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  • poverotti may have been the best but he did not have this volume!

  • Bravo.

  • Sento la mancanza di questo maestro nonostante io abbia avuto la sfortuna di non averlo mai potuto conoscere corelli è immortale.

  • un'emozione sempre diversa vedere con che grazia e tranquillità canta (o meglio cantava) questo magnifico tenore a cui Dio baciò le corde vocali rendendole immortali al tempo..

  • I come back to Corelli again and again. Except for Callas, I have never heard a singer with such vibrant emotion in the voice. And for both I think it was about genius, but also about vibrato...that tremulous quality of the voice which breathes emotion and puts the listener on edge.

  • The thing I find most impressive about this video is how calm his face and upper body are. You know he's doing everything with the breath and support because all you see is just easy opening of the mouth.

  • @8x8MaVerick8x8 excellent observations! "Easy opening of the mouth" is an excellent way to put it...

  • @orovalleydude Yeah. I thought about adding that there's a little bit more emphasis in the final phrase and more apparent effort, but in general that's the most noticeable thing to me.

  • Che nostalgia...

  • Il vero "Principe della lirica", che'ra un grande de grandes. sempre stara in nostri cuori. BRAVOOOO!!!!

  • Corelli is past his prime and still incredible.

  • WOW

    

  • Del Monaco and Corelli, two giants in the best italian tradition.I have heard bothi in my younger years in Rome and Vienna and I still can feel the enthusiasm and exitement that overtook us listening to their glorious voices.

  • Heroic , strong and also with tenderness.

  • Love watching and listening to him sing. I have heard and seen many other tenors many times and he is the best. Look at that face of his as he sings!!!!! I feel like I am in heaven with him as he sings. Why is he so good looking and have such a gorgeous voice at the same time? I would like to know if he has any children or siblings. Please comment!!!!

  • Con cierto desagrado por la cancion,con algun aburrimiento al momento de la interpretacion.[OBSERVEN EN EL MINUTO 1;35-36] el se lleva la mano a la nariz como en muestra de desacuerdo.Su pose es de sin ganas y como forzado al estar4 en el esenario,en fin buena voz pero no excepcional.'''Ch'ella mi Creda''' pareceria fue escrita por PUCCINI con intencion de que el gran PAVAROTTI la imortalizara,.......Y en si el gran PAVAROTTI asi lo hizo.

  • BRAVO!!! Franco Corelli!!!

  • Always the most pure inspiration for any tenor!!! He was one of the best of the best ever!!!!.Bravo Viva Corelli!!!!

  • il più grande di tutti!!!!!!

  • @252925j Pavarotti's is not so good. Neither Björling's nor Domingo's (please purists and fanatics, don't attack me =D ) I think the bests are Monaco's as first (in the early beatiful ones) and this guy we see in this video, the great Corelli. Sometimes I would mention Giacomini and Bonisolli if there's any room for him. Oh! forgot Caruso.

  • Eat you heart out, Pavarotti.

  • Fuck.

  • Puccini & Corelli - A match made in heaven!!!

  • incredibile

  • Just the best

  • Franco Corelli was the tenor of tenors and although he is gone from us his

    singing lives on.

  • el mejor de todos los tiempos es mario del monaco. en el agudo final no respira como lo hacen corelli y todos los otros, ni hablar de la potencia de la voz.

  • I love Corelli, but for this aria don't miss Giuseppe Giacomini's version - it's superhuman...!!

  • @Priestyard Latvian Tenor Jānis Zābers sang this match more better and emotionality i m getting thrills every time i listen to his singing - i will put it later on my you tube Chanel his voice was amazing unfortunley he die at age 38 from brain tumor i dont think my grandpa did this aria but he probably was one of best Otello singers - Kārlis Zariņš he is 2sc best Latvian tenor after J,Zabers and he was singing till age 77 i have on my chanell - Nium mi- and some other

  • Listen to Aragall for absolute beauty and a plangent tone.

  • He is absolutely, hands down, best tenor that has lived. I miss him greatly, he inspires me to continue to work hard at my craft. All these new singers with forward placement and shallow brittle voices are being propped up by many bad teachers at University as well as talent agencies....

  • i know that licking of the lips: terrible when you're so nervous.

  • Superpowerful, beautifully controlled. In contrast to the velvet smooth Jussi Bjorling version (1937), but in its own right great nevertheless,

  • TI ADORO!!!!!!!!!

  • I go hot and cold on Corelli --stunning nuance and high notes, and then these blasting fortes that sound as if he is working his voice to the very edge of destruction - even though he is not. As a singer, I feel nervous about it, and as a singer I am equally thrilled. He does seem wooden, and I would like a little more lyricism.

  • @sopranosd My best for this aria is Placido Domingo.

  • Superb performance! One of the great singer ever!

  • The late Franco Corelli was one of the finest tenors to ever appear on the stage

    of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He gave us many wonderful

    performances and always gave all of himself in the role that he sang.

    He is gone but not forgotten.

  • Fuckin great.

  • I'm sorry, but this man makes me piss my pants. sorry to be so vulgar, but this is sheer beauty and power that is unrivaled.

  • EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI, i migliori in tutto, è INDISCUTIBL;, TAN OR NOT superato anche le partite .. Alcuni del passato erano e gli altri di ciò sono, in alcune arie e canzoni, ma non tutti. L'elenco dei grandi tenori del passato e questo è lungo. Sono sorpreso che alcuni solo il nome Kraus y. Domenica, quando tanti passato e presente, molto più alto, uno del passato e Mario Filippeschi è stato eccellente, dobbiamo ascoltare

  • Il piu' grande di tutti i grandi!

  • He is my favorite singing this aria.

  • Certo non è Armiliato, ma se la cava...:-)

  • @Vendimi3 certo Armiliato ha un registro centrale più sonoro e gli acuti molto più brillanti ed estesi .-)

  • @AleBro83

    Amico mio ero ironico, spero lo sia anche tu.

  • @Vendimi3 carissimo lo so è tutta ironia :-) ci mancherebbe ...... a presto un abbraccio

  • @AleBro83

    Non necessita risposta:-)

  • Fabuloso, la mejor interpretacion de esta aria tan hermosa

  • Franco Corelli sara' riconosciuto immediatamente dal colore della sua voce, forse meno bella di altri ma che t'incanta. per l'eternita'. La sua magia e' trasmessa a noi anche per la sua bellezza fisica che e' il 50% del suo successo! Caro Franco sei stato un1icona!!!!

    Vera Bardelli Perinati

  • Doesn't it make you wonder what they had back then that made them sing with such sincerity and beauty? Maybe their distractions from what really matters weren't as intense as they are today? But truly, who of todays' heralded stars even comes close to this?

  • Quando canti dal vivo non puoi essere sempre al massimo,comunque una buona interpretazione.

  • mi sembra migliore del monaco....in questa romanza

  • senza parole difronte a FRANCO CORELLI.............ora canti in paradiso carissimo FRANCO.......sei UNICO

  • E' VERO! E' UNO DEI PIU' GRANDI TENORI DI TUTTI I TEMPI! ED HA CANTATO IN MODO ANCORA PIU' BRILLANTE DI QUANTO HA CANTATO IN QUESTO CONTESTO!HA LA VOCE UN POCO PIU' SCURA! PER UN "CERTO MODO" E' ANCHE PIU' PASTOSA E CORPOSA....MA PERDE DI BRILLANTEZZA!E' BELLO POTERE APPREZZARE LE"DIVERSITA' VOCALI" DI QUESTI GRANDI TENORI! MA PENSO CHE SIA"UN POCO STANCO" INFATTI MI PARE CHE DICA"MIO SOLO AMORE"INVECE DI"FIORE".NON E' UNA "CRITICA"HO SAPUTO CHE CORELLI era"MOLTO EMOTIVO".IO TREMO, ADDIRITTURA!

  • e pensare che lo stesso corelli non era più "soddisfatto" della sua voce......e si ritirò ahi noi prematuramente dalle scene

  • He's not a god, but he was one of God's most beautiful creations.

  • Franco is not human he is a GOD!!!!.........thousand Kisses!

  • Uno dei più grandi tenori di sempre.

  • What a great singer. Heroic, strong, sincere.

  • Mamma, Grande Corelli, che grande¡¡¡¡

  • Great!!!!!!

  • "michelegambine" me equivoqué en James Valentini es VALENTI, JAMES VALENTI

  • "michelegambine"va la lista de tenores nuevos, unos más que otros.BRYAN HIMAL.- JAMES VALENTIN.- NAZARENO ANTINOR.- MICHEL BOLTON.- LANDO BARTOLINO.- MARCELO GIODARNI.- MARCELO BEDONI.- LUIS LIMA.( me parece que fué discípulo del G. Maestro F. Corelli).- GIANI RAIMONDI.- MOSHE BAUTISTA.- JONAS KAUFMANN.- FABIO AMILATO.- SALVATORE LICITRA,.-MARCO ZANINI.- VITART(NADA MÁS), hay otro tenor que no sale el nombre, en esas páginas. No está por selección de méritos.

  • Siempre me expreso sobre los grandes tenores del pasado ya que, también, son fundamentales referentes para los de ahora, además para los que escuchan y los que opinan.Ahora hay muy buenos tenores jovenes que estan triunfando pero la prensa no les dá la notoriedad que se merecen y corresponde. Muy mediatico es Villazón por que lo apadrina P.Domingo, el gran mediatico del momento y eso lo dá la prensa no sólo los meritos;por espacio no puedo nombrara los actuales buenos tenores jovenes,

  • Hola, Yo estoy muy interesado en saber los Corellis y Lauri Volpis de hoy. Por favor dime los nombres y los chequeo.

  • Astonishing. You see him do it and you still don't believe it. The greatest Italian tenor. Thanks for posting.

  • All I can say is that the people who heard this live were blessed. Magnificent!

  • "dahomey12" tienes razón, me faltó Giacomini, es muy bueno  pero no tanto como para estar 1° que el Gran Maestro Corelli. cordiales saludos..pieri

  • Que extraña la lista de tenores que hace "soundlogik" HAGO LA SIGUIENTE: 1CARUSSO, 2 CORELLI , 3 GIGLI ,4 BJORLING, 5 Di STEFANO, 6 BERGONZZI, 7 DEL MONACO, 8 PAVAROTT,  9 CARRERAS, 10 LAURI VOLPI.. Hay varios que fueron muy buenos, mejores que Kraus, Domingo y otros conocidos, pero que no han tenido púclicidad. Através de estos videos se pueden escuchar, la lista es larga. Gracias "Ginotti"...pieri..,.

  • creo que faltó, Giacomini, para mi gusto. saludos , ah y yo pondria: 1 Giacomini-corelli 2 bjorling , y despues los q sean

  • EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI, EL MEJOR EN TODO, ES INDISCUTIBL;, NO SUPERADO NI TAN SIQUIERA IGUALADO.. Algunos , del pasado lo fuerón y otros del presente lo son, en algunas arias y canciones pero no en todo. La lista de los tenores buenos del pasado y presente es larga. Me extraña que algunos sólo nombre a Kraus y. Domingo, cuando hay tantos del pasado y presente ;muy superiores; uno del pasado y  excelente fué Mario Filippeschi, hay que escucharloi

  • corelli no sabia hacer piano hasta muy entrado en su carrera...casi retirado..como prueba su propia biografia, ademas es el mejor siempre y cuando sea el mejor para uno mismo, el gusto siempre es subjetivo; a mi me gusta mas caruso, pavarotti, lauri volpi e incluso domingo...a corelli a veces lo siento demasiado "forte forte forte" un saludo cordial

  • Well his low Larynx technique convinces me and millions of other fans over the world!!!!

  • I prefer the clean legato line of Pavarotti to scooping and excessive rubato.

    It's almost impossible to hear one phrase here without glissandos, excessive tempo changes and hitting high notes from below.

    Sorry guys, but this larynx technique doesn't convince me.

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  • @chaiter1 Throughout the aria, he doesn't resort to one single measure of scooping. Sure the voice had deteriorated a bit from his golden prime, 1951 to 1970, but he's is still way better than anyone before and after.

  • aaronsande. Estoy de acuerdo con usted, esta aria es para tenores liricos o dramaticos, no para pavarotti.

    saludos

    hugo

  • Se ti piace FRANCO CORELLI guarda I 30 TENORI nella mia playlist SUPER TENOR ARIAS ( con lanteprima mondiale per YOU TUBE di ARIA DEL CIRUJANO ) e dimmi qual'è il tuo video preferito !

  • I've just given up any religious beliefs! This is INCREDIBLE! I sang this in concert the other day and probably didn't even open half as much as that on the B flats - after the really long phrases it's just so hard. Do you have the whole concert? Please post it if you do!

  • disumano...........

  • THE BEST FOREVER

  • and ever :)

    Viva Corelli!

  • The Man could SING

  • Il più grande di tutti!!!!!Iimmenso!!!!!lo adoro.

  • que placer ver a un franco corelli ya en sus años de retirada pero con esa gran voz y presencia escenica. es de mis favoritos, vaya escuchar sus roles tan dificiles y llevados con gran voz y fuerza siempre.

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  • el maestro corelli era realmente increible, apesar de ke en este concierto su voz ya iba a decadencia, el seguia con la potencia ke lo caractiriza y le salian mejor las arias mas dificiles

  • damn. what a huge voice. Do opera singers use microphones when they are performing in concerts? Or they still have no need for the microphone even in this kind of set-up?

  • No, they don't use microphone in concert halls either. Here he sings without amplification.

  • wow. that's simply incredible. Thanks for the info. Corelli's voice practically blasts through my headphones yet he used no amplification whatsoever. Amazing.

  • Moorhe, with all due repect mate, what are you doing on youtube? I don't think that in the hundreds of videos i have watched, and that you have watched, you have made a positive comment about anything...who died and made you the expert on every performance that any tenor has ever sung? Are you a frustrated opera singer who sings in some church chior somewhere and is pissed with any tenor that has ever made it? If you had ever stood on a real opera stage, you might look at it all differently.....

  • Mooorhe is a crazy Pavarotti-fan. A nut case, I would not bother. He did the same under my videos, and I had to block him.

  • I'm on YouTube to share music and comment, what are you doing on YouTube?

    I do make positive comments and I do not believe anyone died to make me an expert. I am no expert. However, I do have an opinion, which I prefer to voice regardless of whether it is negative or positive.

    I am not a frustrated opera singer, nor do I begrudge tenors who make it (would be rather silly considering I'm a baritone). And I have stood on the opera stage, it changed nothing but my respect for those who sing well.

  • BRAVOOO Maestro!!!!, my all time favourite tenor (he and A. Kraus are the best of the best). The complete pack; physically, voice, talent, acting skills, ex....everything in one artist. Bravoo!!!

    He attacks in the high mask, letting the voice get its own level. Uses the appoggio in a mastery way.

  • Bè visto che giacomoconti fa le classifiche e fare le classifiche nell'opera mi sembra fuori luogo, gli direi che si è dimenticato i due che a detta di moltissimi esperti e melomani sono probabilmente i migliori : Alfredo Kraus e Aureliano Pertile (consiglio caldamente l' ascolto, ovviamente).

  • @Nemorino11 Galliano Masini, Daniele Barioni, Miguel Fleta, Mario Fileppeschi potrei continuare...Il signor Giacomoconti si è dimenticato anche altri IMMENSI ARTISTI.....Saluti carissimo

  • @Nemorino11 Galliano Masini, Daniele Barioni, Miguel Fleta, Mario Fileppeschi potrei continuare...Il signor Giacomoconti si è dimenticato anche altri IMMENSI ARTISTI.....Saluti carissimo

  • IL GRANDE CORELLI :)))

  • "Celeste Aida" (Giovanni Martineli); "Nessum dorma"(Pavarotti,Corelli and Lauri-Volpi); "Pieta Signore" (Corelli and Del Monaco); "Ah leve toi soleil" (Corelli and Bjorling); "Core' ngrato" (di Stéfano,Corelli,Caruso and Gigli).

    And,of course,listen the most famous baritone aria "Largo al Factotum - Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Titta Ruffo, Giuseppe de Luca, Ettore Bastianini or Lawrence Tibbett. I hope you enjoy like i do ;)

  • Giacomoconti: Can you please tell me who you would consider the top ten tenors on your list? I am just leaarning about opera so I would appreciate your opinions. Then I can listen to them on you tube. Thanks so much for your consideration. Tony (Operapfan)

  • Oops forgot one Beniamino Gigli!

  • Hello Tony, and first of all thank you for your kindness. I'm a lover and admirer of the opera and i can give you my list which I believe contains the best 10 tenors in history and not just a personal taste: 1. Enrico Caruso 2. Franco Corelli 3. Beniamino Gigli 4. Jussi Bjorling 5. Mario del Monaco 6. Mario Lanza 7. Giuseppe di Stéfano 8. Luciano Pavarotti 9. Giovanni Martinelli 10. Giacomo Lauri-Volpi I think you have to listen arias and canzones napolitanas like "O sole mio"
  • "O sole mio" (Enrico Caruso); "E lucevan le stelle" (Caruso and "Giuseppe di Stéfano encore"); "Tu ca nun chiagne" (Caruso,Corelli and di Stéfano); "Andre Chenier - Un di all azzurro spazio" (Corelli,Del Monaco and Mario Lanza); "Una furtiva lagrima" (Carlo Bergonzi - Gigli's tribute concert); "Di quella pira" (Corelli birthday present); "La donna é mobile" (di Stéfano and Alfredo Kraus); "Ch' ella mi creda" (Corelli and Giuseppe Giacomini); "O Paradiso L'africana" (Carlo Bergonzi);

  • wow! moron!

  • mario lanza better than pavarotti? lanza wasnt even an opera singer and most voice teacher agree his voice was beautiful but not with a strong technique, he was what toscanini said a "natural voice". well its just my opinion. like everyones here

  • Mario was an opera singer who got recruited to Hollywood. Mario's vocal production should not be looked to as a model, I agree, but it isn't technically wrong. In fact, most voice teachers won't tell you there's a single right way, simply a path. Of course, when discussing "most voice teachers", "most voice teachers" are wrong about a lot of things. Keep singing!

  • ...and Bravo, Mr. Corelli. You were truly one of the great kings of this aria.

  • amazing. incredible voice.

    but did you notice, a couple of times he went a bit too fast?

  • Wow Franco was an awesome tenor, I'm so glad you posted this video... Its easy to see how the great Franco influenced both Andrea Bocelli and the spinto tenor Donald Braswell II.

    Braswell has just start a new singing career after losing his speaking voice in 1995

    Ann in Canada

  • Corelli gives a LESSON to Pavarotti of how to sing "Ch'ella mi creda" and many other arias, because the version of Pavarotti is flaky and weak..Corelli's moulding of the phrases is indeed remarkable and we will never see this again! Pavarroti was very very good and he is one of the most important but HE IS NOT the best or the greatest, but guys like Caruso, Corelli, Bjorling, Di Stéfano or Lanza were GREAT!

  • It depends what Pavarotti rendition you use to compare, his Tucker Gala one is very weak.

  • I guess some of the comments by you have been removed, but if you were asserting that Pavarotti was better for this aria, you're wrong, my friend. Pavarotti was definitely NOT a Puccini tenor. His voice was magnificent, you'll not hear me say otherwise. But it wasn't dramatic enough for this.

    Giacomini, Corelli, Del Monaco, Caruso, and Domingo (yes, I know ;) were/are all better for this than Pavarotti was. Among others. =D

  • I was saying that the rendition of Pavarotti's from '91 on here doesn't represent his best shot at this aria. He did some incredible ones in his recitals of '73, beautiful lyrical interpretations, which are most appropriate for this aria.

    I don't particularly like the term 'Puccini tenor', just as I don't like the title 'Verdi tenor'. Puccini wrote operas for heavy tenor voices (Johnson) and light tenor voice (La Boheme) and Pavarotti didn't suit the former but was great in the latter.

  • Ah well then we agree...I would guess without listening that a 1991 version of Ch'ella mi Creda would not be as good as a 1973 version, based on what I know of Pavarotti's voice and career.

    Good point about the term "Puccini" tenor. It's a generalization, I guess, as the majority of Puccini's roles were more dramatic. but your La Boheme example is a good one, and Pav's Che Gelida Manina was always gorgeous!

  • well u arent right at all. pavarotti was a puccini tenor, he is a wonderful rodolfo and he was a great calaf. but for this aria pavarotti is the wrong choice, thats right.

  • So I guess I am right then because you agree Pav is the wrong choice for this.

    I think "Puccini tenor" is a bad term to use, my mistake there. Some of Puccini's work is light, and for that Pav is good. For the more dramatic roles, he is not.

  • Strepitoso ! Magnifico legato e acuti liberi e squillanti.

  • The first Bb was a tiny tiny smidgen off, but other than that the rest of the aria was amazing.

  • Lol ya he is amazing in almost every aria known in the world..since the first time i heard him years ago i became one of his greatest fans,because he is just fabulous and unforgetable in the world of opera!

  • Wow! He is AWESOME! I ADORE him! I think you can come to that conclusion when you see my youtube name.

  • Corelli will always be one of the greatest and most important tenors in history! beautiful and powerful voice,stage presence and high notes almost out of control! For the timbre,legatto,technique,size and beauty of voice,the BEST tenores of all time were: 1- Caruso 2- Corelli 3- Del Monaco 4- Gigli 5- Bjorling 6- Lanza 7- Di Stéfano 8- Pavarotti 9- Martinelli 10- Domingo The tenores that I LIKE THE MOST are: Caruso, Corelli, Di Stéfano, Del Monaco, Bergonzi, Bjorling and Domingo!
  • I agree absolutly with you, in opinion and with the ranking.

  • where is Jon Vickers on the list...surely an oversite?

  • Jon Vickers was a great tenor but you can understand that is very difficult to select all of them because if i do so the list would only be fair until 30 tenors, and as you know there are only a few or just no recordings of some magnificent tenors of the 19 century..so,i put him in the "second 10 list" along with other GREATS like Francesco Tamagno, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Lauritz Melchior, Aureliano Pertile, Carlo Bergonzi, Antonio Cortis, Alfredo Kraus, Miguel Fleta and Giuseppe Giacomini.

  • I agree with you. Caruso and Corelli the best.

  • Grande emozione...

    grazie ad una grande voce che quando sale verso i SIb si amplia a dismisura dando un senso di pienezza oggi raro da avvertire.

  • Wow he's working hard. Good voice.

  • the best in the world!!!adoro Corelli

  • increible, ke dramatizmo tenia eh, ke graves tan bonitas y ke agudos tan sorprendentes, x eso dego ke el es mejor tenor ke a existido

  • La mas bella voz que he escuchado. Tiene potencia y belleza. Fuera de serie!

  • I'm new to lyric music, but this is seriously AWESOME!!!!

    Really, this one of the highest moment in music I've ever heard!

  • I love the fidgety hand action on his high notes...

  • There are NO vocal imperfections. There may be details of style which are very much of his time and place. He does not sing like an Anglican choir boy. But everything about the mechanics of singing is flawless in his command and, besides one of the greatest voices of all time, he had a heart, too. He understood the meaning of what he sang.

    And GOD was he beautiful!!

  • i study with one of his old students...it's definitely a commanding production, but try sticking that in a choir--not so great.

  • why would you want to put him in a choir......

  • Being gay I must agree with you that Corelli was HOT but what about the scooping up to notes not a matter of vocal style at all but a technical flaw and then there's the vibrato of the pre Metropolitan days that he recognized and, to his credit corrected. Best Romeo and Werther not to mention Calaf. Not even close, however to Tucker in Forza, Tosca, and La Boheme. As Radames their about equal.

  • Not even close to Tucker in Forza and Tosca? That's matter of taste of course, I would say quite the contrary.

  • neduddki21: Clearly I enjoyed Corelli in most of the roles I've heard him sing but in Forza especially the cleaner line obtained by Tucker carried the day and you must admit that Tucker had great top notes. In Tosca Corelli asked Tucker to illustrate how he sang "O dolci mani" which shows Corelli's admiration. Corelli's best live recordings are Poliuto and Gli Ugonotti. For a while you could get a live performance of Werther but no longer unless a private recording company has it.

  • I stand by my opinion. I like Corelli better in Forza and Tosca, not to mention Trovatore. His best roles were these ones and Ernani, Don Jose, Dick Johnson, Calaf, Don Carlo. For my taste his interpretations had far more nuances and emotions, his voice was clearer, not so mushy . No wonder Callas wanted Corelli to be his partner in 1965 in Tosca as her letters prove. Corelli's asking merely shows his humility, nothing more or less. But as wrote, this is matter of taste.

  • I do not think Corelli is a God - BUT in this performance, for all the vocal imperfections, he is an artist. There is passion, there is piano, there is thought - this is fascinating...

  • Gracias,Marìa por enviarme a mi icono de belleza masculina...

    Exquisito gusto,amiga...

    nina

  • Is this 1971 or 1973?

  • 1971, my favorite year for his voice, though I know most perfer him younger.

  • Thank you. This is very interesting. People say all kinds of things: some repeatedly say that in the 50s he was not good yet,but when I listened to many of his recordings made back then, I realized how wrong they are. On the other hand, the reverse: I think it is "fashionable" to say that he was going down in the 70s, and so on. If you wish to discuss this any further with me, I will be happy.

  • There are certainly to many things that are "fashionable" to say in the opera world, like the people that say them do not think for tehmselves. I saw Bocelli on wednesday night, who was taught by corelli. It is also fashionable to be critical of him for his pop music, But what I heard that night makes him to my mind the best tenor alive, though certainly not in corellis class. Corelli to my mind is the greatest tenor of all history.

  • Oh,my dear sir..or Madame..with the Japanese beautiful name!People is so foolish sometimes...Beauty hasn't expalantion:Beauty is here(in FRanco.and in another ones like him) for to be coontemplated and loved...

    ankhsnammon

  • He is like the finest wines...

    more time..more flavour...and parfum...Delightful man...

    ankhsnammon

  • grande franco!!!!!!!!! n°1 per sempre...

  • INCREIBLE

  • Totally heroic. Looks like Gregory Peck or a young Ted Williams in the tux and sings everyone else under the table.

  • świetny

  • tutte le volte che l'ascolto in questa aria mi vengono le lacrime agli occhi...ovunqe tu sia adesso grazie immenso artista indimenticabile.....

  • at 2:16 you can see his inner terror at singing high notes. Amazing voice though.

  • so so right you are. corelli was KNOWN to cancel day of the performance throughout his career for FEAR of high notes. he had the WORST time on stage according to his colleagues and family members. many tenors made a career out of covering for him all over the world. one tenor, domingo even was sabatoged by corelli and therefore had to make his debut at the met days ealier than scheduled and even after a rehearsal of turandot at nyco. GREAT singing though! franco KNEW how his voice worked.

  • Corellis is one of the best male operistic voices of all time.... never forget

  • i disagree with you.

    at 2:14 he takes a breath, opens the throat, opens mouth, sings the first note, leaps to Bb.

    and as far as i have read, heard, it was stage fear/nerves, not of high notes.

    domingo was not sabotaged by Corelli. domingo had the option of saying no. :)

  • Ch´ ella mi creda... ¡Ora Sei Libero!- ma Non Lontano, nel cuor di titti quelli che ti ricordiamo e ascoltamo Tutti Giorni e

    per Sempre !!!!!!! Carissimo FRANCO!!

  • Perhaps the greatest singer, male or female, of all time. Really. I'm serious.

  • Beautiful! The aria and the voice - the greatest I know.

  • BELLISSIMO E CARO FRANCO, SEI IL PIÚ BELLO DEL MONDO!!!Come artista,come bravo Cantante, come Talento Originale, e dobbiamo dire la veritá, NON ESISTE OGGI DA NESSUNA PARTE NEL MONDO UN UOMO TANTO BELLO.¡¡¡SEI CON DIO, ANGEL DIVIN!!!

  • Si si si!

  • più l'ascolto e più sono convinta che è stato il più grande di tutti...aveva tutto presenza scenica temperamento voce unica sapeva cantare piano e filare le note che con una voce così piena è difficilissimo...e poi cantava con il cuore!FANTASTICO E INARRIVABILE!!!!!!

  • Un dio.

  • La più bella ed elegante figura sul palcoscenico dell'opera...un dio,un'angelo di bellezza...un dono del cielo..

    ankhsnammon