Mirella Freni & Franco Corelli "O soave fanciulla" La boheme

Hamburg, 1971

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• Puccini
• La
• Boheme
• Mimi
• Mirella
• Freni
• Rodolfo
• Franco
• Corelli

[listeningtoit]

Corelli could hardly control his nerves. But with no doubt was an astonishing voice, with a lot of sonic energy. Besides that he was an athelete for most of his life. Bealtiful man. Remarkable legs... Freni is sweet...

[kvagga1]

I can`t belive that he`s in his 50! Incredible!!

[MrBaddel77]

im from hamburg and its kind of weird to know that mirella sung in our opera house.it was before i was born.

[tenorschofield]

Ch'era un grande da tutti gi grandi!!!!!. Due gradissimi artisti cantando un duetto splendoros!!!

Thanks for sharing with all us this historical interpretation...it is a masterclass...BRAVIIII

[BERNARDOANUK]

@kvagga1 50 years is a good age for a tenor. Better than 30

[31122051]

BELLISSIMA INTERPRETAZIONE !!!

Grazie !

[BUTCHIE20100]

I sawCorelli at the Met many times in many roles. This Boheme brings back so many memories. During the 1971 June Festival Corelli sang 3 times, two Cavardossi's & one Rodolfo. The Toscas were Levine's debut. The Boheme performance turned the audience into frenzied fans. After the curtain calls, the Met brings down what looks like a movie sreen. We wouldn't leave. Screen up, bow lights on, Corelli & Kabaivanska out for more. We wouldn't let them leave. That was love. What singing! BRAVI !!!!!!

[boricuamuzik]

Wow... Hope to be sounding that good when I'm 50. lol.

[beignet58]

You can't take your eyes off him, but not for a moment does he convey anything close to a young poet with raging hormones and an empty stomach, in this clip he looks and sounds precisely what he was at the time: a gorgeous, irresistible man in his late forties. Much as I adore him in almost everything else, physically and vocally Corelli was not cut for this part.

Mirella Freni is especially admirable for the way she tries to cover his crack on the final note.

[Nockturnmortem]

Heroic Rodolfo...

[CuteMcBeauty]

This was an ORGASM to watch!!! AMAZING!!!!

[31122051]

@iononcambio : guardi, per me il DIVINO FRANCO CORELLI è stato il più grande tenore eroico-drammatico degli ultimi 60 anni e sono pienamente d'accordo con lei quando scrive " una voce di quelle che se ne sentono due o tre in un secolo !!! Peccato che sia sepolta per sempre ! " In Bohème però io preferisco, in generale, voci un tantinello più liriche ( le cito a riguardo il grande B. Gigli, il grande L. Pavarotti e il SOMMO GIANNI RAIMONDI, il RE dei tenori lirici ). Tanti carissimi saluti !!!