Gounod - ROMEO and JULIET
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- Charles Gounod.
ROMEO ET JULIETTE. Paris 1867.
Opera in 5 Acts.
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre.
Romeo: FRANCO CORELLI tenor.
Juliette: MIRELLA FRENI soprano.
Tybalt: ROBERT CARDONA tenor.
Stefano: ELIANE LUBLIN soprano.
Benvolio: MAURICE AUZEVILLE tenor.
Mercutio: HENRI GUI baryton.
Paris: YVES BISSON baryton.
Gertrude: MICHELE VILMA mezzo-soprano.
Gregorio: CHRISTOS GRIGORIOU baryton.
Capulet: CLAUDE CALES baryton.
Le Duc de Verone: PIERRE THAU basse.
Frere Laurent: XAVIER DEPRAZ basse.
Theatre National de l' Opera- Paris.
Chef des Choeurs: JEAN LAFORGE.
ALAIN LOMBARD.
Pathe Marconi 1969. - Hudba
Nn esiste un tenore che sappia esprimere un canto così potente, dolcissimo, appassionato, angosciato, addolorato, che esce dalla profondità della Sua anima , la mette a nudo e rivela a Noi che ascoltiamo ( io con le lacrime copiose) tutta la Sua disperazione: questo è sublime, ed ecco perché È il PIÙ GRANDE di tutti !
Чудово! Неповторно! Геніально!
Corelli y Freni en esta obra maestra de Gounod 🌹🍀👍♥️❤️
02:02 Prolog ("Vérone vit jadis deux familles rivales")
Act 1
07:01 No. 1 The Capulet's Ball - Introduction
10:15 "Eh bien, cher Paris!" (Tybalt, Paris)
11:34 "Soyez les bienvenus" (Capulet)
12:30 "Ah! Quelle est belle!" (Chor)
13:37 "Écoutez!" (Juliette)
14:57 "Allons" Jeunes gens!" (Capulet)
18:07 "Enfin la place est libre" (Mercutio, Romeo)
19:19 No. 2 "Ballade de la reine Mab" (Romeo)
21:37 "Eh bien! Que l'avertisement" (Romeo, Mercutio)
24:12 "Voyons, nourice, on m'attend, parle vite!" (Juliette, Gertrude)
25:17 No. 3 "Je veux vivre" (Juliette)
29:11 "Le nom de cette belle enfant" (Romeo, Gregorio)
29:44 No. 4 Madrigal "Ange adorbale" (Romeo, Juliette)
No.5 Finale
34:16 "Quel'qun" - "C'est mon cousin Tybalt" (Romeo, Juliette)
Act 2
39:31
41:32 "Oh nuit! Sous tes ailes obscures" (Romeo, Mercutio, Chor)
43:11 No.7 Cavatina "L'amour! L'amour!" (Romeo)
47:47 No.8 Scene und Chor
52:54 "Écoute, on vien!"
56:40 No.9 Duett "Oh nuit divine" (Romeo, Juliette)
Act 3
01:05:07
01:07:09 "Mon père" (Romeo, Frère Laurence)
01:11:02 No.11 Trio and Quartett "Dieu qui fit l'homme à ton image" (Frère Laurence, Romeo, Juliette)
01:17:10 No.12 Chanson
No.13 Finale
Act 4
01:38:02 No.14
01:50:31 No.15
01:55:07 No.16
02:01:18 No.19
Act 5
02:06:30 No. 21 Juliet's Slumber
02:09:14 No.22 Scene and Duet
A perfect work, without reproach.
Maravillosa versión. Insuperables Corelli y Freni.
What a beautiful recording
Franco corelli, un puro stile, non studiato, ma costruito, giorno per giorno, diverso da altri tenori, acuti potenti, non lanciati come fancevano e fanno altri tenori, ma sfumati e accompagnati, voce calda, morbida con sfumature sia nelle note alte che in quelle basse.
Aggiungo che il suo metro è novanta più o meno, fisico sportivo, gambe chilometriche e oltretutto bello, credo che possa bastare per rendere l'idea. E per ultimo, il suo modo di rendere il personaggio non freddo come oggi si vede, ma sensibile al ruolo
@@paolonostini3693 Un metro e 87 circa, 25 anni di carriera piuttosto breve,secondo me poteva andare avanti almeno altri 10 anni, 6/7 inaugurazioni di prime della Scala e ben 13 prime stagioni del Metropolitan.
Romeo y Julieta.
Belleza suprema.
Corelli y Freni. Los mejores amantes de Verona de la historia. Realmente una extraordinaria rendición.
Para mi la mejor de todas.
Quizás sea una sorpresa que dos Italianos sean los más sublimes intérpretes de esta ópera francesa.
Quizás porque la esencia del belcanto está en sus voces como en pocas de la historia. Una linea de canto Insuperable.
La dirección de Alain Lombard es vibrante.
Una versión difícil de superar. Sin dudas. Aquí se vibra la esencia de este drama de amor shakespeareano.
Genio dramático inglés, sumado al genio musical francés, más a la vocalidad genial italiana. Una combinación perfecta.
Sie haben alles so schön gefasst, besser kann man nicht sagen! Ich stimme sehr gern zu. ❤
Franco Corelli ,was für ein außergewöhnliche Stimme. Unübertroffen. Die ultimative Schönheit.
LOMBARD has really proved his worth as a conductor with this recording
merci beaucoup pour ce superbe enregistrement tous excellents
Beautiful opera with great singers
Thank you, Mr Paliatsaras, for sharing who excites opera lovers.
Absolutely beautiful. One can only cry.
"Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day:
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear; 2100
Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate-tree:
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
It was the lark, the herald of the morn,
No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks
Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: 2105
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
I must be gone and live, or stay and die."
Corelli really peerless here, incredible performance
Apart from his quite bad French..he is fabulous!
1:37:13 High C. BRAVISSIMO!. Corelli forever.
Classic, Freni- Corelli, best of the best!
Mirella Freni and Corelli they are amazing!
Two of the greatest singers of all time singing some of the greatest music ever written.
Yes.
I saw Corelli sing this opera in Seattle, with Gianna d'Angelo. I remember the gasp from the audience when he stepped onstage in his black tights. I also remember his high notes - so big I thought the ceiling of the theatre was in danger!
Ah - yes!! Corelli in black tights ..or as Fedora Barbieri nicknamed him "cosce d'oro" - golden thighs!!! He was the complete package: phenomenal voice -magnetic personality and gorgeous man!!
No matter how wonderful any other tenor has been or is ....Franco is one of kind and never to be repeated. I saw him many times at the Met (old and new), and I remember those evenings with the greatest joy and extreme nostalgia!!
RIP, Franco - sei sempre il piu' grande di tutti i tempi!!
I just got that recording and I had to listen over and over and over his intensity was even more that my earlier one with him and Moffo. Instant addiction!! I heard him live in Chenier, Fanciulla, Verdi Requiem, and Tosca with that "Vittoria" that went around the world giving the audience a collective jaw drop. My legs melted so I couldn't stand and scream "Bravo!!!"
John Mitchell I saw Gianna d’Angelo as Gilda at the old Met as Gilda with Cornell MacNeil I was 13 !!!!
Seeing this in performance by the Florentine Opera today. Previewing the work this morning per the recommendation of my friend Maria. Sounds great, and I'm looking forward to seeing it.
For my opinion Lombard's complete recording is among the greatest studio recordings ever made, with all the cast in top condition and Corelli is doing unbelieveable things with his Romeo. A source of inspiration. A peerless classic of one of the greatest operas of all time!
Corelli had an amazing voice and he sang this role well until the end of his career. (I was fortunate enough to see him in the role at the Met in the mid 1970s.) Truth is his voice was so glorious that few fans cared about his poor French diction. As one critic said of his Don Jose, what he lacked in French diction he made up for in passion.
Don't think he was singing it until the mid 70s-he was no longer at the Met-and was not singing it
Nobody would argue he was a great French stylist, but his pronunciation by the Met Romeo and Werther was not all that bad-he made great efforts-and as good as other non-French tenors. The Met Romeo of yesterday-though I think Grigolo speaks it_ was remarkably unclear-in fact the whole spirit of the performance was very Italianate which was just fine
You may not know Bing's famous defense of Corelli's French.He said that he knew the critic-he didn't speak the French language
Corelli's career at the Met did end in the mid-70. I still have a program which shows that I saw him sing Romeo at the Met on Nov. 23, 1974. While he was still able to perform well in that role, it proved to be one of his last performances there. (He canceled his performances as Pollione in Norma that were scheduled for the next season.) I saw him sing Calif earlier in 1974 and he sadly struggled in that role. FYI, Met record show that he sang in a new production of Romeo and Juliet on Sept. 16 1967, with Mirella Freni. The recording with Freni used in this CZcams file was apparently recorded in the early 1970s, based on the program notes with the album.
Thanks for the info-I usually check things before I speak-but thought he had stopped Romeo by that time. (he did do Werther in the early 70s, but after the first yr. (he canceled opening night) the revival not so much the voice but the breath was going)I'd have to look it up but I think I was at the prima of Romeo-certainly saw it several times that year. And he was still singing great in the new Cav which Bernstein conducted-I was at that first night. Yes 74 was too late. Hope you got to hear him earlier, I was fortunate to have heard him in many of his great roles.
Corelli like del Monaco are in the pantheon of great operatic superstars who thrilled and still give pleasure to us opera lovers. Freni is pure gold in this recording.
amazing opera
Grandes cantores tive o previlégio de ver Corelli na Tosca e na Cramen no S.Carlos de Lisboa e além disso tenho esta interpretação em vinil
Bravo! What Amazing Singers!
Геніально!
Wow, thank you so much! This is so wonderful ❤️
In my opinion French opera is rather underestimated. I mean this is pretty good stuff isn't it? I am not an expert on opera or anything, but I think this is top notch. And the singers are superb. Gounod does a great job of turning the nightingale/lark scene into some very emotional music. A few bars here and there in this opera remind me of Gounod's Faust. I have the impression that Wagner was also inlfuenced by that scene in Romeo and Juliet for his depiction of the Tristan and Isolde love duet ending with the memorable "ah the dreary Day for the last time".
This opera is filled with beautiful melody, some of it just orchestratal. A shame that only a couple of Gounod's operas appear in the regular rep because there are some other goodies.
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The best Stefano I've ever heard!!! 😍
¡Preciosa versión! La pareja Corelli/Freni es insuperable. Grandes voces. Grandes coros. Gran orquesta. Gran dirección. Gran música.
Μιὰ ἐξαίσια ἑρμηνεία ποὺ τὴν ἀκούω ἀπὸ τὸν καιρὸ τῆς Δραματικῆς Σχολῆς, μετάδοση ἀπὸ τὸ Γ΄ Πρόγραμμα καὶ..."κλεμμένο" σὲ κασέτα! Τρελλαίνομαι!!
Thank you for saving my sanity this Sunday afternoon. I had a multi-hour chore that I had put off for months and today was it. Corelli, my operatic god, and Freni, my operatic goddess, together. I've completed the task beautifully; I'm basking in the musical glow of this fabulous performance.
No problem with his diction. After all Romeo was Italian. Lucky to own this on CD
No problem with his diction ? 🤭 Euh, comment vous dire...
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Act 1: 0:00
Act 2: 39:30
Act 3: 1:05:04
19:19
1:25:48 p. 278
1:27:01 p. 287
1:28:13 A toi! p. 295
1:30:07 p. 299
1:31:01 300 1
1:31:44 300 3
Nice.
Meraviglia Grazie anna
39:29 I just really like the section of music that starts here.
Wonderful opera and wonderful singers !! Thank You for sharing Mr Paliatsaras...
Act 1
07:01 No. 1 The Capulet's Ball - Introduction (p.9-18)
10:15 "Eh bien, cher Paris!" (Tybalt, Paris) (p. 18-20)
11:34 "Sovez les bienvenus" (Capulet) (p. 20-21)
12:30 "Ah! Quelle est belle!" (Chor) (p.22-23)
13:37 "Écoutez!" (Juliette) (p.23-26)
14:57 "Allons" Junes gens!" (Capulet) (p.27-32)
18:07 "Enfin la place est libre" (Mercutio, Romeo) (p.33-35)
19:19 No. 2 "Ballade de la reine Mab" (Romeo) (p. 36-42)
21:37 "Eh bien! Que l'avertisement" (Romeo, Mercutio) (p.43-46)
24:12 "Voyons, nourice, on m'attend, parle vite!" (Juliette, Gertrude) (p.47-49)
25:17 No. 3 "Je veux vivre" (Juliette) (p.49-56)
29:11 "Le nom de cette belle enfant" (Romeo, Gregorio) (p.57)
*(Cut - p.57
29:44 No. 4 Madrigal "Ange adorbale" (Romeo, Juliette) (p.58-63)
34:16 No.5 Finale
"Quelqu'un"
"C'est mon cousin Tybalt" (Romeo, Juliette)
(p.64-76)
Act.2
39:31 Entr'Acte et Chœur (p.77-78)
41:32 "Oh nuit! Sous tes ailes obscures" (Romeo, Mercutio, Chor) (p.78-80)
*(Cut - p.77-P80)
43:11 No.7 Cavatina "L'amour! L'amour!" (Romeo) (p.82-86)
47:47 No.8 Scene und Chor (p.87-91)
52:54 "Écoute, on vien!" (p.92-100)
*(Cut - p.92 p.98
56:05 Béni soit le
56:40 No.9 Duett "Oh nuit divine" (Romeo, Juliette) (p. 101-116)
Beautiful opera ... Corelli and Freni not ideally cast but in great voices !
07:00 Valse "L'heure s'envole" !
Perhaps Corelli aged 47 and Freni aged 33, having so powerful voices weren't ideal for Roméo and Juliette roles. I agree that their French pronunciation was bad (Freni did slightly better). Still you can't honestly say, that this version doesn't thrill. I love how many emotions both of the singers have put in their performance. Final quartet in act III is just breathtaking.
I like also other singers here, notably Claude Cales as Capulet and Éliane Lublin as page. Really impressive.
MAGNIFÍFICO,
A melhor gravação de Romeo et Juliette. Vivo fosse, Charles Gounod, certamente concordaria.
Plinio Ramacciotti
Act Two 39:28 Act Three 1:05:01 Act Four 1:37:55 Act Five 2:06:18
Note: Mirella Freni died just last year (2020) at 85.
RIP. I remember listening to her as a teenager. She had the voice of an angel.
Popped in for a nibble and ate it all in one go. Corelli does that to one - and with Freni on the menu what can you do but pig out.
Have this amazing box on vinyl !!!!
7:00
Спасибо .Давно хотела послушать "Ромео и Джульетта",в исполнении Корелли
43:11
I'm going to get to play this with Opera Southwest very soon! Exiting!
certes le français de Mr Corelli est loin d etre parfait mais c est largement compensé par la beauté de sa voix et quel plaisir d entendre les seconds français qui ont fait les belles heures de l opera Comique. merci pour ce partage
Too few studio recordings of Corelli.
1:34:23 Ah, jour de deuil
Franco Corelli, uno dei tre migliori tenori italiani di ogni tempo con Del Monaco e Pavarotti.
*****
Quoto al 100%!
Très injuste de gommer ..CARUSO...GIGLI..VOLPI..et d'autres italiens plus adaptés au répertoire italien..oublier PERTILE ...SCHIPA ..
QUANT A MDM SOUVENT CHANTANT BAS ET LIMITE FAUX ...il rentre pour moi dans le cadre des hurleurs. .alors que CORELLI chante juste....direct avec une émission dans les aigus par projection antérieure impressionnante....mais il n’est pas fait pour tous les rôles du répertoire ...le SI "NATUREL" de DON JOSE ...."ET J’ETAIS UNE CHOSE A TOI " EST PROLONGE DE FAÇON INUTILE ..ET MEME DE MAUVAIS GOÛT
mais my god ...quel chanteur viril et attachant ...
ELUZALYRICS
N’oublions pas non plus BERGONZI
Zut de MDM qui chantait bas et faux!!
Eluzalyrics
Che c'entra Pavarotti, Gigli Pertile Di Stefano Masini Merli Rosvaenge Bjorling Tucker Fleta Cortis..
Could someone help me me to find Mirella singing Dieu! Quel frisson... Amour ranime mon courage? I think it's fourth act
Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think there’s an uncut version of this opera.
1:38:02 act 4
1:38:10
Вальс Джульетты 25':17"
son francais est tres acceptable
Les extraits de THILL de la cavatine et de la scène du tombeau...laissent loin derrière tout ce qui est dit ici..
Diction ..sobriété..beauté de la voix ..la projection vocale contenue toujours chez THILL ..INTERPRÉTATION
VOILA L’EXEMPLE QUI FAIT REFERENCE
MAIS J’AIME CORELLI ..IL NOUS MANQUE AUSSI
ELUZALYRICS
Fichtre ! qu'est-ce qu'il vous faut ! "son cur" "charmin" "vieux" pour "viens", etc.
Poison aria?
Hey! Why was the potion aria, ballet and wedding procession cut out of this recording?
the potion aria is the jewel of the crown of this opera.
I do not know why not in this recording.
59:55
29:12
10:10 18:05 19:20
35:48 delicious
1:50
7:04 Capulets ball
Великий Франко Корелли!!
ammazza, corelli gia cantava nel 1867? pazzesco
li porta da paura anche mirella freni che è ancora viva
Yes, is Benchmark, maybe for ever and Eternity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Corelli is great, but to Romeo and Juliet we need a liric voice, more soft, more romantic..
Any way I like it very much. Regards
That's probably true-but hearing and seeing the Corelli Romeo several times as I did-did just didn't matter it was so exciting, and he was so amazing to hear and look at
Freni et Corelli ont souvent chanté " Roméo " . Leurs voix sont magnifiques mais il aurait fallu leur apprendre le style français , la diction , tout ce qui fait la noblesse du chant français !
Voir mon avis sur les extraits gravés par THILL.....tout y est
Par ailleurs il chantait le répertoire italien sabs accent étant fluent en ALLEMAND..ESPAGNOL...ET ITALIEN par sa formation chez De LUCIA ...qui s'il n’était pas tombé malade voulait le faire débuter à la SCALA ce qui aurait modifié sa carrière ...mais il fût le plus grand ROMEO ..WERTHER...SAMSON..LOHENGRIN..ARNOLD...FAUST surtout de BERLIOZ ...PARSIFAL
toujours il donne une leçon de chant relevés par une beauté vocale ..une fluidité et une ligne de chant uniques...des aigus contrôlés ..ut dèse dans ARNOLD...contre RE dans BERLIOZ ..UT 4 dans RODOLPHE AU DISQUE
toujours comprehensible et fidèle au texte et de bon goût
C’était le chant français des BURDINO..DALMORES ..FRIANT..MURATORE ...ET PUIS VEZZANI ..LUCCIIONI...ET AVANT ..FRANZ ..AFFRE...ESCALAIS
NOUS AUSSI CHEZ OUS NOUS AVIOS DU BEAU MONDE
Eluzalyrics
Lire nous aussi nous avions du beau monde..
Eluzalyrics
But all the same I'm glad we have this
Mirella Freni escamote les suraigus du 1er air, dommage, pas de contre Ré!
Eliane lublin est trop sage dans l'air du page, pas assez moqueuse...
Τὶ ἔξοχη ἐκτέλεση. Θυμᾶμαι ὅλο τὸ 1975, 6, αὐτὸ ἄκουγα συνεχῶς!
Παραμένει στὶς προτιμήσεις μου.
Мирелла Френи великолепна,чистотаинтонаций,красивое звучание.Корелли : холодноват,слишком академичен.Насколько по новому поет Григоло.Сколько эмоций,,чувства передаюься слушателю как электрический ток.Новая эпоха.
JUSSI BJORLING is THE ROMEO and BIDU SAYAO THE JULIET
But thank god we have choices
Deux éléphants dans un magasin de porcelaine (sans parler de leur français)
Vous avez toute la raison.
А короли Франции знали французский язык? Когда западное королевство франков (западногерманское племя ) стали называть Францией? Когда французский язык стал государственным? Бонапарт 1 Наполеон до конца жизни говорил с акцентом. Франция стала страной с единым языком благодаря политике Жюля Ферри в эпоху третьей республики. Это произведение было написано англичанином, который умер в 1616 году, действие происходит в Италии в г. Верона. Таким образом, не 2, а 1 слон в посудной лавке--это Вы. Великий Ф. Корелли в детстве получил травму, он и на итальянском шепелявил. НЕЛЬЗЯ БЫТЬ ТАКИМ ЗЛЫМ ЧЕЛОВЕКОМ. Музыкальное искусство--колыбель его Италия. Вы безграмотны.
Мирелла Френи - прекрасная Джульетта!!!!!!. Корелли не воспринимаю Ромео. Нет и нет. Его трясущееся вибрато вызывает негатив. Ромео -15 лет. А здесь поет какой-то дядька. Да еще отвратительный французский. ...... Но опера классная . Сохраню ее себе.
Печально, что один из лучших теноров - Франко Корелли - не сумел Вам угодить. Но, думаю, что он это как-нибудь переживет.
@@user-fu4zx9iu1h Корелли шикардосный певец. С невероятно сильным голосом. Но мне он действительно "не зашел". Ну никак он не Ромео.....И потом- он баритон. Я не верю в существование голоса, который величают "драмТенор". Как правило это баритоны........ czcams.com/video/nYh5TSWS0ME/video.html Ну разве это теноры?. Тенор настоящий у нас один - Паваротти.
@@user-my7ch6jl6j Какую оплошность допустили театры МИРА и Герберт фон Караян, что не посоветовались с Вами, как замечательно, что Вам нравится Паваротти, он перевернулся бы в гробу, что его кто-то сравнил с ФРАНКО КОРЕЛЛИ , мне Вас искренне жаль, доброго здравия !
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Great voices in a wrong repertoire. Corelli's French is terrible nearly as much as Freni's. However, his singing is great. It is in a verist style, which goes not so badly, but his diction is faulty and he pronounces all the 's' like 'th' in 'thin' and all the 'z' like 'th' in 'those'. The Romeo with a number of teeth absent from his mouth. Freni sings as she were Mimi or Liu. The rest of the cast is rather mediocre with the exception of Eliane Lublin. Not a complete version.
antoni aspolski What do you recommend instead?
The Pathé recording is good for the admirers of the so called historical sound. Not all people are ready to accept its archaic sounding. Michel Plasson’s version is the most complete one of all the existing recordings, yet the chorus of monks (“Dans un ciel pur que rien n’altère”) and Frère Laurant’s aria (“Aux lueurs matinales”), both opening Act III, are not included in it. Besides, after the marriage scene, the ensemble is a trio at first, then Gertrude enters and the ensemble is a quartet. The trio is omitted. Robero Alagna, who despite his Italian name is a Frenchman, demonstrates impeccable French pronunciation as well as the rest of the cast does. However, the style of singing is modern. One may hear the verirable French style in the older recordings made in France in the 1950s (Jules Gressier’s, Alberto Erede’s, and Pierre-Michel Le Conte’s). Unfortunately, all of them are heavily cut.
Pooh on you ! Corelli has got to be the most amazing Tenor of the 20th Century..very few can even come close to the empathy and beauty he put into the words he sang so if he had a few flaws in his pronunciation of the French language C'est la guerre ..
Pooh on you, too! Not 'a fw flaws' but everething through and through is faulty and terribly pronounced.
Nobody would argue he was a great French stylist, but his pronunciation by the time of the Met Romeo and Werther was not all that bad-he made great efforts-and was as good as other non-French tenors. The Met Romeo of yesterday-though I think Grigolo speaks it-was remarkably unclear-in fact the whole spirit of the performance was very Italianate which was just fine
You may not know Bing's famous defense of Corelli's French.He said that he knew the critic-he didn't speak the French language
Ideally for another voice and style but having heard and seen the Corelli Romeo several times as I did-did just didn't matter it was so exciting, and he was so amazing to hear and look at
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