Franco Corelli's Best "Che gelida manina" (English subtitles) - 1966

[@СветланаПавлова-ф7я]

Великое искусство Прекрасное исполнение такие талпанты нам свыше даны чтоб наши души просвещались становились чиище добрее. Браво и огромное им спасибо ❤❤❤

[@rbw2222]

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.

[@christopherjohnson3758]

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....

[@rbw2222]

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.

[@robertrosen6616]

Dick Wilson the other I

[@isabelgirau2678]

***** Juan Diego Florez is one of the best! " Try him" ;-)

[@terrietackett8964]

Dick Wilson I'm so envious...Glory days for sure.

[@johnathonwebster5720]

Franco sure could push those high notes out with no problems at all amazing

[@brianshoman1723]

That high C was heroic

[@chefoasis]

@@brianshoman1723 the highest note i could hear was something around B4 though, i didn't hear any high C in this video ...

[@martinamanecke3622]

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.

[@leonoradelagardie]

No matter with whom you compare him, Corelli will always win on points. Because he was so much more than a voice

[@malcrichings9052]

Well Said

[@Arishenka_A]

Это лучшее, что я слышала - в "Богемах. Море чувства, океан обаяния, страстный душевный огонь - и стратосфера высоких нот ⚡

[@etelkanaccari]

Ma quale meraviglia di sentimenti espressi con una voce dalle mille sfumature straordinarie! SEMPRE SARÀ UNICO!

[@CuteMcBeauty]

Not many singers have everything: A HUGE voice, amazing stage perona (in spite of his pathological stage fright) and well... so gorgeous!!! Bravo, Corelli!!

[@oldoperafan_in_London]

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.

[@judithbereczky4114]

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.

[@oliverdelica2289]

I give my salutes to Maestro Corelli 😭😭

[@derrickharmon2]

I thought Beverly Sills retired too early . . . she still had a lot to give.

[@ramonvargas1]

@@judithbereczky4114 pero hace una gran labor con los jóvenes y es natural que al pasar el tiempo sus capacidades disminuyan es una gran persona

[@marcmitchel25]

​@@derrickharmon2She had it in her head that Devereux aged her voice, had other aspirations and a needy family to put it gently.

[@vilhelmhammershoi3871]

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.

[@vilhelmhammershoi3871]

@@bluebird5361 sometimes more... you feel for the bad singer.... well sometimes.

[@vilhelmhammershoi3871]

@@bluebird5361 i haven't found the balance yet... bad singing is so prevalent.... all over....

[@towmlvb3423]

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!"

[@pavel_SMN]

Mario Del Monaco.....

[@giselamarch1994]

Not quite@@pavel_SMN

[@PragueImport]

@@pavel_SMN Was not as handsome ....(just a personal view)

[@mnverrone]

TEBALDI=VELVET CORELLI=GOLD BOTH=STRONG, LOUD, CLEAR AND VERY VERY PASSIONATE. GRAZIE DIO PER LORO DUE! ❤🙏

[@luciagildersleeve8110]

I had the incredible joy of seeing him as Rodolfo--magnificent--passionate--Corelli!

[@racheleleeba]

You were fortunate! I discovered him only seven years ago.

[@ridvansadirxanov1503]

VOCE DI FRANCO CORELLI SECONDO ME, E UN STRUMENTO DI DIO !!!

[@drluisgoncalves]

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.

[@alessandropucci6768]

E Pavarotti?????

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Pavarotti è stato un buon tenore di grazia Corelli di un altro livello.

[@sabraellenjones5226]

An instrument of God, indeed.

[@leonoradelagardie]

This must be Corelli's BEST Rodolfo. Perhaps inspired by the gorgeous Tebaldi. A God and a Goddess.

[@SuperDflower]

He feels every word.... that’s what made him so special

[@leonoradelagardie]

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!

[@jefolson6989]

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.

[@sairechrysbelleparcon8950]

In lower key I guess but his high note still in C5

[@jefolson6989]

@@sairechrysbelleparcon8950 than is not the lower key! I didn't check it, but it seems easy for him.

[@natalinatollari9266]

che Rodolfo!!!! che sublime voce....romantico e appassionato......chissà vederlo in teatro!!!!!!

[@PinaOliva-dp1ig]

Altri tenori bravissimi hanno cantato questa opera ma come Corelli nessuno mai. Il più grande. ❤❤❤❤

[@antonellamarconi1035]

Sempre tanta emozione nell'ascoltare l'indimenticabile Corelli ...bravo e anche bello

[@normanstewartah-shung4219]

A voice so big and wide yet so angelic and gentle

[@ridvansadirxanov1503]

Франко Клрелли Уникальное Создание Природы !!!Вличайший Певец всех времен и народов !!!Гений Вокала !!!

[@kylebebout3157]

Greatest line any guy ever delivered! Who could resist?

[@DIDIERFARNIR]

Merci mon Dieu pour cette merveille sur terre... Corelli est le ténor absolu....

[@veecee3669]

Franco Corelli, heavenly to listen to, delicious to watch.

[@jphubert]

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.

[@leonoradelagardie]

You are absolutely right in what you say and it is a pleasure to say I totally agree.

[@mr.m.8727]

completely agree....although to put Maestro Corelli with Pavarotti in the same sentence is almost blasphemy :))

[@Jacob-ry3lu]

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.

[@aforwood1]

Big difference in their voices. Corelli is a Spinto and Pavarotti is a Lyric.

[@mr.m.8727]

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.

[@SR-jx8yu]

The greatest tenor of the 20th century ..... period! This aria always makes me cry

[@camenbel]

Dear Maestro Franco Corelli! How I love you!

[@mariafernandavalleojea3276]

Cada vez que oigo esta voz, esos agudos heroicos valientes ! no encontré una voz que lo iguale ... el alma le sale en ellos.

[@TheDanimal63]

+maria fernanda valle ojea Para mì el mejor tenor....

[@ajarnwordsmith628]

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.

[@rinattakhirov6426]

Dear Franco you are so much missed. Rest in peace.

[@ma.doloressalazar6039]

maravilloso Corelli y junto a Renata Tebaldi formaron un duo celestial

[@theempress1104]

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.

[@BazzasBest]

The voice, the man, the excitement, the applause. Love the sub-titles too.

[@ridvansadrhanov]

Grazie per questo Grande Regalo !!! Un canto che prende Anima ,Quore ,Cervello ,Tutto !!!

[@179cherry]

I was there. I saw them all from 1964 on.

[@user9xyz836]

How lucky you were!

[@natalinatollari9266]

l'invidio un po'

[@ritaditrani6898]

Corelli. Maestro. Non passa giorno che.non ti ascolto...... mi fai sognare .... stupenda voce. Grazie Franco per cio" che ci hai regalato.

[@leonoradelagardie]

Rita Di Trani, Yes, he was divine. We should all be grateful that he existed.

[@linolunardini9262]

@Juan Galindo ma come fate a capire tutte queste tonalità? siete dei maghi ? Corelli comunque una spanna sopra tutti gli altri !!!!

[@vittoriomaurinotosi718]

@Juan Galindo, io concordo con lei.

[@vittoriomaurinotosi718]

@@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.

[@TurandotFanatic]

@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.

[@richiefriedman1764]

So lucky. God bless. You saw an icon. No one compares.

[@estherluciamorelli6105]

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

[@elainelotcpeich]

They were the best ever! Miss them.

[@solerfranco]

Corelli sings terrific, Mimi is Tebaldi, unmistakable !!!

[@mairabenitez3386]

Que Increíble esta voz de Franco, lo admiro muchísimo.

[@robertaribali717]

Irresistibile Franco!!!!

[@getore100]

Superb. That high C....MAGNIFICENT.

[@massimocassano2545]

Si

[@FISTRIG]

i cannot stop listening to cut after cut !

[@FISTRIG]

WONDEROUS MIRACULOUS VOICE

[@ajeansmith5478]

Corelli just thrilled me

[@mcmahonmaria6289]

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.

[@luisroqueperez1084]

McMahon Maria indeed. Pavarotti said that if Corelli's performances were broadcast as the three tenors, he would be as famous as he deserved.

[@kneeman66]

We are bringing Corelli back in a hologram performance

[@maggiedeveney]

Peter Gibbons please hurry! I’m quite old.

[@michaeloleary1867]

Love it!

[@natalinatollari9906]

Me too!!!!!!

[@sabraellenjones5226]

It hurts he is not still here. Thank god for the recordings. I would have given anything to see him and hear him.

[@wmnoffaith1]

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!

[@arnoldamaral7406]

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

[@luigimaffei9132]

Di tutti gli ASTRI che stanno in cielo questo è il più luminosoooooo. Grazie per le tante emozioni!!!!!!!!

[@mercedesrius8080]

la voz de Corelli tan majestuosa,imponente, electrizante, sensual,masculina, varonil, seductura,fascinante.. te exalta al escucharlo!!!

[@maryleone2023]

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.

[@roythomas5837]

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.

[@artsolis1964]

Bravo!!! MAESTRO!!!

[@PBXVIILY]

Great Singer Yes you are right the best!!!

[@aforwood1]

There has never been anyone to compare to Corelli nor will there ever be. God broke the mold when he was born.

[@SunlessVale]

+aforwood1 WHAT?! Caruso, Merli, Pertile, Gigli were pretty comparable (Caruso probably superior).

[@aforwood1]

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.

[@leonoradelagardie]

Very happy to read your wonderful defence of my favourite tenor, the greatest of them all:Franco Corelli.

[@lilianamartabarsellini4517]

Yes! That is a great truth. Corelli was superior to all and still remains

[@SunlessVale]

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.

[@fredojoaquim4764]

So lovely and so poetic. Poetico i romantico.

[@eziomarotta513]

SPLENDIDO E MERAVIGLIOSO FRANCO PER VOCALITÀ E INTERPRETAZIONE IN SIMBIOSI CON UNA INDIMENTICABILE RENATA PERFETTA MIMI . RANCO E RENATA SIETE SEMPRE NEI NOSTRI CUORI! !!!!!!!!!!

[@veryoriginalchannel]

Love the sudden diminuendo on "al buio non si trova". Completely unexpected, but it works brilliantly.

[@pieritlyon]

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!!

[@bellini7verdi]

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..........

[@Bobrogers99]

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.

[@rosgreen4606]

So breathtakingly beautiful!!

[@erwinmiszker6824]

Przy takim śpiewie......same dreszcze i emocje.....cudownie....

[@gemmadestate3216]

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...

[@yaelpalombo4093]

Meraviglioso 💖🎼

[@fredobatista4367]

💚 Corelli ⭐. Marvelous tenor.🌷

[@brianbyfield3584]

Love Corelli singing, I consider his diminuendo unmatched. His appearance alone is befitting of any romantic lead. Much missed methinks..

[@esterbruno8604]

Corelli è divino come al solito 😍💖🙌 E la Tebaldi è una Mimì eccellente 💘

[@Cordylcoh]

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.

[@mariellamaestrelli]

Come Lui nessuno!!

[@estherluciamorelli6105]

Nunca te olvidaré cada dia te amo más FRANCO mas lo escucho mas me gusta

[@lucianadelpiero7923]

Non gli si può proprio resistere ...e son passati già 50 anni!

[@Linetto53]

Corelli semplicemente mostruoso in quest'aria....

[@fredojoaquim4764]

Lovely, amourous, poetic. 🌹🌻 🌷 💖💝 🌄

[@2014greg]

John Oregan. Love Corelli. Saw him many times at MET. Both c's are optional. Have no problem with transposition.

[@jmccracken1963]

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!

[@ingriddoppler]

Bravissimi entrambi ~ two of the " greatest of all times " ! Thanks for another gem of your great collection.

[@aliciasarramida]

Like a dream ♥

[@martyrrt]

Applause well deserved. Glorious!

[@giovic9802]

I'm in tears

[@ingriddoppler]

Senza dubbio nessuno - IL SOMMO IMPERATORE !!!!

[@racheleleeba]

Indeed he was, dear Ingrid!

[@celesteaida48]

ingriddoppler no one like since!

[@elsaasta5164]

Il Giulio Cesare del Mondo della musica e della Lirica e Apollo della mitologia greca. Grazie Maestro Franco Corelli! !!

[@renaissanceinblack]

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.

[@labienus9968]

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

[@JavierBorja-bs1dd]

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.

[@JavierBorja-bs1dd]

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.

[@JavierBorja-bs1dd]

Perdón: no es di, sino do

[@moisesceron3219]

Simplemente hermoso!!!!

[@marujaaparicio1009]

¿Què màs puedo agregar a todo que aquì se comenta? Corelli ha sido y aùn lo sigue siendo, lo màximo

[@zzzed55]

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

[@UncleLouie867]

Great video. Beautifully done.

[@11calman]

Wow, what a voice

[@ROBERTORRRR1]

Cazzo che bravo, mi viene da piangere. L'ho scoperto oggi... ignoranza mia ok, ma è davvero impressionante.

[@Nobilangelo]

She gelided into his heart and he into hers.

[@renepaccard7914]

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

[@richardhill5266]

Beautiful job! Thank you for posting it!!

[@Tico4president]

I really appreciate your creativity in making this video!

[@49jga]

Grandioso, único, irrepetible, gigante, supremo, todo esto se ha dicho de él. Pues bien, creo que se quedan cortos.

[@mapaezpumar64]

NO WORDS TO DISCRIBE IT

[@remyhocage9854]

Thank you for posting - when I saw CORELLI AND TEBALDI listed, I nearly fainted ! Both young & in fine voice. Fantastic.

[@pattipage12]

How beautifu this is; bravo indeed!

[@mikefisher9992]

Where have the Italian tenors and sopranos gone, most of the present day singers seem to be from Eastern Europe.

[@davidsolomon8203]

Corelli reigns!!!