i saw this one on youtube a while back, but i can't find it anymore. don't know what happened to it, or why it was taken out, but i've re-uploaded it. poor video quality
Oh wow, this is so great! Birgit's reaction to Franco coming out was priceless, and put a huge smile on my face. Thanks so much for uploading this!!! I do wish it the video was better quality, but the poor quality is an insignificant price to pay to see this. Brilliant!
This is from a Swedish TV show. It was "Here you have your Life" (or how to translate it). It was awhole evening show with secret guests comming to meet Birgit and talking about memories of her Life and career. This is a jem, and I hope that the whole TV show will be here on RU-vid in the future. It was produced of the Swedish State television, so it is saved somwhere in the archives at SVT, Sweden. Fantastic video with Corelli - opera history.
Why criticise this "off the cuff" performance? Obviously he would not have had an opportunity to rehearse with the accompanist,,,but like the great artist he was,,,he did his best in the circumstances. He had travelled a long way prior to his appearance. It was good natured and very interesting. Thanks for posting.
BRAVI!!!!! le due I am a fan of both,bravooooo!!!!!!! Maestro Corelli was a very "simpatico" and joyfull person; even when he got older, he always was a youthful person full of a positive speech...but very intelligent and clearf!!!!.
This is such a lovely clip - I wish someone in Swedish television would take pity on Corelli and La Nilsson fans and post a good quality version. In her autobiography Birgit Nilsson calls Corelli "Magnificent" and she writes about him with great insight, respect and admiration. The great always recognise each other.
Wow!!! An Aries and a Taurus!😲😲😲 this is what you get when you combine both Mars and Venus...a powerhouse duo! RIP Princess Turandot and Prince Calaf 😢😢😢👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
+Eldovio Desanfernandino THese two were absolutley sensational together; alone were already the best of the best; together the gave us the best Turandot ever (and Tosca as well is beautiful with both of them, although is not perfect for Ms Nilsson).
Mr. M. No one is even close to Nilsson and Corelli as Turandot and Calaf. That is a FACT. They have no issues with the ample orchestration, the many high C's and B's. The extremely high tessitura that destroyed many great singers is easy for them. I'm willing to bet that Nilsson can sing Salome right after Turandot with ease while Corelli can sing Trovatore right after Calaf in the same day.
Mr. M. Nilsson was an excellent Tosca. Her Met performances in ‘68 were riveting. The recording is a failure because D F-D is the worst Scarpia on record. I can only listen to Acts 1 and 3, and Vissi d’arte (Franco’s Act 3 aria is among the best on record). Their Aida recording with Bumbry under Mehta, however, is OUTSTANDING. She was a great Aida and sang it “live” often. Not too many sopranos sang Isolde and Aida regularly-just Gadski, Nordica and Birgit in 130+ years of Met history. The real missed recording opportunity was the EMI Fanciulla del West. EMI planned it for Callas and Corelli, but got Nilsson and Gibin after Callas pulled out. Nilsson and Corelli in Fanciulla would have been stellar.
A great artist honouring a great colleague. I think the accompanist was trying to race him to the end ?? To be fair, though, they had no opportunity to rehearse together. The clip is completed elsewhere,,,and they did manage to get through it, thanks to Corelli's artistry. A Gerald Moore was needed. Lovely to hear though,,thankyou for posting it.
THANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOU for re-uploading this. It is wonderful to see colleagues respect and love each other sincerely like this.
@rumpwrestler The Metropolitan would not stage Turandot for years until they revived it in 1961 specifically for these two artists, Birgit Nillson and Franco Corelli. Listen to Corelli speak and listen to him sing you would not know it was the same person. My Father was a huge Corelli fan and would loved to have seen this.
This is just too cute. He seems quite nervous when around the accompanist, but when speaking to Nilsson, he becomes more relaxed. You can tell that these two are VERY good friends. It’s just so sweet! Now imagine seeing these two in their prime.
Love her reaction to Franco's voice. Even this grande soprana of opera at the manly voice of Franco flatters than this man was the greatest of all tenors.
@@kyleaustin6061 I like even better the story she told that Corelli was upset she had a piano in her dressing room and he did not, so Bing went to Birgit and asked if she would give hers to Franco. She replied,"Well all right, but I am not going to teach him how to play it."
I think that whithout that speaking voice Franco wouldn´t have sung the way he did if you listen closely you can really hear how much his cords are closing when he´s speaking and that cord closure was essential for his squillo and high notes even if I think the teaching by Lauri-Volpi helped him alot too
That’s how we as italians speak to be honest.. at least the majority of us.. we have “voce di piazza”. The vowels are naturally placed in the mask as we speak and we’re usually quite loud. Obviously is very different from singing.. but that’s how we’re supposed to speak anyways
@@tommycanaparo443 Franco Corelli himself said over and over that he never sang in the mask, this is just pure chest voice with open throat and incredible breath support
@@tommycanaparo443 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Qh3tsEQmy10.html He clearly states that singing in the mask is wrong, you might feel like the sounds shakes your face but the sound resonates in the larynx
abcd efgh ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Qh3tsEQmy10.html in this link at 1:02 he clearly says: “la voce deve andare solamente in maschera attraverso il fiato”. This means “the voice should go in the mask only through the breath”. Therefore he never pushed the voice into the mask but it buzzed there automatically through the breath..
@Michael Taylor This is absolutely classic for the greatest tenors. Listen to Del Monaco or Lauri Volpi give an interview....they have this same high placement type speaking voice. You are hearing them use proper cord adduction even in their speaking voices.
That's possible, but I mean, Corelli had a generally high voice. in some opera recitatives when he's not really singing full out, you can hear that lighter quality. I know what you mean; some interviews he sounds a little different, though I think that might have had to do with what time of day the interview was, or if he had a cold, or if he was just talking a little more quietly...
thank you 1981 - SHE was still active then, hmm. HE already looks a little sick, and next to her he even looks small, given the fact that he was a tall man of 6'1! >25 years ago! we're getting old ourselves!
Compreendo o que você quis dizer, como a técnica da impostação vocal lirica transforma, além de um gigante da lirica vale lembrar e é notório que Corelli era um gentleman, figura rara que dificilmente haverá igual no mundo da lirica🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
