Conversations w Franco Corelli & Stefan Zucker, 3/30/91

[OscarLevant1]

Zucker is mentally ill. He has a form of musical psychosis, made worse by artists granting him interviews.

[MrSwifts31]

I thought all the Florence Foster Jenkins fans had died,but there seems to be new generation of them.

Meesteropera just what definition of Weirdo do you have,he is a weirdo in MY dictionary!

[Chanteuredelopera]

Is Zucker a natural Castrato? Why has he interviewed so many great opera stars, is he a critic? (god I hope not) I heard him singing "Ah mes amis" and it was truly awful. I'm not being nasty I'm just saying what I heard. I think perhaps he really is a male version of Florence Foster Jenkins.

[meesteropera]

Zucker is a NUT plain and simple...a goofy, nutty weirdo.

[sugarbist]

@meesteropera ZUCKER IS NOT A WEIRDO AT ALL . HE HAD HOSTED A RADIO SHOW CALLED OPERA FANATIC WHICH I HAD LISTENED TO MANY TIMES . I THINK THE HIGH LIGHT OF THE SHOW WAS THE TENOR CONTEST BETWEEN CORELLI, DESTEFANO TUCKER & DEL MONACO WHICH HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT THE 4 SINGERS AND TAKING CALLERS VOTES & OPINIONS OVER THE PHONE . BUT HE DOES SOUND WIERD AND SINGS ATROCIUSLY . BUT I DONT THINK HES NUTTY&GOOFY BUT MAYBE A LITTLE WIERD . ENJOY

[ternitamas]

I am almost sure that the problem this guy has is called puberphonia, excessive tension on the muscles of the larynx results in a high larynx position which produces that female sound. This can be corrected with vocal training... ironic, ha?

[bodiloto]

Corelli un bellissimo artista,uno dei migliori tenori

zucker = florence foster jenkins

[harmonieautog]

Conversations with a capon....and it ain't Corelli!

[vstasov]

Stefan Zucker is totally committed to preserving and sharing the Italian operatic legacy.  Thank you Stefan.

[wiswert]

Zucker lost his balls

[elcid22]

Yeah!!!

[wysiwyg248]

E' questo un grande essempio de castrato! LOL

[65attila]

Zucker's album is a disgusting joke.

[tenorismo]

You'v never heard Zuckers album ? lol

[Millas19]

I own all these taped interviews and listen often. If only there had been video as well as audio. Thank you, Stefan Zucker!

[mrrk]

What is wrong with Zucker's voice?

[lascala123]

It is just naturally very high.

[doug92067]

If you listen closely, you can hear him slip down into his real voice, which is a normal male voice. What we are hearing on this interview is a totally fabricated voice.

[wysiwyg248]

doug92067,

I tend to agree with you. When he speaks in English his voice goes down... when he does it in Italian sounds unnaturally high

[goldie0800]

Zucker holds the record for singing the HIGHEST note ever sung by a tenor. That record cost him his natural voice. Read up on his life in BEL CANTO SOCIETY webpage. I have bought oodles of VHS from Bel Canto and it's wonderful to have older operas as well as many singers preserved on recordings, thanks to Stefan.

[marokt]

I have heard the whole interwiew in belcanto. It is great! It's a pity, that Corelli didn't sing more on it.