Franco Corelli sings Because - From the movie Caruso 

Sono sempre stata una sua ammiratori e. Voce bellissima, portamento signorile anche nel canto. Per me è unico!😊

It seems there are more Lanza fans here then Corelli! My God don't they like anyone else? I like Mario's voice a lot, but please others where great also.

Callas was a great artist, not just a voice, she was a musician of exceptional talent and could also really act.

Bravissimo questa romanza e stata portata al successo internazionale da Mario Lanza.

You opinion well taken but IMO humble opinion Corelli did not have a larger voice than Lanza especially in Lanza's latter years his voice darkened and it was huge. Lanza could also diminuendo and he had the control to do it. Lanza had a freak Tenor and I mean that in a good way because he had all three vocal timbre's Lyric, Spinto and Dramatic in one voice and no other tenor before him or after him had that quality. Lanza could sing the lightest Irish tenor "Danny Boy" and then sing " Dio te Giocondi" from Otello. Corelli might have been one of the Greatest Operatic Tenors but Lanza was the greatest Tenor of all time because he could sing anything and better than any other tenor. Maria Callas said in a interview " I regret not having to opportunity to sing with the greatest tenor voice I've ever heard Mario Lanza. Maria wasn't the only Soprano to express that opinion and even some of the top tenors Richard Tucker for one said "If Mario had chosen Opera over Hollywood he would have been a top tier tenor of few equals. Nicolai Gedda upon hearing Mario sing at the Hollywood bowl was to have said " I've never heard a tenor voice like that, ever". So we all have our favorites and I have mine . I pick Lanza, Corelli and Bjorling in that order.

Agreed. cannot compare the two well.

@@Etnalleb Tucker told me Lanza (when he first heard a record of ML's ) he thought this man has the greatest voice today in the world.

@@shicoff1398 Agreed ! Tucker was right and he went on to say had Lanza chose Opera over Hollywood he would have been a Top Tier Tenor in any Opera house with very few equals. Maria Callas is also on record saying in a interview " I regret never having the opportunity to sing with the greatest tenor voice I've ever heard, Mario Lanza".

@@Etnalleb OMG, How do you make the determination that Lanza had a larger voice than Corelli? Did Lanza's voice travel further in the opera house than Corelli's? Lanza was the greatest tenor of all time without a repertoire? Where has Lanza done a diminuendo? Have you ever researched what Lanza's teacher Enrico Rosati said about Lanza? It was NOT flattering. Did you know that Lanza called Robert Merrill and told him he wanted to submit a recording for an audition for the Met, and when Merrill told him he would have to audition in person, Lanza hung up the phone? Yes, Toscanini also said that Lanza had the voice of the century. Did you know that Lanza got into great vocal and physical condition for about 6 months when he was suppose to appear in Las Vegas for 50,000$ a week for 2 weeks? It was a phenomenal amount of money in the 1950s. He shows up in Vegas and says he had a sore throat. He never appeared and was sued for damages. The beauty of his voice was undeniable, but his discipline was not.

Sono in tanti purtroppo che inneggiano a Lanza come a uno dei grandi, era solo un cantante gradevole, niente ma niente più

​@@giulioamitrano3503Questo lo pensa solo lei e pochi altri che non hanno né orecchio musicale né cuore e sensibilità. Il canto di Lanza non ha paragoni e questo è un fatto indiscutibile.

CORELLI WAS 10 TIMES GREATER THAN, M LANZA...

Lanza did sing no Opera. No one can SIGN like CORELLI.

Giorgio Vladi , but the great Lanza, present 2020 worldwide and the great Corelli 2020 present only in the Homeland, and minimal worldwide, Google Research Worldwide, sorry.

​ As an opera singer he was greater of course.

@@giorgiojvladiqt6060 Lanza was not an opera singer by profession, he had an operatic voice, he sang concerts, also sang on radio, TV and films, he made many recordings of opera arias, songs and duets, but not of complete opera's, so except for one big major opera in a major big opera house where he sang Butterfly in two performances, in the New Orleans opera house in 1948, at age 27, and a light opera in the Berkshires, where he sang "The Merry Wives of Windsor" complete in the role of Fenton, he restricted his professional career to those I mentioned above, so no good comparison can be made with Corelli Etc. because Lanza was not an opera singer by profession, but had a great and very beautiful operatic tenor voice, and did not have any less quality of sound then the more dramatic opera singer Corelli had, but as for opera of course, he wasn't as polished but the voice was easily as great as most anyone, he had a great natural voice.

In your opinion. Better English speaking accent, obviously, but Corelli had a much bigger voice.

Hmm....Lanza's vocal production of this song is SO much better than Franco's. However, we could argue forever about the great voices of the past, yes?

cooloox Lanza's rendition is ten times better than Corelli's especially given that Lanza sang it in a higher key. Fact, not opinion!

Thank you. Lanza was always overlooked in the operatic field, understandably since he had such little exposure and experience in opera. However, Mario Lanza OWNED the English speaking songs and no one will ever touch him when it comes to crossover pieces. FACT

@@ronaldo190172 I'd have to agree with that. I love his student prince recording and some Italian songs also.

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eminent colleague not waste your time with this little guy in luifernal, Grandmaster Corelli not need defenders of that ilk, Long live the immense Mario Lanza !!

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Dear colleague did not follow this great scholar amusing because you could not trust his great respect and enjoy.

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How does one know how large a voice Lanza possessed? Did he perform at his height in large theaters un-miked?

@@jackbulmash4247 I talked with many who sang with him- ML, some who also recorded with him, he had a great beautiful fine strong mid sized voice with great high notes OK, it was not as big as on the RCA LP's, but he died at only age 38 and it would have grown bigger more so in time into a spinto surely , he basically in his 20's and 30's was a lyric or lyric spinto tenor, no Corelli had a larger spinto voice, as did Richard Tucker and surely dramatic Del Monaco but Mario L. did sing in un amplified many concert rooms early and could be heard later, in 1958 Albert hall, London and probably not a hidden Mic.--- unless in the flower pot on the stage, in New Orleans in the opera house at age 27-- Pinkerton two shows he did in Butterfly and bass Norman Treigle told me the voice was big enough for any house, but not really as big as RCA made it, same thing Amara said and Dorothy Kirsten told me herself ML was easily big enough for any house, I'm guessing it was a mid sized lyric, I know it was legit, not small and look Bjoerling also sounded larger then it was on his RCA LP records, I saw him in 1958 in Chicago as the Duke, I was only 18 but recall it pretty well -- but it was big enough in the role easily , too much emphasis on size, it's only important in big dramatic spinto roles, So JB did not sing Calaf live ever or Forza, Samson etc. Smart, cause some basically lyric tenors did and failed compared to singing in their own fach, both Kirsten and Peerce told me Lanza could have sung anywhere-- had he gone for opera and worked at it--- Tucker told me he heard a ML record first time and thought this man has the most beautiful voice in the world today,--- Jan Peerce said to me when I worked in radio in Calif. ML might have sung anywhere but went Hollywood,---- Corelli was a far more polished singer and opera singer for sure, a more dramatic sound, and sure a bigger voice, but holding that note so long here wasn't really needed, ML and others could have also, but the FC voice was fantastic with great dramatic color, even when he scooped singing live, seing him in house as I did was thrilling -- but in English and popular English songs Lanza was better of course, nobody sang "Be my love" like Lanza etc. Nick Brodsky wrote it for Mario, yes with him in mind! lyric tenor Wunderlich came kind of close, but in a German accent though--- and was also obviously more lyric then FC was, more a Lanza type then Corelli was-- Lyric spinto Ben Heppner was excellent in it also in English, but ML had more the style for it as a popular singer, then FC or Tucker-- listen also to both Bjoerling and Tucker singing Because wonderfully well and the very lyric Richard Crooks, all great singers, anyhow just opinion-- no right or wrong, it's whatever you like.

if you want Corelli singing with more perfection, go to his commercial studio records, live he sang more for the house and took more liberties, and also used some of his habits not used in the studio, he has said judge me by my recordings, in interviews he made with Stephen Zucker.

Corelli no doubt had a larger voice at the same age, but ML's was big enough for any opera house, it wasn't really small of course.

@@shicoff1398 Well one certainly has to trust those especially professional singers who heard him live. His recordings are justly famous.

Really? Del Monaco's voice was larger than Corelli's and also had more volume. Tucker was a true spinto with clarity in all registers. I feel that the color of Corelli's voice was more dramatic than Tucker's. I never saw Tucker live, but was told that his B-flats were larger than Corelli's and MDM's, but not his middle register. All 3 tenor voice's had the ability to fill any house. I'm not convinced that Corelli had more bravado than MDM. Del Monaco was very bold and confident. He was a master of his complicated technique and couldn't wait to get out on stage to perform. All 3 were great tenors

@@sugarbist Agreed ! All 3 were great in their own artistic way. I saw Tucker Live in S.F towards the end of his career and I think the man could not have been more than 5'2" very short but he filled the Opera house. I choose Corelli over MDM because Corelli had mush more discipline over his entire vocal register and he could hit a High C full voice and then slowly dinuendo to a light lyric . MDM could never do that and most of the time he sang full voice... Forte was his thing. Corelli's High Bb's and C's were just ridiculously piercing and brilliant ,squillo on steroids. Corelli's stage presence was astounding he was 6'1 and built like an athlete. MDM 5'8" at best. The Soprano's the tall one's Sutherland, Price, Nillson all wanted to sing with Corelli because they towered over MDM and Tucker. I agree MDM was very bold and confident probably more so than Corelli who had an almost uncontrollable stage fright but all in all I enjoyed them both and Tucker as well. What are your thoughts on the other Franco that is Bonisolli ? I thought he was every bit as good as Corelli but a bit of a mad man and was very difficult to work with but Bonisolli had an huge voice and he knew how to use it.

@@Etnalleb Tucker was five seven easily, he did not wear lifted shoes, where do you get five two, wrong-- I've had dinner with him many times and been in his home, saw him 13 weeks before he died, stood right next to him, have pics with him--- Peerce was a bit shorter then five seven, but not Tucker, MDM was also five seven and Mario Lanza . also was short, Bjorling five seven, Peerce and Gigli shorter, five five-- Labo five two , Lanza did use lifts for films etc. as he was five seven or eight at most. Gedda was not in the USA ever in the 1940's. Lanza was not a dramatic tenor, nor was Corelli or Tucker, but for especially top notes Tucker had a very powerful voice as sugarbist says. MDM and Tucker same height but MDM Used lifted shoes as did Lanza.. I've seen them FC and RT and MDM all sing in house.

@@Etnalleb What did you see Tucker sing in SF?

@@Etnalleb Listen to MDM early he sang lyric roles like the Duke and also Ballo and Butterfly and he sang softly also then and at Times later, he was a great dramatic tenor.

You have a good point, though it's more the Italian accent then the way they sang ---but nobody sang "Be my love" and Student Prince "Serenade" or the drinking song like ML did! FC really held on to one note here didn't he! it was quite showy, but impressive ---even if not needed and it was spot on .

#121 to #131 on the one breath, FC might have over done it, but it is thrilling none the less! Like Kurt Baum held a high C for 11 seconds in one aria he recorded.

@@sugarbist Sure not, but in opera of course Corelli shines, I'm a big fan of Mario's, more so then Corelli for the voice (hard to compare) but they are so different in voice types, in opera of course Corelli even with some "habits" is of course more polished and was a great singer, even if not, Bjoerling or Bergonzi perfection in opera. Perfection sometimes is cold, neither Franco or Mario where cold singers!

Do you think it's because of poor English? Lanza was American of course .

@@sugarbist BTW As far as Gedda hearing Lanza at the Bowl he never did, Gedda was not ever in this country in the 1940's when ML sang at the bowl . I have Gedda's biography in English and he never ever heard Mario L. and he mentioned in the book when he first came to the USA, plus nothing was mentioned in the book about Mario Lanza -- anyone thinking ML had a bigger voice then Corelli does not know it, because he did not see Mario L. or most likely Corelli, and ML because he sang an Otello scene in a recording studio means little, at age 35 there and then he was not an Otello voice-- FC most surely wasn't a smaller voice then Lanza. FC would have been a great Otello, and yes ML had a more beautiful Lyric voice then Corelli for many, could well be, but facts are it wasn't huge but a good medium sized voice, that would have grown had he lived Past age 40-- but FC had a big voice, fact . "Nicolai Gedda" My life and art" 242 pages, but not on word about Mario Lanza, look I'm a fan and love ML's voice, it surely was fantastically beautiful --- but truth is truth .

No es por que esté exagerando. Es su fuerte acento en inglés al interpretar esta canción.

BOCELLI'S Voice doesnt have a operatic timbre ,his Because was scooped ,horrendous, just because you sing high notes ,doesn't mean its great ,or else Frankie Valli would be a great tenor

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@@Thedamon27 Yes, I agree. Mario owns " Because". No one can take it from him.