Franco Corelli (Ancona 1921 – Milano 2003) è stato una della massime figure tenorili della seconda metà del Novecento. Dotato di un registro centrale estremamente ampio con acuti sfolgoranti, ha eccelso nel repertorio lirico-spinto e drammatico. E’ stato grande interprete in quasi 40 opere tra cui: La Forza del Destino, Il Trovatore, Il Pirata, Ernani, Aida, Carmen (opera del suo debutto a Spoleto nel 1951) Tosca, Bohème (opera del suo addio alle scene a Torre del lago nel 1976) e molte altre. Questo DVD ci vuole dare un piccolo assaggio della grande arte di Franco Corelli -Rigoletto “La donna è mobile “ Giuseppe Verdi -Ave Maria - Charles Gounod -Gioconda “Cielo e mar” Amilcare Ponchielli -Otello “Esultate!” Giuseppe Verdi -I Love Thee - Edvard Grieg -Il Trovatore “Di quella pira” Giuseppe Verdi -Aida “Celeste Aida” Giuseppe Verdi -Il Trovatore “Ah! Si ben mio, Di quella pira” Giuseppe Verdi -La Forza del destino “Ah, per sempre o mio bell'angiol” Giuseppe Verdi (Napoli 1958) -La Forza del destino “Oh tu che in seno agli angeli,” Giuseppe Verdi (Napoli 1958) -La forza del destino “Solenne in quest'ora” Giuseppe Verdi (Napoli 1958) -Tosca “Recondita armonia” Giacomo Puccini (RAI 1955) -Tosca “ E Lucevan le stelle” e finale dell’opera” Giacomo Puccini (RAI 1955) -Pagliacci “Vesti la giubba” Ruggero Leoncavallo (RAI 1954) -Carmen “Alto là! Chi va là prode di’Alcalà…, Il fior che avevi a me tu dato” e finale del secondo atto George Bizet (RAI 1956)
1 DVD NTSC Bianco e Nero/Colore Nessun sottotitolo Audio PCM Mono 100' CODICE REGIONE "0"
Leonora- Renata Tebaldi Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff Preziosilla - Oralia Dominguez Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Bianco e nero/black & white, 160 minuti Sottotitoli/subtitles: Inglese/English, Francese/French
Otello - Mario Del Monaco Desdemona - Rita Orlandi Malaspina Iago - Tito Gobbi Cassio - Ermanno Lorenzi Rodrigo - Augusto Pedroni Lodovico - Alessandro Maddalena Montano - Giovanni Antonini Emilia - Anna Di Stasio Un Araldo - Giorgio Santi
Orchestra e coro del Teatro la Fenice Nino Sanzogno
BONUS: Documentario / masterclass
Versione restaurata a cura dell'Associazione Musicale Tito Gobbi. Al DVD dell’opera è abbinato come bonus il documentario girato dalla televisione francese nel 1980 a casa di Gobbi: La Leçon de musique. Il DVD restaurato è stato richiesto dalla RAI per proiettarlo nei cinema in una serie Opera Vintage.
John Sorel - Eberhard Wächter Magda Sorel - Melitta Muszely Mother - Res Fischer Police Agent - Willy Ferenz Vera Boronel - Hilde Konetzni Magician - László Szemére Secretary - Gloria Lane
Orchestra of The Wiener Volksoper Franz Bauer-Theussl
"Directed by Rudolph Cartier, it's shot in relentless close-ups that give neither the performers nor the viewers anywhere to hide. Melitta Muszely charts Magda's progress from desperation to hope to suicidal despair with uncompromising veracity. There are equally impressive performances from Eberhard Waechter as her husband and Gloria Lane as the consular secretary." (The Guardian)
"Gian Carlo Menotti was one of the most important 20th-century composers of opera working in the United States. For his opera The Consul he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. This unique studio recording from the early years of television is performed by an extraordinary cast featuring Melitta Muszely, Eberhard Waechter, Res Fischer and Hilde Konetzni. The plot of the politically charged drama takes place in Europe of the 1950s. The Orchestra of the Wiener Volksoper is conducted by Franz Bauer-Theussl. An important document of operatic and film history, this restored recording is available on DVD for the first time." (Art Haus)
Don Carlo - Jaime Aragall Filippo II - Simon Estes Rodrigo - Renato Bruson Il Grande Inquisitore - Luigi Roni Un Frate - Olim Sadoullalev Elisabetta di Valois - Montserrat Caballé La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry Tebaldo - Pierrette Delange Il Conte di Lerma - Jean-Louis Elie Un Araldo Reale - Guy Gabelle Una voce dal cielo - Ewa Godlewska
Orchestre National de France, Choeurs de Radio-France
Rigoletto - Aldo Protti Gilda - Gabriella Tucci The Duke - Gianni Poggi Sparafucile - Paolo Washington Countess Ceprano / Maddalena - Anna Di Stasio Monterone - Silvano Pagliuca Giovanna - Amalia Pini Borsa - Athos Cesarini Marullo - Arturo La Porta Count Ceprano - Giorgio Onesti A Page - Kazuko Matsuuchi A Guard - Hiroshi Sakamoto
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Nikikai Chorus Group, Fujiwara Opera Chorus & Tokyo Choraliers Arturo Basile
Adriana Lecouvreur: Montserrat Caballé Princess de Bouillon: Fiorenza Cossotto Maurizio: José Carreras Michonnet: Attilio d'Orazi Prince de Bouillon: Ivo Vinco Abbé: Piero De Palma
The NHK Symphony Orchestra Union of Japan Professional Choruses
Gianfranco Masini, direzione
Live performance September 20, 1976 NHK Hall, Tokyo
"This 1973 Aida stars two of the most celebrated singers of their time, tenor Carlo Bergonzi and Fiorenza Cossotto, both in prime form here. In true Italian tradition, their voices are as affective in the lyrical passages calling for velvety beauty of tone as in the fiery dramatic sections of the opera. The title role is sung by Orianna Santunione, a dramatic soprano of remarkable power, evenness, and intensity. The other principal singers in this performance are Giampiero Mastromei, a commanding Amonasro, and Ivo Vinco, an imposing and dignified Ramfis, The forces of the NHK Symphony Orchestra are under the direction of conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis, who backs up the singers with an emotionally charged account of the masterful score. The beautiful and lavish sets and costumes are by the renowned designer Pier Luigi Pizzi." (VAI)
VERDI - AIDA
Aida: Orianna Santunione Radamès: Carlo Berganzi Amneris: Fiorenza Cossotto Amonasro: Giampiero Mastromei Ramfis: Ivo Vinco Il Re: Franco Pugliese Messenger: Fernando Iacopucci Priestess: Anna Di Stasio
NHK Symphony Orchestra, NHK Italian Opera Chorus
Oliviero De Fabritiis
Live Performance: September, 1973 - NHK Hall, Tokyo
Embedded Japanese subtitles with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Color, Stereo, 161 minutes, 4:3, All regions
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY / JOHANNES BRAHMS / PABLO DE SARASATE / ANTONIO BAZZINI - Menuhin Plays Mendelssohn - Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Hungarian Dances N.5 And N.4 / Malaguena; Habanera / Calabrese
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Otello - Mario Del Monaco Desdemona - Gabriella Tucci Iago - Tito Gobbi Emilia - Anna Di Stasio Cassio - Mariano Caruso Roderigo - Gabriele De Julis Lodovico - Plinio Clabassi Montano - Takao Okamura A Herald - Giorgio Onesti
From the archives of Japanese Television (NHK) comes this magnificent document of tenor Mario Del Monaco and soprano Renata Tebaldi in a live 1961 performance of Giordano's verismo classic. The supporting cast includes baritone Aldo Protti, and the performance is conducted by Franco Capuana.
GIORDANO - ANDREA CHÉNIER
Tokyo 1961
Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco Carlo Gérard - Aldo Protti Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi La mulatta Bersi - Anna Di Stasio La Contessa di Coigny - Amalia Pini Madelon - Amalia Pini Roucher - Silvano Pagliuca
NHK Symphony Orchestra, NHK Italian Opera Chorus - Fujiwara Opera Chorus - Tokyo Choraliers
Franco Capuana
Optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Black & White, mono, 132 minutes.
Donizetti - La Fille Du Regiment (The Daughter Of The Regiment) Sung In English
Marie - Beverly Sills Tonio - William McDonald Sulplice - Spiro Malas La Maquise - Muriel Costa-Greenspon Hortensius - Stanley Wexler Caporale - Raeder Anderson La Duchesse - Evelyn Freyman
Wolf Trap Festival
Charles Wendelken Wilson
118 minutes, color
***
"At the center, of course, is Miss Sills, in supremely confident form, vocally and histrionically... (Her) zest and vivacity prove infectious with the other performers and the entire audience." (New York Times)
"In a brief interview, Sills describes Daughter of the Regiment as “a silly little story, one long episode of Lucille Ball. I play [Marie] as Lucille Ball with high notes.” That may tell you what to expect here. Except for one or two unavoidably poignant moments, the opera is milked for laughs. The characters ham it up shamelessly the acting is often cartoonish–an effect emphasized by the flat, painted sets and the colorful costumes. Sourpuss that I am, I would prefer the comedy to be less broad; but maybe it didn’t seem so overdone in the theater. The characters’ heavy makeup and exaggerated facial expressions need also to be seen at a greater distance.
The performance is in English, a great advantage in the spoken dialog, but the level of clarity is remarkable even in the sung passages. The supporting players act well, especially Costa-Greenspon, who has the vocal strength to back up her more frenzied effusions. Malas made something of a specialty of Sulpice (he recorded it for Decca with Sutherland and Pavarotti and sang a couple of performances at the Met), and he moves comfortably on stage. McDonald is a stiffer actor, though amiable enough. His voice is bright and keenly focussed, with the timbre we associate with the typical Irish tenor. He sings his high Cs without breaking a sweat, articulating the words cleanly even in the stratosphere. He lacks something in tonal variety and strength, sounding too feeble in the final scene when the regiment rushes in to rescue Mane.
The heroine herself is sometimes fluttery and pallid, but the trills are wonderful, the coloratura is dazzling, the high notes are in place, and the acting is enthusiastic. I can imagine better orchestral playing and more dynamic conducting, but you won’t notice all that much: it’s the singers’ show, and everyone is having a great time.
The sound is not perfect. The voices are recorded at too low a level; when you boost the volume to bring them closer, the thumping stage noises become deafening. No subtitles–you probably won’t miss them." (Ralph V. Lucano, American Record Guide)
Dramma tragico in due parti di Salvatore Cammarano Musica di Gaetano Donizetti
Sir Edgardi Di Ravenswood: Alfredo Kraus, Miss Lucia: Luciana Serra, Lord Enrico Ashton: Giorgio Zancanaro Lord Arturo Bucklaw. Miro Solman Raimondo: Boris Martinovic Alisa: Desdemona Malvisi Normanno: Giangranco Manganotti Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra sinfonica dell’Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Dirige: Angelo Campori Regia: Pier Luigi Samaritani Registrazione del Marzo 1986 Audio: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Sottotitoli: Italiano, Inglese, Francese, Spagnolo, Giapponese 1 DVD NTSC 144' CODICE REGIONE "0"
Lord Gualtiero Valton - Silvio Maionica Elvira - Gianna d'Angelo Sir Giorgio - Agostino Ferrin Lord Arturo Talbo - Luciano Saldari Sir Riccardo Forth - Dino Dondi Sir Bruno Roberton - Giuseppe Botta Enrichetta di Francia - Maja Zingerle
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Verdi di Trieste Arturo Basile + BONUS: Rarità Belliniane - Danilo Formaggia, tenore/Vincenzo Scalera, pianoforte
LA SONNAMBULA, I PURITANI, LA TRAVIATA, SEMIRAMIDE, DON PASQUALE etc. SONGS
"This disc presents Dame Joan Sutherland in two historic telecasts from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In the first program, originally telecast in 1963, Dame Joan pays tribute to some of her illustrious predecessors, performing arias from La Traviata, Semiramide, I Puritani, and more. In duets from La Sonnambula and Don Pasquale she is joined by tenor Richard Conrad. The second program is a recital, taped live in Toronto in 1969, with Dame Joan performing songs and arias by Bononcini, Handel, Bellini, Rossini, Gretchaninoff, Alabiev, Abt, Gounod, Bizet, Massenet, Delibes, and Balfe. Sir Richard Bonynge conducts the CBC Symphony Orchestra in the operatic program, and accompanies on piano for the recital."
Optional English subtitles; Color/B&W, 110 minutes, 4:3, All regions