, since they don't have big, strong voices.
Well, I understand that this is your preference, but then that would mean that all dramatic tenors are better than lyric ones. More dramatic doesn't mean more passionate to me, it can just as well turn into soulless shouting.
that's not quite correct, but imo dramatic tenors have more potential to be better, that is if they can sing powerful and heroic AND have solid technique, strong legato and well placed vocal technique. being a dramatic voice gives one more things that one can be good at
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.
Bjoeling - while the lower/middle register was lovely, I felt he became constricted when enter the upper register. With Corelli, it just opened up. Corelli could sing more than forte which seems to be the norm nowadays.
Puccini wrote it but Corelli brought it to life. I just read on another board that someone preferred Lanza or Bocelli to Corelli......fine but they are not opera singers, especially Lanza. I saw Franco at the end of his career and he was still so good. Bravo Franco. Bjorling, Lanza and Bocelli. I think it is just too loud and not enough emotion. Sorry to Corelli
This aria is so good. I feel like it's one of the most underrated opera arias. I mean, listen to those chords...there are so many different colors. I know many people like Rossini (I'm a fan of him myself), but he never had these kinds of chords.
This is incredible composing by Puccini and incredible singing by Corelli. What a tenor.
I have checked it in the Chronologie of Frank Hamilton and in the new Corelli biography. Both claim it was live. 6/02/63, Firestone Orchestra conducted by Joe Harnell.
¡¡¡El Calaf que el Maestro Puccini soñó!!!. *Gran Concierto tiene El Señor en los Cielos*, al Disfrutar con la Más Bella Voz de Tenor Heróico que dió éste Mundo,uno de los Tenores Más Inteligentes en como Manejar una Voz Grande y Poderosa, sabiendo Dar Matíces Exquisitos, y no siempre tutto forte. Y con uno de los Compositores Más Inolvidables de la Lírica Mundial.BENDITOS MAESTROS Fco.CORELLI-Gmo.PUCCINI!!!
sin lugar a dudas franco corelli fue y seguira siendo el mejor calaf y el mejor tenor pucciniano ke a existido en la tierra, el mejor tenor dramatico o heroico y el tenor de la voz mas poderosa y potente ke este planeta a tenido en los ultimos tiempos, brava y ke bueno ke tenemos videos de el
eh eh eh ho scoperto da poco che franco corelli era lo zio del cugino del mio ragazzo alessandro corelli peccato che lui la bella voce nn ce l'ha!eheh cmq bravo franco!!
¡¡¡El Calaf que el Maestro Puccini soñó!!!. *Gran Concierto tiene El Señor en los Cielos*, al Disfrutar con la Más Bella Voz de Tenor Heróico que dió éste Mundo,uno de los Tenores Más Inteligentes en como Manejar una Voz Grande y Poderosa, sabiendo Dar Matíces Exquisitos, y no siempre tutto forte. Y con uno de los Compositores Más Inolvidables de la Lírica Mundial.BENDITOS MAESTROS Fco.CORELLI-Gmo.PUCCINI!!!
i feel very sorry only for one thing , that i will never have the pleasure to sing with Corelli . this is a fact and cannot change it ....but each time i listen to his recordings i say to myself " if i had the chance and also the honour just to be next to him and sing " ....the most beautiful man i' ve ever seen on the stage of opera , having also this extraordinary amazing voice !
Oltre alle altre piccole doti che aveva Corelli, timbro passabile, acuti non male e una presenza discreta, quello che era parimenti ammirevole era la sua umiltà e professionalità. Basti vedere come ha preparato il play-back, che da altri veniva abborracciato alla come-va-va-speriamo-che-mi-ricordo. Con lui invece quasi non ci se ne accorge ...perfino il play-back. Il fatto è che l'opera e il canto lui li amava davvero. Che grande artista!
No Recuerdo,quién subió en YOU TUBE:"O DIVINA BELLEZZA,MERAVIGLIA...",¿Por qué lo sacaron?, sería *HERMOSO* poder disfrutarla otra vez,GRACIAS!!!-¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!!!
Dear Laorinica, I just uploaded "O divina belezza,o meraviglia." I don't know yet how to put it as a video response or share, but go to my channel and you will find it. ENJOY!
v2eqi and kallistono are correct, yes I agree Bjorling would never be dumb enough to sing it live complete especially if he had to do it in a big house with his lyric spinto voice and Corelli was a spinto or as you say Spinto dramatic but a true dramatic as Melchior or Del Monaco is a different voice type.
Look at that beautiful face! And even more beautiful voice. My favorite recording with Corelli has to be Faust, with Dame Joan Sutherland and Nicolai Ghiaurov
im luky enough to sing im a lyric tenor,when i was a young man i heard these all these difrent vocies it was the tenor vocie that mesmerisied me. ithough if only i could sing like that well the dream came true i ended up singing arias been in operas i have no other dream now im very happy.again plese excuse my spelling.
Corelli was ALWAYS connected to his body; his sound had the perfect balance of chest resonance and head voice, and he breathed from his groin. He was unequaled as Calaf and Andrea Chenier, and was physically irresistable as well. His sound physically excites me!
If some tenor would come to stage and perform this with Corelli's technique, I would "bravo" for at least five times! I wonder when Fisichella is going to do a performance here... Hopefully soon...
In the archives of the opera-L website, there are quite a few first-person accounts by people who saw Corelli backstage before performances, and who report a near-breakdown situation. Joan Downs, in "The Tenors," says that muscles in his face twitched as curtain time drew near, and that his knees literally knocked. Most note that he appeared fine once onstage, but the clips of the 1971 NHK concerts show a very nervous and uncomfortable man onstage.
Corelli's voice was impeccable and his acting ability was second to none. Hearing him sing with Callas was an experience of a lifetime. He is much maligned on these pages - you would have had to have heard him in person - audio and visual at the time were pretty bad. He was great (and very easy on the eyes).
I'm not a Corelli fan across the board, but for Calaf and much verismo music, I think his voice is perfect. Moving, powerful, and beautiful performance.
corellis version is perfectly valid but pavarottis and domingos are in no way inferior,corelli is no more dramatic than domingo and lyrically of course pavarotti smaxks corellis bottom
che tenore... è grazie a fenomeni come lui che mi sono avicinato a questo fantastico mondo della lirica.. lo reputo il miglior tenore del 900.. quelli di oggi non reggono il minimo confronto a mostri sacri come lui!!
alphie1989 1 week ago
Lovely.
RawdealRap 2 weeks ago
oh, franco...
Mr19841504 3 weeks ago
Magnificent voice, superb performance, true art, missed soul.
CarsonOfArcadia 1 month ago
Lovely singing. TY Pawelp for posting.
paulostroff99 2 months ago
ma come fanno a sottolineare "non mi piace" ma come è possible!! Corelli è un Dio del canto e della vocalità!
famocheioerozorro 3 months ago
Very good tenor !!!! One of the bests ever!! Excelente tenor! Um dos melhores até hoje!!
capitaobisao 3 months ago
THIS MAN GOES DOWN IN HISTORY,AT THE VERY LEAST,AS ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER
cccorsetti 5 months ago 3
Corelli and Tucker were the Tenors whose voices I fell in love with as a kid. I Did'nt know a thing about Opera at age 8 but I knew that the sound pouring out of these men were exceptional. When I was finally able to see Corelli perform, I was stunned by this movie star handsome guy who could sing like nobody's buisness, act and poured all his heart and soul into his performances. Why did'nt Corelli make fims of Opera ?
intelegentable 5 months ago
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racheleleeba 5 months ago
Spectacular! TY P for posting.
paulostroff99 5 months ago
I have Franco Corelli and Brigit Nilsson in Turandot. My best cd.....
Clatronix 7 months ago 2
my inspiration!!! Voce!!!
TheIzzy2517 8 months ago
è uno del danno nel mio vivo che non sapevo questo cantante.
awamura8 9 months ago
Ma che bello!
grandisdavid 9 months ago 2
great song but who is this clown saying corellis stage fright was the pains of the damned?!?!?! that old over dramatic man needs to go eat a rubber eraser.
chrismehaffey 10 months ago
Corelli sings this beautifully
sugarbist 11 months ago
Was there ever a more handsome opera singer and that voice.....!!!!!
MsRuthes 1 year ago 2
Incomparable. Todos esos armónicos en su boca. Una gran desgracia que por su carácter no fuese capaz de dar todo lo que tenía dentro en directo.
Cherubino3351 1 year ago
Semplicemente il più grande tenore mai esistito. Immortale. Grazie di aver donato la tua voce al mondo, Franco. Uno dei più grandi rimpianti della mia vita é non averti mai potuto ascoltare dal vivo.
Simply the best tenor ever existed. Immortal. Thank you to have given your voice to the world, Franco. One of the biggest regrets of my life is to have never listened to you live.
AFelmejo 1 year ago 4
colora40 I listen first min Alagna and then Corelli.I know everyone has fun and they like there singers are best,bur sorry, I didn`t liked him.Oldfashion nasal voice.
Maybe he was his time best tenor but not today.I understand it is hard to change the mind to somebody else.
colora40 1 year ago
@colora40
alagna is a bad tenor!!!all right, maybe not bad but in any case he cannot be placed in the great tenors gallery.and time will prove me right.
artaxerxe 10 months ago
Lovely. But has anyone ever noticed -- he manifest a lot of tension in his hands. Intereresting....
chetgeyer 1 year ago
This is a real Calaf.I love old Corelli recordings.He was the king of tenors especially in the dramatic roles! Its sad that we only have talent show crap now.
TheDarthsala 1 year ago 9
Que il est BEAU! Merci AV
razdoburdina 1 year ago
Sei il meglio Franco!!For ever!!! <3
Chicomedio 1 year ago
Perfekcyjny elegancki przystojny ekspresyjny . A głos niepowtarzalny i fenomenalny tembr połączony z duża mocą i swobodą operowania we wszystkich rejestrach-fantastycznie w górnych. Franco- Tobie przyznałbym dziś tytuł TENORA WSZECH CZASÓW
EdwAndDzierz56 1 year ago
I have CD of Corelli at the Met performing Turnadot, and I have listened to it again and again, till I know it backwards, it is just wondefull - Very hard to see how he could be ever be equaled or ever be bettered!
nigeljwright 1 year ago
MA Perfetto Con Gande passione
LAZAR2776 1 year ago
bello cante !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SuperAbisal 1 year ago
Handsome and he sings as well !!!!!
phoenix4165 1 year ago
Corelli's and Lauri-Volpi's renditions are the best I have heard so far. I would like to hear Beniamino Gigli sing this aria, but I have not seen such a video on YT.
There are so many and not a single with Gigli! Does anyone know please?
Aetion 1 year ago 2
@Aetion I don't think that Gigli ever recorded this aria, though he DID record "Nessun dorma" - unfortunately, not very well......
jmccracken1963 1 year ago
@jmccracken1963 Thank you. “Nessun Dorma” is an aria for a dramatic tenor voice, although many lyric tenors, among them Gigli, have sung and still sing it. “Non piangere Liu” would be more suitable to a lyric and warm lyric voice like the Gigli’s one, wouldn’t it?
Aetion 1 year ago
Wonderful!!! And so handsome...
antigonavelez 1 year ago 3
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More cowbell!
bigmandrel 1 year ago
@bigmandrel Cowbell? What do you dislike? Timbro, emission, colour or whatever? I really wonder how to compare Corelli to a cowbell even if my mother (who listened to him "live") says that someone called him PeCorelli (from Pecora=Sheep in italian) because of his emphatic "vibrato" on high notes.
zoetta74 1 year ago
fantastico
marcomattei77 1 year ago
Genio !!!!!!!!
ridvansadrhanov 1 year ago
listen this tenor
/watch?v=6uwAPvcllNA
jrevoredoi 1 year ago
BARIONI!
liEder89 1 year ago
@liEder89 : concordo, ottimo anche Daniele Barioni in questo ruolo ( aggiungerei all'elenco G. Giacomini, F. Bonisolli, N. Martinucci e G. Cecchele da giovane ), ma il miglior Calaf della storia del canto per me rimane e rimarrà il DIVINO e INTRAMONTABILE Franco Corelli. Saluti, con il massimo rispetto.
31122051 1 year ago
@31122051 sono d'accordo grande ,immenso,rimarrà per tutta l'eternita il grande della lirica.
riccardoromero71 1 year ago
best calaf ever.
burcusoysev 1 year ago 2
What a marvelous voice! Thank you.
Aetion 1 year ago 4
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Aetion 1 year ago
you can save the 'non piangere,' Franco....I'm already bawling my eyes out ;.-(
brigid88 1 year ago
Un fascino irresistibile!
diva32010 1 year ago
I would be happy to be proven wrong in this instance, but I am not. If one compares Corelli's "live" Ed Sullivan Show singing (Tu ca nun chiagne, Mamma quel vino... etc) with his Turandot offering here, for example, it is obvious that the latter performance is lip-synched. There are other examples of the tenor miming to a recording in front of a live audience (e.g. Cielo e mar in the 1970s) so, in such circumstances, the appearance may be live, when the singing, itself, is not.
giordani19 2 years ago
I'm afraid that tehen 162 is mistaken, his various sources notwithstanding. It is obvious, from Franco Corelli's facial movements (and from the sound quality) that the tenor is miming here. (The same scenario applies to his "Cavalleria" appearance on the Voice of Firestone during another telecast, where he is clearly miming to a record.) However, Corelli did sing "live" when he appeared as a guest on the Ed Sullivan Show during the 1960s.
giordani19 2 years ago
So his biographers plus Frank Hamilton were all mistaken except for you. It is totally believable, isn't it?
tehen162 2 years ago
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giordani19 2 years ago
Corelli is wonderful here, but it is definitely not a "live" television performance. He also mimed from Cavalleria Rusticana in another Voice of Firestone appearance. However, his singing of a Neapolitan song in the same TV series was not mimed! Up to the early 1960s Voice of Firestone material was indeed performed and telecast "live". For example: Bjorling, Tagliavini, Merrill, Gorin, et al. in the 1950s.
giordani19 2 years ago
Catalogues, biographies, other sources say otherwise: this and also the fragments from Cavalleria Rusticana are definitely live.
tehen162 2 years ago
il principe dei tenore e il principe calaf impeccabile lo squillo degli acuti,il temperamento,l'espressività.. e la presenza stupenda......un DIO della lirica
BELCANTOish 2 years ago 6
Corelli = Calaf
cremonaspinto 2 years ago
If you're not aware of it, there is a great Corelli film version of Turandot made for Italian television in 1958, before he came to the U.S. It's in black and white, and there are clips on YT. I've watched it at least five times!
racheleleeba 2 years ago 2
Great to see there are others who appreciate him. Thank you for posting these clips and making me cry :-)
cat90012 2 years ago
The best Calaf ever!!!!
caruso81 2 years ago 8
This drives me crazy. How can something be so beautiful?
saradamsmc 2 years ago 17
All right, I stopped crying from music a long time ago, but I've got big tears. But I'm crying because, like Callas, this kind of voice has disappeared forever. Both of those angels were full of love for everyone and everything, or they never would have been able to sing like this. And aside from all the hoopla about "proper vocal placement" singing from the heart will never go out of style. The Met is like a morgue these last 20 years, apparently due to singing without a heart.
sillyboydeux 2 years ago 69
I agree.
Corelli is irreplaceable.
saradamsmc 2 years ago 7
@sillyboydeux
Well said!
venelintontchev 1 year ago
@sillyboydeux It is his style (esp. that tenore cry or yelp) that went out of fashion. Too bad. Passion belongs in opera! His technique was amazingly solid and indefensible. He never would have lasted as long, singing as well if he had bad technique. Those ringing high notes, though natural, took enormous support. He was a consummate artist, and one who matured throughout his career.
marchesano 9 months ago 2
I couldn't agree more with you. Corelli is, and has been my favorite singer since I started training for opera, and by far you are correct! I don't know their personal lives, but heart is correct.
samvarhan 9 months ago
@sillyboydeux Most Singers Nowadays Suck. If you look like a Model and sound like shit, then you're a shoe in to get a job as a singer, this resonates all across the board, not just the classical genre,changed what constitutes bel canto because of what we think is sexy. Plus technique is really not exact science, taught by teachers that see voice through their filter of reality, just like anything else. But Music evolution has taken a back seat to the sheer business of it all.That'sSad.
MrJustin2782 6 months ago 2
@MrJustin2782 I know what you are talking about exactly. What you say is totally true. Nowadays there are no heroes at all, not even on stage any more. Heroism (literal, metaphorical) has been banished from public life.
ididete 2 months ago
@sillyboydeux I really do love Corelli. Believe me, there isn't a young tenor out there with the level of adoration and respect I have for this man. But, I would never say that this kind of voice is "dead". Trust me, there are plenty of us up-and-coming opera singers with a whole lot of heart and a whole mess of talent. We've learned from these videos and we are inspired by them every time we watch them. We know what it takes to be a great performer and musician, not just a great singer.
brandonh72 3 months ago
Corelli... BAD ASS!!!!
MusicalTenor23 2 years ago
With all due respect to Braswell, Franco Corelli is God-like and cannot possibly be compared.
vilabreze 2 years ago 11
Corelli's version of this song is my all time favourite. I adore this man. He is the greatest
tenor ever to have lived.
If there is a God, he broke the mold after making this one.
That is all.
HerrBresler 2 years ago 7
This has been flagged as spam show
One of the most boring of singers-can't seem to
colour the voice at all -hear Kiepura one of the "original"
live from Vienna performances
dziady1 2 years ago
This is my all-time FAVORITE!! Very beautiful Corelli singing, many thanks, Pawelp.
goldie0800 2 years ago 2
Esta aria le cae a pela. Extraordinaria la voz para el papel. Bravo Corelli.
30martin082007 2 years ago 3
Beautiful.
runbambirun 2 years ago 3
There is another man that looks like the great one, and sounds like him. He is an American his name is Donald Braswell. In fact, after Donald graduated from Juilliard in New York he studied under Franco. Donald has a MySpace site and some of his opera videos on You Tube, also his own web site. He is a cross over singer and does a beautiful job on all gurus of music. He caught my eye because of his similarities to Franco. He is much loved in Australia. I'd love your opinion on Donald
Nrobinsongs 2 years ago 3
@Nrobinsongs I HOPE IM NOT TOO CRUEL BUT THE BEST THING I CAN SAY ABOUT MR BRASWEL IS THAT HES TERRILE . THERE IS NO VOCAL LINE. THE VOICE BREAKS EVERYWHERE, ITS NOT A STEADY VOICE . ITS THE WORST NESSUN DORMA I EVER HEARD
sugarbist 1 year ago
@sugarbist THIS ISN'T "NESSUN DORMA"! Why are you writing such stupid things when you have no idea of what the singer is singing?
DalilaCarmen 10 months ago
@DalilaCarmen Good catch. However I'm replying to someone who sent me to hear Braswell sing Nessun Dorma.Have a nice day and try to have some fun.
sugarbist 10 months ago
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DalilaCarmen 10 months ago
@sugarbist I am sorry:))I just couldn't help but reply to the man who doesn't like Corelli sing:))))))))))))))Best wishes!
DalilaCarmen 10 months ago
@DalilaCarmen Your a person after my own heart. My favorites are Corelli, DeStefano and Del Monaco.Lanza in so-called American songs. Enjoy
sugarbist 10 months ago
@sugarbist THIS ISN'T "NESSUN DORMA"! Why are you writing such stupid things when you have no idea of what the singer is singing?
DalilaCarmen 10 months ago
He is the Hero!
BeniaminoGigli 2 years ago 7
the prince of tenors
zagot27 2 years ago 3
not the prince of tenors. pavarotti is the prince of tenors
Corelli is the EMPEROR of tenors =P
raigekimaru 2 years ago 9
You got it right, raigekimaru!!
sillyboydeux 2 years ago
@raigekimaru : If I recall correctly, Pavarotti is the King of The High Cs and Corelli considered to be the Prince of Tenors while Kraus' nickname was Il Signor...
dominiclorange 1 year ago
@dominiclorange
Corelli blows Pavarotti out of the water. pavarotti's voice was pretty, Corelli's voice was pure tempestuous power and passion. the prince being more dramatic than the king would not make much sense. john alexander was better than pav and kraus, but he never gets mentioned. the fact of the matter is, pavarotti had a great voice, but he is overrated and there have been better.
raigekimaru 1 year ago 2
@raigekimaru I conclude from your comparisons who is "better" is based on the strength of the voice in your opinion.
In that case, I'm sure you don't understand why Kraus was famous and Florez is now, since they don't have big, strong voices.
Well, I understand that this is your preference, but then that would mean that all dramatic tenors are better than lyric ones. More dramatic doesn't mean more passionate to me, it can just as well turn into soulless shouting.
Pollione88 1 year ago
@Pollione88
that's not quite correct, but imo dramatic tenors have more potential to be better, that is if they can sing powerful and heroic AND have solid technique, strong legato and well placed vocal technique. being a dramatic voice gives one more things that one can be good at
raigekimaru 1 year ago
This is sublime! Bravooooooooo!
cmurgiuc 2 years ago 5
Bravissimo , che tenore vero!
carloiachetti 2 years ago 10
This is out of this world - one of the most beautiful items on YouTube.
Cordylcoh 2 years ago 45
fantastico
marcomattei77 1 year 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
NUMERO 1 !!!
Grazie maestro!
HellasItalia4 2 years ago 7
Rips your soul from your body!
cbrown6660 2 years ago 5
What you don't know won't hurt you...He certainly doesn't look or sound nervous in these recordings...
Bigman240 2 years ago 4
Bjoeling - while the lower/middle register was lovely, I felt he became constricted when enter the upper register. With Corelli, it just opened up. Corelli could sing more than forte which seems to be the norm nowadays.
malfada22 2 years ago
I just hope when I go to Heaven I can hear music like this! Beautiful and poignant aria. Corelli's superb!
goldie0800 2 years ago 4
Puccini wrote it but Corelli brought it to life. I just read on another board that someone preferred Lanza or Bocelli to Corelli......fine but they are not opera singers, especially Lanza. I saw Franco at the end of his career and he was still so good. Bravo Franco. Bjorling, Lanza and Bocelli. I think it is just too loud and not enough emotion. Sorry to Corelli
oyde 2 years ago
All moments are made magical by Franco Corelli's voice and presence.
CALLASSA 2 years ago 5
This aria is so good. I feel like it's one of the most underrated opera arias. I mean, listen to those chords...there are so many different colors. I know many people like Rossini (I'm a fan of him myself), but he never had these kinds of chords.
This is incredible composing by Puccini and incredible singing by Corelli. What a tenor.
leadoffeohippus 2 years ago 5
il principe dei tenori...ottima interpretazione che acuti,questa è la scuola dove che dobbiamo apprendere
marcobenve 2 years ago 3
please, don't forget to hear the Jussi Bjoerling version !
kawa56saki 2 years ago
Wonderful! I just wish he was actually singing it but these are mimed on TV...Shame, great performance...
Englishtenor2 2 years ago
He WAS actually singing, this is live. The Voice of Firestone TV program from the 60-s were live telecasts and this is a segment from that.
tehen162 2 years ago 8
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Honestly!!! All TV was mimed in those days! I'm a singer - just watch his throat! If he's singing it then I'm Maria Callas!!!
Englishtenor2 2 years ago
I have checked it in the Chronologie of Frank Hamilton and in the new Corelli biography. Both claim it was live. 6/02/63, Firestone Orchestra conducted by Joe Harnell.
tehen162 2 years ago 2
definetly live
you see he never got it wrong with the sync.
amdnovello 2 years ago 4
HEAVEN
CALLASSA 3 years ago 3
Thank you for this vtr clip. Corelli was so perfect, elegant...wow.
Remy1957 3 years ago 5
.... no words for this.... my life suddenly makes sense when I hear to this emotional voice... Corelli, il maestro... el mejor, no doubt
leonelfran 3 years ago 3
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I wish someone puts Pavarotti's performance of this aria on his Mehta, Sutherland, Caballe recording.
castorp278 3 years ago
¡¡¡El Calaf que el Maestro Puccini soñó!!!. *Gran Concierto tiene El Señor en los Cielos*, al Disfrutar con la Más Bella Voz de Tenor Heróico que dió éste Mundo,uno de los Tenores Más Inteligentes en como Manejar una Voz Grande y Poderosa, sabiendo Dar Matíces Exquisitos, y no siempre tutto forte. Y con uno de los Compositores Más Inolvidables de la Lírica Mundial.BENDITOS MAESTROS Fco.CORELLI-Gmo.PUCCINI!!!
laonirica 3 years ago 2
sin lugar a dudas franco corelli fue y seguira siendo el mejor calaf y el mejor tenor pucciniano ke a existido en la tierra, el mejor tenor dramatico o heroico y el tenor de la voz mas poderosa y potente ke este planeta a tenido en los ultimos tiempos, brava y ke bueno ke tenemos videos de el
josuecorelli 3 years ago
His Calaf was simply the best followed by Bjoerling and Domingo
WAININGMOON 3 years ago
bene ... ^^
PolskabunnY95 3 years ago 2
Veramente, era stupendo. Who was the woman shown in the video?
REOlsen100 3 years ago
La grande Mafalda Favero
manrico2805 3 years ago
I think Magda Oliviero.
tehen162 3 years ago
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tehen162 3 years ago
Ragazzi in certe cose Corelli è il NUMERO UNO!!
HellasItalia4 3 years ago 5
eh eh eh ho scoperto da poco che franco corelli era lo zio del cugino del mio ragazzo alessandro corelli peccato che lui la bella voce nn ce l'ha!eheh cmq bravo franco!!
milalex89 3 years ago
EXELENT! COME ON FRANCO! *****
BerserkJheova 3 years ago
He was just great!!
mrF1no 3 years ago
AWESOME!
TreblesBasses 3 years ago
This song is very beautifully done by the great Franco corelli.......love it..love him too!!
nocompasion 3 years ago 5
¡¡¡El Calaf que el Maestro Puccini soñó!!!. *Gran Concierto tiene El Señor en los Cielos*, al Disfrutar con la Más Bella Voz de Tenor Heróico que dió éste Mundo,uno de los Tenores Más Inteligentes en como Manejar una Voz Grande y Poderosa, sabiendo Dar Matíces Exquisitos, y no siempre tutto forte. Y con uno de los Compositores Más Inolvidables de la Lírica Mundial.BENDITOS MAESTROS Fco.CORELLI-Gmo.PUCCINI!!!
laonirica 3 years ago
i feel very sorry only for one thing , that i will never have the pleasure to sing with Corelli . this is a fact and cannot change it ....but each time i listen to his recordings i say to myself " if i had the chance and also the honour just to be next to him and sing " ....the most beautiful man i' ve ever seen on the stage of opera , having also this extraordinary amazing voice !
Phaidra69 3 years ago
Thank GOD for Corelli - I swould never kinow what a great tenor should sound like until him.
PecsMstr 3 years ago 3
Dedico esto a Enedina Boza, Armando Pico, Manolo Alvarez Mena, Alba Marina, Maria Remola, Gladys Puig, Eduardito Cuadra Curais, Dr.Rafael Mateo de Acosta , Ernesto Lecuona.
Armando Orefiche, Bebo Valdes, Xiomara Alfaro,Zenaida
Manfugas,,,,,nuestros talentos cubanos
juanbosco31 3 years ago
bravo...
tete28akira 3 years ago
Oltre alle altre piccole doti che aveva Corelli, timbro passabile, acuti non male e una presenza discreta, quello che era parimenti ammirevole era la sua umiltà e professionalità. Basti vedere come ha preparato il play-back, che da altri veniva abborracciato alla come-va-va-speriamo-che-mi-ricordo. Con lui invece quasi non ci se ne accorge ...perfino il play-back. Il fatto è che l'opera e il canto lui li amava davvero. Che grande artista!
bellinianodoc 3 years ago
Is that Bruce Campbell singing?
dibeling 3 years ago
Is that a joke?
makingfunogyou 3 years ago
No Recuerdo,quién subió en YOU TUBE:"O DIVINA BELLEZZA,MERAVIGLIA...",¿Por qué lo sacaron?, sería *HERMOSO* poder disfrutarla otra vez,GRACIAS!!!-¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!!!
laonirica 3 years ago
Dear Laorinica, I just uploaded "O divina belezza,o meraviglia." I don't know yet how to put it as a video response or share, but go to my channel and you will find it. ENJOY!
Got all your messages, gracias.
minnie888444 3 years ago
This is Corellis masterpiece!
I doub´t we will ever hear a better version than this!
maxhansendk 3 years ago 6
Early Tito Schipa recordings of this song will change your mind.
jast11 3 years ago
If you really prefer Schipa singing anything, you had better get the wax out of your ears!
Chennirei 3 years ago 3
Caro Maestro FRANCO CORELLI:Nel cielo,oggidi,APRILE 8,le stelle brillano piu fortemente¡¡¡BRAVO PER SEMPRE MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!!!
laonirica 3 years ago 2
So beautiful
Marnie797 3 years ago
v2eqi and kallistono are correct, yes I agree Bjorling would never be dumb enough to sing it live complete especially if he had to do it in a big house with his lyric spinto voice and Corelli was a spinto or as you say Spinto dramatic but a true dramatic as Melchior or Del Monaco is a different voice type.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Look at that beautiful face! And even more beautiful voice. My favorite recording with Corelli has to be Faust, with Dame Joan Sutherland and Nicolai Ghiaurov
headsno2 3 years ago
excellent!!!!!!
mereuvisand 3 years ago
I agree with everyone who love Franco, thanks for letting us hear your beautiful voice,face.......solo bellissmo in tutto
nocompasion 3 years ago
Corelli prince charming, exactly, couldnt agree more, where are you Franco??? take me with you .................
giselatototito 3 years ago
HEWAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOT!!!!!!!
gondorado 4 years ago 2
Once he said: the singer who can do 'diminuendo' on a tone is the one who can sing inside...
Viva Franco! Thanks to God that send you to us:) You are a treasure!
mertsungu 4 years ago 4
...and he can sing, too!
veramour 4 years ago
Lo único que escucho de Corelli es el Calaf, esto le queda precioso!.
Rapicienta 4 years ago
im luky enough to sing im a lyric tenor,when i was a young man i heard these all these difrent vocies it was the tenor vocie that mesmerisied me. ithough if only i could sing like that well the dream came true i ended up singing arias been in operas i have no other dream now im very happy.again plese excuse my spelling.
pavy456 4 years ago
thats pretty badass that you sang in operas. that's what i would like to do im a tenor too but a Leggiero tenor rather than lyric.
tenor220 3 years ago
Corelli was ALWAYS connected to his body; his sound had the perfect balance of chest resonance and head voice, and he breathed from his groin. He was unequaled as Calaf and Andrea Chenier, and was physically irresistable as well. His sound physically excites me!
billyguns2 4 years ago 4
Oh yes!!! ditto ;)
Tenor5274 4 years ago
And Corelli was a real prince on stage... Every womens dream man. Prince Hypercharming.
Moffolover 4 years ago
If some tenor would come to stage and perform this with Corelli's technique, I would "bravo" for at least five times! I wonder when Fisichella is going to do a performance here... Hopefully soon...
Moffolover 4 years ago
Beautiful voice.One of the best,if not the best on this aria.Bravo.
paulostroff99 4 years ago 2
Corelli, the best Callaf ever...
Gerardeus 4 years ago 3
a complete natural, a sensual singer like no other.
carpark1009 4 years ago 8
great voice
Iren1946 4 years ago 3
he doesnt seem like he has a stage fright problem...he seems very confident
TheRealEmit 4 years ago
I think he had the stage fright problem BEFORE going on stage. Once onstage he was confident and thrilling.
tehen162 4 years ago
In the archives of the opera-L website, there are quite a few first-person accounts by people who saw Corelli backstage before performances, and who report a near-breakdown situation. Joan Downs, in "The Tenors," says that muscles in his face twitched as curtain time drew near, and that his knees literally knocked. Most note that he appeared fine once onstage, but the clips of the 1971 NHK concerts show a very nervous and uncomfortable man onstage.
poivriere 4 years ago
Only Pavarotti and Corelli makes me cry
urns100 4 years ago
Wow...he is GORGEOUS!!
And he sings flawlessly!!!!
No one comes even close to him.
primadonna82 4 years ago 3
bellisimo ¡¡¡ simplemente bellisismo ¡¡¡¡
spike16178 4 years ago 2
Corelli's voice was impeccable and his acting ability was second to none. Hearing him sing with Callas was an experience of a lifetime. He is much maligned on these pages - you would have had to have heard him in person - audio and visual at the time were pretty bad. He was great (and very easy on the eyes).
sharuthie 4 years ago 3
Corelli does a nice job with this. Have you heard Di Stefano?
mgbushido 4 years ago
I'm not a Corelli fan across the board, but for Calaf and much verismo music, I think his voice is perfect. Moving, powerful, and beautiful performance.
meltzerboy 4 years ago 2
Paul robeson was great as well. search him.
stesan2006 4 years ago
Un gran y enorme cantante de la escuela antigua.
Para mí, mucho portamento en arias que no la requieren
tonyoso36 4 years ago
corellis version is perfectly valid but pavarottis and domingos are in no way inferior,corelli is no more dramatic than domingo and lyrically of course pavarotti smaxks corellis bottom
babbitt12 4 years ago
I adore Pav and Placido but they are definetely inferior to Corelli as Calaf.
The former lacking heft, the latter lacking the ringing top.
Talk to me about Boheme or early Verdi and I will tell a different story...
But not in Calaf. No.
CONTESTAR 4 years ago 3