RARE! Franco Corelli: Turandot 1974 Dress rehearsal excerpts [PRIVATE TAPE]

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All we know about this recording is what you see in the first couple of seconds of the video:
These excerpts from the dress rehearsal of Turandot at the Met in September 1974 were found on an old cassette tape. The tape contained a compilation of private recordings of Corelli's performances, but the rest of the cassette contained already known material.
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot - dress rehearsal
September, 1974, New York
conductor: Alberto Erede
Il principe ignoto (Calaf) - Franco Corelli
La principessa Turandot - Elinor Ross
Timur - James Morris
Liù - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Ping - Robert Goodloe
Pang - Andrea Velis
Pong - Charles Anthony
Please, if you have a similar rare recording in your possession, send it to us so that we can share it with your fellow Corelli fans. Let Franco belong to the people!
(Again, this channel is run by fans, for non-profit, educational purposes. We are motivated solely by love for Franco and our aim is to preserve his memory and influence over the artists and audiences of today and the future.)
Timestamps:
00:00 Non piangere, Liù
04:03 No, no, principessa altera
06:16 Nessun dorma
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[@FrancoCorelliInfoCenter]

Huge thanks to Katalin Petroczy for sharing this previously unpublished recording with us 🙏: excerpts from the dress rehearsal of Turandot at the Met in September 1974. More info in the video description. 💖 Help us bring Corelli's art to new generations of opera-lovers by supporting the Franco Corelli Info Center: ko-fi.com/francocorelliinfo Look out for more rarities in the coming weeks on our new channel on Audiomack: audiomack.com/francocorelliinfo Please, if you have a similar rare recording in your possession, send it to us so that we can share it with your fellow Corelli fans. Let Franco belong to the people! (A reminder that this channel is run by fans, for non-profit, educational purposes. We are motivated solely by love for Franco and our aim is to preserve his memory and influence over the artists and audiences of today and the future.)

[@macphotophile]

I attended that with my mother. My recollection is that Eleanor Ross and Edda Moser sang. Corelli marked much of the performance but sang out for Nessun dorma.

[@leonardcohen5529]

К сожалению нет гугл-перевода, поэтому нет возможности прочитать все, но все-же хочу спросить: это последнее исполнение партии Калафа или было еще?

[@carolpaynter8181]

This is a part of history, yes, the recording is not professional but it's a representation of this opera shortly before Franco retired and in listening to this he was no where ready to retire. Still the best.

[@Veni_vidi_vici_opera]

TY! Beautifull!!!❤

[@PinaOliva-dp1ig]

Che voce ancora nel 1974. Non piangere Liù ti fa stringere il cuore e il suo vincerò è qualcosa di irraggiungibile! Grazie per questo regalo preziosissimo. Immagino essere stati presenti allora che emozione unica. Grazie ancora. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@toscadonna]

Wish we had so many more videos and voice recordings of all of these performers like Corelli. It’s history that can never be relived or recaptured, but it’s something we must not forget.

[@cantoriabosana_98]

Sempre spettacolare! Quando canta “non piangere Liu” è qualcosa di indescrivibile! 🥺🥺❤

[@ladivinafanatic]

More Corelli rehearsal tapes please! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@clementinabignardi4614]

Chi dobbiamo ringraziare x questo dono inaspettato? Grazie, grazie ! Ancora Franco era un Calaf unico.❤

[@FrancoCorelliInfoCenter]

Katalin Petroczy (fan e amica di Franco) ha condiviso con noi alcune registrazioni private di uno dei suoi amici. Altre registrazioni sono in arrivo sul nostro canale Audiomack: audiomack.com/francocorelliinfo

[@massimocassano2545]

Aspetto trepidante. Franco forever❤🎉

[@madamevera]

Wow. Thank you for this. I never dreamt when I was there that it was the last time I would hear him, but it was. A treasure to have.

[@vittoriodipaola1375]

❤

[@user-ru8ts8ls3u]

Он даже на репетиции супер!❤

[@user-ru8ts8ls3u]

He's even cool at rehearsal

[@atr46]

Корелли всегда прекрасен. У него нет провальных партий

[@vittoriodipaola1375]

Really a big thank, a monument to have given us such evidence he had not to retire

[@3GiovyandPino3]

Testimonianza stupenda!!! Grazie!

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Indetronable franco corelli 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕

[@operaforever8545]

great

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

This is really fantastic, thank you so much for this treasure

[@lukasmiller486]

I wish he would have done at least one Turandot with the Alfano ending.

[@romearomeo]

UNICO

[@MOV1983]

Corelli fantastic as usual. However, it doesn't sound like a rehearsal.

[@vittoriopreti7412]

Ora sento meglio di che rappresentazione di parla?

[@FrancoCorelliInfoCenter]

la prova generale di Turandot nel settembre 1974 al Met.

[@vittoriopreti7412]

@@FrancoCorelliInfoCenter grazie

[@vittoriopreti7412]

Non si sente nulla

[@simonebu]

If I didn't know that the source is trusted, I would say that this can't be 74 by the sound of the voice, despite the quality of the recording, because the squillo and the length of the phrases feels a lot more like 60ies than 70ies

[@FrancoCorelliInfoCenter]

I know, I too was a bit surprised at how great he still sounds (and especially that he put so much effort into the rehearsal), but all indications are that the date is not a mistake. I checked these excerpts against every recording in my collection and it doesn't match anything I have (though I admit my collection is not complete yet). Besides, Kati also sent me another recording, excerpts from a November 1974 performance (I'll post it on Audiomack in the next few weeks), complete with the correct cast-list for the exact date, and he sounds just as amazing on that one. (Other 1974-75 performances also prove that this opera was still securely in his throat despite the general decline.)

[@massimocassano2545]

Mi sembra di aver capito dopo anni di ascolto ,che gli anni migliori di Franco vanno dal 1956/57 al 1966/67. Quel decennio centrale della maturità di ogni artista lirico ( tranne rare eccezioni). Ma Corelli negli anni a seguire trovo ancora serate memorabili fino al 1971/72. Poi fino al ritiro per me nel 1975 trovo spunti occasionali come in alcuni momenti del 1974 , vedi una Bohème di Atlanta con la Ricciarelli, anche se Bohème come scelta non mi vede tanto d' accordo , come Lucia ( anche se solo 1;recita e mezza) Werther ,e Romeo e Juliette al di là della presenza voce e smorzati , non lo vedevo complessivamente appropriato ,anche per la pronuncia. Avrei preferito Manon di Puccini o anche un Otello pur discografico.Come pare dovesse accadere con Sir John Barbirolli , ma pare poi registro con Lombard Romeo et Juliette. Ad ogni modo Franco per chi lo ama rimane un ' esperienza mistica .......

[@ER1CwC]

This sounds like a good night in the 1970s to me. His tone is drier than it was in the 1960s, and the phrasing is choppier if you listen carefully. The High C is also less well-supported and more pushed. But he is having a good night.

[@chriggsiii]

@@ER1CwC Good night? Hmmm. These days, Met dress rehearsals are in the morning, not the evening. But perhaps things were different then.

[@ER1CwC]

@@chriggsiii I can’t tell if you think he sounds good or bad here.

[@AlfredBernasek-vm2jt]

SCHLECHTE TONQUALITÄT

[@liedersanger1]

Of course.

[@giselamarch1994]

No kidding!

[@macksawyer6221]

Na und???