Franco Corelli "L'amour... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!" (avec le souffleur) - The legendary diminuendo
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- Franco Corelli's diminuendo on the final note is magic.
(Gounod: Roméo et Juliette) Metropolitan Opera, October 16, 1967
Caveat: This recording contains the (frequently very loud) prompter (souffleur). On the other hand, you will hear magnificent singing from Corelli and Pilou, including possibly Corelli's longest, most beautiful diminuendos ever at the end of "Ah! lève-toi soleil!" and "Va! repose en paix!"
Roméo - Franco Corelli
Juliette - Jeannette Pilou
Frère Laurent - Justino Díaz
Mercutio - John Reardon
Stéphano - Marcia Baldwin
Tybalt - Charles Anthony
Gertrude - Shirley Love
Le comte Capulet - Clifford Harvuot
Le comte Pâris - Gene Boucher
Benvolio - Robert Schmorr
Grégorio - Lorenzo Alvary
Le duc de Vérone - Norman Scott
maestro direttore - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
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Okay. People are still complaining about hearing the prompter. Let me explain. First, it was a rule, going back decades, that every performance at the Met had a prompter delivering the first word(s) of every phrase to every singer (also the chorus). Second, this is not an official recording. We are lucky to have it at all! It was recorded over the "house wire." The "house wire," as explained to me, was the intercom that went from the stage to all parts of the backstage so that the performers knew at what point in the performance it was. Almost every opera house had/has one. A brave and clever person would attach "alligator clips" to tap into the wire and make a recording. The stage microphone at the Met must have been in or near the prompter's box, as his voice can usually be heard.
Thank you for your explanation and I always appreciate your uploads!
You seem to ignore my comments below-and in general-this is not true that the prompter delivered the first words of every phrase to every singer-it depended on the singer, the musical situation etc.-Franco being Franco was more dependent on the prompter-but I'm sure it was a confidence thing with him. Being such an avid collector you know that many of these live recordings (aside from radio recorded on air) were from people "illegally" recording them-which was much more of a project in the old days of tape-on those you hear the prompter as little as we did in the audience-though during applause you would get audience reaction of the people around the mic
Again, I attended maybe as many as a half dozen of the Corelli Romeos( maybe even this one)-and I never remember hearing the prompter particularly-except for the rare times you would, or as I already said if you were sitting in a particular location. By the way my brother had a recorder with him on a few of these-and I remember playing the diminuendo over and over after the performance making sure that what we had just heard was not our imaginations!
And again for those interested in how they sounded live-such in e lucevan, etc.- they carried fully throughout the house (I was generally standing in the family circle)-and it was a supported sound with body, not a falsetto. The great ones knew how to do this-such as the Vicker's "croon" which also reached all over the house-or with a much smaller voice-Gedda, e.g. would sing the entire second verse of Dalla sua Pace mezza voce, and it carried perfectly
+Labienus Thanks again for giving such a great insight into the Met. performances at that historical time.It is a pleasure to read all those well informed comment's of Yours.
+John Oregan
I appreciate your remarks here and elsewhere. All I ever try to do is share
my experiences and enthusiasm with others, though some people, in some cases can
be very hostile in response. Obviously everyone doesn't agree with me, and I
don't agree with every other opinion, but for goodness sake it's about something of
beauty-then agree to disagree. Talking to someone I recently met who had been
to many of the same Met performances I had been to in the 60's, 70's,
80's-although we didn't know each other back then We both felt how lucky,
how fortunate we were.
Actually I love to hear the prompter. Makes you feel like you are there with Corelli, not at your computer, almost 50 years after... It is so cool! Thanks for uploading this magnificent moment.
Who can sing like this now?Who could sing with this power in those days too? Bravo Franco, my favourite tenor!
No one!!
6:41 :D
Encore heureux, Roméo n'est pas un rôle pour lui
Entre autres, Benjamin Bernheim, Pene Pati, Jan-François Borras qui, de surcroît, ont le style du chant français. Corelli excellait dans Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti.... Il est exécrable dans Roméo, qu'il chante comme s'il chantait Otello. En plus, il ne connaît pas son texte et ne comprend sans doute rien ce qu'il chante....
Oltre alla potenza e bellezza della voce anche questo incredibile diminuendo finale lunghissimo, che nessuno eseguiva mai, ne' allora ne' tantomeno oggi. 😍🙏💯👏👏👏
Né domani!
Agree!!!! Never!!!! Corelli is THE KING of diminuendo beside his other magnificient properties.
Io penso che Franco Corelli sia tuttora il più grande tenore di tutti tempi..Ha una voce unica cosi ricca di sfumature ,un colore che comprende tutto di tutti i tenori presenti ,ieri e oggi. magnifico insuperabile...
Non si può che essere d’accordo : è il più completo: MAGNIFICO!
Non c'è alcun dubbio. È irraggiungibile.
L'Italie a toujours produit des ténors d'exception.Di Stefano dans un autre style en fait bien évidemment.La liste est longue.Franco Corelli est historiquement l'un des plus illustres !
He deserved that applause. His golden voice is the thunder and the glory of the heavens. Beyond Beauteous....
That last note is one of the most sublime things I have EVER heard.
Everytime I listen to his last note I cry....
There is only one Corelli - the most extraordinary voice I have ever heard.
littlewolf18 A voice that Heaven gifted to mankind!!!
@@davidsolomon8203 In our times!
He had no equal! What sane person can remain unmoved by that final note, with its stunning diminuendo?!
Ikr he pulled a Celeste Aida dimuendo on us
That was breathtaking....that magnificent voice!
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Although it is lo-fi, this recording gives me goosebumps like no other tenor in this aria. There was only one Corelli.
Very clear and better fidelity than a recording from out in the audience. Very little distortion. I am glad someone recorded it.
It’s the way it sounded on the radio broadcast !!
i was there, 1967, in the wings as a budding super at the Met .... night after night, the great FRANCO, a great Romeo .. and then, this aria!
Lucky guy
Cantanti ce ne sono molti ma lui era perfetto, grazie Franco
Una leggenda ancora vivente, mai nessuno arriverà a questi portenti! Immenso Franco
Beato chi se lo è goduto in teatro da vivo!!!! Sovraumano! Unico! Sublime!
Вот он секрет итальянского вельканто - воздух в голосе ..."воздушная подушка" ! Ни одна лишняя мышца не подключается в процессе звукоизвлечения ...только воздух ! Отсюда эта безграничность диапазона , эта естественность и красота ! Будь благословенен Мир подаривший нам Золотую Оперу !
Франко Корелли - мой самый любимый тенор!!! Неповторимый, непревзойденный, непостижимый!!!
Almost 20s of “diminuendo”. Who else could do that? Fantastic
Nobody else could or can
@@viverito Mais est-ce le plus important ici ?
@@sylviebasyl2835 oui c'est le plus important ici
@@viveritonon, vraiment non. Mes oreilles saignent. Quel massacre !
It was an incredible last note held and perfectly held for seconds So glad we have a record of this feat! I am sure not one singer today could duplicate it!
I apologize on behalf of the complainers. It's like receiving a diamond and complaining there is dust on it. I think this is a wonderful recording of Corelli.
Thanks for posting it!
I agree
il francese non proprio perfetto ma gli si perdona per il suo canto sempre un gradino più su di tutti gli altri. Corelli è sempre inarrivabile da chiunque anche in queste opere. ❤❤❤❤
vous parlez français ? Apparemment pas. Mes oreilles saignent, j'ai l'impression qu'il braille des paroles qui lui sont incompréhensibles. Pourtant, je sais qu'il parlait français, assez pour répondre aux interviews. La beauté et la poésie du texte n'est plus...
I was there! In fact, I attended practically every performance of the run. Heard live, Corelli's timbre was the most exciting that I have ever heard from a tenor...even if what really drew me to the performances was the Juliette of Mirella Freni, with whom I was madly in love (although on the evening that this was recorded, the soprano was Jeannette Pilou). Ah, youth...!
David Steven Tabbat beautiful story. Thanks.
and I had the fortune to be on stage, when I ws studying at Rome Conservatoire, as a soldier, part of the people etc in many operas, with singer as MARIO DEL MONACO, GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO, RICHARD TUCKER, .... yeah, as you said, YOUTH, were are you? gone so fast....
@@maggiedeveney And thank YOU for your sympathetic understanding, without a trace of mockery!
@@fourstrings48
I envy you your memories. All the best. Maggie
@@dagodemuro amazing!
Niemand hat so ein wunderbares Diminuendo nach ihm gemacht...kann keiner!!!
Mais est-ce que son merveilleux diminuendo peut faire oublier qu'il y massacre la diction française et que vraiment non, le rôle de Roméo ne lui convient pas.
I first heard Franco at the Old Met
about 1967, right before it was razed (most assuredly by people who
didn't love opera the way I did).
I was new to opera and didn't know what
to expect. The opera was Romeo and Juliet by Gounod. Juliette was
Mirella Freni. There are moments in life when we leave day to day
consciousnesses and routines and go to a place of lasting memory.
This was one of them.
I sat in the Family Circle, way back
where I liked to joke the usher has to give an oxygen mask. But it
didn't matter one bit. I could hear Franco Corelli like he were a
singing a few rows in front of me. And he didn't need a microphone!
He was a big man and as handsome as any Hollywood actor. I was
smitten and attended the Metropolitan for the next 50 years, at least
once a year.
Lucky you. I heard Corelli first time (and last time, unfortunately) when I was 16 years old, at La Scala in 1959 in Erracle by Handel (traveled from Yugoslavia). I never heard of him and was very young and couldn't enjoy much since I was in awe just for sitting at La Scala and was not able to concentrate (it was not easy from the country I lived in to travel outside the border at that time ). Only later I became aware how lucky I was to see hi and hear him singing. He was a beautiful man. After that I became more knowleagable of him and bought several records and fell in love with him. Now I'm old and am still in love with him.
Judith Bereczky Beautiful story. Lucky you!
Judith Bereczky You were blessed to hear him & at La Scala too!! I heard him at the old Met in Don Carlo. He’s still my favorite operatic tenor. Just a thrill to watch & hear. I empathize with your feelings about him.God bless you.
OMG! How lucky you are! I discovered Corelli on you tube. I bought what CD/DVD I could find with him. I have one DVD recorded by RAI (B&W) with Turandot that includes some later recorded arias (these are in colour). Image is poor (except the later recordings), but Corelli is drop gorgeous, and his voice was the Niagara of tenors, even on recordings.I could only imagine how amazing he was live.
@@ancamg Is the DVD Forza with Bastianini and Tebaldi? If you haven't listen to his 'Vittora, VITTORIA' live from Parma, which had to be one of the most spine-tingling moments in operatic history.
Corelli was an unbelievable talent.
He was the king of all tenors
@@natalinomiani2075 certainly one of thee greatest tenors
@@natalinomiani2075 Corelli was an unbelievable talent and your exuberance is well noted, but proclamations are rarely accurate. In My Opinion, the King of all tenor's sang lyric opera's like Elisir D'Amore, Lucia, Pearl Fishers, Rigoletto, Ballo, Traviata, Martha, La Sonnambula and Boheme, before his voice transcended to a Lyric Spinto and finally a spinto or perhaps a spinto dramatic tenor, singing a similar repertoire like Corelli with some exception. Manon Lescaut, Trovatore, Gioconda, Faust, La Juive, Tosca, I Pagliacci, Samson Forza etc. He sang 970 performances at the Met alone with many encores in an 18 year period He averaged about 6 performances a month. He was the original interpreter and foundation for every tenor that followed.
@@sugarbist This is your opinion..not mine. Corelli still the best .This is my opinion...regardes
@@natalinomiani2075 I'm just sharing information
a 12 anni ho visto e sentito Franco Corelli al teatro comunale di Rovigo, é stato un miracolo! poi ho cominciato a cantare l'opera!
Hearing the prompter is sooooo cool. Very exciting. Like going back in time and being there.
Estoy escuchando al gran Franco Corelli, en un sábado nublado de invierno en Buenos Aires....que más puedo pedir !!!!
Franco Corelli had a Stradivarius in the throat
iGEN Ő VOLT A LEGNAGYOBB TENOR,......
yea
Luifernal un tv BT CF
a wonderful comparison
Magda Eiler asiático que se
MAGNIFICO !
SUBLIME !
UNICO !
DIVINO .
no, è completamente fuori stile non scherziamo, non è la valkiria, non sono opere per il suo tipo di emissione
@@eclipsemodel-agenziadellav2463 meglio Grigolo Vero?
@@eclipsemodel-agenziadellav2463
Parli dello stile ?!...
Dal momento in quale parliamo dei stili diversi fuori la vocalità e la personalità del cantante la vera arte lirica è morta.
Parlando di questo repertorio di quale stile interpretativo lei sta parlando , di quello di Alagna ?!...
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣⚡️
@@bodilotoLa cosa più divertente è che il signorotto sopra ha creduto che il repertorio di Corelli, quale tenore spinto, fosse quello del tenore drammatico il cui repertorio include la Valchiria...
@@bodiloto Forse di quello de Georges Thill....
absolute perfection
Marvelous singing by the great Franco Corelli!!!
Oh my GOD!!!!!!
Più passa il tempo e più rimpiangeremo una vocalità stupefacente come quella di Corelli ....
GB
parole sante .
Bonjour merveilleux Mr Corelli une voix unique incomparable comme le superbe ténor immortel qu il était grâce a vous il est tellement encore présent il manque beaucoup aujourd'hui merci a vous vraiment et bravo a l immortel étoile qui brille a jamais merci
Mio Dio , questa non era voce terrena !
So beautifull, just brings tears in My eyes, just for The beauty of that last note
I saw him sing this role in Seattle in the late 60's. When he made his first entrance - all 6 foot plus in black tights - there was a loud gasp from the audience! I also remember his top B flats - sounded like the ceiling of the opera house was in danger!
Hoy con la gran tecnología de audio podemos oír y con claridad la hermosa voz de Franco Corelli una voz sin límite hoy se hacen comparaciones con otros tenores pero no se encuentran en esa calidad vocal Corelli es un bell cantista escuchar como afina como trata las frases las hace delicadas tiernas como un susurro al oído y cuando termina te quedas en un extasis y te haces una pregunta como pueden existir seres humanos que con su voz al escucharla te sacan de este mundo eso el gran Franco Corelli soy un gran admirador desde la primera vez que lo escuché
"Comment il affine la façon dont il traite les phrases ?"
Ou plutôt comment il les maltraite...Quand vous prononcez mal les mots, mettez les intonations n'importe où et faites des pauses où il ne faut pas, cela devient difficile à écouter pour les francophones.
@@sylviebasyl2835 Все франкоговорящие, кому не нравится Франко :-) Корелли могут пойти на три весёлые буквы.... Туда.... Далеко.... А такого голоса они никогда уже в жизни больше не услышат!!!!
@@LorandPercsiC'est idiot ce que vous dites, je n'aime pas Corelli dans le rôle de Roméo, mais ça ne veut pas dire que je ne l'aime pas du tout.
Ici, j'ai l'impression qu'il braille des mots qu'il ne comprend pas. Pourtant, je sais qu'il parlait suffisamment bien le français pour répondre à une interview en français.
Ici, ce n'est pas Otello ou Manrico, c'est Roméo, un tout jeune homme qui guette le moment où la fille qu'il aime apparaîtra à son balcon.
@@sylviebasyl2835 Сильвия, дорогая!!!! Ну, вы и пойте тогда Ромео, а я буду и впредь продолжать слушать Корелли.... Такого диминуэндо сам Ромео не смог бы спеть своей возлюбленной Джульетте!!!! А вы придирайтесь к французскому произношению Франко Корелли....
Who cares about the prompter? That's real life in the opera house, and Corelli was traditionally extremely nervous and needed the prompter in the pit, as many other singers do. That's the best unequalled version ever.
Simplemente maravilloso !!....que en paz descanse en la gloria de Dios !!!!
incredible
I'm listening to this in 2019 and I have a GOOSEBUMPS!
How handsome his voice, 1967, Wow, young Romeo, still the very best if standing on stage Today, sold out whole house! Thank You.
Ormai solo in paradiso si canta così
for me, it actually makes this rendition more raw and irresistible. I wouldn't be lying if I told you this is about the 30th time I'm listening to this record
Magnifico Franco Corelli uno de los mejores tenores "spinto" de la historia de la öpera.
Another blockbuster performance! It was great to hear him make the last note magically change color. He nestled into it and found a comfortable position and lingered-all to our delight. Thanks -this made my day!
semplicemente un dio.......
The most exciting tenor with the most beautiful voice that ever graced the opera stage . Thank you for posting this gem.
Unico e inigualable Franco Corelli una de los mejores tenores spinto de la historia
Love his voice !
Lord have mercy! Just to hear an artist decide to go for the finesse. .... Priceless.
Non ci sono parole per commentare la sua interpretazione perfetta .
This could almost be held up as the ultimate Corelli 'track'. If you came from another planet and had never heard of him, this is what I would play.
Franco had a fantastic voice
hazelssister uLa
Voice, technik, expression - everything
@@filipszyga7394 expression ?
So beautiful and personal♡♥♡
Amazing diminuendo at the end, especially after such a long sustain.
Divino!!
Pode ser que exista ou tenha existido - e quem me dera que voltasse a existir - um tenor que conseguisse os desempenhos de Franco Corelli. Confesso que nunca ouvi nada comparável. Sei que gostos não se discutem, mas creio que Corelli preencheu todos os requisitos para poder ser considerado algo divino. Sublime!
If I could travel back in time, going to hear Franco Corelli at the Met would be the second thing that I would do right after telling Captain Smith about the iceberg.
Me too, and telling John and Yoko about the guy with the gun.
Glorious, his end of aria is not be found anywhere, Bravo!
Io riesco soltanto a pensare che è stato UNICO.
Cio che penso io.
I love the prompter giving him the lines for the recit! Ha!
I came back here after watching the Live in HD transmission of Roméo et Juliette from the Metropolitan Opera on January 21, 2017, almost 50 years after this magnificent recording. Thanks for this magnificent Corelli moment!
Palermo Huerto i
The great critic Conrad L. Osborne observed, in High Fidelity magazine circa 1964, that Corelli's voice had "a certain sharpness and harshness" from time to time in his studio recordings, but not in the theater.
I agree. Big, high-intensity voices are not easy to record advantageously now in the studio. And doing so was bloody damn hard in the 1960s.
In Corelli's live recordings, however, we hear tonal beauty and some sweetness during lyrical passages. As we do here.
MDM at his best was even more exciting, and a powerful, moving artist. But having heard them both in live recordings, I believe Corelli definitely had a superior technique and a much more beautiful voice. Also quite as much sheer passion.
This could be me - if only I had such a voice, good looks, charisma and breath control - ah well!
ha
😁
De los mejores tenores, por no decir, el mejor.
Well, from your picture your looks are similar; so that's one down anyway 😊
Funny!! Well said!
J'ai beaucoup aimée !!!
Très belle voix !
Sublime Corelli! Thank you so much!
Certamente il migliore, sempre.
One of the greatest tenors ever... Bravo Franco !
DARIO FRANCO CORELLI HAD THE MOST GORGEOUS VOICE OF ANY SINGER EVER ! WONDER IF HE IS SINGING TO THE COMPOSERS IN HEAVEN .
Franco, je t'adore!
Gosh! He held that last note out forever!
Ineguagliabile Corelli!
Roberta you are so gracious no explanation is desired or required for your generosity and posting these beautiful incredible gems💎. My wife and I in particular appreciate deeply the amount of time you spend posting these masterpieces. We thank you so much sincerely Arnold and Linda Amaral. 💏
Stopped me in my tracks ! His voice is a revelation.
He's just extraordinary. Outstanding.
Questa era la tecnica di Melocchi : chiaroscuro e appogio perfetto. Se a tutto cio agiungiamo i consigli del grande Lauri Volpi otteniamo un (bari)tenore spinto che cantava a 46 anni con una freschezza e una maestria da favola.
La nota finale è STRAORDINARIA!
My God did the sun phone in the last note? Amazing decrescendo....
rcheleleeba, muchas gracias por compartir esta valiosa grabación. MAGNIFICO Y SUBLIME COMO SIEMPRE EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI., ademàs, con si figura estupenda y juvenil, a la edad de estas actuaciones, SOLO ÈL A PODIDO HACERLO. BRAVO GRAN MAESTRO.
INSUPERABLE CANTANDO Y ACTUANDO, EL TENOR QUE MÁS ME GUSTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never had the chance to hear Corelli in person. But I have several internet friends who did.
All have told me that he never sounded harsh in the theatre, with live acoustics --
la voz seductora, el timbre seductor, el volumen luminoso, te transporta al extasis!!!
grande corelli-il migliore di tutti i tempi trascorsi...in passato...
such a treat. bless you !
Como siempre maravilloso en italiano como en frances sublime lo amo con el corazón
En italien sublime, mais certainement pas en français.
@@sylviebasyl2835 Я писала уже комментарий , прочитайте, грамотей !
For those of us who listened to Met broadcasts in the 60’s and 70’s, the prompter was an intrinsic part of the performance. I don’t recall the name of the woman who did most of the prompting in those days, but she too was an artist with great skill. An eye on the score, an eye on the singer,s, and both ears on the music to know exactly when to throw out lines - and when they were not needed. This is how it was done, so chill and enjoy one of the great voices of the last century. What a privilege to hear this voice in any recording.
Las Facultades de Corelli hacen de este ROMEO el mejor de la HISTORIA!!!
One of the great tenor voices.
Corelli sometimes sounds harsh, the result of this huge, vibrant, high-inensity
voice being microphoned closely
Amazing, incredible. I heard the diminuendoes of many singers, Fleta, Di Stefano in Salut Demeure, Anselmi, Kiepura... but this b flat filatura is the most spectacular I ever heard. Such a huge high b flat, fading out in that thread of voice, floating like that. Corelli, prince of tenors, but very close to the king, almost there!!!
This man makes me weep.😍😍
Thank you so much for uploading this Video! :)
Finale con nota altissima e il finendo a mezza voce.mai sentito niente di simile.la Rai per ricordarlo dovrebbe dedicargli almheno
La RAI dimentica presto le voci piu' celebri.....vorrei ricordarrglielo io, una signora di 76 anni. Fatemi sentire FRANCO CORELLI. omaggiatelo come merita. 10 anni consecutivi alla SCALA voglion pur dir qualcosa. P avarotti alla SCALA non ha mai cantato eppure non si fa che sentir. Pavarotti pavarotti pavarotti...
magnifico!!!!!!
There's a recording SOMEWHERE of a Philadelphia performance of Corelli's Romeo where at the end he takes the entire final note, and softens it into a soft piano sooooooooooooo long that you could hang a week's laundry on it. I wish that was posted here as well. Someone must have it. I DID have it, and I don't know what happened to it.
please please please find it and give us this one too thanks grazzie tanto
Bravissimo Corelli.
Nessuno ha cantato quest'aria comme il Grandissimo Corelli.
Plinio Ramacciotti
Mi dispiace contraddirla: la parte non è certo da tenore eroico !!! Il pur grande Corelli scompare di fronte all'interpretazione di Ivan Kozlowski: provi a sentirla ...
@@stefanoferrari8781 Ver también George Thill . No se puede cantar en francés con un tal acento y Corelli la canta demasiado fuerte y desentona la lengua francesa con su fuerte acento.
Fantástico Franco Corelli...es todo un huracán con ese timbre y vozarrón que Dios le dió. El final es apoteotico... sin embargo recomiendo y prefiero escuchar a Jussi Bjorling en el papel de Romeo...
non solo lária ma tutta l;ópera. infatti, questa opera é ritornata ai cartellloni del Met per molte staggione giusto per lui ed la Freni..
@@stefanoferrari8781 or Lemeshev, he was an even better Romeo than Kozlovsky. Corelli was extraordinary but not in lyric French parts. czcams.com/video/pWOzdrm6hd8/video.html
Simply amazing!
E meravigioso ! And yes,indeed,that last diminuendo is just magical. Such technique and breath control is hard to believe.Tante grazie racheleleeba for sharing this wonderful piece with us.
maestro de maestros
Uff! Qué version. Qué final. Contra Corelli no se puede luchar. Es como Zeus. Mas tarde o más temprano te rapta y te lleva donde le da la gana.
Meraviglia!!!