la cosa più incredibile di questo tenore è che si trova perfettamente a suo agio in tanto in ruoli drammatici come Alvaro o Radames, quanto nel belcanto puro di bellini (puritani, pirata). Questo è solo dovuto a una voce incredibile, con un registro acuto pazzesco, UN MIRACOLO! poi sapeva "filare" gli acuti come neanche di stefano sapeva fare.....l'unico difetto nei portamenti, l'unica nota di umanità!!!!!!
No needless acting gestures, no facial contortions, just a truly legendary tenor rolling out these thrilling seamless lines of vocal beauty. Bravo Franco!
Corelli uno tra i più grandi tenori che abbiano calcato le scene. La sua interpretazione è vibrante di passione. La sua voce è unica ,irripetibile , entusiasma ed emoziona il pubblico e chi ora la riascolta.
Franco Corelli il Tenore per eccellenza. Ha saputo dare al pubblico emozioni ,entusiasmo ed amore per la lirica.Oggi riascoltare le sue interpretazioni è un bene per l'anima
Sentire la voce di Corelli é un vero e proprio orgasmo dell'anima. E' un canto così sincero, disteso, profondo ... quest'uomo é stato uno di quei pochissimi geni che sono riusciti ad andare oltre la semplice vocalità, a dire veramente qualcosa attraverso le proprie interpretazioni.
Qua Franco sprigiona una gioia fortissima attraverso una velata malinconia, un'amara nostalgia che si mischia ad una dolcezza indescrivibile. @AFelmejo quest'uomo era davvero un patrimonio per l'umanità...
Lo trovo sempre piuttosto lagnoso e dubitoso. Tecnicamente poco convincente nella prima ottava che risolve raccogliendo in modo strano. Portamenti espressivi terrificanti, ma in ogni caso un tenore incredibile, straordinario. Nella gestione del registro acuto un fenomeno.
@arumtriphyllum79 tu dovresti ascoltare cristina d'avena,e non la lirica dato che non ne capisci un tubo .!!!!ci vuole fegato per criticare corellli!!!e poi proprio in uno dei ruoli che piu gli si addice!!!! taci che ci fai piu figura!!!
@arumtriphyllum79 Si è vero, se un tenore qualsiasi facesse i portamenti di cui qui (e non solo qui) si serve Corelli, non lo farebbero cantare nemmeno con Pupo ed Emanuele Filiberto. Ma proprio in questo sta il carisma di artisti assoluti come Corelli. Che pregi e difetti, lacune e prodezze, tutto viene rifuso in un qualcosa di artisticamente magico e compiuto.
@bellinianodoc per cortesia mi spieghi il motivo...io dico se ci fosse un tenore come franco Corelli gli farebbero fare qualsiasi cosa pur di sentirlo cantare...cosa ne pensa al riguardo...visto e considerato che le voci odierne solfeggiano e basta...senza dare il minimo impatto emotivo...grazie
Tiene una increible voz y una técnica impecable, sin embargo nunca me gusto como canta, para esta opera prefiero escucharlo a Giacomini, delmonaco o Vickers
i have often thought that , the peiod fron the late 1940,s to the mid 1970,s produced some of the finest opera singers that graced any stage or theatre !
one thing is absolutly certain Corelli was never underrated !
I first heard this magnificent voice and saw this gorgeous man in 1963. HE IS THE MOST UNDERRATED TENOR OF OUR TIME. Never a scandal, Loretta was always there for him. He was so humble with the great gift God gave him. Primo, Primo Tenore.
I just do not agree with you about that he is underrated...there are fools, deaf people... but that doesnt means that Corelli is or was underrated. May be today someone want to underrate him in order to "sale" nowday voices that are not like Corelli s voice.
The very definition of what a great tenor is! It defies all the vocal babble about "ring", "compression" "open throat". A great voice, singing from the heart...touching our hearts.
maniac 88-- don't read you. I am not here for you. i think kaufmann is trying to be corelli 2 with the throat thing--but is is much darker and grainy than FC--more tenors sing with the basic MDM tech. minus 20 db's.
"btsg", "moorfan1" and "racheleleeba", just for the record, you might have successfully deleted my previous comments , but that doesn't mean what you did is right. All that you have accomplished is concrete proof that you trio are three spineless, gutless tubers who didn't dare to face me off.
MDM and Franco--different placement choices=different sound and resonance variations --Franco sang with more emphasis on the wide/low throat , and MDM let the V go higher in the resonaters for more ring.
there are other things that made them different, unique....we will see how this posting is received...
And by the way, "btsg", please enroll to a college, even a community one, to study vocal arts for at least three or four years before unloading any thing here. What you've written is as technically imperceptible as it's quintessentially incoherent. Please don't further embarrass yourself before the whole world and make a last-ditch effort at dignity.
btsg: I think Del Monaco actually compressed his sound more than Correlli at the cords to create more ring. They both kept the same open throat. Remember Del Monaco sang much like Correlli before studying with Melocchi.
corelli i prefer. his voice has a strength and sympathy unequalled. the cords can make vibration and initial tone, but not ring--that would be created by placement and internal spacial conditions. like a string on a electric solid violin vs an acoustic-- it vibrates but not with any volume or res until it uses the sound enclosure and out the emission ports.
@btsg The cords alone make ring, & all the other qualities of voice. The throat, chest, & head cavities only dampen the quality being emitted. You cannot amplify any sound using fleshy wet surfaces, otherwise trumpets would be made out of sponge! The entrance to the sinus cavities are no bigger than a pin head, & the lungs have all the sound projecting qualities of a bag of wet wool. This is WHY singers spend 7 years fine tuning the balance of the vocal cords to find maximum resonance.
@hiyadroogs that is not perfectly right. The ton has to come out around the corner (you have to visualise this on the picture) ? So it has to ricochet at the pallet or even more ( tongue ect.). How the tongue postion is, is therefor very important, because it changes the degree of the outcome. If the back of the tongue is in the right position (and this is quite high, it makes the tone becoming very rich on overtones. Like you press the end of the waterhose and make outtrance smaller, it schoots
@tomaszdz If what you state about the tongue were the case, then a Stradivarius would sound just as beautiful in the hands of an inept novice, because the quality of the resonator box is unchanged, & retains its full potential. A trumpet would be just as resonant & clear toned if the trumpeter did not know how to shape & buzz his lips with precision at the mouthpiece. The voice is no different, & like the former examples, creates its quality & resonant power at the source of sound, the cords.
@hiyadroogs that is not perfectly right. The ton has to come out around the corner (you have to visualise this on the picture) ? So it has to ricochet at the pallet or even more ( tongue ect.). How the tongue postion is, is therefor very important, because it changes the degree of the outcome. If the back of the tongue is in the right position (and this is quite high, it makes the tone becoming very rich on overtones. Like you press the end of the waterhose and make outtrance smaller, it schoots
I have an idea. How about the original poster of this video delete all the comments associated with both mannail888 and tdeane34...meaningless and silly drivel from both of them.
The glory of Corelli is all that is important in this video.
"moorfan1", is your butt a bit aching that needs someone to kick it into shape? If so, I'd more than willing to give you a taste of what "pedrinrj", "jhgreenhorn", "Etnalleb",and "tdenne34" have gotten.
Every one here is not "not focusing" on Corelli. It just so happened that it's "tdeane34" who drew the first blood on mannail888 by calling mannail888 a "bollock", "moron", "douche bag" and telling mannail888 to fuck off. I was driven to do what I had to do. It wasn't like I had a choice.
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I'd rather opera not flourish at all if it continues to be stained by so called singers like Villazon "THE CLOWN", here I'm screaming "Voigt", the good for a laugh Alagna, the voiceless from the very beginning Meier, the totally at sea Stemme...... I'd go on and on. Save for Bartoli, there isn't one great artist operating on the lyric stage today.
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"Etnalleb", if you don't know nothing, then say nothing. Ludwig is not a tenor, but a mezzo-soprano. One more word on this forum, I'd kick the living daylight out of you the same way I did "tdeane34", "pedrinrj" and "jhgreenhorn".
You prove our point that you are a complete imbecile if your comparing Ludwig a mezzo to Corelli a Tenor. Ludwig didn't even make the top ten in HER perspective singing class.I might have worded it a bit hasty but i assumed every one knows Ludwig is a Mezzo .Keep on Dissing Corelli and your going to get your dumb ass buried by Opera goers who really thought of him(Corelli) lets be specific here so you dont get confused as the best and there are 10's of 1000's that do,
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Much the same way as "tdeane34", "Ethanlleb", is mudslinging, name-calling all that you're capable of? No wonder you and "tdeane34" enjoyed such a touching relationship, or could it be that "Etnalleb" and "tdeane34" are actually the same person? One needs to be more objective when asserting "so and so's" theses is moronic and groundless, or else what one have done (verbal abuse, insulting language) so far could make one seem like a illiterate, boorish, shall we say, imbecile.
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By the way, "Etnalleb", ditch that source from which you make the claim that Ludwig "didn't even make the top ten in HER perspective singing class". Whatever source, institution they are: proclaiming Ludwig is not one the greatest operatic singing artist of all time already diminish the validity of that source or the authority of that institution.
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'tdeane34", still doing the cry baby: "I haven't been defeated." routine. How immature. Again as I wrote in an earlier comment: "grow up". It's quite clear your cognitive faculty is not in equilibrium with the cerebral one.
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What doesn't make sense, "Tdeane34"? How many times do I have to remind you that you need to be more specific when trying to make a point. Remember, I ain't your teacher or chaperon.
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All this while I gave you the benefit of the doubt by assuming that you're young and because of that: extremely inexperienced in life as in anything else. But, "tdeame34", is traducing, calumniating all that you're capable of? One of life's most daunting task is growing up: meaning one has to be responsible for whatever one's done, good or bad. If you so insist to tread the easy path: the one of ignorance, bigotry, unreasonableness, irrationality, hatred,
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then, I'm afraid, you're heading for wretchedness. It's quite clear that you're still unable to apprehend what you've done with your life. It saddens me that another person has gone so wayward.
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Again as I wrote in an earlier post, "tdeane34", your intelligence,or more accurately your lack of it, at this stage is way too lowly, amorphous and inchoate to be my bandy opponent. I feel bad beating you again and again.
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At last, "tdeane34", you learned something from me, that is keeping relentless attack on your opponent on some specific front. Whereas I did it with class and distinction, you did it with all the savvy of a feeble mind who has yet to develop his/her cerebral and cognitive faculty.
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Life, life what, I mean, I mean you mean getting started, you mean serving time, I mean, in a nut house, you mean psychiatric ward. BANG. Patient: tdeane34 Age: Unsure (pending blood test) Gender: hermaphrodite Condition: psychosis Recommended for mandatory long term treatment until patient show signs that cerebral faculty is in equilibrium with empirical one.
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If anyone would like to make comparison, then compare Corelli to Bergonzi or Ludwig. Though hard as it is for a Corelli die-hard fan to say: Bergonzi or Ludwig in their respective ways are much greater operatic singing artists than Corelli has ever been.
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You know what, "tdeane34", not only by asserting that Bergonzi and ludwig were greater operatic singing artiststhan Corelli did not make me a "moron", it made me a better human being: one who is not deaf, blind, and dumb when faced with his/her favorite thing and people, one who is able to stay level headed, straight to the point, unbiased when discussing the pros and cons of anything, be they politics, science, philosophy or art.
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You need to be more eloquent, more articulate, more thorough in your assertion that "so and so"'s theses is moronic and groundless, or else what you have commented so far could make you seem like an illiterate, uneducated, boorish bigot, one who acts with the mentality of a compulsive, petulant teenager unable to controlling his/her emotion. It's quite obvious there's still a long way to go before you can engage in any kind of intelligent conversation with me.
I believe you meant bullocks, which means a young steer or a bull. Websters has no listing for bollock. If this person thought Bergonzi & Ludwig were better tenors than Corelli just say in plain English that he's a idiot and doesn't know what he's talking about. Corelli would totally out do both Bergonzi & Ludwig in every aspect of singing, Now Mario Del Monaco or Richard Tucker then you might have a debate who was better.
Ah ! I stand corrected... but in the American Websters there is no such word as bollock, and that i believe is what our friend Mannail was referring to. Dont waste your time with Mannail, he is obviously 1 of those high-brow purists who enjoys text-book singing rather than enjoying probably 1 of the greatest tenors of all time in Corelli. He is in the few minority who discredit Corelli as a great tenor, i would let it go,It's not worth carrying on a debate with a boof-ball.
Hah! Ok but next time he or any other less than kind person disses Corelli present them the facts. Number 1 Corelli was voted Tenor of the Century by both 'The Bel-Canto Society" a well respected fan base of ALL Opera singers and the Opera Fanatic members. Bergonzi and Ludwig didn't even make the top ten . Facts always work better than just name calling although any-one who says Bergonzi was a better tenor than Corelli is either deaf or just a simple plain idiot... i agree with you on that.
Grande! Grande! Grande! Poi sentite la reazione del pubblico del San Carlo? Si sente chiaramente gridare "SEI UN FENOMENO! SEI GRANDE FRANCO!" Il pubblico napoletano non e' nuovo a queste malfrenate emozioni. Io son di Napoli e lo so bene!
Un verdadero Maestro, un deleite para los oidos y un ejemplo a seguir para los cantantes líricos noveles y no tan noveles de hoy. Gracias por compartir esta joya.
Cuántos Bellos Recuerdos como éste,del Querido y Recordado Maestro FRANCO CORELLI, deben de haber sido filmados aunque más no sea por un instante, y...¡Tantos somos los que no tuvimos la oportunidad, de poderlos conocer y disfrutar!!!.
-¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!!!-
GRACIAS *Onegin65*por ser el único Capáz de Compartirlos, con el Mundo!!!.-
This is absolutely fantastic singing. By far the best Corelli has ever sang in my personal experience, both in terms of flowing cantilena, & musicality. The phrasing is very very familiar to me, - Franco has obviously spent much time listening to Caruso's version, the only one superior in voice & phrasing to this. Marvelous. I never thought I'd live to hear another tenor come so close to the great Enrico in this aria. If it had been bigger voiced, it could almost have been him.
Caruso e Corelli hanno in comune solo l'estensione da tenore ma il timbro delle loro voci è completamente diverso... non ha alcun senso paragonarli tra loro. E' come paragonare spaghetti e bucatini... sono entrambi due tipi di pasta lunga ma il paragone finisce lì.
Sono due tipi di tenore molto diversi tra loro, hanno in comune l'estensione e basta.
Uno (Corelli) è un tenore spiccatamente lirico, l'altro (Caruso) è un tenore chiaramente drammatico.
La differenza la fanno le note cd. "comode" in cui quel tipo di cantante si trova meglio; il lirico ha il registro "comodo" più acuto rispetto al drammatico; il tenore drammatico ha le difficoltà maggiori nel registro acuto, mentre il lirico ha le difficoltà maggiori nel registro grave.
Cambia insomma il repertorio di base... e a parità di repertorio si sentono le differenze.
Per intenderci, i tenori pucciniani sono generalmente drammatici, mentre i verdiani sono generalmente tenori lirici (anche nei cori). Rossini e Donizetti usano i tenori leggeri (tenori con voci sottili e generalmente ancora più estese verso il registro acuto dei lirici e dei lirici "spinti").
Non si possono fare questo tipo di distinzioni (a parte il fatto che il tenore drammatico, praticamente l'ha inventato Verdi !!) Corelli secondo molti era tenore drammatico, secondo altri lirico spinto.
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"pedrinrj", how clever you are by putting together Corelli and MDM, making it seem like they are on the same level, whereas the truth is the complete opposite; Corelli is a so much greater singer than MDM has ever been. It's like comparing Tebaldi to Callas: Callas attains height of greatness Tebaldi never knows exist.
Well, Corelli himself would desagree, since he used to call Del Monaco to discuss technique, and said himself that MDM has the most beautiful Bflat in history... just read Corelli's biography.
Remember that an opera singer is more than just a singer, and as much as i Love Corelli, on terms of acting and feeling, he was very poor, and MDM is an acting and performance legend.
Without doubt, on the same level, the same league.
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If Del Monaco is "an acting and performance legend", then Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, Hugh Grant, Keanu Reeves should already have won 15 to 20 OSCAR best acting awards between them. Obviously, you have little, if any, knowledge of aesthetic: the principle guiding anything that deals with artistic beauty, the generally acknowledged notions of good taste, the magnificent enactment of humanity through sounds, colors, forms, movements and other elements.
to pedrinrj, don't misquote corelli's recent biography just to prove a point. he called del monaco in the LATE 70'S AND 80'S to discuss technique, not during his career. in the time of both of their careers they were enemies. and the bflat comment was made about on of del monaco's early aria compilation records. and with acting and performance, any person worth their opera knowledge knows that a great dea comes from the music. was singing FFFFFFF 24/7 really worthy of "legend"? grow up, pedrinrj
I'm sorry but you are idiot....Tebaldi was better for longer that Callas...the voice was bigger also...not saying that Callas wasn't amazing because she was, however, the only reason why peole say what you just said is because of that unique timbre she had which is not a function of good technique I might add but just something that is unique to her that she was born with. Also it helps that she was drop dead gorgeeous....Callas was still very good though...superior to any soprano today by far.
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The Tebaldi and Callas debate first started more than fifty years ago, and that the general consensus has long been reached on who's the much greater one. So, anyone one who tries to revive a debate that never is is as idiotic as he/she is petulant. It's like comparing Pearl Buck to James Joyce: not only is it unnecessary, but downright laughable. Here, I am giving you, "jhgreenhorn" the benefit of the doubt by assuming you're a newbie to opera and that you're probably around the age of fifteen.
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By the way, your command of the English language is as poor as your mind is uninformed. So, there's still a long way to go before you can engage in any kind of intelligent conversation with me.
idiot I'm a student at UM...how the hell did I get in and stay in without having a command of the English language? However lazily I write a YouTube comment has nothing to do with the way I speak or write in an academic setting. Imbecile!
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Mommy dear,
Just another post to keep you up-dated on what's happening the last few days as you made me promise. Actually, nothing happened. Well, I did made an enemy with a youtuber by saying a singer by the name of Tebaldi is better than another called Callas, though in all honestly I don't who the heck are they and what did they sing, hope they're as hot as Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears. Back to the youtube quarrel thing, that tuber said Callas is hotter than Tebaldi.
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So I said the truth is the complete opposite. Since all I am good at is name calling, and that's what I did by cussing him/her an "idiot"and "imbecile". Mommy, please forgive me for using foul language. I promise I'll never show discourtesy to anyone again. But I couldn't control myself whenever I came into contact with people of the adult world, particularly someone who's kind of deep and well read. I was like, you know, blanked out, so I resorted to name calling.
¿Alguien me puede explicar porqué Paul Potts tiene mas admiradores que este tio? Es para revolverse en la tumba, para cortarse las venas, al ver como la gente aclamaba al señor Potts perdí toda la fe en la humanidad.
Por Dios Qué maravilla!!!!! adoro esta aria y adoro a Corelli!!!!!!.....Me pregunto qué haría ese público si escuchara a los tenores de juguete que dan vueltas por el mundo sin llegarle a Corelli ni a un centímetro de la suela del zapato!!!!!.....En todas partes y en todas las épocas se cuecen habas!!!!
GRACIAS MAESTRO POR HABER EXISTIDO Y HABERNOS DEJADO TESTIMONIOS COMO ESTE!!!!
Corelli and del Monaco had been booed ,Villazon pushes and cracks all the time ,his voice is ugly and throatty, ,his interpretations are nothing special,he is a grimace maker and people not only think he's great they even wear badges with his ugly face !God bless the admen and the image makers for their great work!
Corelli and Del Monaco were great, but I will not agree with your opinion on Villazon, who in my opinion at this time of opera is probably the best in his repertoire. i.e lyric roles
Purtroppo per noi che siamo ancora qui, sono chi prima chi dopo tuti saliti in cielo. Bastianini (morto nel 1967 a 44 anni), poi Christoff (nel 1993), Corelli (nel 2003). E per ultima anche la Tebaldi ci ha lasciato nel 2004.
La Forza del 1958 di Napoli è un documento che purtroppo ci può dare solo un'idea delle emozioni che in teatro trasmettevano Artisti con la A maiuscola.
L'interpretazione, la dinamica e la morbidezza negli acuti... Grazie Franco, grazie per averci commosso con la tua voce.
Corelli era un tenore eccezionale. Aveva voce potentissima, ma sapeva cantare piano, sapeva smorzare, aveva acuti facili e timbrati.Tutto questo si ottiene solo se si è in possesso di una straordinaria perizia tecnica.Questo tenore stava su un altro pianeta rispetto agli altri che eseguivano il suo repertorio, e che sfoggiavano voci grosse, morchiose e baritonali, canto stentoreo , acuti faticosi, legato precario e tecnica limitata. Su YouTube, si trovano molti esempi a riguardo.
clacks...no valid... MDM, Corelli could you make three of the best today a half of one of these... let's hear and have heavenb on Earth ..Di Stefano is among them now in Heaven and listening ...
Ma che diavolo andavano trovando quella sera al San Carlo? Proprio il caso di dire "margaritas ante porcos". Il recitativo è di una intensità e di una verità emotiva davvero commovente e il finale è un po' nervoso solo perchè probabilmente Corelli sentiva l'ambiente ostile e indifferente. Grande maestro ...il tuo pubblico è un altro.
sieglinde,you are right.corelli was the best in his time!del monaco was unintelligent as a singer!he damonstrated (really powerfull and beautifull)voice!
@Sieglinde84 You could be partially correct about DelMonaco.However MDM did a wonderful FORZA applying mezza voce & beautiful legato singing along with his usual impeccable phrasing and diction.In this particular opera i prefer MDM marginally over Corelli.In other operas i do prefer Corelli, marginally over Del Monaco.Enjoy
having been the victim of these claques in Spoleto many years ago, I can tell you they are not fun. However, I believe what I hear someone shouting from the audience is "un fenomeno" (a phenomenon). No matter, this is pure Corelli, the best in my opinion.
Italian opera has historically been affected by claques (thugs paid to applaud or boo), by politics, and by corruption. I believe Caruso was also booed in Naples, his native city, and never sang there again. Pavarotti was booed at La Scala. All the better for the Met!
You explain his amazing singing much better than I could. This audience's reaction is a complete surprise to me, I saw him many times (in the USA), and the audiences adored him.
As tehen says, the reaction of the Naples audience was hostile. Albert Innaurato, a reviewer for "The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video," said that they threw radishes onstage after Corelli and Bastianini sang 'Solenne in quest'ora' (one can read his review at the Belcanto Society website).
Imagine the response if a singer today made a debut sounding like this!
I never heard him sing live, but if the power and vivacity captured by this old recording are any indication, that huge, expressive voice must have truly filled the hall.
You can hear someone shout DelMonaco at the end and there are some boos. Corelli wasn't quite the star DelMonaco was at this point, although he was already 10 times the singer.
@tdeane34 I am a very supportive fan of both DelMonaco&Corelli.I do prefer one to the other in different operas.To say that Corelli was 10 times the singer MDM was. could be your opinion. but its simply not accurate.They both have many signature roles that thrilled audiences through the years.They both had great strong features in their voices and suttle faults for they are only human.My preference for one over the other is only marginable.Enjoy
@aristopus I can understand why you do feel that way& they are both my favorites.I preferCorelli in Turandot Chenier Tosca Trovatore.I prefer Mario D in Pagliacci, Carmen, Forza Aida. I saw Corelli LIVE in early 60s,in Trovatore, he was thrilling to say the least.I saw DelMonaco in 60s in Otello in concert form & he was a VOCAL phenomenon .Corelli sounds a little bigger on records than live.DelMonaco sounded better live than on records with a beautiful bronze qualitywith perfert diction&phrasing
I miei pelli arrivano fino al tetto ascoltando questo artista straordinario :).... Magari ce ne fossero oggi. Divino
peppelyrics 2 months ago
la cosa più incredibile di questo tenore è che si trova perfettamente a suo agio in tanto in ruoli drammatici come Alvaro o Radames, quanto nel belcanto puro di bellini (puritani, pirata). Questo è solo dovuto a una voce incredibile, con un registro acuto pazzesco, UN MIRACOLO! poi sapeva "filare" gli acuti come neanche di stefano sapeva fare.....l'unico difetto nei portamenti, l'unica nota di umanità!!!!!!
operfanpadova 3 months ago
No needless acting gestures, no facial contortions, just a truly legendary tenor rolling out these thrilling seamless lines of vocal beauty. Bravo Franco!
finetoonanimation 4 months ago
A lesson in getting maximum dramatic impact from very economical, even fairly short phrases. Respect to the master!
MrCodygrowe 4 months ago
Semplicemente strepitoso!!!
MrGipeto66 4 months ago
Corelli uno tra i più grandi tenori che abbiano calcato le scene. La sua interpretazione è vibrante di passione. La sua voce è unica ,irripetibile , entusiasma ed emoziona il pubblico e chi ora la riascolta.
MegaTessitore 6 months ago
Franco Corelli il Tenore per eccellenza. Ha saputo dare al pubblico emozioni ,entusiasmo ed amore per la lirica.Oggi riascoltare le sue interpretazioni è un bene per l'anima
MegaTessitore 8 months ago
Sentire la voce di Corelli é un vero e proprio orgasmo dell'anima. E' un canto così sincero, disteso, profondo ... quest'uomo é stato uno di quei pochissimi geni che sono riusciti ad andare oltre la semplice vocalità, a dire veramente qualcosa attraverso le proprie interpretazioni.
Qua Franco sprigiona una gioia fortissima attraverso una velata malinconia, un'amara nostalgia che si mischia ad una dolcezza indescrivibile. @AFelmejo quest'uomo era davvero un patrimonio per l'umanità...
Erovafrep 9 months ago 2
Che voce! Che voce! CHE VOCE!!
L'UNESCO avrebbe dovuto nominare patrimonio dell'umanità gli acuti di Corelli.
AFelmejo 9 months ago 3
¡¡¡QUE GRANDE, Y SIN EXAGERAR, EL MAS GRANDE DE TODOS!!! ESTILO UNI-
CO, PERSONALIDAD INDISCUTIBLE. REALMENTE UN GRANDE CON MAYUS-
CULAS. ¡¡¡HAY FRANCO QUE GRANDE Y MARAVILLOSO QUE ERES!!!
55werther 11 months ago
It's so wrong that they throw veggies at him. I don't think anyone could have sung that better!
condorice 1 year ago
Spero che la claque ostile di quella sera sia vissuta a lungo e abbia dovuto sorbirsi le miserabili fetecchie di cantanti che ci sono in giro oggi!
beignet58 1 year ago
Lo trovo sempre piuttosto lagnoso e dubitoso. Tecnicamente poco convincente nella prima ottava che risolve raccogliendo in modo strano. Portamenti espressivi terrificanti, ma in ogni caso un tenore incredibile, straordinario. Nella gestione del registro acuto un fenomeno.
arumtriphyllum79 1 year ago
@arumtriphyllum79 tu dovresti ascoltare cristina d'avena,e non la lirica dato che non ne capisci un tubo .!!!!ci vuole fegato per criticare corellli!!!e poi proprio in uno dei ruoli che piu gli si addice!!!! taci che ci fai piu figura!!!
alexanderpuritano 8 months ago
@arumtriphyllum79 Si è vero, se un tenore qualsiasi facesse i portamenti di cui qui (e non solo qui) si serve Corelli, non lo farebbero cantare nemmeno con Pupo ed Emanuele Filiberto. Ma proprio in questo sta il carisma di artisti assoluti come Corelli. Che pregi e difetti, lacune e prodezze, tutto viene rifuso in un qualcosa di artisticamente magico e compiuto.
bellinianodoc 8 months ago
@bellinianodoc per cortesia mi spieghi il motivo...io dico se ci fosse un tenore come franco Corelli gli farebbero fare qualsiasi cosa pur di sentirlo cantare...cosa ne pensa al riguardo...visto e considerato che le voci odierne solfeggiano e basta...senza dare il minimo impatto emotivo...grazie
giampierone010 1 month ago
Chaud !!!...
abracadabranque 1 year ago
it's almost not fair how well he performs this
ElSalvador50 1 year ago
BRAVO !!!
1Markofff 1 year ago
Thanks for posting!! Excellent video!!
orovalleydude 1 year ago
Querulo.
MegaParzifal 1 year ago
Bravo with big "B"
Robertirobbie 1 year ago
lesson in great singing!
hobo1975 1 year ago
hiyadroogs: finally somebody with real phisiological anderstanding of tha vocal production.
Tell this to the majority of voice teachers and they would say that you have no idea of what singing is.
Thay prefer the guru style of teaching as if the voice were alive inside our boby as a different entity.
Two ligaments, very small muscles, lungs and all the adjustements to make them work at their best.
pepeelsordo 1 year ago
His production sounds so very healthy at this point in his career.
Mooorhe 1 year ago
"vocal babble" on a comments page...how inappropriate. thanks for the enlightenment.
btsg 1 year ago
Tiene una increible voz y una técnica impecable, sin embargo nunca me gusto como canta, para esta opera prefiero escucharlo a Giacomini, delmonaco o Vickers
ezev8logos 1 year ago
Forget "Squilo" , "Ring" "Timbre" etc etc.
The word is, simply, THRILLING!!!
corellipavarotti 1 year ago
прекрасно.
Markofff1 1 year ago
i have often thought that , the peiod fron the late 1940,s to the mid 1970,s produced some of the finest opera singers that graced any stage or theatre !
one thing is absolutly certain Corelli was never underrated !
zzzed55 1 year ago 4
I first heard this magnificent voice and saw this gorgeous man in 1963. HE IS THE MOST UNDERRATED TENOR OF OUR TIME. Never a scandal, Loretta was always there for him. He was so humble with the great gift God gave him. Primo, Primo Tenore.
malfada22 2 years ago
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Mafalda...luckily Corelli was never underrated... He's one of the most popular tenors in history
Vendimi3 1 year ago 4
I just do not agree with you about that he is underrated...there are fools, deaf people... but that doesnt means that Corelli is or was underrated. May be today someone want to underrate him in order to "sale" nowday voices that are not like Corelli s voice.
aguacun 1 year ago
@malfada22 underrated? he was / is one of the most famous tenors of all time
calafsdream 1 year ago 2
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Why do you think F.C. is underrated? I think he is very well known and remebered.
Aetion 1 year ago
Fenomenale Corelli !
31122051 2 years ago 5
The very definition of what a great tenor is! It defies all the vocal babble about "ring", "compression" "open throat". A great voice, singing from the heart...touching our hearts.
julesrod 2 years ago 5
décors de pacotille, mise en scène existence, mais voilà arrive Franco Corelli et tout s'illumine.
Y a t'il un chanteur aussi mythique que lui au cours de la deuxième partie du deuxième siècle, je ne vois pas.
LYRIQUE13 2 years ago
Geez. What a stud!
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markgraysondumas 2 years ago
maniac 88-- don't read you. I am not here for you. i think kaufmann is trying to be corelli 2 with the throat thing--but is is much darker and grainy than FC--more tenors sing with the basic MDM tech. minus 20 db's.
btsg 2 years ago
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"btsg", "moorfan1" and "racheleleeba", just for the record, you might have successfully deleted my previous comments , but that doesn't mean what you did is right. All that you have accomplished is concrete proof that you trio are three spineless, gutless tubers who didn't dare to face me off.
mannail888 2 years ago
MDM and Franco--different placement choices=different sound and resonance variations --Franco sang with more emphasis on the wide/low throat , and MDM let the V go higher in the resonaters for more ring.
there are other things that made them different, unique....we will see how this posting is received...
btsg 2 years ago
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And by the way, "btsg", please enroll to a college, even a community one, to study vocal arts for at least three or four years before unloading any thing here. What you've written is as technically imperceptible as it's quintessentially incoherent. Please don't further embarrass yourself before the whole world and make a last-ditch effort at dignity.
mannail888 2 years ago
btsg: I think Del Monaco actually compressed his sound more than Correlli at the cords to create more ring. They both kept the same open throat. Remember Del Monaco sang much like Correlli before studying with Melocchi.
trem0lo 2 years ago
corelli i prefer. his voice has a strength and sympathy unequalled. the cords can make vibration and initial tone, but not ring--that would be created by placement and internal spacial conditions. like a string on a electric solid violin vs an acoustic-- it vibrates but not with any volume or res until it uses the sound enclosure and out the emission ports.
i am impressed with your comment.
keep thinking, it is contagious...
are you a singer?
btsg 2 years ago
@btsg The cords alone make ring, & all the other qualities of voice. The throat, chest, & head cavities only dampen the quality being emitted. You cannot amplify any sound using fleshy wet surfaces, otherwise trumpets would be made out of sponge! The entrance to the sinus cavities are no bigger than a pin head, & the lungs have all the sound projecting qualities of a bag of wet wool. This is WHY singers spend 7 years fine tuning the balance of the vocal cords to find maximum resonance.
hiyadroogs 1 year ago 2
@hiyadroogs that is not perfectly right. The ton has to come out around the corner (you have to visualise this on the picture) ? So it has to ricochet at the pallet or even more ( tongue ect.). How the tongue postion is, is therefor very important, because it changes the degree of the outcome. If the back of the tongue is in the right position (and this is quite high, it makes the tone becoming very rich on overtones. Like you press the end of the waterhose and make outtrance smaller, it schoots
tomaszdz 1 year ago
@tomaszdz If what you state about the tongue were the case, then a Stradivarius would sound just as beautiful in the hands of an inept novice, because the quality of the resonator box is unchanged, & retains its full potential. A trumpet would be just as resonant & clear toned if the trumpeter did not know how to shape & buzz his lips with precision at the mouthpiece. The voice is no different, & like the former examples, creates its quality & resonant power at the source of sound, the cords.
hiyadroogs 1 year ago
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@hiyadroogs that is not perfectly right. The ton has to come out around the corner (you have to visualise this on the picture) ? So it has to ricochet at the pallet or even more ( tongue ect.). How the tongue postion is, is therefor very important, because it changes the degree of the outcome. If the back of the tongue is in the right position (and this is quite high, it makes the tone becoming very rich on overtones. Like you press the end of the waterhose and make outtrance smaller, it schoots
tomaszdz 1 year ago
@hiyadroogs
tomaszdz 1 year ago
I have an idea. How about the original poster of this video delete all the comments associated with both mannail888 and tdeane34...meaningless and silly drivel from both of them.
The glory of Corelli is all that is important in this video.
moorfan1 2 years ago 10
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"moorfan1", is your butt a bit aching that needs someone to kick it into shape? If so, I'd more than willing to give you a taste of what "pedrinrj", "jhgreenhorn", "Etnalleb",and "tdenne34" have gotten.
mannail888 2 years ago
begone, internet troll. Focus on Corelli...
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Every one here is not "not focusing" on Corelli. It just so happened that it's "tdeane34" who drew the first blood on mannail888 by calling mannail888 a "bollock", "moron", "douche bag" and telling mannail888 to fuck off. I was driven to do what I had to do. It wasn't like I had a choice.
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racheleleeba 2 years ago
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Yes, please! "racheleleeba", a echoing parrot doesn't belong here either.
mannail888 2 years ago
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racheleleeba 2 years ago
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I'd rather opera not flourish at all if it continues to be stained by so called singers like Villazon "THE CLOWN", here I'm screaming "Voigt", the good for a laugh Alagna, the voiceless from the very beginning Meier, the totally at sea Stemme...... I'd go on and on. Save for Bartoli, there isn't one great artist operating on the lyric stage today.
mannail888 2 years ago
So grand of you Mannail, with people like you,no wonder, opera does not grow faster today.
mezzo1945 2 years ago
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"Etnalleb", if you don't know nothing, then say nothing. Ludwig is not a tenor, but a mezzo-soprano. One more word on this forum, I'd kick the living daylight out of you the same way I did "tdeane34", "pedrinrj" and "jhgreenhorn".
mannail888 2 years ago
You prove our point that you are a complete imbecile if your comparing Ludwig a mezzo to Corelli a Tenor. Ludwig didn't even make the top ten in HER perspective singing class.I might have worded it a bit hasty but i assumed every one knows Ludwig is a Mezzo .Keep on Dissing Corelli and your going to get your dumb ass buried by Opera goers who really thought of him(Corelli) lets be specific here so you dont get confused as the best and there are 10's of 1000's that do,
Etnalleb 2 years ago
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Much the same way as "tdeane34", "Ethanlleb", is mudslinging, name-calling all that you're capable of? No wonder you and "tdeane34" enjoyed such a touching relationship, or could it be that "Etnalleb" and "tdeane34" are actually the same person? One needs to be more objective when asserting "so and so's" theses is moronic and groundless, or else what one have done (verbal abuse, insulting language) so far could make one seem like a illiterate, boorish, shall we say, imbecile.
mannail888 2 years ago
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By the way, "Etnalleb", ditch that source from which you make the claim that Ludwig "didn't even make the top ten in HER perspective singing class". Whatever source, institution they are: proclaiming Ludwig is not one the greatest operatic singing artist of all time already diminish the validity of that source or the authority of that institution.
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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'tdeane34", still doing the cry baby: "I haven't been defeated." routine. How immature. Again as I wrote in an earlier comment: "grow up". It's quite clear your cognitive faculty is not in equilibrium with the cerebral one.
mannail888 2 years ago
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Your erroneous perception of reality easily bear that out.
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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What doesn't make sense, "Tdeane34"? How many times do I have to remind you that you need to be more specific when trying to make a point. Remember, I ain't your teacher or chaperon.
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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All this while I gave you the benefit of the doubt by assuming that you're young and because of that: extremely inexperienced in life as in anything else. But, "tdeame34", is traducing, calumniating all that you're capable of? One of life's most daunting task is growing up: meaning one has to be responsible for whatever one's done, good or bad. If you so insist to tread the easy path: the one of ignorance, bigotry, unreasonableness, irrationality, hatred,
mannail888 2 years ago
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then, I'm afraid, you're heading for wretchedness. It's quite clear that you're still unable to apprehend what you've done with your life. It saddens me that another person has gone so wayward.
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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Again as I wrote in an earlier post, "tdeane34", your intelligence,or more accurately your lack of it, at this stage is way too lowly, amorphous and inchoate to be my bandy opponent. I feel bad beating you again and again.
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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At last, "tdeane34", you learned something from me, that is keeping relentless attack on your opponent on some specific front. Whereas I did it with class and distinction, you did it with all the savvy of a feeble mind who has yet to develop his/her cerebral and cognitive faculty.
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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But I ain't done with you.
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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Life, life what, I mean, I mean you mean getting started, you mean serving time, I mean, in a nut house, you mean psychiatric ward. BANG. Patient: tdeane34 Age: Unsure (pending blood test) Gender: hermaphrodite Condition: psychosis Recommended for mandatory long term treatment until patient show signs that cerebral faculty is in equilibrium with empirical one.
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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Not provoked, wow!
mannail888 2 years ago
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If anyone would like to make comparison, then compare Corelli to Bergonzi or Ludwig. Though hard as it is for a Corelli die-hard fan to say: Bergonzi or Ludwig in their respective ways are much greater operatic singing artists than Corelli has ever been.
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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Don't invent word that doesn't exist, "tdeane34".
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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"tdeane34", you have to be more specific
mannail888 2 years ago
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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You know what, "tdeane34", not only by asserting that Bergonzi and ludwig were greater operatic singing artiststhan Corelli did not make me a "moron", it made me a better human being: one who is not deaf, blind, and dumb when faced with his/her favorite thing and people, one who is able to stay level headed, straight to the point, unbiased when discussing the pros and cons of anything, be they politics, science, philosophy or art.
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tdeane34 2 years ago
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You need to be more eloquent, more articulate, more thorough in your assertion that "so and so"'s theses is moronic and groundless, or else what you have commented so far could make you seem like an illiterate, uneducated, boorish bigot, one who acts with the mentality of a compulsive, petulant teenager unable to controlling his/her emotion. It's quite obvious there's still a long way to go before you can engage in any kind of intelligent conversation with me.
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tdeane34 2 years ago
I believe you meant bullocks, which means a young steer or a bull. Websters has no listing for bollock. If this person thought Bergonzi & Ludwig were better tenors than Corelli just say in plain English that he's a idiot and doesn't know what he's talking about. Corelli would totally out do both Bergonzi & Ludwig in every aspect of singing, Now Mario Del Monaco or Richard Tucker then you might have a debate who was better.
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tdeane34 2 years ago
Ah ! I stand corrected... but in the American Websters there is no such word as bollock, and that i believe is what our friend Mannail was referring to. Dont waste your time with Mannail, he is obviously 1 of those high-brow purists who enjoys text-book singing rather than enjoying probably 1 of the greatest tenors of all time in Corelli. He is in the few minority who discredit Corelli as a great tenor, i would let it go,It's not worth carrying on a debate with a boof-ball.
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tdeane34 2 years ago
Hah! Ok but next time he or any other less than kind person disses Corelli present them the facts. Number 1 Corelli was voted Tenor of the Century by both 'The Bel-Canto Society" a well respected fan base of ALL Opera singers and the Opera Fanatic members. Bergonzi and Ludwig didn't even make the top ten . Facts always work better than just name calling although any-one who says Bergonzi was a better tenor than Corelli is either deaf or just a simple plain idiot... i agree with you on that.
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mannail888 2 years ago
seriously, why the hell is anyone comparing caruso and corelli? there's no comparison.
JuillHope17 2 years ago
Grande! Grande! Grande! Poi sentite la reazione del pubblico del San Carlo? Si sente chiaramente gridare "SEI UN FENOMENO! SEI GRANDE FRANCO!" Il pubblico napoletano non e' nuovo a queste malfrenate emozioni. Io son di Napoli e lo so bene!
canneloroeiacovuccio 2 years ago
Un verdadero Maestro, un deleite para los oidos y un ejemplo a seguir para los cantantes líricos noveles y no tan noveles de hoy. Gracias por compartir esta joya.
Agrimonio 3 years ago
emozione allo stato puro GRANDE CORELLI!!!
amorevecchiarai 3 years ago
He's simply in a class of his own here. "Magnificent" would be a coarse understatement.
MusicMyInspiration 3 years ago 4
Cuántos Bellos Recuerdos como éste,del Querido y Recordado Maestro FRANCO CORELLI, deben de haber sido filmados aunque más no sea por un instante, y...¡Tantos somos los que no tuvimos la oportunidad, de poderlos conocer y disfrutar!!!.
-¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!!!-
GRACIAS *Onegin65*por ser el único Capáz de Compartirlos, con el Mundo!!!.-
laonirica 3 years ago
The best evermore tenor Corelli!
v3nka 3 years ago 4
All there is to say is... "all bow to the king".
Never in the history of operarecordings has there been a tenorvoice to match the voice of Franco Corelli.
magnus112 3 years ago 5
This is absolutely fantastic singing. By far the best Corelli has ever sang in my personal experience, both in terms of flowing cantilena, & musicality. The phrasing is very very familiar to me, - Franco has obviously spent much time listening to Caruso's version, the only one superior in voice & phrasing to this. Marvelous. I never thought I'd live to hear another tenor come so close to the great Enrico in this aria. If it had been bigger voiced, it could almost have been him.
hiyadroogs 3 years ago 6
Except Caruso.
phantom4087 3 years ago
Except Caruso cosa ??? Caruso non può nemmeno essere paragonato a Corelli !!!! Caruso al giorno d'oggi farebbe ridere !
Nemorino11 2 years ago
Viva Caruso!!!!
phantom4087 2 years ago
Si, si, tientelo pure e buonanotte !
Nemorino11 2 years ago
Caruso e Corelli hanno in comune solo l'estensione da tenore ma il timbro delle loro voci è completamente diverso... non ha alcun senso paragonarli tra loro. E' come paragonare spaghetti e bucatini... sono entrambi due tipi di pasta lunga ma il paragone finisce lì.
cayman228 2 years ago
Guarda che l'ho già detto io che non possono essere paragonati !! Ma non per la ragione che dici tu, che sinceramente mi sembra assurda.
Nemorino11 2 years ago
Sono due tipi di tenore molto diversi tra loro, hanno in comune l'estensione e basta.
Uno (Corelli) è un tenore spiccatamente lirico, l'altro (Caruso) è un tenore chiaramente drammatico.
La differenza la fanno le note cd. "comode" in cui quel tipo di cantante si trova meglio; il lirico ha il registro "comodo" più acuto rispetto al drammatico; il tenore drammatico ha le difficoltà maggiori nel registro acuto, mentre il lirico ha le difficoltà maggiori nel registro grave.
cayman228 2 years ago
Cambia insomma il repertorio di base... e a parità di repertorio si sentono le differenze.
Per intenderci, i tenori pucciniani sono generalmente drammatici, mentre i verdiani sono generalmente tenori lirici (anche nei cori). Rossini e Donizetti usano i tenori leggeri (tenori con voci sottili e generalmente ancora più estese verso il registro acuto dei lirici e dei lirici "spinti").
cayman228 2 years ago
Sono tutti tenori nel senso che l'estensione è sempre Do2-Do4... cambia la tessitura e quindi le note "comode". ^^
cayman228 2 years ago
Non si possono fare questo tipo di distinzioni (a parte il fatto che il tenore drammatico, praticamente l'ha inventato Verdi !!) Corelli secondo molti era tenore drammatico, secondo altri lirico spinto.
Nemorino11 2 years ago
The definitive live version. Unmached.
And people, please, stop comparing the new tenors with Corelli and MDM. It´s just not the same subject.
A simple phrase that resumes this kind of discussion; "The worst of Corelli and MDM is better than the best of the new tenors."
And that´s it.
pedrinrj 3 years ago 13
Yep.
sirenadellopera 3 years ago
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"pedrinrj", how clever you are by putting together Corelli and MDM, making it seem like they are on the same level, whereas the truth is the complete opposite; Corelli is a so much greater singer than MDM has ever been. It's like comparing Tebaldi to Callas: Callas attains height of greatness Tebaldi never knows exist.
mannail888 2 years ago
Not in the same level?
Well, Corelli himself would desagree, since he used to call Del Monaco to discuss technique, and said himself that MDM has the most beautiful Bflat in history... just read Corelli's biography.
Remember that an opera singer is more than just a singer, and as much as i Love Corelli, on terms of acting and feeling, he was very poor, and MDM is an acting and performance legend.
Without doubt, on the same level, the same league.
pedrinrj 2 years ago
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If Del Monaco is "an acting and performance legend", then Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, Hugh Grant, Keanu Reeves should already have won 15 to 20 OSCAR best acting awards between them. Obviously, you have little, if any, knowledge of aesthetic: the principle guiding anything that deals with artistic beauty, the generally acknowledged notions of good taste, the magnificent enactment of humanity through sounds, colors, forms, movements and other elements.
mannail888 2 years ago
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BY the way, Obama also pays tribute to George W.Bush, does that mean anything to you.
mannail888 2 years ago
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"pedrinrj", sober up, face up to the fact. You could compare Del Monaco to Tebaldi, but never to the distinguished Corelli.
mannail888 2 years ago
to pedrinrj, don't misquote corelli's recent biography just to prove a point. he called del monaco in the LATE 70'S AND 80'S to discuss technique, not during his career. in the time of both of their careers they were enemies. and the bflat comment was made about on of del monaco's early aria compilation records. and with acting and performance, any person worth their opera knowledge knows that a great dea comes from the music. was singing FFFFFFF 24/7 really worthy of "legend"? grow up, pedrinrj
JuillHope17 2 years ago
I'm sorry but you are idiot....Tebaldi was better for longer that Callas...the voice was bigger also...not saying that Callas wasn't amazing because she was, however, the only reason why peole say what you just said is because of that unique timbre she had which is not a function of good technique I might add but just something that is unique to her that she was born with. Also it helps that she was drop dead gorgeeous....Callas was still very good though...superior to any soprano today by far.
jhgreenhorn 2 years ago
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The Tebaldi and Callas debate first started more than fifty years ago, and that the general consensus has long been reached on who's the much greater one. So, anyone one who tries to revive a debate that never is is as idiotic as he/she is petulant. It's like comparing Pearl Buck to James Joyce: not only is it unnecessary, but downright laughable. Here, I am giving you, "jhgreenhorn" the benefit of the doubt by assuming you're a newbie to opera and that you're probably around the age of fifteen.
mannail888 2 years ago
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By the way, your command of the English language is as poor as your mind is uninformed. So, there's still a long way to go before you can engage in any kind of intelligent conversation with me.
mannail888 2 years ago
idiot I'm a student at UM...how the hell did I get in and stay in without having a command of the English language? However lazily I write a YouTube comment has nothing to do with the way I speak or write in an academic setting. Imbecile!
jhgreenhorn 2 years ago
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Mommy dear,
Just another post to keep you up-dated on what's happening the last few days as you made me promise. Actually, nothing happened. Well, I did made an enemy with a youtuber by saying a singer by the name of Tebaldi is better than another called Callas, though in all honestly I don't who the heck are they and what did they sing, hope they're as hot as Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears. Back to the youtube quarrel thing, that tuber said Callas is hotter than Tebaldi.
mannail888 2 years ago
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So I said the truth is the complete opposite. Since all I am good at is name calling, and that's what I did by cussing him/her an "idiot"and "imbecile". Mommy, please forgive me for using foul language. I promise I'll never show discourtesy to anyone again. But I couldn't control myself whenever I came into contact with people of the adult world, particularly someone who's kind of deep and well read. I was like, you know, blanked out, so I resorted to name calling.
Your favorite, jhgreenhorn
mannail888 2 years ago
¿Alguien me puede explicar porqué Paul Potts tiene mas admiradores que este tio? Es para revolverse en la tumba, para cortarse las venas, al ver como la gente aclamaba al señor Potts perdí toda la fe en la humanidad.
Beathame88 3 years ago
Publicidad.
fabrizzzio48 3 years ago
Por Dios Qué maravilla!!!!! adoro esta aria y adoro a Corelli!!!!!!.....Me pregunto qué haría ese público si escuchara a los tenores de juguete que dan vueltas por el mundo sin llegarle a Corelli ni a un centímetro de la suela del zapato!!!!!.....En todas partes y en todas las épocas se cuecen habas!!!!
GRACIAS MAESTRO POR HABER EXISTIDO Y HABERNOS DEJADO TESTIMONIOS COMO ESTE!!!!
giugiamira 3 years ago 2
Amen!
ivansperanza 3 years ago
Corelli and del Monaco had been booed ,Villazon pushes and cracks all the time ,his voice is ugly and throatty, ,his interpretations are nothing special,he is a grimace maker and people not only think he's great they even wear badges with his ugly face !God bless the admen and the image makers for their great work!
tonyantony 3 years ago 5
bloody hell, well said my friend.
motherussia 3 years ago 3
Corelli and Del Monaco were great, but I will not agree with your opinion on Villazon, who in my opinion at this time of opera is probably the best in his repertoire. i.e lyric roles
djtsinopoulos 3 years ago
Villazon chi?? Ma fammi il piacere, quel cantantino, che quando canta sembra che vomiti !!!!
Nemorino11 2 years ago
Mamma mia! Dove sono stati, i cantanti cosi? E vero; era un mondo a se.
tenortobe 3 years ago 4
Purtroppo per noi che siamo ancora qui, sono chi prima chi dopo tuti saliti in cielo. Bastianini (morto nel 1967 a 44 anni), poi Christoff (nel 1993), Corelli (nel 2003). E per ultima anche la Tebaldi ci ha lasciato nel 2004.
La Forza del 1958 di Napoli è un documento che purtroppo ci può dare solo un'idea delle emozioni che in teatro trasmettevano Artisti con la A maiuscola.
L'interpretazione, la dinamica e la morbidezza negli acuti... Grazie Franco, grazie per averci commosso con la tua voce.
cayman228 3 years ago 5
Corelli era un tenore eccezionale. Aveva voce potentissima, ma sapeva cantare piano, sapeva smorzare, aveva acuti facili e timbrati.Tutto questo si ottiene solo se si è in possesso di una straordinaria perizia tecnica.Questo tenore stava su un altro pianeta rispetto agli altri che eseguivano il suo repertorio, e che sfoggiavano voci grosse, morchiose e baritonali, canto stentoreo , acuti faticosi, legato precario e tecnica limitata. Su YouTube, si trovano molti esempi a riguardo.
hizan06 3 years ago 7
clacks...no valid... MDM, Corelli could you make three of the best today a half of one of these... let's hear and have heavenb on Earth ..Di Stefano is among them now in Heaven and listening ...
egymagyar1111111 3 years ago
Ma che diavolo andavano trovando quella sera al San Carlo? Proprio il caso di dire "margaritas ante porcos". Il recitativo è di una intensità e di una verità emotiva davvero commovente e il finale è un po' nervoso solo perchè probabilmente Corelli sentiva l'ambiente ostile e indifferente. Grande maestro ...il tuo pubblico è un altro.
bellinianodoc 4 years ago 3
Fantastic. The perfect Alvaro.
Del Monaco was a shouting heroic tenor. Corelli had much more noble voice.
Sieglinde84 4 years ago 12
sieglinde,you are right.corelli was the best in his time!del monaco was unintelligent as a singer!he damonstrated (really powerfull and beautifull)voice!
jorjikia 4 years ago
@Sieglinde84 You could be partially correct about DelMonaco.However MDM did a wonderful FORZA applying mezza voce & beautiful legato singing along with his usual impeccable phrasing and diction.In this particular opera i prefer MDM marginally over Corelli.In other operas i do prefer Corelli, marginally over Del Monaco.Enjoy
sugarbist 11 months ago
Amazing.
emiliano52 4 years ago
having been the victim of these claques in Spoleto many years ago, I can tell you they are not fun. However, I believe what I hear someone shouting from the audience is "un fenomeno" (a phenomenon). No matter, this is pure Corelli, the best in my opinion.
corelli2 4 years ago 2
You're right, they shout un fenomeno.
tdeane34 3 years ago
Italian opera has historically been affected by claques (thugs paid to applaud or boo), by politics, and by corruption. I believe Caruso was also booed in Naples, his native city, and never sang there again. Pavarotti was booed at La Scala. All the better for the Met!
Samurai9 4 years ago 2
You explain his amazing singing much better than I could. This audience's reaction is a complete surprise to me, I saw him many times (in the USA), and the audiences adored him.
raythespian 4 years ago
As tehen says, the reaction of the Naples audience was hostile. Albert Innaurato, a reviewer for "The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Opera on Video," said that they threw radishes onstage after Corelli and Bastianini sang 'Solenne in quest'ora' (one can read his review at the Belcanto Society website).
poivriere 4 years ago
How can an audience react in this way to such a superbly sung aria? Beyond belief! Waht an amazing voice and presence!
siegmund80 4 years ago 4
This was his debut in the role, and the audience of Naples was extremely hostile towards him and Bastianini during the whole performance.
tehen162 4 years ago 3
Imagine the response if a singer today made a debut sounding like this!
I never heard him sing live, but if the power and vivacity captured by this old recording are any indication, that huge, expressive voice must have truly filled the hall.
poivriere 4 years ago
You can hear someone shout DelMonaco at the end and there are some boos. Corelli wasn't quite the star DelMonaco was at this point, although he was already 10 times the singer.
tdeane34 4 years ago 3
@tdeane34 I am a very supportive fan of both DelMonaco&Corelli.I do prefer one to the other in different operas.To say that Corelli was 10 times the singer MDM was. could be your opinion. but its simply not accurate.They both have many signature roles that thrilled audiences through the years.They both had great strong features in their voices and suttle faults for they are only human.My preference for one over the other is only marginable.Enjoy
sugarbist 11 months ago
@sugarbist Guiseppi DelMonaco was good but not in the same league as Franco Corelli.
Sorry.
No dice.
aristopus 7 months ago in playlist Great Opera Performances--Excerpts
@aristopus I can understand why you do feel that way& they are both my favorites.I preferCorelli in Turandot Chenier Tosca Trovatore.I prefer Mario D in Pagliacci, Carmen, Forza Aida. I saw Corelli LIVE in early 60s,in Trovatore, he was thrilling to say the least.I saw DelMonaco in 60s in Otello in concert form & he was a VOCAL phenomenon .Corelli sounds a little bigger on records than live.DelMonaco sounded better live than on records with a beautiful bronze qualitywith perfert diction&phrasing
sugarbist 7 months ago
Simply BEAUTIFUL !
judymaster 4 years ago
Perfezione lirica
EvaHartwig 4 years ago 3
ESPLENDIDO!!!!!!!!!!!
Gerardeus 4 years ago 2