Franco Corelli in interview and Addio alla madre

Corelli sings Addio alla madre from Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana. The interview and the video is from 1982, audio from the 60-s.

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• Franco
• Corelli
• Interview
• Mascagni
• Cavalleria
• Rusticana
• Addio
• alla
• madre

[joelweisberg]

I speak a little Italian. Is he asking his mother to take care of his daughter Santa in case he doesn't return. In case he is killed? She asks, "why do you talk like this" Is this about right? Anyone? It also seemed dubbed. Either way, Corelli was among the great tenors of all time.

[tehen162]

Yes, but Santa (correctly Santuzza) is not his daugther, but his love. About the video see the description.

[sirenadellopera]

Why are ratings disabled?

[tehen162]

Because there are stalkers and haters on youtube, who take enjoyment in degrading videos. Because there is such an option for the video owner. You are free to write your opinion though.

[Samurai9]

I am one who was surprised that Corelli's speaking voice was relatively light and high. The speaking voice, like the singing voice is pure tenor, not at all baritone. But when singing, Corelli was putting tremendous pressure on the voice to produce the big, resonant sound.

[tehen162]

You have written somewhere, that he had produced the big sound effortless, with total ease. Corelli talked about in an interview, how difficult was him to sing lighter or mezza voce. So I don't think he was putting tremendous pressure on the the voice, the big, resonant sound was natural for him.

[ilbacioditosca]

a Tenor friend of mine student of Corelli told me that even in his 70s he would warm up and work in the voice all days.

He was a fanatic technician of the voice.

[girardje70]

great tenor

[sopranosd]

@ilbacioditosca - I have also heard that he was a great technician, taught by a very old respected teacher, which is why he did that pushing the larynx down thing that is sometimes discussed. Whatever it was, it worked. Such glorious sound, although sometimes a bit loud. He also had great emotional commitmenht. I get goosebumps listening to him. He had a hard time singing lighter. Wow, he's even more incredible than I thought, because his pianissimos and diminuendos were amazing.

[chaten65]

Der größte aller Zeiten für immer.

[mayflash67]

Thanks for posting!

[mayflash67]

His speacking voice was very pleasing to the ear! And his singing voice was it much more else!

[kgeorg1979]

I wish the guy had let Corelli talk more...

[songsofscarlet]

It's so funny, because when I talk everyone thinks I'm a tenor, then I tell them I'm a baritone; then they're shocked, then I sing for them and they say "are you sure you're not a bass?"

[aarontenor]

You are mostly right. Corelli though, like most real tenors, had a naturally high speaking voice. Not all Italians have well placed speaking voices, but I agree they speak "more forward" than Americans. This why Italian tenors tend to have a very forward bright sound and Americans tend to have a very rich sound.