Franco Corelli and Mirella Freni in Carmen

[jraketa]

It is hard to believe Corelli is around 50 here, he looks so young!!

[lukiavik]

Corelli è stato un grandissimo Don Josè, senza ombra di dubbio, ma questo è un playback....

[Miauriceful]

@lukiavik

Tutte le produzioni televisive in studio sono in playback.

[donerlich]

Jeez, imagine having sung with tenors like Corelli AND Pavarotti!

[kkntoby]

Is it from a complete Carmen? How can I find it?

[Largo64]

@kkntoby There's an old hi-fi recording of this cast, with Leyontine Price as Carmen, on 33 1/3 platters. I lost mine in a move years ago, but someone on eBay might have it. This was just too beautiful!

[GUGLIELMOBRAVO]

they are music "themselve's"!!!in them lives music!!!music become's "music" when it's played or sung from someone!!!and here this two great singer's are "making" the highest art of music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[giomarci]

Bravissimi...grande stile .... veri Cantanti lirici...sento che siano proprio cantanti d'altri tempi....non c'e niente da fare...questi duetti non le sentiamo piu'.

[reconditearmonie]

Grandi entrambi.

[Trudetenor]

they are wonderful. Singing at it`s best!

[mannadalcielo]

Young Freni sounds so fresh and looks beautiful!!! Amazing thing is that she's kept this fresh and clear sound for another 40 years!!! Bless them!

[aahhhshaddap]

and then he took her backstage and totally nailed her brah!

[joelweisberg]

We know Corelli was a God on earth.

And look at a Godess here in La bella Freni. To have her hold me close and sing in my ear would beat anything!

Bless them both and God for giving them these voices.

[xjavierss]

Franco Corelli MARAVILLOSO !!!!!!, la Freni tambien desde luego.

[bloydaage]

please tehen162, if you can, will you put on the entire ending, where their voices fades out and the orchestra goes on. Its just adorable

[ponXoX123]

Con esa hermosa voz, que tanta criticas le hacen al Gran Franco Corelli, son unos siuticos que desean hacerse notar como cultos?, ridiculos .

[evita010]

Franco Corelli no me gusta pero Mirella Freni es maravillosa!

[tenli8]

I have the hugest crush on Mirella Freni!

[goldie0800]

Charming, lovely voices, so inspiring! Reget the cutoff at the end thought. But this is Corelli! Pleased to have whatever we can of his voice for posterity.

[eyestrained07]

gah. I have no words to describe how I feel while I listened to them. Corelli's voice in particular...how can a man have so much vocal power but exhibit so much restraint. It's mind-boggling. A miracle voice and singer.

[marmotchen]

una Micaela così è insuperabile secondo me :)

[Angeltots]

wow~ me likey~ ^^

[neronnenn]

Fantastici

[bloydaage]

Oh, there are some lines here that are outstanding. A bit shame that the last phrase is cut of, beacause its so beautiful when they sustain when the melody in the orchestra plays on

[wolkowy1]

Marvelous duo revealed in an intimate scene. Bravi!

[darragh21]

I like Corelli's Boheme IF he has colleagues with voices in the large range & therefore balanced with his. But, if not, yes, he's a fish out of water...

[Largo64]

This was wonderful, except it cut off before the last note was finished!

[akattara]

I remember Freni's best Micaela in the Carmen recording conducted by Karajan.

Nobody posted that version of Micaela.

I founded at that time the ideal voice and interpretation.

Lyric and simple.

I think it must have been recorded in the same period than this one.

[holidaysinsweden]

This is the Karajan version, actually!

[3tristan]

The Karajan version is also here in youtube (with Jon Vickers, Grace Bumbry and Mirella Freni, Salzburger Festspiele 1967) You can buy it on DVD. For me the best production ever. Only pity that Karajan shortened the Final of the opera and at the beginning of the second act used music from the Arlesiène-suite, also from Bizet.

[akattara]

Thank you

[AleBro83]

due voci meravigliose ......

[holidaysinsweden]

'Carmen' was my first opera encounter, and this recording was the first one I had (or rather my parents) and I've never stopped listening to it since! To me, it's unsurpassed bliss.

[tusepagliacco]

(Big Sigh) Why is this stuff so beautiful :D

[tenorismo]

James McCRacken , and Adrianna Malapointe do a wonderfull job of this duet in the Bernstiene recording.

[skubidak]

1) Corelli + Freni

2) Domingo + Gheorgiu

3) Domingo+Ashem

[55patri]

Me gusta más como Don José, Placido Domingo que Corelli, aunque éste también me gusta. Freni sensacional

[pearlmuth3]

Corelli did the role in Chicago in his prime 1960's and was very fine in the role but not as good in Boheme, too light for his voice.

[Reinaldo146]

These two are soo explosive, so impressive and with such fine tuned and powerful instruments. You listen to these voices in top form and you wonder how can anybody have better voices? What would a "better" instrument than Corelli's or Mirella's sound like? I just cannot imagine that. The voice, please, just the voice...

[delmonaco74]

What? Corelli tenía una maravillosa voz y los papeles de Calaf, Radames y Manrrico le venían como anillo al dedo. En cuanto a papeles como Rodolfo, Maurizio, El duque, no se le daban. Pero la ópera francesa es distinta (muy distinta) a la ópera italiana. La pésima pronunciación del francés de Corelli y su desconocimiento de la lirica francesa hicieron un fiasco los roles franceses de este tenor (Don José, Werther y fausto). Para interpretar ópera francesa no basta con tener bella voz.

[Reinaldo146]

OK, partly right:

All singers have their strengths and weaknesses and Corelli's Boheme was like a fish out of water for him. And the only language he could pronounce was Italian. And, yes, if you ask Mirella to sing Cecilia's repertoire, she'll probably lose. And if you ask Cecilia to better Mirella's "Tu, tu, mio piccolo Iddio" she, too, would be like a fish on the Sahara... get my point? What I'm referring to is the uniqueness of their perfectly clean explosions, which have no equal.

[delmonaco74]

What? Corelli tenía una maravillosa voz y los papeles de Calaf, Radames y Manrrico le venían como anillo al dedo. En cuanto a papeles como Rodolfo, Maurizio, El duque, no se le daban. Pero la ópera francesa es distinta (muy distinta) a la ópera italiana. La pésima pronunciación del francés de Corelli y su desconocimiento de la lirica francesa hicieron un fiasco los roles franceses de este tenor (Don José, Werther y fausto). Para interpretar ópera francesa no basta con tener bella voz.

[raythespian]

I saw Corelli in this role with Marilyn Horne, before she became famous. She was a plump Carmen and sang beautifully.

Most tenors sing the final phrases of this duet in falsetto, but Corelli sang them out full and held the final G forever. It was his night. He was the last to bow and the audience went wild.

[qklq42]

Finalmente !

Freni is a beautiful Machaela and that she is not the Carmen. So many sopranos made the mistake to want to sing Carmen: think of Rosa Ponselle, Maria Callas and even

mrs. Georgiu.

Its a beautiful couple.

Hans NL

[chriggsiii]

I seriously doubt this was from 1970. The voice is just too good, and Corelli had stopped making his yearly studio recordings after '68 because his voice was no longer in top shape.

Not only that; Freni and Corelli recorded this complete, with Leontyne Price as Carmen, in 64. So it's more likely that this was lip-synched to the 64 recording (yes, Corelli did that on occasion later in life).

[drdre333]

It definitely is lipsynched... whether it's from the 60's recording or not. That's an excellent recording too... horrible accents aside.

[mermodfreres]

Ditto -- it's definitely lip synched. It's the 1964-ish version with Price as well as Merrill.

[kvagga1]

How great they look together!!

[Orbazzano]

Due Giganti!!!!

[pedoni5]

These are the roles for Mirella Freni, Micaela, Zerlina, Adina, Susanna, she should never stayed away from them.

[Orbazzano]

certo certo...come no...

[kmillard]

Oh please! Name me ONE Soprano that's ever achieved lasting fame by singing just Adina, Zerlina, and Sisanna their whole careers. The world would have been deprived of her magnificent Desdemona, Marguerite, Elizabetta, and of course Mimi.

[pedoni5]

Mirella Freni was well established in the whole '60s Nanetta, Zerlina, Susanna, Micaela.

Her passing to lirico-spinto parts was a lie.

Desdemona is a role bigger than Freni in all sense, voice and temperament.Not to mention Elisabetta and her lonely Aida perf she was "Adina in Egitto", she defrauded singing those roles, also Adriana, Manon lescaut, etc

[pedoni5]

apart she had no the vocal endowments for dramatic roles, she had no stage presence for those dramatic roles.Can't be an Adriana whose height is 1,55 m

[MagdaOperaLover]

Really amazing duet. On of the best Don Jose in history.

[marokt]

The best.

Better than Domingo.

[poivriere]

This is lovely, tehen! Corelli is in great voice. It was filmed in 1970, you say? Was von Karajan the conductor?

[tehen162]

Yes, he was.