Franco Corelli sings Nessun Dorma (vaimusic.com)

[777PerfectDark]

Bravi,Franco,Bravíssimo!

[sabbath7081]

the best deep high voice ive ever heard, wish i could hear it from 5 feet away, but he is dead.

[CuteMcBeauty]

Oh GOD, he's so beautiful.... Singing like that and looking like that!! Il piu bello, carisimo maestro!!!!

[babystinky]

This is amazing. Also, check this out; Type the following in Youtube;

FRANCO CORELLI "Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma...Tu pure, o Principessa" Oct.04.1960

The 1960 version is unmatched by Franco.

[bellini7verdi]

VIVA LA OPERA Y SUS GRANDES INTERPRETES......NADA EN LA MUSICA COMO ESO ......LA OPERA...LA GRAN OPERA.........LA MAXIMA EXPRESION ARTISTICA DEL SER HUMANO..............

[bellini7verdi]

MAGNIFICO.....BELLO....EL...MU­Y BELLO....PRECIOSA VOZ......SI SEÑOR.......UNO DE LOS QUE MAS ME GUSTAN..NO SOLO POR ESTO SINO POR MUCHAS COSAS MAS...........PERO COMO PAVAROTTI NO NI DE COÑA

[torturetilldeath]

Corelli , the greatest in his genre !!!

[charmedone43]

I cry everytime I listen Corelli's Nessun Dorma, so perfect. He makes it look so easy and imposible for us (not him) even imagining being able to sing it.

[EIDOSeidos]

Corelli was a god.

[elementu2011]

This performance is PERFECTION!

Franco Corelli = The greatest tenor of all time, without a doubt!

[KhyberBoy09]

reminds one of the 1990 world cup

[TheJedgeworth]

WOW!!! Stunning. The best "Nessum Dorma" I've ever heard. Thank you!

[AleksandraPlamenac]

The best Turandot film-opera ever!!!

[Norsmurf]

1.00 - 1.07 - Now, that right there...THAT is...perfection...what an absolutely breathtaking performance!

[maxiborgaro]

Sometimes the technique desn't make the best performance, sometimes the feeling makes the best performance. and there's more feeling in Pavarotti's version but any way I simply love Corellis voice it the closest to perfection voice!

I enjoy both performances in a different way

[1963opera]

best best best of times. He was so good that anything you hear that is not from him does not cut it Franco is the one and only and that is it.

[sam888ization]

This is the best Of Nessun Dorma I have ever heard!! The best ... better than Pavarotti! His voice was coming from inside and delivered it without difficulty!

[wilfredo75]

Secondo me Del Monaco ha una voce più calda e potente, Corelli ha un livello melodico superiore, Pavarotti nel "Nessun dorma" in particolare ha un acuto imbattibile per durata e potenza.

[Zhersh1]

The best Nessun Dorma is of Corelli.

[Loganberrymusic]

There are lots of tenors who sing this aria well, but I think Corelli makes a great Calàf. His would have to be my favorite interpretation I've seen so far, perhaps tied with Giacomini.

[ktben15]

this is the most beautiful thing ever and man his voice gives me chills

[btsg]

pavarotti that is.

[btsg]

pavorotti was great with a unique tone and a voice with much feeling.

a great lyric who did not let the tone get nasal.

he was like corelli this way, however he did not use the open throat or larynx

as franco did. (you can see this and hear it)

Pav was a happy and focused singer and he obv. enjoyed his voice.

Corelli, if it is a poll. But of course, it will always be "The Pavarotti Aria".

thanks for the video.

[mauriciomille]

Who do you prefer?...

Pavarotti or Corelli, this is a little poll!, please rate

[buffedtrainer1]

this dude is ok, nobody sings this like Pavarotti!!!!!

[ThomasWinkworth]

@buffedtrainer1 pavarotti don't compare to this guy, not on his notes anyway

[CalaVictor]

Sarah Brighman!<3

[hazelssister]

Corelli has the most beautiful voice of any opera singer ever. That includes females. He is a little flat here sometimes but he is still the best !!!!!

[trschaefer]

What a voice! And he was movie star handsome too!!

[Thriller94]

Vibrato... Oh.My.Jesus.Christ.

HOW?! WTF give it to me. His vibrato is almost as fast as Rex Smith's. (possibly faster). :O

[BILL1992MUNNY]

ahhhhhhh

one of the best performances for this chapter

my favorite for sure

[8070jack]

Beautiful voice but in my humble opinion he is slightly off key on a number of notes. It doesn't diminish his talent but IMHO keeps him from being in Pavarotti, Corellu, and even Domingo's league.

[Zerusant]

voy a hacer un comentario neofito porque de opera no se nada, pero que bien canta ese hombre!!!!!!!!!

[beritopera1]

Im in heaven- my soul has been kissed.....

[strictlycomments]

Pura perfezione!

[pieritlyon]

EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI, SIEMPRE EL MEJOR en todo lo que interpretó; su bella y potente voz, interpretaciónes perfectas, gran actor en las operas y sobrio en los conciertos, sus notas altas magnificas, sus disminuéndos perfectos y hermosos; ha sido el mejor en todo lo que interpretó y en un todo. Su voz emociona por su balleza sublime y uno se estremece y siente verdaderamente lo que expresa a través de su voz. El mejor "Principe Calaf"

[francesca7564]

Monsieur Franco Corelli chantait avec grand art, mais aussi avec chaque fibre de son corps ...

Admiration et respect ...

Merci vaimusic pour le post .

[HellasItalia4]

CHI NON AMA CORELLI NON AMA LA LIRICA! (e non lo sa....)

[mydog8u2]

Dramatic singers seem to sing this song so effortlessly. I always wonder what Corelli would sound like if he were provided with the modern recording studio. Something tells me that the older, more primitive recording actually adds to the majesty of Corelli's voice. I might be absolutely crazy, but hearing Corelli in the 'optimised recording' of today might be a little harsher to the ears because his voice is sooooo powerful. OR it could be even better lol.

[robertopics]

@mydog8u2

well with analog there is some degradation, and by the time it has been transfer into digital some of the warm and richness of not only the original recording but the performance itself might be lost.

[percymartinez]

@mydog8u2

you do realize he is singing to a recording of himself, right?

look up live videos of his singing...it is effortless, but not lacking effort!

his technique was formidable, nevertheless

[1914soldier]

btsg, you are absolutely correct. There is little or no appreciation for quality music in contemporary Western culture. And that is sad.

[danzon1969]

sublime maravillosa voz lo mejor que he oido espectacular fue corelli pienso que pavaroti no lo supero

[chazzman1547]

What year is this? AMAZIING!!!

[poivriere]

@chazzman1547

It was filmed in 1958, when Corelli was 37. You can buy the whole video online. There's a lot of fine singing on it, and some surprisingly fine acting.

[sargoth37]

What yr. was this sung?

[federricoilgrande]

Franco ha la vera voce per interpretare Calaf, altro che vocette piu' reclamizzate....oltretutto era bellissimo e quindi credibile nella parte...per me , assieme a Lauri Volpi, il piu' grande Calaf di sempre ::))

[andyroma72]

@federricoilgrande PER VOCETTE INTENDI PAVAROTTI,SONO D'ACCORDO

[federricoilgrande]

@andyroma72 preso in pieno :) Luciano è stato un immenso Nemorino ed un pessimo Galaf, Franco in questo ruolo resta insuperato, assieme per me a Lauri Volpi

[federricoilgrande]

@andyroma72 preso in pieno !!! ::))

[duhhh86]

when he sings "la luce splenderà" it is so tender it makes me tear...

[Harlan346]

Thanks so very, very much for having a space here just for Corelli! He had a powerful voice. Not artsy "theatrical."

btsg, you are so right! Mediocrity has taken over the opera voice biz. The schmeckelas that "judge" are in no position to judges nowadays.

[corfield5]

I did not mean to compere Corelli as he is a Maestro of Bel canto and a one and only .He stands alone as one of the greatest tenors of all time! . however to hear a bel canto tenor live such as Raffaele Pierno ,as i did in brisban's Queen st Mall touches the soul and raises the goosebumps

[makswen]

To compare Corelli to Pavarotti is like comparing Da Vinci and Michelangelo. It diminishes the great contribution of BOTH artists and is unworthy. So STOP your stupid camparisons and ENJOY their great art.

Thank you for this video. It is amazing.

[pieritlyon]

EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI, FOREVER il meglio in tutti tale interpretazione. Nella voce, il loro potere nel PERFECCCIÓN interpretative, grande attore e sobria nella OPERA IN CONCERTO. tune EVER, le sue note alte MAGNIFICAMNETE graziosamente, il suo Diminuendo TAN bello, perfetto e notevole, le storie note tenute ALTRE sempre perfetta e di grande ispirazione, il miglior figura, FISICAMNETE SUPER MASCHIO E ELEGANTEMNETE. È il migliore e più completa "CALAF"

[swetergrl91]

I like Corelli's ND better than Pavarotti's.

[btsg]

PBS's "audition" ? it shows that the MET finalist males are not "transformed" by tech. they are NATURAL voices that have chosen opera as their deal. Fabiano was the only one with any stringere and the old brit, of course-had a "issssue". who wants to see painful,angry, gaping mouths on every lyric? Opera is going bye bye, the ones who hold it dishonestly are killing it. a new corelli will come from OUTside "opera" and show the world a sound that " Opera" has been supressing for years...

[Cantachepassa]

@btsg I agree 1000%

[mrsdarcy123]

Corelli ha tecnica e' visione, l'esprissivita' e' passione mi mozzano il fiato .

[sopranosd]

OK, hearing this, I have to take back my reservations about Corelli. In the right repertoire, such as this, he is just stupendous!

[brunobrandy]

My late friend, a tenor who I sang with for years was at the Met for 3 years after winning the Met audtions during the60s in Denver. He first attended Julliard prior to going to the Met. He had told me when he started in the chorus he was on stage 24 times when Corelli was singing and said that he was vocally the best tenor of the past century. Yes, he had some off nights, but overall just a phenomenal voice.

[Renfeildette]

There are few performances that are worthy of the halls of heaven: this is one of those performances. :)

[TheWisemonkey8]

Gosh! Amazing! I MUST order this video... thank you so much VaiMusic!

[btsg]

If "another" corelli came back he would be told "thank you" with no callback. In the past the people who decide who makes the stage would usually acknowledge a real voice. Now?

Now we have 1000's of tenors singing with an extreme vocal character, nasal, woofy, throat grind, zero resonance, etc.

It is amazing--[not really] that for the last 10-15 years the status quo of the oversold mediocre has taken over where great voices once dominated. And they "cry" for another Franco! They do not.

[tenorvoice50]

@btsg I agree,however with one exceptlon, Pavarotti!

[iononcambio]

@btsg Vero!! nessun tenore ha mai cantato il "nessun dorma" come Corelli..Una voce unica ed incredibile!!!!ascoltate anche da lui "di quella pira" dal trovatore di verdi e capirete che è davvero ineguagliabile.....

[corfield5]

@btsg if you would like to hear another Bel Canto italian tenor of this century , listen to Raffaele pierno on you tube very similar .also his interview on brisbanes 4bc radio with Jamie Dunn best wishes

[calinmiron]

@btsg we have good voices today: Romanian tenor Vlad Mirita

[ivansperanza]

Truer words have never been spoken!

[MrPrimotenore]

@btsg Sad but true. That's because most of the people running opera companies these days are not musicians (They are business people, costumers, etc.) and know nothing about good singing. Also, making a career these days is about where you went to school, who you know, and if there is something on your resume that will sell tickets. It has nothing to do with how well you sing in reality (or how mediocre one might be).

[arpeggio1358]

@MrPrimotenore Unfortunately, there is also a tendency in opera today to hire singers who are physically attractive. i was treated last night to a Turandot with a very physically attractive singer in the title role. Her voice, however, had an unattractive vibrato and insecure pitchs. Also, her voice almost completely dropped out in the bottom of her lower register. What happened to good voices being what is important in opera?

[MrPrimotenore]

@arpeggio1358 I have heard General Directors say that "No one wants to see fat people sing, especially in romantic leads." The great thing about opera is that when there are great singers, you don't even have to see them. With the great composers, the emotion & drama is there in the music. In the hands of a great singer, you can close your eyes and get it all. Who cares what they look like. That's why we have makeup and costumes. The vocal sound is the most important aspect, or should be.

[arpeggio1358]

@MrPrimotenore The GD of our opera has been going around saying that for years.I think it's dreadful. Following that logic, we'd be seeing Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt performing opera. I won't be there. As you say, who cares what a singer looks like. I often wonder how many wonderful singers are out there who casn't get hired because they aren't attractive enough. I personally know someone in this category whose exceptional voice will never be heard. Sad.

[Miauriceful]

@arpeggio1358

You are right, while at the time Corelli was opposed because he was too handsome, and so was Anna Moffo.

[arpeggio1358]

@Miauriceful And I've heard people say that Sam Ramey can't act. His Don Quichotte, for instance, and his Filippo II are beautifully acted, but some people can't get past his good looks. To be frank however, he hasn't helped matters by prancing around onstage half dressed for most of his career, either.

[ksarai35]

PREACH!!!

[wiseroldfart]

@btsg: There is one chance another Corelli could gain recognition in these screwy times. He'd have to audition on America's Got Talent or one of those TV talent competitions in order to capture a large audience. Corelli would have easily won any one of those talent shows, no matter where or when. Had Corelli been a young man today and appeared on the talent show Paul Potts won, Potts would be back to selling car phones upon losing badly to Corelli.

[arpeggio1358]

@wiseroldfart Thank you! Corelli was a brilliant artist. Potts is an amateur singer.

[JwL456]

@btsg I agree with what you've said but don't forget that there are certainly those of us out here that still appreciate the great singers and know the difference between popular and professional. Don't give up hope! The true art of music still exists in the fans of Corelli and other greats like him. We won't let it die.

[TheLegomaster3000]

is scheiße

[kingcorelli]

@btsg there is no Franco's my friend...the public has no choice..and in the absence of such talents the industry has the monopoly of many average voices that what defines their success is contacts and agents. But if there was a Franco that game of monopoly would be insubstantial to any effect...the public longs such a voice!

[jimbral]

I was a super at the Lyric Opera of Chicago when Corelli sang Il Trovatore. I still remember being awe struck!

[skincarexpro]

@jimbral I wish I could of  heard him in person.

[racheleleeba]

I just came back from the Met encore showing of Turandot. If Corelli were alive today, he would rule the world of opera even more so now than he did forty years ago.

[paragod333]

I too came back from Turandot tonight. Corelli indeed was the best. I saw him do it at the Old Met many times. Yes, I am older than dirt, but I remember him very clearly.

[brunobrandy]

@racheleleeba Absolutely 100% correct.

People today don't know what they missed and keep harping on Pavarotti

this and Domingo that. Corelli vocally

was the greatest tenor of the past

century and as I've said before his body

of work supports that comment.

[dankmdh]

@brunobrandy Richard Tucker also, there are many greats of the past who simply did not record well. Jussi Bjorling was also excellent too in his own right. I do not argue that Corelli wasn't a great tenor but he was not the only one of his time. The tenors with the most powerful voices and those who simply just didn't believe in the media frenzy of records simply don't get the recognition they should. It doesn't make Corelli any less deserving, but he is not the only one greater than Pavorotti.

[andyroma72]

credimi è il contrario viene sempre super super valutato è un dio oramai

[sotirituriddu]

I seriously think that this great star wasn't at the top here. Much tremolo? Rather "schwach", Germans would say.

[acunuttall]

Great, but to too much tremolo. Typical in those days. But he's a dramatic tenor all right - melodramatic.

[laonirica]

FRANCO CORELLI

BRAVISSIMO!!!

The heroic tenor par excellence, came to explore and develop all resources of his Beautiful Voice, the nuances between them diminuendo

almost impossible for the voices of great size.

The Romance and Courage that only he knew how to express.

Single Master of expression!

[KATUSHALICIUS]

Espectacular en todos los sentidos.

[ShamusMacGuffin]

Magnifico!

[griffcats]

Wow!

[maxhansendk]

the best Calaf ever on stage was Franco Corelli!

[tena2]

I agree.

[acharlesworth1991]

I listened to Corelli's Nessun Dorma in a recording but when he acts the part as well he goes into a higher gear Your hair on the back of your neck stands on end and even with the limitations of 1950's TV you can't take your eyes off him. Many Thanks for this and for the fact that the Nessun Dorma carries on into the next part of the score with Corelli still acting and singer. This is the Calaf Puccini imagined.

[magisquam]

A quest'uomo non manca nulla per essere incoronato re dei tenori.

[sensibile1900]

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!

Beautiful man, Beautiful voice, Beautiful performance...Perfection!!!

[misterpaulrussell]

OMG! OMG! Fantastic!

[goldie0800]

Simply GRAND!

[Poontangible]

It's easy to see who Pavarotti's greatest influence was.

[comescrittomaestro]

let me disagree:)

I don't see any influence, neither in voice nor in a manner. They are both great tenors but from different league-Pavarotti-liric, Corelli-spinto or lirico dramatico, but they both had an idol-Enrico Caruso a tenor unsurpassed even today by the richness and integrity in a voice

[bboymasochist]

Corelli is a lyric, more dramatic than Pavarotti, but still a lyric. Del Monaco is a spinto. In that perspective, you don't get a lot of dramatic voices. :)

[Howitzer89]

Corelli is NOT a lyric. Juan Diego Florez is a lyric.

[bboymasochist]

I'm sorry; I should have elaborated. Actually, I shouldn't have posted that at all. My explanation would probably ignite a flame war.

[Howitzer89]

Nah, ignorance isn't a crime. Just correcting some misinformation.

[bboymasochist]

Please excuse my...educated ignorance?

You know how some people rationalize themselves into ignorance?

Ehhh, at any rate, I always knew Corelli was more of a spinto; I just kinda got carried away thinking about it.

[comescrittomaestro]

where does this information come from?

Corelli is true spinto or lirico dramatico-he had a very big voice but never pushed like Del Monaco-invece-Del Monaco is one of the loudest voices ever on the planet-how can he be spinto?

When he debuted in Met, everybody dropped their jaws-they never heard such a voice. May be you make a mistake because in Italian tenore lirico has 2 meanings-one of them is tenore d'opera-so any tenor who sings opera is in some way a tenore lirico:)

[brunobrandy]

bboymasochist...Corelli was a true

spinto and Del Monaco was a dramatic.

End of discussion.

[tena2]

Yes you are right. Not many people get what you say right actually, not many people understand about voice range, I can see that you are well knowledged, I am glad of that, I see and hear in a obvious way that Corelli had a spinto voice and Del Monaco an dramatic, End OFF.

[tehen162]

"He was the greatest dramatic tenor that ever lived." Luciano Pavarotti

[PastaMGW]

I don't see any corelli's infuence in pavarotti; they just have a similar voice, even if corelli is more dramatic.

[junktank]

pavarotti is a lyric

corelli is a spinto

MDM is a dramatic

get it right people

[tdeane34]

relax!

[brunobrandy]

Pasta...Not similar at all...apples and

oranges...spinto/dramatic compared

with a lyric (Pav.)

[lido2008ve]

Ascoltate anche il suo "Non piangere Liù", nessun Calaf è stato più grande di lui.

Ma neppune nessun Cheniér, nessun Alvaro, nessun Manrico.

[mauricioD]

Heroic beyond words.

[sciautereb]

Il piu´straordinario "nessun dorma" della storia. Sentite gli altri, non proverete gli stessi brividi. Corelli eri unico.

[laonirica]

Nunca Ningún Tenor Heróico podrá Emular al Gran Calaf de la Historia de la Lírica Universal, que fue el Gran Maestro FRANCO CORELLI!!!

GRACIAS!!! *vaimusic* Por Compartirlo al Mundo.

[nocompasion]

This has to be when Franco was very young...he so beautiful......I can't believe he had no children....that's too bad..

[sospello]

1958 when he was 37. And correct--no children--mumps at age 29 or so may have had an effect. By the time he married, he was almost 40, his wife three years his senior.

[macciboma]

Complimenti Leslye per il tuoPlaylist ricco di capolavori ed

anche di videi storici, bell'impegno grazie per

propagare la bella musica Saluti Walter.

[sospello]

Grazie tanto dell'apprezzamento del mio playlist, Walter, omaggio ai grandi della lirica. Un caro saluto.

[1000bestmusic]

Yes, indeed ! Imagine that the famous porcelain factory of Meissen would have made a tiny figurine of him ? THAT is exactly the role and costume they woud have depicted him in, I am sure.....

[Richardtheincredible]

unbeleivable. I wish more people could sing like that nowadays.

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

Corelli was an exceptional tenore spinto. He was Calaf himself. (PERIOD)

[raigekimaru]

@TheInquisitive4Ever

Calaf is weak hearted, shallow and supplicating. Corelli was nothing like this character. he was strong, passionate and convicted

[Applepros]

@TheInquisitive4Ever i agree but i also think vladimir popov was a great calaf and deserves to be in the same category

[minnie888444]

I bought this DVD for Corelli and it was a wonderful surprise to see that, apart from his outstanding singing, it is also a cinematic masterpiece. The director's vision is unique, making use of ballet; he obviously worked closely with the choreographer, who was also a great artist. A production designed especially for black and white television. But one must see the entire show, not just excerpts, to appreciate the "big picture."

[Calaf86]

magistrale interpretazione!!!bravissimo Corelli!!

[frine1947]

Il miglior Calaf in assoluto, a mio parere. Anche a parere della Birgit Nilsson, in una famosa intervista. Il Vincerò di Corelli è da brivido. Altro, ben altro da Pavarotti, sempre attaccato al microfono.

[bohemio79]

Corelli's Calaf is the best I agree, but Pav's Calaf is splendid too. His recording with Mehta is probably the best in studio. And he sang it four times live at San Francisco, in really memorable renditions. When you say that Pavarotti was "attaccato al microfono" questo semplicemente non é vero.

[FabioGhibli]

Corelli è superlativo... ma dire che Pavarotti ha bisogno di stare attaccato al microfono (ma poi dove il microfono? Nei concerti fatti a settant'anni?), insomma...

[andyroma72]

corelli era meglio di pavarotti

pavarotti era molto mediatico questo lo ha reso famoso viene idolatrato ma ce ne sono tanti di tenori con una voce migliore

[FabioGhibli]

Sì, ci sono diversi tenori che gli stanno sopra (la voce lasciamola ai gusti), ma a me sembra che Pavarotti stia pagando un po' troppo il prezzo di questa sua, diciamo pure, sopravvalutazione.

Quando si arriva a dire che Pavarotti aveva bisogno di stare attaccato al microfono significa che ormai che c'è un accanimento, un tiro al bersaglio che non c'entra più nulla con una rivalutazione più equilibrata del cantante.

[andyroma72]

credimi viene sempre super idolatrato dappertutto

[FabioGhibli]

Lo so, ma non è che per questo motivo non va giudicato equamente per i suoi meriti e le sue qualità, che non erano di certo ordinarie. Non si può essere tutti Corelli o tutti Del Monaco.

[sagalat]

Yes, of course...EXCEPT for the fact that the maestro is NOT, in fact, Del Monaco....picky-picky-pick

[sagalat]

Agree with EvaHartwig: A most dignified, majestic and psychologically deep rendering, excellently acted (as well as sung) by Maestro del Monaco

[hermanzoon]

This is not del Monaco.

[EvaHartwig]

He feels very correctly, very precisely the style of this production (film director Mario Lanfranchi).

Thank You, VIAMUSIC.