In spite of his status as one of the greatest tenors in history, he was a very humble man. Extremely likeable person. Bravissimo Franco.

@billobrien5118

Жыл бұрын

@@dr-tse I think his wife, Loretta, often spooked him and was always sitting in the wings ready to criticize Franco at every opportunity. She was disliked by other singers for her tendency to interfere and yes she did ruin a few projects along the way. In '64, Franco was set to do an album of duets with Maria Callas. They got as far as the AIDA which wound up being the only take surviving. Mrs. Corelli had a COW about something so she pulled her hubby off the project. I think she was harboring jealousy re: Maria because Loretta began singing tiny roles in Italy though her career went nowhere - then she found Franco and the rest is history.

@vincentfrisari9395

Жыл бұрын

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@gregsolovieff6711

10 ай бұрын

@@billobrien5118Some say his wife on net enhanced his career; who knows; he was VERY high strung/temperamental/anxious. I’m sure the marriage had difficulties. Performing at the level he performed is fraught with challenges!! God bless him for sharing his incomparable gift with us in spite of all the difficulties for him personally.

@leslieackerman4189

2 ай бұрын

And more handsome than the competition!

@TimothyJonSarris

11 сағат бұрын

@@billobrien5118a tenor ( teacher of mine) who often had to cover Corelli’s performances, spoke about the fact that the wife of the Italian tenor did not make things easy for him. He also said that she was Gobbi’s ex-mistress, but that is another story as are the rumors that Scotto spread about he and Bastianini.

Franco Corelli had the essence of timelessness. His voice was hard as diamond and ductile as gold.

The only tenor who could sing with Nilsson without being swallowed by her monstrous voice. Amazing!!!

@ozielich

Жыл бұрын

Yet he was in Turandot at the Met!

@FelipeViannaNutriUFRJ

Жыл бұрын

@@ozielich The best Turandot and Calaf: Nilsson and Corelli... Hehehehe'

Franco looked so handsome and elegant even when he was old. His voice:Niagara of tenors.

Not even at the peak of his career, Corelli could fit all of today's tenors in his pocket. All of them, in a single pocket. RIP, Maestro, you will be remembered.

@towmlvb3423

Жыл бұрын

I do not think he would have wished to so soil his pocket.

@user-fu4zx9iu1h

Жыл бұрын

Many of them are not worth even his pocket, indeed.

You can tell that the two are/were good friends. Their chemistry is off the charts!

My goodness what kind of joy you can see in her face when he started to sing and she realised who it is.

@vinemp

Жыл бұрын

Like a little girl remembering her neighborhood buddy from childhood. IT. WAS. PRECIOUS!

What a treasure! I never saw Corelli onstage, but I did see Birgit several times. I even met her once. She was so happy and lovely. And she wore sensible shoes!

This caliber of opera singer with Incredible Star Quality and appeal sadly no longer exists.

WOW!! This was an exquisite treat!!🥰 Hearing Maestro Corelli sing stops me in my tracks. He's an absolute wonder, But I wasn't prepared for Nilsson to also honor us with a song. Two absolute giant legends just enjoying the art of singing. God rest them both.🥰🥰

Come sono carini! 🥰 Due grandissimi cantanti e persone!!!

Oltre ad essere bellissimo, aveva una voce paradisiaca. Estensione e potenza, profondità e un colore meraviglioso. Franco Corelli rimarrà per sempre nel mio cuore.

You can see how the nerves and the anxiety creep into Franco as he's talking to the piano from 6:38 onwards. He was a very nervous person, and that took, on one hand, a great emotional toll, but on the other hand, that's what contributed to his virile and exuberant interpretations. Such a marvellous singer. One of a kind.

@flanplan5903

3 жыл бұрын

However, when he talks to Nilsson, he’s much more relaxed.

@leonoradelagardie

2 жыл бұрын

Quite right, and people with "nerves" have definitely more insight into life's more intricate emotions and Franco did certainly know how to express these. His romantic beauty added to the reality he expressed n his gorgeous voice.

I just love the moment when he starts singing, her face just lights up almost instantly. It’s so sweet!

This is so wonderful, Corelli was a very nice man.

Thank you! Thank you! To have heard Franco and Birgit sing together was like being in heaven!

Goodness, I cried hearing his voice and seeing her reaction. Two beautiful people!

@poptate5041

2 жыл бұрын

Justin, same.

@ozielich

Жыл бұрын

me too!

@gregsolovieff6711

10 ай бұрын

I cried listening to her, because I could hear THEM in Turandot. They both still sound great here, but more of her vocal greatness comes across in this snippet than his. You hear just a bit of what got people out of their seats for him at the very end of this song he sings here.

KING AND QUEEN

@secrethandlebelongstome

Жыл бұрын

Prince and princess

Both of these singers have 3 a.m. voices, instantly recognizable even if awakened out of a sound sleep. See how quickly Madam Nilsson responds to her long time colleague and friend. So rare today! - I recall a few years back while perusing a Juilliard at Night catalog, a course offered in the music appreciation area was called Nilsson and Corelli. Such was the impact and legend surrounding these two giants.

Nilsson and Corelli, the greatest Turandot and Calaf in operatic history.

Oh my word, I am on my knees as I am watching this! Two of the Olympians of operatic singing!

Thank you for this gem. You have given so many people the pleasure of seeing two giants of the opera is such a sweet setting and singing so beautifully later in life.

Genial! Bello registro. Corelli gran, gran tenor…era un hombre guapo. Gracias.

I admire them both, and as I am watching and listening to each of them they seem so much younger. Their speaking voice is so nice to listen to.

Enorme cantante. Grande Corelli, y la gran Birgit Nilsson.

Bellissimo video, bello rivederli insieme, con grande ammirazione e amicizia reciproca

Великий Корелли - tenore di forza - и неподражаемая Нильсон! У меня до сих пор хранятся пластинки фирмы "Мелодия" с записью их "Турандот". Как же это было давно! И в то же время как живо и близко в памяти. Благодарю вас за то счастье, которое доставляло людям ваше пение! Покойтесь в мире, великие и незабвенные!

There must be a great bond between artists who can look at each other and think, ‘We were the absolute best.’

@ransomcoates546

2 жыл бұрын

@silver bud Clearly you don’t know a lot about opera singers. Nilsson and Farrell were on a Met broadcast intermission once and the host asked Farrell if she had ever heard Nillson in the theater. She said no. Nilsson: ‘You have no idea what you missed.’

@ransomcoates546

2 жыл бұрын

@silver bud Who do you think each of them supposed was a superior Turandot and Calaf compared with themselves during the time they were singing? And for anecdotes let’s not forget Milanov to Bing after hearing Freni: ‘Rudy, this girl is wonderful. She sounds just like a young me.’

What a class!!! Magnificent and legendary... both, and so much chemistry there, Bravo!

What a golden age of opera it was

@laprimmadonna2341

2 жыл бұрын

Así es…época dorada, años maravillosos…

@charliegold3227

8 ай бұрын

Golden age are the 20s

@charliegold3227

8 ай бұрын

Golden age is from 1900-1930

This is so touching to see the reaction of Birgit Nilsson when Franco Corelli starts singing from the background. You can really see and feel how happy she is hearing and finally seeing him again. Two titans of opera giving us a little insight into their relationship. So much was written about the competition and there was one as Franco confirms but you can see that it was a healthy and friendly one. I have seen the first 30 seconds now 4 times and always had tears in my eyes. What would I have given to hear Franco and Birgit live. But thanks to both of them for the wonderful moments they provide via their recordings.

Due giganti della lirica. Corelli sempre nel mio cuore. ❤❤❤❤

What a class!!

Nilsson had such joie de vivre, combined with a voice even Franco Corelli was awed by when performing. I would have loved to have been at a party with her.

La scuola antica produceva grandi cantanti

Bonjour ca fait plaisir de voir ces deux grands de l opera un mr corelli superbe et mme nilson superbe de simplicite et toujours tres agreable de gaieté merci pour ce beau moment

Grandi, splendidi cantanti

What a lovely lady she was!

Bravo à ces immenses voix merci franco corelli 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 et merci nilson 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Corelli sounds wonderful here!

@user-py1jg6bb2r

3 жыл бұрын

Extremely charming, seems so happy and free, mind and spirit! Not sure which year, but the sound is indeed young...Dream to see both be in Turandot. Most handsome Calaf with large warm wrapped top, and she can clean cut steel like laser beam, nail all to be back of the seat, no matter where seated, even sitting in the back deep corner, cannot avoid her powerful beam. Glorious old days!

Many people see a singer in their declining years, but many still show their great appreciation for what the singer contributed in his prime, which in Corelli's case was insurmountable. R.I.P. A great tenor

@shicoff1398

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 100% he sounds very good here, even being older.

@user-py1jg6bb2r

3 жыл бұрын

"insurmountable" is so right on him. But Corelli looks so elegant and youthful, his contribution, just gigantic and cannot be duplicated. He has that class, just gorgeous!

@tinkerwithstuff

3 жыл бұрын

He sounds a lot better than DiStefano on such occasions ;) (not dissing GDS, it is what it is)

@shicoff1398

3 жыл бұрын

@@tinkerwithstuff Well it's a very different type of voice, FC is more a dramatic spinto then GDS who was a Lyric tenor really, and you must not listen to late GDS to catch him at his best, and some voices do record better then others, I saw both men in house a few times and saw GDS in the late 1950s and later, but they are so different, anyhow Corelli was more spinto then Di Stefano, it's all just whoever or whatever you like, no right or wrong.

@sugarbist

3 жыл бұрын

@@tinkerwithstuff On such occasions, many great tenors sounded better than one another. Each captivating in different ways.

OMG! What greatness has passed. No one since has been greater.

La sua entrata in scena è sempre di grande effetto, anche fuori dal palcoscenico.

@consubin67

3 жыл бұрын

Nessuno prima, durante e dopo di lui con cotanta regal portanza !!

@fabriziomariagarzi5534

Ай бұрын

Pero' la Nilsson alla radio disse che il suo Calaf preferito era stato Giuseppe Di Stefano.

Wow! First time I heard his speaking voice. It sounds so different from his singing voice.

@flanplan5903

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently this is quite often the case when people hear his speaking voice.

La reazione della Nilsson quando sente cantare Corelli è qualcosa di fantastico... questi artisti non li vedremo più purtroppo...amici prima che colleghi

@consubin67

3 жыл бұрын

....purtroppo, dopo loro il vuoto !!

@xxirapax8830

3 жыл бұрын

@@consubin67 vero

@jbvivlui4823

3 жыл бұрын

La voix.est loin d'être merveilleuse! il a perdu sa voix très tôt car n'a pas l'air bien âgé.

@Tkimba2

3 жыл бұрын

Veramente pare che a lei non piacesse particolarmente come collega

@xxirapax8830

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tkimba2 non si direbbe da questo video 👍🏻

MERAVIGLIOSO ! UN GRANDE RICORDO !!!

OMG i have never heard him speak english with a high tenor voice like this

Unforgettables Artist

Credo sia stato l'abbinamento vocale più importante nel repertorio oroico nella storia dell'opera lirica. In TURANDOT i due hanno posto l'asticella talmente in alto che sembra impossibile a delle ugole umane raggiungere tali perfomance.. Era una gara a chi andava sempre più in alto e non c'era un perdente ma due trionfatori alla pari!!!!!! CORELLI il più grande Calaf per colore di voce , armonici, potenza, estensione, squillo fraseggio principesco, il top del personaggio... NILSON.. Turandot per eccellenza, la pietra di paragone nel ruolo. Vederli ancora uniti anche se in abiti comuni, ma sorridenti consapevoli di essere stati inarrivabili, è una grande emozzione. Grazie per questa testimonianza. Beautiful 🌹🙏

@lz43p15

3 ай бұрын

Grande commento che io condivido in pieno.

These two great artists together are just beautiful to see and what they gave for unforgettable moments on the opera stage is history that will take generations to repeat.

El tenor italiano Franco Corelli y la soprano sueca Birgit Nilsson cantaron juntos en numerosas funciones de ópera, pero sin duda la más vibrante conjunción vocal entre los fue en Turandot, de Giacomo Puccini, en la que sus timbres eran absolutamente brillantes y grandiosos.

It's so interesting that his speaking voice is so much different than his singing voice. You would not expect the volume and tonality to come out of him listening to him speak

@Sacha_Kudli

3 жыл бұрын

Peter Gibbons agree

@stevenburton7922

3 жыл бұрын

Very true. He is like a formula race car that quietly idles but when you apply the accelerator....holy cow! Look out!!!

@andreacosta74

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 😂. When he speaks remember to me the little voice of Federico Fellini. It’s almost identical

@kneeman66

3 жыл бұрын

We are reminded that the tenor has a very unnatural voice and this proves it

@landras5355

3 жыл бұрын

How lucky we are, that he sang opera and didn't deal with poems... 🤓🤓🤓

Bonjour un vrai plaisir de les voirs ces tres grands i interprètes un regal merci

ПРАЗДНИК ДУШИ ! БОЖЕ , КАКОЕ ВРЕМЯ БЫЛО !

The video quality is really very good, I have watched this before somewhere and it was very blurry. Franco looks really good and he is 60 here

@flanplan5903

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. 60 years old. Looks more like early mid 50’s to me.

....Corelli da brivido!!!!! Insuperato!!!! Nilsson: finezza e musicalità assolute!!! 👍

Thank you .. Great Tenor CORELLI

@xxsaruman82xx87

3 жыл бұрын

And great soprano?!

@user-py1jg6bb2r

3 жыл бұрын

@@xxsaruman82xx87 She is my greatest Chinese Princess in Turandot! Finest laser clean cut voice that nails everyone into the back of the seat all night!

Two incredibly generous Artists working in very difficult acoustic and performance conditions, post-career. And enjoying the experience nonetheless. Legends Pianist did well on the night. Good host.

wonderful

@TheWiseMonkey8888

3 жыл бұрын

17:08 ... [she] did a good bump dance move also :)

Bonjour un grand tenor toujours agréable a ecouter et chanter malgre ke temps un grand tenor et une grande soprano tres agreable aussi un duo exceptionnel inegale bravo a eux merci pour cette vidéo

its as if that song was written for HIM! this whole clip is such a treat!

thank you! that's incredible

Thank you

Sweden had no idea how good they had it with Nilsson!

Molto grazie George's Opera World,video meraviglioso.

Thank you!!!!

Thank you. Delightful.

Grande incontro di due Grandi della Lirica

Sempre Grande!

This is a treasure!!

@laprimmadonna2341

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutamente cierto

Wunderbar!

bellissimo, grazie!

He was often very very shy but he is so clearly comfortable to be with her. Even when required to use English. Wonderful friends.

Che bello momento!

Love this, thank you ‼️❤️

Finally! This marvellous interview in a clear format! Just wonderful to get a glimpse of the real Corelli with Nillson. He seems to be delighted to be with her. Thank you so much for doing this magic. I appreciate it so much! All the best from England !

@georgesoperaworld5898

3 жыл бұрын

🤗🤗🤗

@michaelotruba1308

3 жыл бұрын

She seemed thrilled to see him, as well, with almost childlike excitement at the beginning of the show when she realized who was coming on. She would have been great to know in person, no doubt.

@maggiedeveney

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelotruba1308 the response from both of them was delightful! So genuine. I come back from time to time to bask in the smiles!

It was always just the beginning clip I saw. Didn't realize there was more and with such clear video.Yay!

a treasure to watch ,

In the beginning, she completely lost it. 😂 Her reaction tells you everything you need to know.

Many thanks for posting this!

Thank you for posting this! Good to see this again!

Magníficos!

God should let great singers, composers and musicians be in their prime and live forever. Great dancers also, be they ballet, Ukrainian or whatever wonderfully skilled dance.

I love how he finished the song, as Tosti wrote, though the ending is weak. God bless France. The Prince of Tenors.

Grandi.grandi grandi!!!!

0:16 *Umm okay 😂that was unexpected🤣🤣😂*

No escuche mejor tenor que Franco Corelli, es increible!!

What a delightful meeting of friends.

This meeting is so touching.

Fantastic! What year was this..Late 70’s early 80’s? Thanks for sharing this gem!

das ist einfach nur wunderschön !

Франко говорит вроде по английски, но я слышу настолько итальянскую речь, что пытаюсь переводить её с итальянского. Большую часть жизни он прожил в Америке, но так и остался итальянцем.

Thank you for this GEM!

Love this meeting, this heartbreaking moment when Franco comes to Birgit .....and in this time Birgit wasn't retired , but Franco already 5 years

l' unico che non aveba paura a camtare con lei stupendi unici!

Wonderful

Grazie George's Opera World

Fantastic what a god

Video assolutamente STRAORDINARIO. Anche perché ci si può rendere conto che sono due persone NORMALI, nel senso che posseggono una qualità maggiore dell'ordinario ma non sono quegli esseri sovrumani che vuol far intendere la pubblicità commerciale. Valore artistico a parte, che qui non è in argomento, resta la tristezza del tempo passato che fugge irrimediabilmente.

Thank you SO MUCH for posting it! As you may know there was another version of this, but the video quality was terrible.