Re: Greatest Notes from the Greatest Tenors

A few well sung high notes from 3 of the greatest tenors; all live (because that's what counts)

1. Franco Corelli with a (almost ridiculous) 12 second long Bb 'Vittoria' from Tosca Act 2 in (Parma 1967...I think?) He holds it longer than any other tenor I've heard; being out of breath however, he usually misses most of the notes following the Bb.
2. Corelli with a B natural from 'Nessun dorma' in Turandot (Met 1961)
3. A spectacular high C from Corelli in 'Sfolgorò divino raggio' from Poliuto (La Scala 1960)
4. Mario del Monaco sings a Bb followed by a gigantic high C in 'In questa reggia' from Turandot (Maria Callas is the Turandot)
5. Richard Tucker with a 7 second long Bb 'Vittoria' from Tosca...he doesn't hold it as long as Corelli but the note was just as dazzling and he never missed a single note following the Bb.
6. Tucker with a gigantic B natural in Act 1 of Fanciulla del West.
7. Tucker sings a good high C with Birgit Nilsson in the Ballo duet (refuting the silly claims that Corelli was the only tenor who could match Nilsson on the C; still, Tucker's sung much better C's than this one)

Side note: Please realize that a single high note is in NO aspect a measure of a singer's overall ability.

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[Etnalleb]

A Super video of 3 of the Greatest Tenors Ever. Corelli is just astounding it's no wonder he missed the following notes. It's too bad you left out the other Franco (that is Bonisolli) He could match all 3 here in power , timbre and resonance plus Bonisolli had a High D which none of these tenors possessed. No soprano not even Nilsson could over power Bonisolli .

[GermanOperaSinger]

Corelli sang high D's in Poliuto with L. Gencer. He almost always took the C# in the Trovatore trio.

Bonisolli and Nilsson were not of the same generation and I don't believe they ever sang together. Did they?

[petrof4056]

Lemeshev made the greatest notes. not this tenors

[GermanOperaSinger]

Lemeshev was a wonderful Russian lyric tenor whose sound did not remotely resemble these three powerful Italian voices...it is not right to compare them. Lemeshev had a much more beautiful sound than these three but it was different. Not as thrilling.

[arturovilla02]

these three tenors match nilsson, jussi was great but in turandot nilsson eats him with tomato sauce

[GermanOperaSinger]

In Turandot, she even ate Corelli with tomato sauce, and everyone else who sang Calaf with her...and Bjorling never sang Turandot in the house but did record a great version of it.

[tranxuannghia]

Corelli of course

[ladyopera69]

CORELLI!!!!!

[MrOldmartin]

最后一个部分，Tucker的那个高音c几乎破掉了，他的高音及­其驾驭能力实在不怎么样，几乎和Domingo一样差,而且Tu­cker的C很少见，即使是B一般也很短，在我看来，高音之于男­高音，虽然不能决定一切，但是依旧很重要，特别是对于戏剧男高音­和重斯宾托来说，更是如此，因为音量大、音色厚重、胸声浓，因此­，高音就比较困难，而Tucker的高音能力更是这类大号男高音­之中较差的……，让人听着很不舒服……，真正厉害的男高音，特别­是大男高音，不仅要具备强大的音量、厚重的音色和穿透力，高音也­需要稳定，Monaco,Corelli和Bonisolli都­是这种强力的全能型戏剧男高音，另外Achille Braschi更是如此，此人可以认为同时具有Monaco的音­量、Giacomoni的音色和Bonisolli的高音能力，­这是最强的男高音了。

[muchogustavo1]

@GermanOperaSinger Nilsson ate Corelli in Turandot??!!! listen to "gli enigmi sono tre" avaible on youtube and you'll discover not only that Nilsson didn't eat nobody, but Corelli OWNED HER!

[muchogustavo1]

@Etnalleb yeah...Bonisolli!!!! but also the one and only MARIO FILIPPESCHI! KING OF TENOR ACUTI ! ! !

[Maripudelmonaco]

HABER PUESTO UNA GRABACION DE DEL MONACO, QUE NO SE SABE SI EXISTE, ES UN INSULTOM A ESTE MARAVILLOSO TENOR, QUE TIENE ENTRE SUS GRABACIONES NOTAS ALTAS IMPRESIONANTES, COMO SU "VITTORIA, VITTORIA, O DUO 2* ACTO ,FANCIULLA, DIRECTO MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO.

[petereuropa]

@tranxuantr I don't mind beeing a jackass. When I listen here to the high C of Corelli in Turandot. it's fantasic! That is one opera that was tailored for Corelli. But in romantic Italian operas, he is just not my favourite. He was the only one who could marry Turandot = Birgit Nilsson. But that was a challange between two giants on the Battlefield.

[animandes]

Oyendo a Alfredo Kraus se entiende a la perfección lo que una vez dijo el genial Albert Einstein respondiendo a lo que podría considerarse en el Universo como "absoluto". No dudó el sabio alemán: la estupidez humana. En el concierto de Caracalla en 1990 y los que le siguieron, se impuso el mezquino interés mediático y pesetero. Un insulto al talento, no haber invitado al mejor tenor de todos los tiempos. Es hasta cierto punto comprensible: A QUIEN LE GUSTARÍA QUE LE HAGAN SOMBRA.

[tklogan111809]

Tuckers sounds nasty, his Italian is atrocious.

[rhapsodyaaa]

esa grabacion de callas y del monaco no existe, las unicas partes que existen de esta opera es del ultimo acto.

[esclarmonde1]

Why leave out Aragall ? He was the greatest tenor of the 20th century and all his contempories acknowledged it.

[cocoazedodoinferno]

He does D5 at final with her