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The Perfect Opera.(Review)
The Perfect Opera. Various artists. Angel 7243 5 67438 2 3.
The gimmick Angel use here is one that should appeal to the crossover crowd. Angel have dug deep into EMI's archives and assembled a collection of famous opera arias and orchestral music and arranged it in the fashion of an actual opera. Since most non-opera buffs don't know what any of the words mean anyway or care to follow a plot, the device is largely successful, at least in presenting beautiful music in some semblance of order.
The "opera" begins with Verdi's Prelude from Rigoletto, played by Riccardo Muti and La Scala Orchestra. The program then goes on through 18 more favorites, including Verdi's "La Donna e mobile" with Nicolai Gedda, Rossini's "Largo al factotum" with Tito Gobbi, Bizet's "Habanera" with Maria Callas, Leoncavallo's "Vesti la giubba" with Franco Corelli, ...
- Franco Corelli.(Obituary: Franco Corelli)(Obituary)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) November 8, 2003 700+ words
Franco Corelli, a tempestuous tenor, died on October 29th, aged 82 IT IS not for...must be smoothed, cossetted and humoured as long as the run lasts. Franco Corelli, one of the greatest tenors of his age, was also one of the most...
- Opera singer Franco Corelli.(The Home Forum)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor January 11, 2001 700+ words
Franco Corelli widely seen as one of modern history's greatest tenors, came out...annual public appearance as president of the Jury of the International Franco Corelli Competition for young opera singers. It's held in Ancona, Italy...
- Bizet: Carmen. Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Robert Merrill, Mirella Freni;...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John August 1, 1999 700+ words
Bizet: Carmen. Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Robert Merrill, Mirella Freni; Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. RCA 74321-39495-2 (3-disc set...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Dennis Polkow June 12, 1988 700+ words
...between a lighter and a more dramatic sound. It is the perfect opera for my voice, and it is the role I would most like to be...but his was not a very dark sound. Before tenors like (Franco) Corelli, (Mario) Del Manaco and (Carlo) Bergonzi, the tenors...
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- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) November 2, 2003 700+ words
...Dorma (EMI) ***** The Very Best Of Franco Corelli (EMI, two CDs)**** Franco Corelli Portrait (Warner Fonit, two CDs...The leading tenor of the Sixties was Franco Corelli, and three albums from him have just...
- Puccini/Leoncavallo: Il tabarro/I pagliacci.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil January 1, 2006 700+ words
...Liu in Puccini's Turandot (opposite Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli). After that, other major assignments quickly followed...performed it 27 times (opposite such tenors as Jon Vickers, Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker, Placido Domingo and James McCracken...
- Tanto por Escuchar/ Breves.(Cultura)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) March 8, 2002 700+ words
...Sutherland, Leon Price, Teresa Berganza, Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Corelli, George London, Nicolai Giaurov y Mario del Mnaco, entre...ausencia total de "gis" en la ejecucin. El volumen de Franco Corelli incluye tesoros como su interpretacin de Gi nella note densa...
- Serenade from a superstar.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England) January 25, 2005 700+ words
...Carmen, Il Trovatore, and Andrea Chenier - all sung by Franco Corelli, who is my favourite tenor. "Opera is definitely my favourite...was young and among the many great tenors of the past, Franco Corelli has always been the one who has enchanted me the most...
