Franco Corelli "Nel verde maggio" from Catalani's Loreley

Corelli sings "Nel verde maggio" from Act I of "Loreley" by Alfredo Catalani.

This is from the 1967 London EMI recording sessions which never received final editing and were never released until 2003.

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Franco Ferraris, conductor

London, Kingsway Hall 1967

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Franco
• Corelli
• Catalani
• Loreley
• Nel
• verde
• maggio
• opera
• tenor
• arias

[sospello]

Grazie per questo brano, opcel1. Was there a reason given for not editing and releasing these pieces? This sounds quite wonderful to my ears. Was Corelli not satisfied or was it EMI?

[opcel1]

The recording sessions followed the Parma Toscas. Seghers' book suggests he was not in the best vocal shape though the Parma performances had been such a triumph. EMI's claim is that Corelli was a perfectionist and highly critical of his own singing and that he had intended to do further work on the project in terms of editing and refining, but unfortunately it never happened and the recording project collasped.

[MusicMyInspiration]

When listening to this, I think it's not exaggerated to note that Corelli in suboptimal shape's still way better than most tenors of our time.

[opcel1]

I totally agree! Thank you for posting your thoughts.

[sugarbist]

very beautiful as usual.

[Armenterosma]

Bravo, Corelli! Marcel Dupratil

[tomzoricic]

Splendid. Ma, it is evident imitation of earlier interpretation of this piece of MDM

[gumieltrece]

Buona esecuzione di Corelli dell'aria di Catalani,ma nemmeno lontanamente paragonabile all'interpretazione che della stessa aria ci lasciato Gigli.

[phalenopsis1]

Grazie mille per Franco.

[laonirica]

Catalani, quiso mezclar la fuerza wagneriana con el ímpetu italiano, y a mi modesto entender, dió por resultado, un sentido "Atonal", en sus obras, considerado como un pre-verista, creo que no era muy cuidadoso del material vocal de los cantantes. Gracias OPCEL1!!!Por èste Registro Inédito del Querido Maestro FRANCO CORELLI!!!