Colossale, in quest'aria si possono avere gusti diversi sui vari tenori ma Corelli é una forza della natura.... Uno tsunami di voce, ma ben emessa, controllata e perfettamente fluida... Una campana di bronzo che emette risonanze morbidissime e ultrasonore!!! Non ha paragoni... Non si limita a cantare l'acuto finale ,come tanti tenorucoli odierni, canta tutto in voce con una pienezza di suoni dirompente.

@leonoradelagardie

7 жыл бұрын

numetutelare, ne sono delle parole molto belle e sono absolutamente d'accordo! Corelli vive per sempre nella mia mente.

@sergiobuccianti4224

3 жыл бұрын

Sono d'accordissimo,ha scritto cose che avrei scritto anch'io e mi viene in mente il critico Celletti quando in un suo intervento disse che gli acuti di Corelli scendevano nella sala della Scala come una lucente colata di bronzo......Incommensurabile! ...Credo anche che ognuno,come dice lei,può avere i suoi gusti in fatto di tenori ma in Turandot non c'è solamente il Nessun dorma da affrontare ma prima ci sono tali difficoltà che anche il più ferrato tenore (tra i mortali) quasi sempre inciampa o paga pegno successivamente.....E poi diciamocela tutta quando si pensa a Turandot si pensa alla Nilsson che incarna veramente, per il tipo di voce, la fredda e gelida Principessa...e per Calaf,non perchè è stato suo partener per quasi vent'anni,ma per la voce e l'interpretazione con il fisico e il fascino del fiabesco Principe Ignoto viene subito in mente Corelli....Che grande,

@luisellavergani4494

Жыл бұрын

Verissimo😊

@andreaottelli9734

9 ай бұрын

Il mio preferito in assoluto

Corelli own this opera and aria. No one sings this better than him. 👍👏🏻

Corelli looks like a prince, and he sounds like one. Extraordinary.

I was fortunate to hear Franco sing this and other roles at the Met several times. It was even more impressive in the theater. Powerful and beautiful!

My favorite tenor.

To sing twice "nessun dorma" without even a break, is not the easiest thing in the world, unless one's name is Franco Corelli! Thank you, dear Roberta.

Listen. Listen. LISTEN!!!!!!!! How glorious....GLORIOUS!!!! THIS IS LIVE!!!!! The best. The best. The best ever. And, probably forever. Thank God technology has preserved this magnificent artist!!! God bless his soul!

simply astounding voice....nothing comparable today..in my very humble opinion.

BI love it. The public won. The conductor was very inhospitable to try to trample on his applause. And he repeated the it again....Thrilling all these years again to hear LIFE on the operatic zenith. Rest in Peace Franco. You were victorious.

Absolutely beyond belief -- NO ONE sings like this today, with such heroic courage and deeply internal commitment... I am humbled and inspired.

The sound just flows straight out of him with no resistance or holding back whatsoever, this is opera in its prime.

The silvery, metallic quality of his voice is still unsurpassed... a voice like iridescent glass reflecting the light in all splendor of the spectrum - incredibile ! What would I give to travel back into that year and hear him live, in close range...

@zenquiet7604

4 жыл бұрын

Pavorotti say in talking about Corelli his admiration,he said vocal chords of steel,fro Pavarotti thats something.

Incredible super. I had tears in my eyes and goose skin when I heard this version

I've had this on replay while I'm sitting here drawing...with tears in my eyes from the absolute sheer beauty of Corelli's version...his voice is so sweet and so powerful at the same time.

Corelli, Calaf per sempre solo lui ha saputo cantare in modo sublime

Mourir avec un sourire aux lèvres ...

I never knew the work of Franco Corelli; though I knew his name. What a voice! It is baffling how treasures like this are lost from generation to generation. He is simply flawless! He makes me weep at the joy of being able to hear!! What a voice!

@exdus235

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@labienus9968

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you discovered him, but he was never lost at all. What is baffling is how you missed him.

@SaaharaGlaude

Жыл бұрын

@@labienus9968 Just never heard his voice. Opera radio stations aren't like Pop - Oldies or, even Jazz. I know Maria (Callas) - have her recordings -- saw Luciano in recital -- & know Corelli performed @ the Met AND!! with Maria; but, I never heard his voice!! CRAZY!!! I know. Just bear in mind, there may be people who've never heard Adele - Johnny Hartman - Jeannette MacDonald - Kevon Edmonds. There are GREAT singers unknown. That's life🤩

@labienus9968

Жыл бұрын

@@SaaharaGlaude As I said I'm glad you discovered him. You just assume if somone is listening to a "rare encore" recording. of a famous opera tenor, they had some knowledge of opera, or that kind of singing. My main reaction was you're saying it was lost from generation to generation-which in the world of opera and tenors was never the case. You may call it snobbery, elitism, I call it a hierarchy of values-so I guess I'm unwoke-but of course I heard of a couple of the singers you mentioned, but never Adele etc. and that doesn't bother me at all

@SaaharaGlaude

Жыл бұрын

@@labienus9968 It goes totally & completely without saying that Opera aficionados know him in & out. What you're not recognizing is that not all Opera lovers are aficionados! From generation to generation is all inclusive: i.e., everyone -- not just Opera proficients. There are countless people who know the name Kanyé West & not a lick of his music! Adele?? She has so many Grammy's, Brit Awards, MTV Awards, an OSCAR, Billboard Awards, Juno Int'l Awards, Critic Choice Awards, Danish Music Awards +++++!!! Too many to name identify! AND!! She's alive! She's a contemporary & had she been trained, would have excelled in Opera! But, she's lost to you? Hence, I never heard Franco Corelli's voice - but, had at least heard of him. Just read an article about one of the wealthiest men on the planet who bought his daughter-in-law 'the' most expensive piece of jewelry ever. I read. All the time. Global - usa national -- and I never heard of this man or his family! I'm 65+ & have great cultural exposure but, know not this family. It is possible for an Opera lover to have never heard the voice of Franco Corelli! There's somebody else -- right now!! who can make that claim ...

Quite possibly the best aria ever written sung by the best tenor. It doesn't get better than this.

Une voix remarquable et un physique de jeune premier !

Ascoltate qualsiasi tenore chi aveva note basse medie di passaggio e acuti così la presenza,la generosità non si ascoltano più cantanti come lui

Franko Corelli - the best!

I love Corelli's confidence.His voice is even better in the encore.

@richardjonesm

5 жыл бұрын

The first run is fantastic the second is superlatively and extravagantly assured.

@timothysimpson-inspire

Жыл бұрын

Corelli was a complete nervous nelly very often but overcame it to create some monumental moments.

Non ci sarà mai più nessuno come il principe corelli....fantastico..........unico...meraviglioso

Cuando oyes a un señor cantando como canta Corelli y oyes a los tenores de hoy, Kaufman, Flores, etc. Y entiendes lo que es una voz abierta, impostada, etc. Sólo queda decir y lo siento mucho, la ópera está muerta. Si Kaufman and company tratase de cantar así, se mueren en el escenario. Bravo Corelli bravissimo.

Quando c'erano voce e cuore...Grazie,Roberta.

So many tenors cannot even manage this aria, and here he is singing it twice in a row in the best interpretation there ever was.

@sugarbist

6 жыл бұрын

Many tenors can manage the aria but not the opera

@sugarbist

6 жыл бұрын

oldoperafan many more tenors can manage the aria more so than the complete opera

@Vivi16392

Ай бұрын

not only he's singing twice, but in the full opera,,,,,, before this he sang the 1st act and the impossibly difficult enigmas scene ,,,,, INCREDIBLE

Corelli was a living breathing work of art. There will never be anyone to equal him.!!

Corelli is not generally one of my favourite tenors but here (despite the poor sound) he is truly heroic - recorded in 1960, I wonder how many people could have realised that they were witnessing the last decade or so of the golden age of opera

@choctawcoffeepot9037

4 жыл бұрын

Not enough. Too many people may think that with the passing of time, that things will only get better.....but thats not true.

@colinbrigham8253

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@knies044

3 жыл бұрын

His live recordings are the best, He is my hero for me the best tenor ever.

I don't like opera, but all I can do upon hearing this man sing is to stand in awe.

@exdus235

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

Celestial voice,the world have to wait for one hundred years,to be born on other Franco Corelli.We love for ever MAESTRO !!!!

I just heard Corelli for the first time 10" minutes ago. How did I go all my 76 years and not know of him! Thank you for the link. Magnificent!!!!

@racheleleeba

9 жыл бұрын

Sasha1939 I am so delighted! Thank you!

@richardjonesm

8 жыл бұрын

+Sasha1939 Every note you can get! There is every known colour, shape and feeling in this, for me the only true voice. This man is Calaf, Manrico, Cavarodossi. This man sings with his whole soul, his whole being, his whole he. You will not hear better anywhere, ever.

@metsogrand

8 жыл бұрын

+Sasha1939 Much the same for me .

@jackott3153

8 жыл бұрын

You need to dial up the GREATEST 'MARIO LANZA' and listen to his version,.....

@daviddecarlo968

7 жыл бұрын

I agree, but lets not forget that Lanza died at 38, many years before he would have hit his prime. I saw Corelli sing Calaf in Boston in the 70's and he was wonderful.

Corelli encored arias very rare. As far as I know he never enored e.g. E lucevan le stelle, and this was the only occasion, he encored Nessum dorma. I think, he is the best Calaf ever. I love his melancolic tone. Thanks a lot!

@robertopics

4 жыл бұрын

There is a version that sounds like an encore where you hear a guy coughing at the beginning and the hours for a sweet diminuendo in the middle.

@daenarofnandor972

4 жыл бұрын

You think he's the best Calaf ever because he is😆He was named like "Prince of tenors" and I absolutely agree with the title😁

@potusumanbibingka

2 жыл бұрын

@@daenarofnandor972 He's the best Calaf because he is. Calaf's testicular fortitude to accept Turandot's "gl'enigmi sono tre" and to dare the haughty princess of what his name is, really resonates in Corelli's voice and performance. Name someone who could outmatch him as Calaf. Domingo? Pavarotti? Shame on them.

Corelli non è il principe dei tenori, ma il RE immenso

This is one of Franco's finest efforts, aided by a conductor who wants to move it ahead at a decent clip. I wonder how many times God has asked Franco to sing this up in heaven?

Insuperabile e ad oggi insuperato, divino!

The only time I wish I were older is when I hear Corelli sing. Would have loved to have heard him in live. I am not able to explain how different his voice is for me; Friends just don't understand. I just want to faint at the end of his encore ! Cheers !

Immenso come sempre, non ci sono parole! Mi fa sempre commuovere Cmq Corelli in una intervista al Teatro Piccolo Regio negli anni '90, afferma di non aver mai concesso "bis"

Fantastic, superb, insurmountable.

I have been listening to opera for most of my 75 years and have to say that corelli was astounding and untouchable.if only he were still here to entertain us.

Nilsson and Corelli in Turandot at the Met. What wonderful memories!

Una voce di cristallo! Grazie!

mamma mia.......! fenomenale generosita' e bellezza

Corelli in his prime was truly spectacular, and he made those high notes seem so effortless. He was the finest tenor of his era, and some might even say of all time.

@PragueImport

Жыл бұрын

He was also the most beautiful of them.

I always repeat, the greatest tenor ever!

@eumas7

7 жыл бұрын

no

@patrickcaserta6130

6 жыл бұрын

There were none better.

@timtam7626

4 жыл бұрын

Agree!

@arnoldamaral7406

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickcaserta6130 Both Corelli👑 & Del Monaco 👑 reigned supreme. Each one at thier own time. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

@johnpickford4222

3 жыл бұрын

You may repeat it, but that doesn’t make it so. There are other tenors with smoother and better technique but they weren’t nicknamed “Golden Thighs” and didn’t sound like their nuts were being squeezed when hitting high notes.

I saw Franco and Renata sing Tosca on a Met tour in 1965.my first opera. I must say that was a day that changed my life . Over the years I have heard Corelli many times and every performance was wonderful. Today there is no one like him and there will never be anyone like him again .All who saw Corelli will never forget . Thanks for the post a nice way to start the year.

@racheleleeba

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I always appreciate hearing from someone who saw him in person. He was already retired by the time I came to appreciate opera. It wasn't until New Year's Eve 2009 that I saw him on a KZread video, singing Manrico, and it was love at first hearing.

This is incredible. He sounds so good here. Great version

Clever Corelli agreeing to encore his Nessun Dorma masterpiece 💎 but less thunderously so the "recita" could go on. Not only "clever", highly professional as well. 🍀

Franco Corelli, what a voice! Franco Corelli, Tenor as Hero, unsurpassable.

Incomparabile voce!!! Unico!!!

Corelli es una de las voces eternas del siglo XX, irrepetible y grandiosa, un verdadero Dios del canto.

quelle merveilleuse voix le grand tenor du 20eme siecle

I have study heard and seen thousands of tenors,seen Pavarotti De Stephano,even Correlli sing this aria a hundred times,ladies and gentlemen somehow God touched Corelli this performance because this is the best recorded Aria of Nessun Dorma it 100% perfect,and if only the recording tech.jands down,he couldn't even continue his performance,so they got it twice.

No hay palabras para describir tan linda voz !!!

Wonderful thats all i can say BRAVO.

Blessed times! The encore is even better than the first, which was absolutely stunning! Sublim!!!

One of the greatest calaf, sold out performance if today! That is why people go to Opera. Thank u!

Such confidence is imcoratabile! Man in great shape with body and voice.. Greatnesssss!

Maravilhoso! Belissima voz! Belo homem!

El dios de la ópera , chingonsisimo!!!!

Magnificent. Corelli primo

E' semplicemente godibile per la sua sicurezza potenza e....altro non saprei aggiungere.

Sublime

Esaltante,stupendo,unico ......irripetibile........senza confronti.

nessuno mai l'ha cantata così nè mai nessuno lo farà

As I stated before you cannot compare greatness. I saw Corelli when I was 15 at the Met with leontyne price. I was blown away but the quality of their voices I've never heard anything like it and never will again. In the late 70s I saw Cotrubas and Traviata she was incredible. I saw leontyne price twice in concert I thought I had been transported that beautiful Primal voice. I really never liked Tebaldi or Scotto. Pavarotti was overrated he was not Corelli not even close. Domingo struggle with the high C. carreras ruined is voice singing Beyond his capabilities that Beautiful lyric tenor. The Golden Age of Opera is gone there are no more great singers from the past. But we have the CDs the DVDs and the vinyls recordings. caballe was the last great primadonna she could sing Everything. Too bad she didn't retire when she was supposed to. Please excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment thank you for listening your Opera loving fan forever.

@sugarbist

3 жыл бұрын

Pavarotti was a lyric tenor, more suitable for Ballo, 31 times, Elisir 49 times, Rigoletto19 times, Daughter of the Regiment 25 times, Traviata 3 times, Puritani 10 times, all opera's that Corelli never sung. Corelli was not Pavarotti. Corelli was a spinto heroic tenor. His voice has nothing to do with Pavarotti's voice, not even close. Domingo never had a high C,

Corelli technique was self taught because of the way he trained his larynx he could generate power for every phrase and every note in whatever opera you hear him in you will get the most balance vocal sound of any tenor on earth and you won't her wavering volume .

Maravillosa interpretación!!!

Grande Franco Corelli!!! This is true singing!!! Bravo!!!

il più grande Principe Calaf!!!!!!!!!!! semplicemente fantastico...

vincerò!!! Corelli is triumphing over the orchestra ..

@user-xz9zq3qy7y

6 жыл бұрын

Friedrich Ehrendorfer Corelli, Del monaco, Tucker... All great singers that overpower the orchestra.

Изумительный голос. Классика !

da brividi. GRANDE GRANDE GRANDE INEGUALGLIABILE

Divino! Come lui Mai piu nessun!

I am blown away. Jussi Bjorling's version used to be my favorite. But this is even better.

@brettgoulding2613

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. In real life there would be no comparison. Jussi recorded very well. A great singer but not a Calaf in real life. Luciano recorded well also but his voice was not big enough for the part. These parts need a voice like Franco had to be performed live.

@mbrackeva

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is almost inhuman. I agree with you on Corelli's version being better than Björling. But Björling excels in other aria's. I love both of them.

@sugarbist

4 жыл бұрын

@@mbrackeva Bjorling was NOT a Calaf. He made 1 recording of the opera with Brigit Nilsson where the volume had to be turned up on his side of the recording. Corelli sang this complete opera 157 times LIVE

@SymphonyBrahms

4 жыл бұрын

Bjorling is my favorite. But Corelli is next in my galaxy of great opera singers. The two greatest tenors who ever lived.

@sugarbist

4 жыл бұрын

@@SymphonyBrahms Dear Symphony, Perhaps in your opinion, which is fine. Your enthusiastic proclamation is well noted. I believe they were among the greatest tenor's ever, but don't you think you're covering a very broad spectrum of repertoire & tenor voice for both tenors? I always find it curious why a fan of any singer has to make such statements. I think Bjorling was great in Boheme, Rigoletto, Ballo, and Faust. He did quite well in some other roles except for the heavier one's. Corelli's great heroic voice was not so fitting for Werther, Lucia, Don Carlo & even Boheme. Regardless of my statement, I still believe they were 2 of the greatest tenor's ever.

He is THE BEST!!

Afortunadamente mi pap desde que estaba chica nos ponía ópera, con varios tenores, pero principalmente con Corelli, es más vino a México y nos llevó, yo tenía como 8 años obvio no entendía pero mis hermanos les impresiono y hasta ahora lo sigo escuchando

Amazing! Ed incredibile anche il publico! Bello!

I was so fortunate (perhaps actually blessed) at having seen the god, Franco Corelli 6 times as Calaf at the Met during the 1960s. They really should have retired the role after he retired, because while tenors such as Bonisolli, Martinucci & Cecchele did overall fine jobs, none could come even close to FC's perfection, least of all Domingo!

There is only one Corelli - for me he is the best of the best. Thank you for uploading this extraordinary performance.

@francescoperri6943

7 жыл бұрын

littlewolf18 I completely agree...the best Opera Singer this world has produced...

@thom6746

Жыл бұрын

He sends tingles down my spine. It's like I've suddenly walked into a magnificent cathedral and I have to catch my breath because there's such a tsunami of beauty that I'm overwhelmed. I don't like opera, but this is awesome.

Immenso!!!!!

Corelli at his best ! Thank you for this historical registration .

Love it!

Thank You for sharing this great recording! Corelli was a TITAN of the operatic scene. A GIANT among the greatest tenors to ever sing in humankind history!

Quien como el!!!! nadie podrá superarlo te amo Franco

No question, for me is and alwys will be the greates tenor ever !!!

Une voix sublime tout juste sortie des cieux dans un lieu majestueux que du bonheur

That’s fascinating. It’s clear, from the directness of his voice, that, for the second performance, he stepped forward and sang it straight out into the theatre. He also sang it way faster and it’s more exciting for it. We have nothing that comes even close to this kind of tenor anymore. That style of vocal production seems to have been lost. Corelli was the greatest.

what else can you . simply the greatest

This tiny Opera House must have shook grom the rafters!

Era un qualcosa di incredibile. Si sentono nella voce come degli archi su cui gli armonici cavalcano e si amplificano nella volta del teatro e la parola in prima fila, sempre davanti al suono. Dire eccellente sarebbe niente. Dire ADDIO BEL PASSATO è solo verità.

@EJR3MDM

8 жыл бұрын

Altro che Pavarotti. Qui Pavarotti e' morto e sepolto senza via di scampo. Oltretutto nemmeno la poteva cantare perché non era adatta alle sue corde e mai lo è stata.

@guidogreco341

8 жыл бұрын

+EJ R Infatti Big Luciano ha dato solo 2 rappresentazioni nella sua carriera...

@massimocassano2545

7 жыл бұрын

EJ R

@bjorlingfanfan1622

7 жыл бұрын

EJ R in questo ruolo la vocetta di Luciano sembra poca cosa vicino a Corelli

@stevenhood5926

6 жыл бұрын

EJR on

The biggest Franco! Il migliore.

He was simply great, simply great! Una voz bien proyectada, abierta, grande, y a pesar de esa potencia, hacía unos diminuendos increíbles. Una de las mejores voces...bueno, para mi, entre los 3 o 4 mejores tenores de todos los tiempos. Fue muy bueno, cuando había muy buenos cantantes. Los que hoy creen que hay buenos Abrantes y aplauden todo, deberían comparar jeje...nada que ver.

Racheleleeba, my sincerest thanks for this posting. A most difficult encore to encourage because Puccini did not write a break in the music to allow for one. My two regrets are that I did nor hear Callas or Corelli, but now, thanks to you I just heard a true encore of my favorite tenor aria. It's truly overwhelming!

Celestiale

Grande Franco...Grande!!!!!!!!!!

WOW they stopped the opera for his encore! awesome!!

Magnífica interpretación de Franco Corelli..

Sempre un'emozione sentirlo che meraviglia

Su bis fué mas maravilloso lo amo lo adoro vivirá siempre en mi corazón

Siempre sera el mas grande Calaf de todos los tiempos..................