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This performance was the (lip-synched) soundtrack for an RAI TV presentation of the opera, and it finds Franco Corelli not only in spectacularly fresh voice,
This is the same performance I reviewed on Myto (for my comments, type Q6665 in Search Reviews). The sound quality is essentially the same (it
EMI has wisely chosen to represent Franco Corelli in its “The Very Best Of …” series with generously filled discs drawn from his glory years
It has been a quiet parentheses among opera lovers for years that while great tenors have emerged since Franco Corelli stopped singing, none of them
This recording finds Callas at her most vocally secure and powerful, absolutely fearless throughout her entire range, with coloratura spotless and, as usual, her attention
This performance, taped at La Scala on opening night, 1963, is a breathtaking example of true verismo performing. At the time, Giulietta Simionato had been
Is it possible for a version of Gounod’s Faust to satisfy if its principals are innocent of traditional French style and replace clear diction with
Recorded live in 1959 in Palermo and sung in Italian in a remarkably verismo-like style, this Carmen thrills over and over again–but it may not
There is nothing wrong with this performance of Turandot, recorded live in Milan in l964, except that the pitch slips up part way through Act
Franco Corelli had it all–film star looks, stage presence, and a powerful, penetrating spinto tenor that ranged from a dark, almost baritonal quality in the
