Le Met a toujours eu besoin de grandes voix...on a jamais trop entendu des voix plus radiophonique comme celle de Björling...Mais là ça devait être grandiose...Quelle voix, Corelli quelle voix!!
I agree. Zylis Gara was a great Desdemona. I heard a live recording of Otello from Orange circa '74 with Vickers and Maazel conducting. Her "Willow" song was among the best I have ever heard.
¡¡¡UNICO, E IRREPETIBLE, MAGNIFICO CORELLI!!!; ella lo acompaña perfecta- mente, gran Desdemona; Pero verlo a el, la experiencia de ver su Ottelo, Es re- almente conmovedor. ¡¡¡CORELLI INOOLVIIDAAABLEEE!!!
Why Franco? Why, did you not sing this role???? My former teacher took lessons from Mr. Corelli and told him that it was because he has so much respect for Del Monaco in the role. It is really a shame he didn't leave us with an Otello.
My sentiments exactly. Otello's one of my favourite operas and Corelli my favourite tenor. Unfortunately for us it was not to be. Regardless, where could one get a copy of this Gala? It seems to have been an amazing night.
Unfortunately, the Bing Gala has never been made availableby the Met, in whole or in part, in any video format. About a month after the Gala, Deutsche Grammaphon released a one-LP album of highlights, including this duet and 6 other excerpts (featuring Arroyo, Caballe & Domingo, Nilsson, Price, Resnik, and Tucker & Merrill). That's all that's out there legitimately!
I don't think Corelli would have had any problem with the "intense" parts of the role. His voice was intense at least as much as Domingo's and the other's. Not only Bing thought his voice appropiate for the role, but Corelli had been given many other offers, obviously not because his voice was not intense enough.
EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI ESTA MAGNIFICO EN ESTA ARIA,(además hermoso) EN LA OPERA COMPLETA HABRIA SIDO MAGNIFICO. EL MEJOR "OTELLO" , EN LA HISTORIA MUNDIAL DE LA OPERA FUE EL TENOR RAMON VINAY; (CHILENO ) . UN MUY BUEN "OTELLO" FUE MARIO DEL MONACO. PLACIDO DOMINGO NO TIENE NADA QUE HACER AQUI, ES MADIOCRE,
I do have it, but only on casset tape-almost worn out now. The magic of the live performance from Orange was extraordinary. It had Vickers, Zylis-Gara and Diaz. Can we find it on cd or dvd?
I want to love this because Corelli can be so magnificent, but his acting is nonexistent, likely a product of his famous nerves. What a curse for a performer to have such stage fright. One wonders how he even decided to become a singer. I guess the power of his talent was so strong. I mean, listen that control! His diminuendi! She's lovely as well. Very liquid and sweet voice.
scusa sopranosd questo è un concerto e durante un concerto si deve tenere un contegno che non assomigli assolutamente a quanto si farebbe durante una recita .
jmccracken1963: You have got to be kidding! Corelli's voice was more 'intense' than McCracken, Domingo, and Vickers put together!! Vickers and Domingo brought great dramatic insight into most roles they sang, but their vocal resources could not possibly match those of Corelli or Del Monaco, especially with regards to intensity. If any of the tenors you mention didn't have the necessary intensity, it was Domingo. Corelli didn't sing Otello due to his nerves, he said so in an interview in 1990.
Cheers! I attended both the. Dress. Rehearsal and. Performance of the. Bing. Gala as a child chorister at the. Met. The greatest moment was. Vickers and. Rysanek in the duet from. Walkure and. Sutherland and. Pavarotti in. Lucia. Franco sounded wonderful in this portion of. Otello. He was a great. Verdian, after all. But. I don't believe the role suited him. He lacked the requisite darkness and some gravitas. He was right to avoid it. Placido had long success due to his great passion and tremendous dramatic ability. Jonas. Kaufmann is the. Otello of the 21st Century. He has everything !!
Corelli had a far more dramatic voice then Domingo and Kaufmann, they are both really lyric tenors, questionable technique. Their voices doesn't have real weight, power and ring. Corelli was great in roles such as Pollione meant for a baritone-tenor, he is often seen as the best Pollione. There is a reason why Corelli and Del Monaco are often grouped together. They had ringing dramatic voices in the Italian tradition. Singers such Lauri Volpi sang a very successful Otello, and his voice had less weight and darkness then Corelli's voice. The Met wanted Corelli to sing Romeo et Juliette and Werther, they had no big star lyric tenor at the time, and those were popular operas. Corelli has said this afterwards, he also said that these roles were not suited to his voice, he should have sung Otello, which was suited to his voice. If Pavarotti can sing Otello , then obviously Corelli would have been able to do so. Singing Romeo et Juliette was far more difficult for him then Otello would have been. The best Otello was Mario Del Monaco.
Deutsche Grammophon and Japan Victor both recorded the gala in it's entirety but have never released them on DVD. Could we get group petition going to force them to do so. This is almost 50 years ago; surely it is time for this great occasion to be put before the public for it's enjoyment.
Rudolf Bing actually DID offer Corelli the role of Otello for the 1972 Zeffirelli new production of the work, and Corelli thought seriously about accepting, but in the end turned Mr. Bing down; apparently felt that he was wrong for the role. I think he would have made it through the lyrical parts of the role well, but not the more "intense" parts of the role. McCracken, Vickers, Domingo: all had "the right stuff" for ALL of the facets of this role.
EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI IS GREAT IN THIS ARIA, (and beautiful) OPERA IN FULL WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT. THE BEST "Otello" HISTORY IN THE WORLD OF THE OPERA was the tenor Ramon Vinay, (Chile). A VERY GOOD "Otello" WAS MARIO DEL MONACO. Placido Domingo does not get to that point.
EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI è grande in quest'aria, (e bella) OPERA IN PIENO sarebbe stato grande. - THE BEST "STORIA" Otello NEL MONDO DELLA OPERA è stato il tenore Ramon Vinay, (Cile). Un ottimo "Otello" era Mario DEL MONACO. Placido Domingo non ha nulla qui, è MADIOCRE,
J'aurais bien aimee être a la place de Desdemona 😒🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Beide großartig, gleichwertig, Verdi in besten, nein, in besten stimmlichen Kehlen !!!!
Corelli. No one but Corelli.
Fantastic, wish I was there...back when the Met had lengendary voices to turn out like white bread.
Che incredibili artisti! uno dei più bei duetti mai eseguiti. Ho le lacrime agli occhi. Grazie Corelli, Grazie Zylis Gara!!!
This is truly a great revelation. None more so that Zylis Gara's lyric soprano- liquid gold from top to bottom. Pity she isn't represented more.
Le Met a toujours eu besoin de grandes voix...on a jamais trop entendu des voix plus radiophonique comme celle de Björling...Mais là ça devait être grandiose...Quelle voix, Corelli quelle voix!!
Oh, Corelli, unbelievable,incredible ,how beautiful and inspiring .
If Zylis-Gara were before the public today she would be a HUGE star, instead of the 2nd tier singer she was during her career
I agree. Zylis Gara was a great Desdemona. I heard a live recording of Otello from Orange circa '74 with Vickers and Maazel conducting. Her "Willow" song was among the best I have ever heard.
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OMG! ❤
Absolutely stunning !
¡¡¡UNICO, E IRREPETIBLE, MAGNIFICO CORELLI!!!; ella lo acompaña perfecta-
mente, gran Desdemona; Pero verlo a el, la experiencia de ver su Ottelo, Es re-
almente conmovedor. ¡¡¡CORELLI INOOLVIIDAAABLEEE!!!
Why Franco? Why, did you not sing this role???? My former teacher took lessons from Mr. Corelli and told him that it was because he has so much respect for Del Monaco in the role. It is really a shame he didn't leave us with an Otello.
My sentiments exactly. Otello's one of my favourite operas and Corelli my favourite tenor. Unfortunately for us it was not to be. Regardless, where could one get a copy of this Gala? It seems to have been an amazing night.
Unfortunately, the Bing Gala has never been made availableby the Met, in whole or in part, in any video format. About a month after the Gala, Deutsche Grammaphon released a one-LP album of highlights, including this duet and 6 other excerpts (featuring Arroyo, Caballe & Domingo, Nilsson, Price, Resnik, and Tucker & Merrill). That's all that's out there legitimately!
beauty！
Karl Böhm fue el director-concertador. Zylis-Gara reemplazó a Renata Tebaldi, quien se indispuso.
I don't think Corelli would have had any problem with the "intense" parts of the role. His voice was intense at least as much as Domingo's and the other's. Not only Bing thought his voice appropiate for the role, but Corelli had been given many other offers, obviously not because his voice was not intense enough.
EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI ESTA MAGNIFICO EN ESTA ARIA,(además hermoso) EN LA OPERA COMPLETA HABRIA SIDO MAGNIFICO. EL MEJOR "OTELLO" , EN LA HISTORIA MUNDIAL DE LA OPERA FUE EL TENOR RAMON VINAY; (CHILENO ) . UN MUY BUEN "OTELLO" FUE MARIO DEL MONACO. PLACIDO DOMINGO NO TIENE NADA QUE HACER AQUI, ES MADIOCRE,
I do have it, but only on casset tape-almost worn out now. The magic of the live performance from Orange was extraordinary. It had Vickers, Zylis-Gara and Diaz. Can we find it on cd or dvd?
bravi
I want to love this because Corelli can be so magnificent, but his acting is nonexistent, likely a product of his famous nerves. What a curse for a performer to have such stage fright. One wonders how he even decided to become a singer. I guess the power of his talent was so strong. I mean, listen that control! His diminuendi! She's lovely as well. Very liquid and sweet voice.
scusa sopranosd
questo è un concerto e durante un concerto si deve tenere un contegno che non assomigli assolutamente a quanto si farebbe durante una recita .
I'll take that one!
jmccracken1963:
You have got to be kidding!
Corelli's voice was more 'intense' than McCracken, Domingo, and Vickers put together!! Vickers and Domingo brought great dramatic insight into most roles they sang, but their vocal resources could not possibly match those of Corelli or Del Monaco, especially with regards to intensity. If any of the tenors you mention didn't have the necessary intensity, it was Domingo. Corelli didn't sing Otello due to his nerves, he said so in an interview in 1990.
Cheers! I attended both the. Dress. Rehearsal and. Performance of the. Bing. Gala as a child chorister at the. Met. The greatest moment was. Vickers and. Rysanek in the duet from. Walkure and. Sutherland and. Pavarotti in. Lucia. Franco sounded wonderful in this portion of. Otello. He was a great. Verdian, after all. But. I don't believe the role suited him. He lacked the requisite darkness and some gravitas. He was right to avoid it. Placido had long success due to his great passion and tremendous dramatic ability. Jonas. Kaufmann is the. Otello of the 21st Century. He has everything !!
Corelli had a far more dramatic voice then Domingo and Kaufmann, they are both really lyric tenors, questionable technique. Their voices doesn't have real weight, power and ring. Corelli was great in roles such as Pollione meant for a baritone-tenor, he is often seen as the best Pollione. There is a reason why Corelli and Del Monaco are often grouped together. They had ringing dramatic voices in the Italian tradition. Singers such Lauri Volpi sang a very successful Otello, and his voice had less weight and darkness then Corelli's voice. The Met wanted Corelli to sing Romeo et Juliette and Werther, they had no big star lyric tenor at the time, and those were popular operas. Corelli has said this afterwards, he also said that these roles were not suited to his voice, he should have sung Otello, which was suited to his voice. If Pavarotti can sing Otello , then obviously Corelli would have been able to do so. Singing Romeo et Juliette was far more difficult for him then Otello would have been. The best Otello was Mario Del Monaco.
Indeed!
Better yet:
Otello: Corelli
Desdemona: Tebaldi
Iago: Gobbi
great clip- Zylis Gara was singing Desdemona at the time this was telecasted. Does anyone whether the entire gala is available??
Deutsche Grammophon and Japan Victor both recorded the gala in it's entirety but have never released them on DVD. Could we get group petition going to force them to do so. This is almost 50 years ago; surely it is time for this great occasion to be put before the public for it's enjoyment.
Rudolf Bing actually DID offer Corelli the role of Otello for the 1972 Zeffirelli new production of the work, and Corelli thought seriously about accepting, but in the end turned Mr. Bing down; apparently felt that he was wrong for the role. I think he would have made it through the lyrical parts of the role well, but not the more "intense" parts of the role. McCracken, Vickers, Domingo: all had "the right stuff" for ALL of the facets of this role.
Except Domingo.... imho...not the right strong stuff//
I like this better :))
Otello- Corelli
Desdemona- Kiri te Kanawa
Iago- Tito Gobbi
Cheers
!Es imposible màs!
EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI IS GREAT IN THIS ARIA, (and beautiful) OPERA IN FULL WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT. THE BEST "Otello" HISTORY IN THE WORLD OF THE OPERA was the tenor Ramon Vinay, (Chile). A VERY GOOD "Otello" WAS MARIO DEL MONACO. Placido Domingo does not get to that point.
At 8:38, I guess Corelli's smiling to his wife waiting in backstage.
I heard excerpts too. DO u have that particular recording from 1975?
EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI è grande in quest'aria, (e bella) OPERA IN PIENO sarebbe stato grande. - THE BEST "STORIA" Otello NEL MONDO DELLA OPERA è stato il tenore Ramon Vinay, (Cile). Un ottimo "Otello" era Mario DEL MONACO. Placido Domingo non ha nulla qui, è MADIOCRE,
I disagree. Corelli had a more powerful voice than Domingo by a fair margin. Corelli was just too nervous to sing the role. His famous nerves.
Soy la única que vino por el libro "El fantasma de la Ópera"?
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ТАКАЯ. ПРОСТОТА .