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Franco Corelli c. 1960. Franco Corelli (8 April 1921 – 29 October 2003) was an Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976. Associated in particular with the spinto and dramatic tenor roles of the Italian repertory, he was celebrated universally for his powerhouse voice, electrifying top notes, clear timbre, passionate singing and remarkable performances.
Tosca is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Franca Duval, Afro Poli and Franco Corelli. [1] It is based on the 1900 opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, which was adapted from the 1887 play by Victorien Sardou. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome.
Franco Corelli, Giangiacomo Guelfi Alexander Gibson Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance on 1 July 1957) CD: Royal Opera House Heritage Series Cat: ROH S 5 1957 Antonietta Stella, Gianni Poggi, Giuseppe Taddei: Tullio Serafin Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus (Recorded by Philips Records) CD: Live Opera ...
There was a healthy competition between Nilsson and tenor Franco Corelli as to who could hold the high C the longest in Act II of Turandot. In one tour performance, after she outlasted him on the high C, he stormed off to Rudolf Bing during the next intermission, saying that he was not going to continue the performance. Bing, who knew how to ...
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. . The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples's control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of It
Bing and Callas later reconciled their differences, and she returned to the Met in 1965 to sing the title role in two performances as Tosca opposite Franco Corelli as Cavaradossi for one performance (March 19, 1965) and Richard Tucker (March 25, 1965) with Tito Gobbi as Scarpia for her final performances at the Met. [citation needed]
On January 27, 1961, Price and Franco Corelli made a triumphant joint debut in Il trovatore. [13] The performance ended with an ovation that was certainly one of the longest in Met history. [9] A Met official said it lasted at least 35 minutes. Price said friends had timed it at 42 minutes, and that was the figure she used in her publicity.
Franco Corelli, Lucine Amara, Tito Gobbi: Lovro von Matačić Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus: Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0077776396750 1967: James McCracken, Pilar Lorengar, Robert Merrill: Lamberto Gardelli, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus: CD: Decca Records Cat: 452 179-2 1969: Jon Vickers, Raina Kabaivanska ...