Franco Corelli was born into an operatic family: his grandfather had been an operatic tenor, his elder brother sang as a baritone and two of his uncles sang in the chorus of the opera house in Ancona; although his father was a ship-builder for the Italian navy. Initially Corelli intended to follow a similar career, studying naval engineering at the University of Bologna. Encouraged by a friend, however, he entered a singing competition: he did not win, but was sufficiently encouraged to enroll as a vocal student at the Conservatory at Pesaro, subsequently leaving when he became convinced that his teachers there were damaging his voice. Henceforth Corelli studied tirelessly on his own, largely by listening to recordings of the great tenors of th...
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Vocal Duo Recital: Corelli, Franco / Tebaldi, Renata - BELLINI, V. / GLUCK, C.W. / VERDI, G. / PUCCINI, G. / GRIEG, E. (Live in Tokyo, 1973) | |
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Vocal Duo Recital: Corelli, Franco / Tebaldi, Renata - BELLINI, V. / GLUCK, C.W. / VERDI, G. / PUCCINI, G. / GRIEG, E. (Live in Tokyo, 1973)
Composers:
Bellini, Vincenzo -- Cardillo, Salvatore -- De Curtis, Ernesto -- Denza, Luigi -- Donizetti, Gaetano -- Gluck, Christoph Willibald -- Grieg, Edvard -- Massenet, Jules -- Monteverdi, Claudio -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Tosti, Francesco Paolo -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists:
Corelli, Franco -- Mori, Tadashi -- Tebaldi, Renata -- Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: Dynamic |
Vocal Recital: Corelli, Franco - GIORDANO, U. / MASSENET, J. / MEYERBEER, G. / PUCCINI, G. / VERDI. G. (The 1971 Tokyo Concert) | |
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Vocal Recital: Corelli, Franco - GIORDANO, U. / MASSENET, J. / MEYERBEER, G. / PUCCINI, G. / VERDI. G. (The 1971 Tokyo Concert)
Composers:
Capua, Eduardo di -- Cardillo, Salvatore -- De Curtis, Ernesto -- Giordano, Umberto -- Massenet, Jules -- Meyerbeer, Giacomo -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Tosti, Francesco Paolo -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists:
Corelli, Franco -- Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra -- Ventura, Alberto
Label/Producer: Dynamic |