Franco Corelli - Greatests Diminuendo LIVE

[@numetutelare]

Una colonna di suono di quella potenza che diventa flessibile come una sciarpa di seta... irripetibile !!!!

[@PinaOliva-dp1ig]

Una stella splendente il nostro Franco Corelli. Bravo e bello. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@pwg510]

Bravo è dir poco!! Aveva tutti i doni naturali di un grande tenore spinto, ma anche lirico+spinto e fino al drammatico. Ma in più una tecnica raffinatissima nell'emissione e nei fiati, e un colore "di sentimento" nei punti ove occorreva! Sì ascolti l'Addio alla Mamma in Cavalleria. Ma dove serviva colore di forti emozioni, diventava un leone: si ascolti il duetto Radames-Amneris con una leonessa come Fiorenza Cossotto. Ho ho visto molte volte AIDA dal vivo e l'ho ascoltata in CD cantata dai più grandi, ma niente eguaglia l'emozione di due giganti con fiati interminabili, interpretazione di caratteri fortissimi eppure fragili, precisione nei tempi (purtroppo da altri trascurata) e acuti al momento giusto senza strafare.

[@renatomautino7378]

Non esistono più aggettivi per questo re dei tenori. Un maestro per chiunque voglia ascoltare la perfezione assoluta della lirica. Fortunatamente oggi grazie a you tube ed ai collezionisti anche ai melomani e non solo possiamo ascoltare cosa poteva riservare f.corelli nei suoj personaggi piu famosi. Renato mautino in casa dj riposo a san mauro torinese.

[@vilabreze]

I don't really think Franco Corelli's magnificence can be described with words. Heavenly!

[@bastianinicorelli]

Corelli had the greatest and most complete technique (he could do ANYTHING with his voice), the greatest and most expressive and sensuous voice, the greatest emotional sophistication, the richest and most impactful phrasing, the best looks and he was the best actor of all tenors. He was simply THE BEST!

[@SpecialtyHorseTraining]

I saw him in Tosca and the long diminuendo in E lucevan le Stello was like an orgasmic tightrope. I couldn't move!!

[@niconico7281]

Unas grabaciones historicas!!Unicas!! Franco Corelli..... Una voz... exclusiva,exuberante,llena. Un timbre varonil,fascinante, seductor,profundo, conquistador. Un hombre que en los años de plenitud luchaba vocalmente contra si mismo. Para mi Corelli y Del Mónaco están situados en la cima!

[@Gpolyz]

I was lucky enough to have heard him live and up close. I will never forget the impact of his voice. One of the unforgettable events. Thank you Franco.

[@Boru1953]

Franco had a beautiful smile and was a wonderful, kind man. I knew him personally and he was always smiling, laughing, and in good spirits. His teeth were perfect and without flaw.

[@nanai16951]

una voce che non teme confronti!Un vero miracolo.Una tecnica prodigiosa.Un interprete mitico.L'unico che potesse non temere di cantare a fianco di Birgit Nilson.

[@cimbassovr]

Meraviglioso FRANCO CORELLI. Grazie per questi "diminuendo"

[@alfredomontane578]

LA GARGANTA PRODIGIOSA Y SU BUEN GUSTO,HACEN QUE LAS VERSIONES DE CORELLI ESTÉN LLENAS DE CONTRASTES SUMAMENTE EMOTIVOS.,ES ÚNICO.

[@Cuccia122]

The greatest tenor- Most people have no idea how good he was.

[@federic017]

Uno dei più grandi tenori di tutti i tempi...saluti

[@6891418]

I saw and heard most of the great tenors of the 60s and 70s. Franco Corelli was the greatest tenor of them all and then there were several, excellent others. I was very fortunate to hear and see him many times in person, especially when he was at his best during the mid sixties. I even got to meet him for a short, cordial encounter during the late eighties at an opera concert in Newark, New Jersey. It was an experience I'll never forget. Dan Secula

[@Etnalleb]

Mario Del Monaco and the Other Franco ,that is Bonisolli both had much bigger Tenor voices than Corelli , for that matter so did James McCracken and Jess Thomas but when it came to finesse, no-one ,no-one tops Corelli.

[@angr3819]

@@Etnalleb Del Monaco could go from oh so very soft and gentle to full power and back again in moments. A feat I have only heard on old 78rpm recordings of Gigli, but Del Monaco was more powerful (and not due to more modern recording equipment).

[@Etnalleb]

@@angr3819 Corelli was a Master at diminuendo , No one maybe with the exception of Di Stefano could quite come off a full throated Bb and softly hold it out . Listen to Corelli's "E Lucevan le stelle" he hit a powerful High A and holds it 9 seconds and makes a full diminuendo as he finishes. It was fanatasic.

[@awokwok1029]

@@Etnalleb yap, Pippo's diminuendo is phenomenal too. I love Corelli and Pippo. Diminuendo is very hard to do.. For female i'll go with Callas lol she sing diminuendo at the top of her range lol.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@Etnalleb No they did not, Del Monaco had a bigger voice in his middle register, but no one had such big and power high notes as Corelli.

[@sabbath7081]

There will never be another tennor that can make music like that again. I've listened to them all and not one can bring the volume the perfection and the longest notes I ever heared and to give diminueto 's like that its a wonder the mob didn't get him.

[@PecsMaster]

That first Romeo ending ... you could feel the audience gasping towards the end of the note. I gasped too! Amazing. I think it is a wonderful tribute that all the great opera singers always have Corelli as one of their top 3. This is one reason why - the voice.

[@pieritlyon]

SUPERB, SUBLIME, THE ONLY. There is still no basis to be able to interpret and EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI. Everything you played was beautiful, perfect, best.

[@Olgaalwina]

Ja, so muß (!!) der Arienschluß enden. Das kann heute mehr niemand !

[@brulhilde]

Amazing tenor!! The best from last century!!!

[@polylepis62]

Non ce n'è per nessuno. Ormai queste performances non le senti più, neanche dai più acclamati e rinomati.....

[@davidsolomon8203]

Who can be compared to this phenomenal singer with that phenomenal voice?!

[@MikeDewisBaritone]

my God, the Romeo!!!!! Incredible!!!!!!!!

[@lancebach]

I totally agree. The incredible thing is he, Corelli was even better live on stage. Still he ha no charisma!! HA HA HA. I have never heard such drivel in all my singing and teaching days.

[@manolis.799]

Singing that will never be matched. God bless Franco

[@giampierone010]

Interprete di razza che riesce a piegare la sua grande voce a dei pianissimi da tenore leggero eseguiti con classe e senza mai cadere in "falsetto"!!! Meraviglioso!!! Grazie

[@alessandrocodeluppi4916]

...unbelievable but true because all these fantastic diminuendos are LIVE!!!

[@xxirapax8830]

Si…non c’è trucco non c’è inganno…hanno buttato lo stampo…non ne faranno più di tenori così

[@johnblasiak607]

The Romeo 10/10 won’t be bettered it’s a miracle !

[@carmen-marianamitrea6175]

Franco, L'INÉGALÉ, L'INÉGALABLE , L'UNIQUE ! ❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💥💥💥💥💥💫💫💫🌅🌄🌈🌋🌼🌼🍀🍀

[@mpiarosati]

C'è pure un pollice verso, che coraggio, si identifichi, prego e vi spieghi, grazie!

[@silviamalibran9262]

Ma perché, è vietato avere una propria opinione e gusto!? per me non deve identificarsi proprio nessuno,la musica non mette mai d'accordo tutti.....premetto che Corelli è di gran lunga il mio tenore preferito .

[@numetutelare]

Lei ha ragione ma di fronte ad un colosso come Corelli ... non metterei nulla perché mi sentirei in obbligo di dare spiegazioni tecniche, perché un pollice verso per il solo timbro mi sembra non un'opinione ma una incapacità di argomentare. Cosa dovrei fare con uno come Kaufmann...ingolato, sfiatato, legato a spanne etc.. con una respirazione fortunosa; dovrei spiegare le questioni tecniche ai suoi estimatori, ma sarebbe inutile, visto che ancora non le ha intese neppure lui, quindi poiché i calci nel deretano, seppure verbali, non sono ammessi, per lui é ammesso per il pollice verso tout court !! :-))

[@landolfograziella6887]

numetutelare mi scusi ma cos ha il timbro di Corelli?Corelli è il più grande

[@numetutelare]

Corelli é un tenore irripetibile e con una tecnica da brivido... Agli inizi fu detto che aveva una voce di timbro caprino, cosa ridicola, era semplicemente da affinare. Il volume della sua voce e la seguente capacità di rendere flessibile una tale mole di suono dimostrano che tecnica a parte era dotato di qualità uniche. Non rammento tenori che abbiano cantato, con la sua qualità, dal belcanto al verismo in modo eccelso. Cantò con le più grandi soprani del secolo scorso, e tutte erano ammirate della sua estrema professionalità, compresa la esigentissima Callas... Quindi nessun problema sul timbro , ma anzi ha zittito i suoim detrattori. Utima chiosa, Del Monaco e Di Stefano lo ammiravano e lo stimavano moltissimo, il che é tutto dire...

[@matejknezevic6989]

Greatest franco.29.10.2003 was the most sad day in my life great corelli and bonisolli were silenced. His voice is mito and streanght of ocean

[@funwithFred]

I love Corelli...

[@raymondbell7054]

Incredible

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

Unico, molto grazie Khed14

[@chaten65]

Für mich der Beste Sänger.

[@urowskiilive4701]

I actually don't really like hearing diminuendos, but it's a miracle how a big voice (probably the biggest I've heard) is able to perform these so effortlessly and precisely without losing any quality!!

[@giovic9802]

The messa di voce is very important for a belcanto technique

[@OlmoHerediaBlanco]

One of the best singers ever!

[@davidsolomon8203]

The king of tenors!

[@HellasItalia4]

monumento....

[@alfredbernasek6761]

UNGLAUBLICH SCHÖN

[@sarahaprincesa]

Senza parole😢

[@pandamussboy]

Semplicemente meraviglioso!!!

[@marisarossi6692]

Mostro di bravura.

[@СветланаКоломыйченко-ц1ж]

Какие божественные пиано!!!

[@sabbath7081]

He was fantastic.

[@mpiarosati]

Ma dove trovava tutto quel girato e poi piano piano indietro, boh, solo lui, impareggiabile!

[@brunaazzurra]

+mariapia rosati cosa intende con le parole "tutto quel girato e poi piano piano indietro"? non capisco

[@arisathan6569]

he is the fucking Zeus of opera

[@davedennon9087]

Agreed. I recall, Freddie Mercury was floored by the Diminuendo's of Caballe, my goodness, to hear a diminuendo like the one's Franco Corelli did would send anyone to the gods. For a voice that size, to pull back, from "full throttle" like that is just unbelievable. Really it is.

[@FRANKHODGES39]

Where are the Corellis of today?

[@judithbereczky4114]

They don't exist and what I see one year after the other, the singers are weaker and weaker. They don't know how to sing. Corelli's generation were the true artists Today's are amateurs.

[@michaelthomas-cq9xv]

THIS is what the human EAR is most responsive to.....

[@angr3819]

Thank you

[@niconico7281]

Único!!!

[@numetutelare]

Nella Tosca del 59 il diminuendo é di qualità sublime quanto quella del Faust di Di Stefano.

[@charleswhiterhodes]

The very idea of hearing someone today with this size and color of voice accomplishing these vocal miracles is laughable.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

Kaufmann...Pffff!

[@vargassa]

Amazing! thank you for posting this.

[@natalino501]

esplosivo

[@sirenadellopera]

THANK YOU for this!!

[@bodiloto]

fenomeno .

[@guidogreco341]

+bodiloto Che dire cantante di razza...con una tecnica sublime....povero Pavarotti povero Domingo povero Carreras...una tecnica cosi se la sognano di notte.......con il microfono e concerti son tutti capaci.....sa a chi mi riferisco...ai tempi di Corelli e Del Monaco...i microfoni erano leloro voci credo di essere stato chiaro

[@bodiloto]

+guido greco parole sante ! più chiaro non è possibile !!!!!

[@natalino501]

giusto....unico...nn c'è comparazione con altri

[@johnblasiak607]

His Celeste Aida diminuendo is unmatchable or at least I’ve never heard anyone do it better if at all Jan Kiepura had an incredible diminuendo even better than Corelli Check out Ninon in Polish Jan Kiepura

[@mpiarosati]

Ha ragione uno scrive una cosa e poi ne viene fuori un'altra intendevo dire dove trovava tutto quel fiato e poi quel diminuendo incredibile!

[@yaelpalombo4093]

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🎉

[@brunopicaude3092]

Dans "Roméo et Juliette", 18 secondes de diminuendo...

[@mpiarosati]

Tutto quel fiato intendevo dire!

[@natalino501]

che fiato

[@johnoregan3494]

@James Penn.I did not mean to be as You say patronising I am merely saying what I genuinely feel about the great Corelli.I would like to know however what You're opinion is of the great Franco.Iam sure it must be positive sure why else would You visit this page.ENJOY.

[@photo161]

Tucker asserted in an interview that no tenor could ever execute this treacherous vocal effect (the Aida decrescendo). It seems to me that Tucker made this comment during the time that Corelli was already achieving it in performance. I have always wondered what Tucker meant to say.

[@guycondroyer864]

Quand je pense qu'il y a des crédules qui vont à Lourdes pour espérer un miracle, il est là le miracle et pas besoin de pape pour l'authenticité

[@johnblasiak607]

Sublime 👏 Hard to believe 8 people gave thumbs down I’d like to meet them to appease my curiosity that such morons can speak sense .

[@alfredomontane578]

DI STEFANO Y FLETA LLEGARON A HACER "DIMINUENDOS" ESPLÉNDIDOS PERO COMO ESTOS,NO

[@nthdegree1269]

There are a lot of pictures of him smiling showing his teeth.

[@76Sanchis]

Lol, you are right on the money!

[@alfredbernasek3912]

EINFACH NUR TRAUMHAFT

[@marujaaparicio1009]

Quisiera oir a otros tenores hacer esto. Sencillamente ¡no pueden !

[@punkrockpatti]

@Gpolyz o i wish! Lucky you!

[@swagelock11]

How many pictures do you see of Corelli smiling? No offense meant; we're "on the same team". No need to be arrogant in your opinion.

[@michaelthomas-cq9xv]

Its not a Diminuendo,Verdi called it a Morendo

[@swagelock11]

Thank you for your observation and comment. With regards to his technique, Corelli obviously did not receive the credit he deserved. IMHO, the only "weakness" Mr. Corelli displayed was his lack of the "charisma" that helped the popularity of other gifted tenors like Pav and Lanza.

[@Pikatrix90]

Since when is smiling related in any way to charisma ? And since we're ''on the same team'' as you say, could you be so kind as to tell me what is so ''arrogant'' in my comment ? Because, in all honesty, pointing out that stage fright is not related to charisma is just stating the obvious (and if I'm not mistaken, Pavarotti was quite open about his stage fright himself so...).

[@lauravolpi8]

PÓTOLHATATLAN...

[@johnoregan3494]

Welcome all the listeners to this page and any young tenors and want to be tenors.Please study Franco.'s voice .I do not expect any of you to be as good as He but Ye might get close and bring some proper operatic tenor singing voice back into our lives.Thank You.And thank You Canale di Khed 14

[@Operaandchant90]

+John Oregan That's more than a little patronising don't you think?

[@lauravolpi8]

cCSODÁS!!!!

[@lauravolpi8]

CSODÁS

[@Pikatrix90]

Corelli had a ''lack of charisma'' ?!?!!! In relation to Pavarotti nonetheless ??!!! If Corelli is not charismatic I really don't know who is (and confusing stage fright with lack of charisma is quite bizarre really).

[@vilabreze]

@Gpolyz: You really are tremendously lucky! When and in what did you hear him?

[@Pikatrix90]

Well, probably those people who are trying (quite unsuccessfully) to find a reason to exalt Pavarotti's at Corelli's expense.

[@Ilvermibaleno]

La leggenda, forse un po' esagerata, dice che in Tosca il suo "dammi i colori" valeva già il prezzo del biglietto :-) Ad ogni modo questo è Canto con la C maiuscola.

[@pavarotti744]

i suspect that once you get past the volume, which was indeed prodigious....and picture someone singing that is short, bald, and fat....opinions may be tempered somewhat. Having said that, i have lots by Corelli, who is, without doubt one of the great tenor voices.

[@pablocarrascosamiguel7680]

La verdad es que se puede discutir si son musicales o de buen gustos estos diminuendos con calderones interminables, pero deja boquiabierto al oyente, puesto que apenas se mueve la afinación.

[@swagelock11]

AMEN. And one does not need to be an "opera expert" to FEEL it...and know it. No disrespect to the other great tenors at all. In fact, as I stated below, one could argue that like Superman, Mr. Corelli did indeed have a weakness. His "kryptonite" was his lack of the charisma that Pav displayed because of the near paralyzing "stage fright" / nerves that he battled. Kept Barbra Streisand off stage for YEARS.

[@76Sanchis]

Lanza would have been more that happy to trade his teeth for Corelli's voice!! lol

[@76Sanchis]

OMG.... WHO CARES ABOUT HIS TEETH!!!!!!

[@swagelock11]

Such a shame. A man with the gifts that he had - the voice, the looks...you'd have thought that he'd be smiling all the time. Obviously, I'm sure that he did well for himself financially. Why would he not have had cosmetic surgery to fix his teeth if they were that bad?

[@Pikatrix90]

Probably because they weren't that bad in the first place (yes, he didn't have Lanza's or del Monaco's dentition but who has ?). Moreover, any kind of teeth surgery could have a detrimental impact on a singer's career (look at what happened to Alagna). The ''problem'' (if there was any) was that his gums became too apparent when he smiled (according to Cesarini, US producers didn't take FC for Silent Melody because of this, even if they were impressed by his looks).

[@williamhomsytenor8620]

La prima voce Nelly ''e lucevan le stelle'' sembra molto Come quella Di yusig eyvasov