Franco Corelli in interview and Addio alla madre

Corelli sings Addio alla madre from Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana. The interview and the video is from 1982, audio from the 60-s.

[@ilbacioditosca]

a Tenor friend of mine student of Corelli told me that even in his 70s he would warm up and work in the voice all days. He was a fanatic technician of the voice.

[@feurzauber]

Corelli was 61 years old, but still handsome.

[@ancamg]

Thanks God, capisco italiano! I love Franco Corelli. For me he is the best tenor that ever graced this world. And he looked better than many Hollywood actors.

[@davegreene8588]

Franco Corelli and Victor Mature were very similar in facial and physical appearance. (Mature's father was Italian.)

[@user-fc_8421]

No.He's a little rough.Franco is unique and unique.

[@mayflash67]

His speacking voice was very pleasing to the ear! And his singing voice was it much more else!

[@MrChandler73]

Corelli=The Awesome Apollo of Bel canto

[@frankmaiorana66]

Corelli was incredible. Listen to him talk and listen to him sing it sounds like two different people altogether.

[@matejknezevic6989]

Frank Maiorana Bravo franco is uniqo who when speak and sing you cant recognize this is same man. God lived amound us,it was franco

[@hakonstrong-stomp8155]

He sings in his lower register, and the reason it is so strong is because he trained as a baritone for about 3 or so years. And then his voice is really high so he can blast those high notes. VERY well trained mid and low register and powerful high range

[@labienus9968]

@@hakonstrong-stomp8155 trained as a baritone? His brother was one. What you say doesn't make sense-he was a tneor from day one.

[@hakonstrong-stomp8155]

@@labienus9968 what you didn't catch, was that he WAS a tenor from day one, but for 3 years I read that he trained as a baritone, but that wasn't truly him, so he left his teachers and started tenor training again.

[@labienus9968]

@@hakonstrong-stomp8155 I caught it-but to the best of my knowledge it is incorrect. Where did you read it? There are lots of stories out there-but it doesn't make any sense, does it You say he left his '"teachers" which ones?-never really had any because they were ruining his top register. He had some lessons with Melocchi, took some ideas from him, but he was self trained.

[@antoniomongardi3849]

Wgrande corelli unico non ti dimentichero mai latua voce scalda il cuore

[@autumnleaves2766]

What shape he was in when aged 61 at the time of the 1982 interview. He must have really looked after himself and his voice. Brilliant.

[@laylaibrahim1552]

Franco Corelli ,the best tenor who ever lived

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Le plus grand des ténor au monde et le plus beau ❤️💖💖💖🌹🌹🌹🌹💐💋

[@renepaccard7914]

Bonjour mr corelli est sublime dans ce passage il joue aussi bien qu il chante merci c est un regal merci pour cette belle vidéo qui nous fait revivre un inegalable tenor

[@marjorieallworth6172]

He really lives the role

[@mayflash67]

Thanks for posting!

[@kgeorg1979]

I wish the guy had let Corelli talk more...

[@marisarossi6692]

grandissimo Franco.

[@songsofscarlet]

It's so funny, because when I talk everyone thinks I'm a tenor, then I tell them I'm a baritone; then they're shocked, then I sing for them and they say "are you sure you're not a bass?"

[@Ankhsnammon]

He was ever a divine tenor:speaking,singing,loving...EVER!!! ankhsnammon

[@tehen162]

You have written somewhere, that he had produced the big sound effortless, with total ease. Corelli talked about in an interview, how difficult was him to sing lighter or mezza voce. So I don't think he was putting tremendous pressure on the the voice, the big, resonant sound was natural for him.

[@chaten65]

Der größte aller Zeiten für immer.

[@joelweisberg]

I speak a little Italian. Is he asking his mother to take care of his daughter Santa in case he doesn't return. In case he is killed? She asks, "why do you talk like this" Is this about right? Anyone? It also seemed dubbed. Either way, Corelli was among the great tenors of all time.

[@tehen162]

Yes, but Santa (correctly Santuzza) is not his daugther, but his love. About the video see the description.

[@peterdakay1326]

The best ever.

[@lirglan5]

Franco Corelli used the lowered larynx technique to give him the big sound when singing. When he wanted to sing softly he allowed the larynx to float back to its natural position. That is why there is such a difference between his speaking voice and his singing voice. Del Monaco was the same except when singing, he kept the larynx at the bottom of the throat all the time, making it virtually impossible to sing softly. He had an even lighter speaking voice than Franco. Listen to Domingo, Bonisolli, di Stefano speaking. They have strong resonant speaking voices, but they did not need to use the above mentioned technique, which Corelli and del Monaco used when singing.. Yes they were both very exciting.

[@Seleuce]

Some corrections: a: Every operatic singer lowers the larynx or there wouldn't be an operatic sound. b: Even some very good non-classical singers sing with lowered larynx. c: A low set larynx does not create more volume, but more resonance. More ressonance is not necessarily louder, but more audible. Check this recording of Corelli and watch his larynx. It's set low the entire time, even during the mF and p phrases. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKvFaqitm8x3Z9k d: If Del Monaco would have sang with "larynx at the bottom of the throat" he would have sounded like Sam, the Eagle from the Muppets. A loud voice is created with strong chest voice development not with an altered position of the larynx. Low larynx opens more space in the throat and therefore there is more room for the soundwaves to resonate. Similar to the resonance differences of a violin and a cello. Both can be loud, but the cello has more resonance.

[@labienus9968]

@@Seleuce A lot of this tech talk is very fishy-and in voice traning they are often more images, imagined actions than actual phsycial realities. Can the larynx really float? But I agree with some of what you say. I'll also add that having been next to Corelli more than a number of times when he spoke, it was a normal vocie, hardly a pipsqueak-people think singers when they speak soundthe way they do when they sing-very different. Most of the tenors I know have had light, or normal speaking voices-but often have a slef concaious tightness to them. Basses almost alwasy have big, resonant speakiing voices with a straight forward conenction to their singign voices. Same thign around professional classical stage actors-they may have nice speakign voices, but it's not the projected stage voice.

[@aarontenor]

You are mostly right. Corelli though, like most real tenors, had a naturally high speaking voice. Not all Italians have well placed speaking voices, but I agree they speak "more forward" than Americans. This why Italian tenors tend to have a very forward bright sound and Americans tend to have a very rich sound.

[@Etnalleb]

Subtitles PLEASE!!

[@stand1989]

Can you upload the complete interview? thnx

[@tehen162]

Because there are stalkers and haters on youtube, who take enjoyment in degrading videos. Because there is such an option for the video owner. You are free to write your opinion though.

[@sirenadellopera]

Why are ratings disabled?

[@Ankhsnammon]

I will send to you the complete translation of these terrible words. ankhsnammon

[@lauravolpi8]

Ő VOLTA VILÁG EGYIK LEGNAGYOBB.--HA NEM A LEGNAGYOBB TENORJA,..MICSODA KÜLSŐ!!!