Le Cid "O souverain, ô juge, ô père"

[@phalenopsis1]

Che voce, che interpretatione, che bel uomo!!! Divo Maestro Franco Corelli!!!

[@claudinevoirain5945]

que j aurais voulu être a Tokyo ce jour la quel artiste unique et genereux

[@Agorante]

When I saw him in concert, he had music all over the piano. He would start in the crook of piano, read the score some and walk forward. After a phrase he would walk back and look at the music again. He did this all afternoon until in one song he couldn't find the second page. He gave a little shy smile and shrugged - then walked forward and finished the song - gloriously. He knew his music of course but he was nervous.

[@gonzalojosevb]

Franco is still alives in our hearts, his voice make us evocate our more strong feeling Bravo Franco per sempre!

[@jrrtex]

THANK YOU for the posting! Corelli was a giant. He was and still is without peers.

[@kaffemedkantornGB]

Please do not mention Alagna and Villazon in "the same breath" as Corelli: In his time they would have been in the choir, or at most comprimarii! This wonderful performance comes from the heart of a tormented soul whose stage fright was unbelievable. He may have transposed it down; he may sing "poorly" in french with rolling R:s or whatever; he may grasp to his score: But just listen, close your eyes if you will: Few sings the prayer with such thrilling intensity! I am deeply moved.

[@mariovaldivieso6570]

Grande Franco 👏... Tenor heroico, a la justa medida para estos roles 😍🤩

[@amb1548]

Beautiful and divine man.

[@mariuslaurentiuolteanu4872]

God of the tenors!

[@jenspflug7473]

Isn't Caruso the God of tenors?

[@marjorieallworth6172]

I love this - he is like me - a nervous wreck !!!

[@sugarbist]

It's amazing that a tenor near the end of his career could still ignite the passions of his listeners. Delightful

[@aliciasarramida]

fantastico!!!!!!

[@tenorschofield]

MERAVIGLIOSO FRANCO CORELLI!!!

[@bobzeschin]

Close your eyes & you'd think he's sung this aria forever instead of clutching a score for dear life. I saw that deer-in-the-headlights look he has at the end close-up when I supered at the Met in the 60s. The stage managers said he had the worst stage fright they'd ever seen & they often had to literally shove him onstage. Like Ruffo & Ponselle, he was largely self-taught as a singer & he was terrified that his prodigious gift could vanish at any moment.

[@psvvac2]

Holy cow, that is one powerfull voice! Can't believe what i just heard! Parfait, une voix totalement incroyable et puissante! Bravo! en passant, le français est pas si pire que cela lol j'ai entendu pire!

[@pieritlyon]

!!SUBLIME!!! !!!EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI!! !!! LO MAXIMO !!! No hay nadie que pueda igualarlo, menos superarlo.

[@marokt]

A love him with his shabby sheets. He don't know the text, but sings unbelivebly. This is his best Souverin.

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

Il Grande Maestro Franco Corelli,unico e magnifico.

[@redkovboy]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@voicemad]

The person who said that Corelli could have given a cat food commercial the same ethos has caught the greatness of this fabulous artist

[@CraigFrancisSoto]

This is a wonderful clip.That score he's holding looks 100 years old! Corelli was a magnificent dramatic tenor and despite his French,this is an excellent rendition of this Le Cid aria.The only one I like better is recording made in the late 20's by the great French lyric tenor,Georges Thill. Mille grazie for posting this.

[@szilvia2080]

Divin, divin, divin!

[@Operaphile]

Wonderful. Simply viscerally thrilling. I feel so sorry for him and his nerves! Who doesn't know what that feels like!

[@marjorieallworth6172]

I love how nervous he appears.. Like me - only I can't sing 🎶 Like him !!!

[@laylaibrahim1552]

Outstanding

[@anafranciscaaldunate8866]

Merveilleux!!! pour m'exprimer avec la langue du Cid, aunque yo hable español. Maravilloso!!!!

[@susanhilmi8679]

simply the best

[@hwh1946]

Phenomenal singer. Voice made up for other issues in performance. There is a video with Antonio Guadagno -I think the spelling is pretty close- where he said Corelli suffered the terror of hell every time he stepped on stage, sometime even throwing up before an entrance. But, Giusto Cielo, the voice! Thank you Franco.

[@tigerboy1966]

I know that Corelli is not to everyone's taste, but for sheer dramatic power you can't beat this. He could knock down brick walls with that voice.

[@AlfredoKraus]

Parece que acabara de sacar las partituras de la Biblioteca Nacional de París hace cinco minutos... jejejeje Fantástico, como siempre...

[@giorgiojvladiqt6060]

I THANKED GOD FOR TWO VOICES THAT GIVE. CORELLI AND PAVAROTTI. THE BEST FOR EVER.

[@jrrtex]

There are 2 types of singers: Franco Corelli, and the rest.

[@claudinevoirain5945]

sublime

[@antonherberthonegger4399]

Einfach göttlich!

[@dumitrascumihai5731]

Mario del Monaco and Franco Corelli best of the best.Today's tenors are mall entertainers compared to them.

[@madisonelectronic]

As loud as he was (I used to call him the on and off guy) I have read more and more that offstage he was a kind and gentle man that loved to cook and had many non- opera friends. I am in medicine and when I learned about the stroke and coma I knew he did not have long, even though 80+ is a good long life. I still wonder how he sounded at that age. Did he sing after retiring?

[@amb1548]

Herre you are: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqe1cniOpL5lotE

[@moorfan1]

@rovingdesertfox You must compare the program "arias" to the neapolitan song encores at the end. His demeanor during the encores was the "relaxed" Corelli.

[@ezio2006]

grazie ginotti!!!

[@voicemad]

Corelli could be sitting on the toilet screaming for a new toilet roll and the whole of La Scala, Covent Garden and The Met would be outside the door

[@1989NickyD]

So this is the aria on which Laurie Anderson based part of her song 'O Superman' on? Interesting.

[@archiloque]

He was such a demanding and generous singer that the idea of singing with less energy in order to preserve his voice wasn't acceptable to him. I can't think of a better interpreter for this aria, except from Georges Thill, who was French.

[@aida2004]

Este concierto fue en 1971

[@cstrum]

Only God issues that voices

[@voicemad]

Where is everyone?

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

FORA DE MIDES !

[@giloubreizh]

Une version concert bien plus juste que celle avec Damingo, pour le tempo. C'est déjà ça!- Le reste...

[@monamelody45]

@TAMdeGledel D'accord malheureusement en ce qui concerne Corelli, mais pas d'accord pour Villazon: s'il roule les r, la plupart des chanteurs lyriques français en font de même (Georges Thill, Alagna ...), pour le reste, son accent est tout à fait convenable.

[@njtenor57]

Listen to Christopher Dolan Sing this aria

[@chastenor]

'Magnificent musical savage' probably best describes Corelli. In italian opera he is amazing but he doesn't understand the difference between Italian and French opera. This is amazing but it isn't 'French' which requires more precision and accuracy and a totally different style to Italian opera.

[@giuseppecuscani4409]

Un trombone non potrà mai paragonarsi ad un violino,Giuseppe Di Stefano rimane il più grande tenore di tutti i tempi!

[@otellodelmonaco7220]

giuseppe cuscani Si con gli acuti spaccati e ingolati.

[@giovannifassari6971]

Era fantastico senza paragoni.... altro che trombone

[@lawrenceallen6508]

Corelli was the GREATEST

[@loggione1984]

La voce è una meraviglia, ma non si può cantare in francese con questa pronuncia! Tra l'altro ripete due volte la stessa strofa.

[@giovannifassari6971]

Ma non dica stronzate....

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

@@giovannifassari6971 loggione 1984 ha ragione, il francese era pessimo in tutte le occasioni...so io che Carmen terribile ho visto con lui e la Bumbry all'Arena...pero' era magnifico e non ci sono eredi all'orizzonte, un pezzo unico..

[@elsaasta5491]

@@fabriziomariagarzi5534....allora se Corelli era un pezzo unico ed irripetibile .gli si può anche perdonare il fatto della pronuncia francese.....la perfezione non è di questo mondo!!! A quanti oggi degli attuali pseudi tenori vorrebbero avere la decima parte di voce che aveva il Corelli ed il suo talento??

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@elsaasta5491 , Elsa, era sottinteso. Uno discute...ma Corelli cosi va benissimo come in altre occasioni. E'solo per fare una inutile accademia. Mi scuso.

[@elsaasta5491]

@@fabriziogarzi9892 ....Fabrizio io so che anche a te piace ed ammiri molto Franco Corelli non hai bisogno assolutamente di scusarti , ti saluto con molta cordialità ...Elsa Asta

[@osho331]

Queste voci, titaniche per ciò che hanno fatto in passato, ora sono scortesi e penetranti.Purtroppo, mentre la vita va avanti, a volte va in modi ridicoli....

[@fernandobicudo9564]

Corelli is fantastic, but I still prefer the version by Placido Domingo;

[@Ivanov101]

По-моему, очень грубо и слишком самбрированно. Надо помягче и голос посветлее,как у Доминго.

[@SagEinmalAmore]

Ну, Корелли не виноват, что он не Доминго.