Franco Corelli's Best "Che gelida manina" (English subtitles) - 1966
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- He was a lovely Rodolfo. How could Mimi resist?
(Puccini: La Bohème) Metropolitan Opera, January 11, 1966.
With Renata Tebaldi as Mimi.
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Великое искусство Прекрасное исполнение такие талпанты нам свыше даны чтоб наши души просвещались становились чиище добрее. Браво и огромное им спасибо ❤❤❤
I was there and saw this wonderful performance. I was in NY for two weeks and got to hear Corelli in Aida, Tebaldi and Konya in Tosca, A Butterfly that was OK. And while wandering about at an intermission, I saw Tebaldi & Corelli were doing Boheme on Jan 11. I bought a ticket. It was absolutely wonderful. That is one of the great things that the Met used to be: a house where you could hear lots of singers doing the same role in a season. For example, in that season you could have heard as Mimi: Freni, Albanese, Tucci, Tebaldi, Stratas, Amara, and on tour you could have heard some of them as well as Kirsten. The Met was truly a singer's house and singing was supreme. I did not realize what a privilege I had in attending opera with those options.
You were one of the fortunate few beings that have walked the face of the earth and were privileged to hear the great Franco Corelli. Alas I was born in 72....
Thank you. Weren't they great! Got to see them twice in Gioconda. Once in Tosca -- on tour. And the Boheme. Hosted Tebaldi when she sang a recital in my home town. Saw Corelli in Forza, Werther, Turandot, AND in Ernani one night when he stepped in for Domingo!!! Also got to see Price in Cosi one night she SHE stepped in for Amara. Those were golden opera days. And we talked then about the Golden Age being in the Caruso era and the 1920's.
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***** Juan Diego Florez is one of the best! " Try him" ;-)
Dick Wilson I'm so envious...Glory days for sure.
Franco sure could push those high notes out with no problems at all amazing
That high C was heroic
@@brianshoman1723 the highest note i could hear was something around B4 though, i didn't hear any high C in this video ...
Thank you so much for posting the English translation! My Italian was never good enough to understand those beautiful words.
And listening to Franco Corelli's incomparable voice singing such stunning poetry always makes my day.
Это лучшее, что я слышала - в "Богемах.
Море чувства, океан обаяния, страстный душевный огонь - и стратосфера высоких нот ⚡
No matter with whom you compare him, Corelli will always win on points. Because he was so much more than a voice
Well Said
Ma quale meraviglia di sentimenti espressi con una voce dalle mille sfumature straordinarie! SEMPRE SARÀ UNICO!
Not many singers have everything: A HUGE voice, amazing stage perona (in spite of his pathological stage fright) and well... so gorgeous!!! Bravo, Corelli!!
I had the incredible joy of seeing him as Rodolfo--magnificent--passionate--Corelli!
You were fortunate! I discovered him only seven years ago.
What is astonishing is that this would actually happen live! In the moment. Those were the days of real opera and true opera singing! Can't get myself to a theater to hear opera these days.
@@bluebird5361 sometimes more... you feel for the bad singer.... well sometimes.
@@bluebird5361 i haven't found the balance yet... bad singing is so prevalent.... all over....
This must be Corelli's BEST Rodolfo. Perhaps inspired by the gorgeous Tebaldi. A God and a Goddess.
Maybe not - Corelli was such a professional, perfectionist performer that even if he had lost something in later years he would have given a good performance. When he felt himself waning, he retired (unlike so many who keep going on and on and on). We should treasure any recording he has ever made imo.
Yes, like Domingo. He will never retire. He can' sing anymore, so he "became" a baritone, which doesn't suit him and is so boring. He is selfish, taking the spots from young tenors. Franco Corelli had a class and retired, but Domingo is very selfish and narcissistic.
I give my salutes to Maestro Corelli 😭😭
I thought Beverly Sills retired too early . . . she still had a lot to give.
@@judithbereczky4114 pero hace una gran labor con los jóvenes y es natural que al pasar el tiempo sus capacidades disminuyan es una gran persona
@@derrickharmon2She had it in her head that Devereux aged her voice, had other aspirations and a needy family to put it gently.
Sempre tanta emozione nell'ascoltare l'indimenticabile Corelli ...bravo e anche bello
TEBALDI=VELVET
CORELLI=GOLD
BOTH=STRONG, LOUD, CLEAR AND VERY VERY PASSIONATE.
GRAZIE DIO PER LORO DUE! ❤🙏
This is heavenly! Those two together makes one forget all technicalities. The enjoyment drowns out all worldly things involved with voice production and negates the questions about Bflats or high C's. These people knew how to sing!
I personally prefer the lower key. It allows for broader phrasing and a slightly less worried tenor. The aria is still plenty high, and that the biggest single note in the role. A great B is much preferred to a blown, cracked, or splattered C.
In lower key I guess but his high note still in C5
@@sairechrysbelleparcon8950 than is not the lower key! I didn't check it, but it seems easy for him.
che Rodolfo!!!! che sublime voce....romantico e appassionato......chissà vederlo in teatro!!!!!!
Франко Клрелли Уникальное Создание Природы !!!Вличайший Певец всех времен и народов !!!Гений Вокала !!!
Altri tenori bravissimi hanno cantato questa opera ma come Corelli nessuno mai. Il più grande. ❤❤❤❤
VOCE DI FRANCO CORELLI SECONDO ME, E UN STRUMENTO DI DIO !!!
Non è di Dio, è veramente umano. Se provenisse dal racconto divino, se avesse origine in una fantasia soprannaturale, l'uomo sarebbe silenzioso, perché la finzione non si manifesta, è solo una chimera.
E Pavarotti?????
Pavarotti è stato un buon tenore di grazia Corelli di un altro livello.
An instrument of God, indeed.
A voice so big and wide yet so angelic and gentle
The voice, the man, the excitement, the applause. Love the sub-titles too.
Corelli. Maestro. Non passa giorno che.non ti ascolto...... mi fai sognare .... stupenda voce. Grazie Franco per cio" che ci hai regalato.
Rita Di Trani, Yes, he was divine. We should all be grateful that he existed.
@Juan Galindo ma come fate a capire tutte queste tonalità? siete dei maghi ? Corelli comunque una spanna sopra tutti gli altri !!!!
@Juan Galindo, io concordo con lei.
@@linolunardini9262, indubbiamente un grande tenore, ma ce ne sono stati anche altri, l'ho ascoltato pochi giorni fa in una riedizione registrata di "Ah si ben mio - Di quella pira" e credo che il DO sovra acuto forte e ben tenuto fosse per lui un traguardo difficile.
@Juan Galindo Corelli era uma persona estremamente nervosa, per entrare sul palco soffriva molto. È normale Che cantava queste arie mezzo tono sotto. Ma non credo che ciò possa in alcun modo sminuire la sua interpretazione.
He feels every word.... that’s what made him so special
Even just listening to his voice and the words which was internalised so well by him and conveyed with utter sincerity and passion... it leaves my heart a-flutter and makes me think... where is my Rodolfo? I want him to warm my cold hand.
Grazie per questo Grande Regalo !!! Un canto che prende Anima ,Quore ,Cervello ,Tutto !!!
maravilloso Corelli y junto a Renata Tebaldi formaron un duo celestial
Corelli had more lung capacity than any other human being, abdominal muscles of tungsten, vocal cords of some unknown substance that could produce any required note with appropriate power and musical beauty, a true sense of the dramatic demands of every aria I have heard him sing with the skill and talent required to respect those demands, and exquisite control of the full set of his abilities. He must also have had a massive taste for hard work; no human endeavour of the quality he achieved comes easily.
A plaintive chorus from all the other tenors that have been, are, or will be: "Not fair!"
Mario Del Monaco.....
Not quite@@pavel_SMN
@@pavel_SMN Was not as handsome ....(just a personal view)
Cada vez que oigo esta voz, esos agudos heroicos valientes ! no encontré una voz que lo iguale ... el alma le sale en ellos.
+maria fernanda valle ojea Para mì el mejor tenor....
The greatest tenor of the 20th century ..... period! This aria always makes me cry
Greatest line any guy ever delivered! Who could resist?
Que mas se puede agregar que decir maravilloso ,sublime amado REY de los tenores y ademas no pudo haber habido hombre mas bello sobre la tierra
Corelli is my all-time favorite Operatic Tenor. No one else could/can milk a melodic line and phrase the way he did. Moreover, he sang with a barely controlled passion which was palpable. His voice conveyed great tragedy in a way I have never heard from any other Tenor. His tendency to engage in scooping and sliding (sometimes almost excessively) did not bother me given the superb quality of his voice. The "ring" that he had from roughly G through Bb was tremendous. Pavarotti had that kind of "ring" on B and high C but not on G through A. Corelli sounded very much like a baritone below G which Pavarotti did not (more of a lyrico-spinto). Thank you so much for posting this.
You are absolutely right in what you say and it is a pleasure to say I totally agree.
completely agree....although to put Maestro Corelli with Pavarotti in the same sentence is almost blasphemy :))
He had a solid stream of sound from his lowest register to his top, no weak spots. And I agree, Corelli's phrasing just melts the soul, everything he sings becomes the gold standard.
Big difference in their voices. Corelli is a Spinto and Pavarotti is a Lyric.
aforwood1 True that :)
But, the comparison (clearly lost by Pavarotti)
is due.
Since Pavarotti decided to "sing" Aida, Trovatore, Turandot, etc...he entered Corelli's field I am afraid.
I really appreciated the early Pavarotti singing in Rigoletto and Fille du Reg. Sadly he chose the path of money...and ruined his own great voice.
Wow! It was a Magnificent rendition despite the poor recording. That high C was pushed further than anyone I've ever listened to sing this magnificent aria, the one exception being Rashid Bebudov.
Merci mon Dieu pour cette merveille sur terre... Corelli est le ténor absolu....
he was truly the greatest tenor. Unfortunately, he retired before the world could see him like
the three tenors on TV who were not in his class. By far he was the greatest Calaf.
McMahon Maria indeed. Pavarotti said that if Corelli's performances were broadcast as the three tenors, he would be as famous as he deserved.
We are bringing Corelli back in a hologram performance
Peter Gibbons please hurry! I’m quite old.
Que Increíble esta voz de Franco, lo admiro muchísimo.
It hurts he is not still here. Thank god for the recordings. I would have given anything to see him and hear him.
So lucky. God bless. You saw an icon. No one compares.
Di tutti gli ASTRI che stanno in cielo questo è il più luminosoooooo. Grazie per le tante emozioni!!!!!!!!
racheleleeba, muchas gracias por compartir ésta grabación de éste hermoso duo; con la gran Renata Tebaldi y el Gran Maestro Franco Corelli con su bella y magnifica voz e interpretación, para mi y muchos, las más perfecta y hermosa "Che gelida manina". ¡¡¡BRAVO POR SIEMPRE GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!!
Franco Corelli, heavenly to listen to, delicious to watch.
Franco Corelli and Renata Tebaldi, what could be better? - Corelli playing Pinkerton to Tebaldi's Butterfly, which Corelli unfortunately never performed. If he had played Pinkerton, the sight of that devastatingly handsome man would have caused pandemonium in the opera house. Thank you for posting this treasure, Roberta.
Superb. That high C....MAGNIFICENT.
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Beautiful rendition! I never saw Corelli sing, and had to make do with his TV appearances. This is a terrific recording, Corelli sounds emotionally pumped up. Sometimes they are just "on". I ushered a Sunday Matinee performance to a half empty house in San Francisco in 1950, It was near the end of the season. The opera was Manon Lescaut with Albanese and Bjoerling. One of the best I ever saw.
What a perfect version! Nothing like it! Can even make out the words. Even knowing Italian, when most people sing you can't even tell there are words. They are so busy, swooping, gliding, doing vibrato, it's like they forget it's a damn story! The words are important! It isn't one long arpeggio!
wmnoffaith1 INDEED.And I thought Dame JOAN had bad diction.Today it's a disgrace with singers directors conductors set designers etc. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
SPLENDIDO E MERAVIGLIOSO FRANCO PER VOCALITÀ E INTERPRETAZIONE IN SIMBIOSI CON UNA INDIMENTICABILE RENATA PERFETTA MIMI .
RANCO E RENATA SIETE SEMPRE NEI NOSTRI CUORI! !!!!!!!!!!
Corelli sings terrific, Mimi is Tebaldi, unmistakable !!!
Very lovely video - Franco Corelli always brings something extra in live performances - it was beatifully paced singing leading to his usual wonderful soaring the heights at 8 minutes! Also like the translations of the text with the photographs.
This was Corelli at his peak, and what a peak it was! To see him with Tebaldi in this performance would have been a supreme thrill. Both of them were smart: when their voices began to age they retired, and we can always think of them at their best. I wonder how Puccini would have felt if he had had the opportunity to hear his work performed so magnificently.
Dear Franco you are so much missed. Rest in peace.
maravilloso.como todos los grandes.................y el es uno de ellos...................cada cual en cuerda.............y momento......cultural.y emociones......en cada cual y cada situacion.artistica............indudablemente......grande..........
Grande voce passionale per Rodolfo...mai sentito un Rodolfo così...e la stessa grande voce e passione di Cavaradossi,Chenier,Radames e tutti gli altri personaggi da lui interpretati...quando un tenore ci mette tutta l'anima...
Thank you for spoiling us by sharing "nothing but the best." This is OUTSTANDING - from a time when Corelli really "had it" vocally as Rodolfo. Any clips with Corelli from his 1974 Met broadcast of LA BOHEME and any of his traversal of this opera in Torre del Lago in 1976 should be forever BANISHED from any and all file-sharing services known to man, woman, and child. THIS is how Corelli should be remembered - and with Tebaldi as Mimi, too!
So breathtakingly beautiful!!
They were the best ever! Miss them.
i cannot stop listening to cut after cut !
WONDEROUS MIRACULOUS VOICE
Love the sudden diminuendo on "al buio non si trova". Completely unexpected, but it works brilliantly.
Dear Maestro Franco Corelli! How I love you!
I was there. I saw them all from 1964 on.
How lucky you were!
l'invidio un po'
Bravissimi entrambi ~ two of the " greatest of all times " ! Thanks for another gem of your
great collection.
There has never been anyone to compare to Corelli nor will there ever be. God broke the mold when he was born.
+aforwood1 WHAT?! Caruso, Merli, Pertile, Gigli were pretty comparable (Caruso probably superior).
In my mind he's overrated (Caruso). Corelli has him beat by a mile. Merli, Pertile, Gigli were also good but not better than Corelli. They didn't have the timbre in their voices he has and they all sounded like lyric tenors, which to me is not a strong tenor.
Very happy to read your wonderful defence of my favourite tenor, the greatest of them all:Franco Corelli.
Yes! That is a great truth. Corelli was superior to all and still remains
Only in your delusions. Caruso has been the gold standard for any tenor and will remain in this position for a long, long time. Corelli is great, but his technique is simply not on par.
Corelli è divino come al solito 😍💖🙌 E la Tebaldi è una Mimì eccellente 💘
Bravo!!! MAESTRO!!!
Franco Corelli was the most beautiful sounding Italian tenor I have ever heard - and he looked as good as he sounded. By comparison Pav was a fat repulsive raucous bawler. I saw him in this role in Covent Garden in the mid 70s. Kiri te Kanawa was Mimi. The whole production was superb but it took a whole lot of suspension of disbelief to accept our Pav as a starving poet
So lovely and so poetic.
Poetico i romantico.
Irresistibile Franco!!!!
Lovely, amourous, poetic.
🌹🌻 🌷
💖💝
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Bonjour magnifique voix sublime unique incomparable vraiment merci pour ce magnifique duo qui nous rend bien present deux joyau de l opera disparu de nos jours merci
Corelli just thrilled me
these two were at the very pinnacle of their profession !
these two were the finest
your postings are superb
plesse dont stop
best wishes from across the pond
Love Corelli singing, I consider his diminuendo unmatched.
His appearance alone is befitting of any romantic lead.
Much missed methinks..
la voz de Corelli tan majestuosa,imponente, electrizante, sensual,masculina, varonil, seductura,fascinante.. te exalta al escucharlo!!!
Después de "or che mi conoscete" se queda... ... ... que nos hace pensar que se le había olvidado la letra. Cómo aguanta la orquesta! Fantástico, Corelli.
Przy takim śpiewie......same dreszcze i emocje.....cudownie....
John Oregan. Love Corelli. Saw him many times at MET. Both c's are optional. Have no problem with transposition.
Great video. Beautifully done.
Meraviglioso 💖🎼
Beautiful job! Thank you for posting it!!
💚 Corelli ⭐. Marvelous tenor.🌷
Love it!
Me too!!!!!!
I really appreciate your creativity in making this video!
Alfredo Kraus said that all Rodolfos end up transposing this aria down, eventually. I think its true. It really is a spinto role. Corellis is the perfect voice for it.
I odn't know that they "all" transpose it down-annwhat is eventually., but I don't think of it as a spinto role, necessarily, but if you do then the spintos would transpose it down, eventually, or early on
Yo he escuchado che gélida manina, en el Liceo de Barcelona, por Kraus en torno a los 60 años, cantada a tono, con un do sobreagudo que invadía la sala completamente y, en cuanto a romanticismo y dulzura, mejor que el grandísimo Corelli, del cual y, como no puede ser de otra manera, soy un gran admirador.
Más adelante, en el mismo recital, Kraus canto o suave fanciulla, con Freni. Duo fantástico en el que, en el di final se oyó a Kraus igual o más que a la Freni. Esto va por los "iluminaos" que dicen que D. Alfredo tenía una voz pequeña. Además, después de Il signo che io vorrei siempre sognar, cuando se unieron las voces de Kraus y Freni parecían, por decir algo, el Orfeón Donostiarra. Menos mal que el chico tenía poca voz, porque si llega a tener voz , nos saca de la sala atravesando la pared.
Perdón: no es di, sino do
Great Singer Yes you are right the best!!!
No tenor on you tube in live performances will get so many compliments in the comment section as Corelli, not even the God from the North, "Jussi Bjoerling" in Boheme, which was own signature role.
Non gli si può proprio resistere ...e son passati già 50 anni!
Thank you for posting - when I saw CORELLI AND TEBALDI listed, I nearly fainted ! Both young & in fine voice. Fantastic.
Corelli semplicemente mostruoso in quest'aria....
Cazzo che bravo, mi viene da piangere. L'ho scoperto oggi... ignoranza mia ok, ma è davvero impressionante.
Thank you for the English subtitles. Forgive my ignorance, but I certainly know outstanding music when I hear it.
Thanks for putting a translation.
this is what exactly i'm looking for,the best from Franco Corelli.
i just downloaded your video,
thankz for posting it.
Corelli, un grande. pero los aplausos a los 50 segundos, cuando entra "Mimi" , conmueven ! tal la devocion que tenian en el Metropolitan por la sublime RenataTebaldi. Gracias por subir esta joya con cantantes inolvidables. Saludos desde Argentina.
Omar Amerio Corelli sang like a MAN According to my wife.Carreras & Corelli are her favorite tenors GOAT.As for Bel Canto it's a toss up because the Soprano is always the central character so she's going with OUR MAYA 👑.As for today were going to the Opera in May 2021.We have not been to an Opera in 15 yrs for obvious reasons. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Nunca te olvidaré cada dia te amo más FRANCO mas lo escucho mas me gusta
¿Què màs puedo agregar a todo que aquì se comenta? Corelli ha sido y aùn lo sigue siendo, lo màximo
Grandioso, único, irrepetible, gigante, supremo, todo esto se ha dicho de él. Pues bien, creo que se quedan cortos.
Ahhh, so lovely. Thank you!
Corelli.Is number one of the time
Thanks ... Great Tenor
It s good to find experts everywhere in the net!!!
Simplemente hermoso!!!!
I'm in tears