FRANCO CORELLI Tosca 1956

[sabbath7081]

franco starts his voice at the lowest he can cause u can here the uuuiu in his low notes then his voice just takes off!

[Eliz4848]

When I was a little girl in Ohio, I heard Franco Corelli on the radio at the Met the week of his debut, and he sounded glorious! This was in the early 1950's. My friends were actually there and said he was the best tenor they had ever heard, and I loved him very much.

[MrArcaniel]

po prostu cudownie

[fatherman73]

his decrescendi are stunning. It always surprised me who he does that. You think, this guy's a spinto, all he can do is sing loud...wrong! beautiful

[lucevanestelle]

Mille volte grazie per questo

[hazelssister]

That does not even look like Franco. He is way better looking than that. That is his nose though!

[chastot1]

I know no Italiano, but this man made me want to jump into my computer and console him! He's beautiful!

[dziady1]

Kiepura is the standard of comparison

[CecilySebastian]

Exquisite; to be able to sing this with such raw abandon and passion and yet still remain so technically focused absolutely blows my mind. Grazie, Maestro Corelli!

[italopera]

Thanks Franco Corelli, but also a lot of thanks to Elba for sharing this rare document.

[plinioramacciotti]

Já se podia vislumbrar o "E lucevan le stelle" de Parma, neste inigualável, naquele bravíssimo, Maestro Corelli.

Plinio Ramacciotti

[CuteMcBeauty]

I could have died and gonbe to heaven straight after seeing this video. PURE opera!! Corelli IS Caravadossi. Plain and simple.

[tenorschofield]

Il piu grande da tutti glia altri tenori che hanno fatto queste repertorio pucciniano.

Bravo maestro, sempre ti ricordiamo in nostri cuori!!!!!BRAVOOOOO!!!!

[ronaldo190172]

If only Lanza had had the training and discipline to follow this same path...

[iwona31]

tak wspaniałego wykonania nie było i nie będzie

To prawdziwy majstersztyk , aria Cavaradossiego wzrusza mnie do łez

[mariasarda]

Mon Dieu-Ténor !

[goldie0800]

Marvellous! There is none better! That's my opinion and I'll stick to it. ;- )

[olobbus]

Cavaradossi is my favorite role for corelli's voice and this is the earliest performance of it I've heard.

[cathy2602]

purement divin

[MegaParzifal]

Querulo.

[goldrufy]

giù il capello, qui non conta il più o meno grande,QUESTO E' un grandissimo

[MastersoftheOpera]

Franco Corelli e veramente un tenore magnifico ma Mario Del Monaco e il megliore di tutti tenore. Ma, si, Corelli e magnifico.

[sugarbism]

@MastersoftheOpera i love both voices and prefer both in different roles DEL MONACO and Corelli were both exciting and great artists but i think that one was a little better than the other depending on the role they sung.Nether one would ever dissapoint

[mrparisnight]

merci pour cette video écoutée les larmes aux yeux

[FerdinandMetz]

Passionta aria thanks that was class....

[botrel49]

Thanks ,maestro, you are and will be, for ever, the best

[bohemio79]

Inalcanzable Cavaradossi el de Corelli

[bodiloto]

Sublime  Grazie @laonirica per questo caro ricordo ,Grazie .

[31122051]

Uno dei più grandi tenori drammatici di tutti i tempi.

[speersch]

quelle émotion... Merci la vie de nous avoir donné ce ténor hors du commun, cette voix que je n'oublierai jamais...

[Katiuszkasanda]

Merci pour ce précieux document. Corelli nous touche par  la sincérité de son interprétation nuancée .Le timbre est riche,la voix souple ,bien accrochée dans les résonateurs.En prime:le plaisir des yeux...

[jkg888]

Grazie molte per questo....

[operashark]

Wow!

[roza888]

incredible

[josuecorelli]

la voz mas poderosa ke a existido y sin lugar a dudas el es el mejor mario ke a existido y xk no decir el mejor tenor ke a existido

[mycroft1854]

Tres belle video mais peu d'interet pedagogique car doublee (comme beaucoup d'enregistrements televises de l'epoque). La technique du Maestro Corelli n'est pas rellement (visuellement dumoins) representee ici.

[FrancoMFT8]

I think Tosca one of most beautiful Puccini's opera, mainly this aria, E lucevan le stelle.

We can see the emotion in the Franco Corelli's interpretation. Over there his technique. He's a great tenor.

[verdiana29]

Merci, laorinica, de nous faire ce cadeau inestimable d'un Franco jeune, avec sa voix intacte...

[ShawDAMAN]

Very fine rendition

[TreblesBasses]

THE PASSION IN HIS EYES!

[callasdimitrova]

esta es quizas una de las arias más bellas...romanticas y sufrida de la opera de puccini...

magica..inpetuosa....

gracias laonirica por este documento que no había tenido la oportunidad de apreciar!

saludos cordiales

susana*

[albertfrom]

BELLISSIMO E UNICO

[danavelal]

merci bc pour le magnifique FRANCO

[borgoantico44]

Stupendo!

[italopera]

Thank you very much for this video of the great Corelli, once again the traditional italian way of singing both with the immense talent of this tenor !

[teachertenor]

¡Observen jóvenes tenores, aprendan, investiguen sus voces y sus posibilidades vocales!, con cuidado, pero lanzando toda la voz hacia afuera, como nos lo demuestra el Gran Maestro Franco Corelli. ¡Gracias "Laonírica" por compartir desinteresadamente al mundo, ésta magnífica perfomance, en ésta histórica filmación.!-

[JorPove]

Corelli:sin duda entre los tres mejores tenores ,por la calidad de su voz,su tono,su entrega en cada rol.Aunque se le hayan cobrado de mas, lo que se ha calificado de "mala estrategia " en la rendicion de su voz ,o su miedo escenico. Aun en contra de estos dos factores-ciertamente negativos- pocas voces tan plenas como la de Corelli.

[EvaHartwig]

Dear Elba,

thank You!

Isn't it excerpt from 1955 TV film?

[sospello]

Yes, EvaH. This is indeed from the RAI TV production of 1955 of the entire opera, now remastered to DVD.

[oden60]

Grazie carissima del bellissimo dono. Un Corelli splendido da quel lontano 1955 che mi rimarrà a memoria per lunghi anni ancora!!.

Ciao Marco

[macciboma]

Io ne ho gioito 2 giorni or sono con un commento

per questa specialità. Ti invidio come l'hai

ottenuto. Complimenti è qualcosa di eccezionale

Walter.

[minnie888444]

Merci, ma chere!

[faffyssimo]

mentre ascolto voglio ringraziare Elba per il suo splendido francese,e per averci fatto dono di un cavaradossi speciale..Buone feste anche a sospello che lo ha condiviso con me.

[IlgruppoDiDocci]

sensibilità, patetismo e dinamismo. Un Cavaradossi pieno con lamenti e lamenti, Il solamente uno Che Viene più Vicino ad Incarnare Perfettamente Questo role

[Diotima555]

Tante Grazie per questo video stupendo !

Where did you get this from? Is the whole Tosca on DVD available, but from this great production ? Franco forever ...

[sospello]

Yes, Hardy Classics the Italian company has released it cleaned up from the old tape now on DVD. They have distributers in many places, so check the website--Is this not stupendous?

[sospello]

Hardy DVD number HCD 4036 to order. Many distributers in Europe and so happy you like it too. Was not your Maestro Corelli stupendous in this role? Buone feste.

[operajdflorez]

Eternal honor to his name to his powerful,wonderful voice.

[patjan92]

What a majestic performance. Thank you, Sospello.

[macciboma]

Grazie Elba per questo gioiello.

Rimango meravigliato dalla tua bravura nell'ottenere questo video. grazie.

[minnie888444]

So young and he already did pianissimo and sang those secure high sounds! Also, a rare opportunity to see his huge acting talent (they don't show him in "E lucevan" in Gallone's film, they show a lamp!)

Grazie Elba!

[Ankhsnammon]

Yes,Miss Minnie...FRanchissimo was blessed by God with all the gifts:talent,musicality,beauty­,magnificence,an easy way to reach,in singing,all that he wanted....

And this early video whows to us the true roots of his arts:the spontaneous feeling burning in each note,in each pasage,in each breathning...

Thanks to elba for posting!

Ankhsnammon

[sospello]

He was instinctively able to project the emotion of the character and, with a good director, gave the most nuanced performances dramatically of his roles I have seen. The direction for the 1956 Tosca, unfortunately not nearly as helpful to the performers and, of course, only Corelli, of the major cast, was both singing his part and acting it. All the others were voices of singers with others acting the roles because of "looks".

[minnie888444]

Yes. His brother looked handsome and very aristocratic! Or so it seems of the little one gets to see of him. Thanks for telling me about Hardy Classics.

[Ankhsnammon]

Wonderful...another excellent tribute to FRanchissimo...

Oh,God!

This is..so incredible..so...

I am wothout words.

Nina

[minnie888444]

This director did an excellent job showing his face, without other effects that would have distracted the viewer. I've already watched it several times. It is hard for an actor to suggest he is in death row with his eyes, but for an opera singer... it's unique, impossible.

And how he grabs those prison bars desperately, but still with elegant gestures, his fingers move so stylishly. Every detail is done with finesse. Only four years into his career! You have to see and hear this to believe!

[corellithebest]

I agree with you. When I saw his face, before he even opened his mouth to sing, I was so moved by his facial expression (there was a kind of immense, inexplicable sadness in his eyes). Not to even mention how marvellous it was when he actually started singing! So passionate, tender, moving and romantic with his rich, dark timbre and mezze voci! And when someone says he was a bad actor! Here you can see on his face without mistake all Cavaradossi's despair and sadness!

[corellithebest]

I've read an article where the author makes that stupid and unreasonable statement. Of course I don't agree with that. As to Visconti and Vestale, Maria too, as I have read, learned a lot about acting from Visconti, although I think even before that she had a natural gift for acting. Like someone wrote in an article, the Greek tragedy flew through her veins. Both Maria and Franco were wonderful actors, so convincing. :)

[minnie888444]

Hardy Classics DVD number HCD 4036. To order the DVD

[corellithebest]

Thanks! :)

[tehen162]

I have read many recollections by people who saw many of his performances at the Met and they described him as a very good actor who would immediately transform into the figure he was playing. He avoided the bad operatic, theatrical gestures. As Grace Bumbry said: "I wish you could have seen Corelli just once on the stage. When they say class, that was class. When they say voice, that was a voice."

[minnie888444]

Yes, it is very obvious in his movies.

[sospello]

Ottimo Cavaradossi qui Corelli nel 1955 alla RAI. Bravissimo intramontabile voce tanto stimata da me e ringraziamenti vivi, laonirica per la bella sorpresa!

[sospello]

Speriamo di si, Minnie. Nous devons le chercher tout de suite.

[minnie888444]

Merci. I'm waiting.

[Ankhsnammon]

Un DVD avec cette règistration?

Magnifique!

ankhsnammon

[minnie888444]

Yes, Sospello says they have it at Hardy Classics.

[corelliavoice]

I know only CANTO SOCIETY BCS 0660 1995 (VHS);Those are moments which are, like a golden arrow in my heart. Where I feel my tears are burned not in vain; since Francone no longer is among us. Terrific! A pearl-oh no, "the pearl set in gold", thank you.

[corelliavoice]

Pardon -Yes is NEW "Hardy Classic Video

HCD 4036 / DVD" sorry