Franco Corelli & Renata Tebaldi - "Signor Chénier...Un dì all'azzurro spazio..." LIVE 1966

(Giordano: Andrea Chénier) Metropolitan Opera, February 5, 1966.
Andrea Chénier: Franco Corelli
Maddalena di Coigny: Renata Tebaldi
La contessa di Coigny: Gladys Kriese
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[@janosvas8597]

❤❤❤ very impressive for our soul ❤❤❤

[@domenicovillardi8325]

Insuperabile..ogni volta che lo ascolto mi vengono i brividi! Divino.

[@SpecialtyHorseTraining]

I saw these two in Chenier, with Batistianini. Fantastic!! Got all their autographs. Franco mentioned after I first saw him in Fanciulla, that he would be in Chenier two weeks later. Ah, my favorite opera! Of course, it had been sold out. But us teen girls drove 160 miles raining, in a car that hated rain and refused to go over 40 mph. We got there early in the afternoon to wait for cancelations . Finally one came. Just then a huge guy came in and grabbed it while throwing down the money! We almost cried. About two hours later cancelations came in for us. And that's how we got to the show.

[@racheleleeba]

Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@artistsf1]

a great story. thanks for sharing it.

[@guyarmstrong6443]

That's amazing! What a beautiful story! Worth it to see Maestro Corelli twice though!

[@anandy9292]

liar, your not old enough to have seen them live

[@SpecialtyHorseTraining]

@@anandy9292 I'm 77. I saw them when I was 19.

[@critic9216]

Fabulous. This is how it's done. People these days don't know what they're missing.

[@janosvas8597]

❤❤❤and we have KZbin❤❤❤

[@renepaccard7914]

Bonjour merci a vous c est un vrai plaisir de retrouver ces voix superbes de nos favoris qui manquent beaucoup aujourd'hui bravo a nos immortels qui brillent a jamais au firmament des grands de l opéra merci

[@tiziana2776]

Divino. Il più grande tenore di tutti i tempi!!!!!!

[@janosvas8597]

❤❤❤si❤❤❤

[@laimeboggiani5624]

Que emocao!!!A alma sente. Maravilha!! Que bom que esse fenomeno existiu..Agradeco a voces que resgatam essas maravilhas ..

[@trudischleifer7245]

Magnificent

[@PinaOliva-dp1ig]

Corelli è Andrea Chenier. Voce meravigliosa. Un DIO! ❤❤❤

[@Nicla64]

Forse,la più bella interpretazione de "l'Improvviso"! Corelli è insuperabile.

[@gemmadestate3216]

Dolcissimo,potente e poetico lo Chenier di Corelli.Unica la sua interpretazione sublime.

[@radames5855]

Esecuzione impeccabile!!!

[@herrbrucvald6376]

Those were great days....in the opera, in the air, in our youth......

[@pcagmaj7601]

I'd give anything to hear "Come un bel di Maggio" from that same performance. I was fortunate to see this cast at a Met Guild Gala just 6 days before this broadcast. Spine tingling!!!!

[@racheleleeba]

+PCAGMaj7 I am listening to it now...it's beautiful...and I will upload it. Thank you for the suggestion!

[@pcagmaj7601]

+racheleleeba I hate to ask, but could you also post Corelli's aria from the end of the 3rd act, when he's before the tribunal? It begins Si, fui soldato. It's one of my faves, and seldom recorded.

[@racheleleeba]

PCAGMaj7 If it's in good recorded condition, I will!

[@giampierone010]

Grande performance!!! Uno dei più grandi Chenier della storia!!! grazie

[@sergiooliva5892]

Senza forse il più grande

[@claudiacoluccia8688]

IL PIÙ GRANDE CHÉNIER Di SEMPRE!!

[@radames5855]

Non esageri...ne sono esistiti una decina come Corelli ed alcuni anche meglio...saluti

[@leonoradelagardie]

This is soul-wrenching drama set to Giordano's most beautiful music. I have a CD with the Vienna performance 1960, with Franco, Renata and Bastianini, also totally absorbing. There can be no doubt about the greatness of these singers...And never can there be a more exquisite Chenier than Franco.

[@katherineroppel4595]

Leonora de la Gardie The

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

Corelli per sempre.

[@janosvas8597]

❤❤❤per sempre, si❤❤❤

[@camenbel]

One of my favourite roles performed by adorable Franco.

[@mariarosaesergiomarycib2492]

Mi fanno venire iBRIVIDI!!!!!E'ASSOLUTAMENTE. MAGNIFICO!!!!! MARI

[@MrPAPAGAYO46]

Hubiera querido escuchar a Franco Corelli vivo; era tres años mayor que Carlo Bergonzi, y a este último sí lo vi, en 1979 cantando el Papel de Canio en "Los Payasos" de Ruggiero Leoncavallo, en el Teatro Colón de Bogotá, Colombia. En esa época sí que vinieron magníficos solistas de la ópera italiana. No me cabe duda que Franco Corelli, de haber venido a cantar aquí, se hubiera robado los aplausos y el clamor del público.

[@AlfredBernasek-vm2jt]

DAS WAR NOCH OPER PERFEKT ❤❤❤

[@janosvas8597]

aber wie perfekt, sehr❤❤❤

[@andrewwalker3312]

Jose Carreras said Corelli was light years ahead in this role and i agree

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

As was Del Monaco.

[@labienus9968]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 Never felt the same way about del Monaco-rather one dimensional as impressive as that was..After all Chenier is a poet, not a warrior

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@labienus9968 I think Del Monaco was more expressive than Corelli. Del Monaco, for me, is the better actor. But, opinions are what make this world interesting.

[@labienus9968]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 Yes, as long as one has that attitude it's fine to differ. So in that spirit MDM never did it for me-great voice but, as he himself admitted in the obsession with a loud sound he lost the abiltiy to modulate the voice. More expressive than Corelli-I'll restrain myself-except when he was young-how could he be? the voice wouldn't allow it. Acting? unless the eye rolling school is your preference-Iaugh here..But we certainly can agree MDM never was in the same universe for notes b and above.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@labienus9968 Del Monaco lived his characters. He WAS Otello. He was a better than Corelli IMHO. And he did have great pianissimi and dimminuendo. Same universe for notes b and above? You’ve got to be joking. Del Monaco’s highs were as good as Corelli’s. And Del Monaco had even more squillo. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5DPeHtjociWr68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/op22pGl5irhoiJY

[@cesarinabaroni1134]

Grande Franco!!!

[@mariagraziagottardelli551]

Corelli, il più grande Chenier

[@janosvas8597]

❤❤❤si❤❤❤

[@hwh1946]

Even though the sound on live stage recordings is not ideal there is still the excitement of going live. As a former professional musician I can tell you the performers "feed" of the audience. It shows here.

[@johnoregan3494]

No tenor voice of today should be compared to Franco;s because today's tenors are mainly recording tenor's with smaller voices which are enhanced with microphones stuck all over their bodies.They don't have the same feeling expression .They don't sing from the heart because they try too hard just to get the notes right.Iwill end on that but I could go on all night.

[@guidogreco341]

You have to compare the greatest Franco..with another big in this Opera...Mario Del Monaco...

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@guidogreco341 Del Monaco and Corelli are Gods!

[@Nangis123]

@John Oregan Take a break . Opera singers aren't stuck all over their bodies with mics for amplification for the simple reason mics aren't of any use if the house itself isn't wired for amplification .You can't wire a house without major overhaul costing many millions .How about providing proof for your allegation most opera houses are wired for amplification? I bet you can't .The mics you see sometimes are for recording ,not for amplification . Big open air venues are in all likelihood wired because they are used primarily for pop concerts . And take a break from this comparison nonsense .Nobody but diehard fans are indulging in this compulsive behavior ,with their fav invariably at the top of the list . Normal people couldn't care less

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@Nangis123 It is somewhat small minded to think that microphones are only ever used for amplification in-house. We are not in the 80's anymore. The most engagements of musical performances are done online (Deposito has 8.5 billion views). They don't need amplification in house, only a few hundred people will see a real live performance. But thousands of people can watch a performance on YT or on live streaming. They use microphones for better editing, when it comes to live streaming and videos. They do edit voices a lot, what you see on social media and live broadcasts are not the real voices of the singers. People don't hear the real voices of the singers online, unless you go and see the performance live in the theatre. Very few people will ever see the real live performance, far less than 1% of opera fans will see a specific real live theatre performance. Of course managers of singers and opera houses are grateful that so many older people follow opera, who don't understand social media, promotion and technology very well.

[@frankdetrano311]

Corelli OWNS this aria…please dont mention Kaufman he makes me gag

[@germanquintero10121946]

EXQUISITO DUO

[@alfredbernasek6761]

EINER DER GROßEN CHENIERS

[@kyleaustin7045]

Please upload the final duet "Vicino a te" from this performance. I love that duet.

[@racheleleeba]

I know you do, and it's on my to-do list. My current health status has kept me from creating new videos. If you get tired of waiting, I recommend the premiereopera.com website for inexpensive CDs of Franco Corelli performances. The founder of the company, the late Ed Rosen, bless him, was one of those intrepid persons who secretly taped performances at the Met in the sixties and onward.

[@kyleaustin7045]

racheleleeba my friend, i hope you soon get well and I'm so sorry for my impatience.

[@racheleleeba]

Not at all. Thanks for your encouragement, and for enjoying my videos.

[@maggiedeveney]

Roberta Huebner I could find nothing on this website. It seemed to be for sale. Do you have any other ideas where to buy live performances? Thank you so much.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

@@racheleleeba I know this is a delay about your Health my friend. I hope you're doing better please take care of yourself we need you. Agape for now my friend Arnold and Linda Amaral i

[@ХристинаМаринина]

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[@chrisgaffney2209]

Fantastic. Corelli is the best Chenier. I just saw Kaufmann on a filmed broadcast at CG, good but not Franco

[@racheleleeba]

I agree. His voice doesn't have the Italian ring I feel is needed. It was a beautiful traditional production, which I appreciated, but it didn't seem the singers had voices that carried over the orchestra.

[@oldoperafan_in_London]

+racheleleeba Does anyone nowadays...unless it is The School of Shouting, which mainly includes sopranos.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Kaufmann is overrated. No squillo. Voce ingolata. Diction is bad. Acting is good, but with those vocal deficiencies, that counts for nothing.

[@Nangis123]

@@oldoperafan_in_London to be fair if you're looking for The School of Shouting you find enough here . --Let's tear down the Bastille-- too bad there's no Bastille in this scene

[@labienus9968]

@@Nangis123 Are you trying to say something? You seem to have it confused with del Monaco

[@kyleaustin6061]

Do you have the final duet from this performance? Thank you

[@racheleleeba]

I will try to upload it.

[@sugarbist]

According to most posters here, the intimation would be that Nilsson sang with Carreras just to drown him out and Carreras wanted to be drowned out. Totally ridiculous

[@Karasic1337]

а можно на казахском

[@fan2jnrc]

Beautiful voice, very bad music. "L'improvviso" is really one of the most overrated aria you can find. There's not one second of inspired melody in all this (and actually, in the complete opera). To be honest, if not for the sublime "La mamma morta", "Andrea Chénier" has absolutely no interest.

[@UMVELINQANGI]

For me the arias are quite good as is the final duet. The score otherwise is unremarkable in my opinion. Great artists like Tebaldi and Corelli, however, can elevate even mediocre material such as this. A fine performance!

[@fan2jnrc]

@@UMVELINQANGI I'm agree. With such interprets, of course, everything is transfigured.

[@johndlabella]

It's an opinion, nothing more. Had no value being your intimate friends. And only if they ask👺

[@GreeneAlejandro]

Non parlo bene l’inglese ,ma certamente vorrei dirle che si sbaglia di grosso,certamente questo non en Bach o Mozart ,ma ha il suo merito ,che non ha melodie rilevanti,io trovo che li ha e tante ,è molto più spontanea che alcuni lavori pucciniani sempre a far leva su cose melodrammatiche piene di zucchero,ansi qui ci vogliono super cantanti ...sa io amo quest’opera