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About the artist Franco Corelli

Born in Ancona, Italy, on 8th April 1921, Corelli had little formal musical training. He was already 23 when he first thought to take up singing, and he learned much of his craft by studying recordings of older tenors, especially Enrico Caruso, on whom he modelled his vocal style. In January 1951 he was accepted by the Centro Lirico Sperimentale, an organisation in Spoleto that trained aspiring young opera singers; this led to his operatic début as Don José in Carmen at the Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, on 26th August 1951. The performance was an enormous success, but no further offers were forthcoming until the management of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome reluctantly agreed to present him as Romeo in Zandonai’s Giulietta e Romeo. This was well received and led to further engagements in Rome and elsewhere. Corelli’s career blossomed over the next few years and he was eventually invited to appear at La Scala, Milan, where he made his début opposite Maria Callas in Spontini’s La Vestale at the opening night of the season in December 1954. His fame spread quickly, and soon audiences everywhere were enraptured with his glorious voice and compelling performances in operas such as Aida, Andrea Chénier, Carmen, La forza del destino, Norma, Tosca, Il Trovatore and Turandot.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Franco Corelli

CATALOGUE NR: 5850842  (barcode: 0724358508420)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Very Best of Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 04-Aug-2003

TITLE: Very Best of Frano Corelli
TRACKS: A te o cara. Meco all'altar di Venere. Me protegge me difende un poter maggior di loro. Odi?... I suoi riti a compiere. Ah si ben mio coll'essere io tuo...Di quella pira. Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida. Pur ti riveggo mia dolce Aida. Intanto amici...Viva il vino spumeggiante. Mamma quel vino e generoso. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba. Recitar!....Mentre preso dal delirio. No Pagliaccio non son ... Suvvia cosi terrible. Colpito qui m'avete....Un dì all'azzuro spazio. Credo a una possanza arcana. Andrea Chenier!.… Coraggio! Si fui soldato…. Come un bel dì di maggio. Andrea Chenier : Vicino a te. Donna non vidi mai. Recondita armonia. E lucevan le stelle. Non piangere Liu… Ah! per l'ultima volta. Nessun Dorma. Favorita del Re!....Spirito gentil. Cielo e mar!. L'anima ho stanca. Non lunge della torre....Bianca al par di neve alpina. Ange adorable ma main coupable. L'amour! l'amour!… Ah! Leve-toi soleil!. O nuit divine! je t'emplore. C'est la!...Salut! tombeau! sombre et silencieux!. Frondi tenere ... Ombra mai fu (arr. Mingardo). Ave Maria 'Ellens Gesang III' D839 (arr. Mingardo). Domine Deus. Core 'ngrato. Torna a Surriento.
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli      

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CATALOGUE NR: URN22319  (barcode: 8025726223191)
RECORD LABEL: Urania
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2007

TITLE: Verismo Arias
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1956-1957

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CATALOGUE NR: MCD004226  (barcode: 0608974502263)
RECORD LABEL: Myto
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 30-Oct-2000

TITLE: Vienna 1973
TRACKS: works by - Tosti / Donizetti / Scarlatti / Paradies / Rossini / Bellini / Verdi / Puccini / Mascagni / Massenet / Zandonai / Buzzi / Peccia / Bizet / de Curtis.
ARTISTS: Renata Tebaldi   Franco Corelli    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: an extremely rare recital of the dream couple of the 50s and 60s that virtually never made recordings together - excellent sound

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CATALOGUE NR: LS4035142  (barcode: 3830025742893)
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.33
RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2002

TITLE: Complete RAI Recitals
CONDUCTOR: Arturo Basile and Alfredo Simonetto
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1956-59

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CATALOGUE NR: LS4035153  (barcode: 3830257401537)
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 07-Aug-2002

COMPOSER: Amilcare Ponchielli
TITLE: La Gioconda - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Fausto Cleva
ARTISTS: Eileen Farrell   Franco Corelli   Robert Merrill   Nell Rankin

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 31-Mar-1962

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CATALOGUE NR: MCD011236  (barcode: 0608974502362)
RECORD LABEL: Myto
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 12-Feb-2001

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Romeo et Juliette - complete
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli   Colette Boky    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded at the Met 1973

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CATALOGUE NR: 4705632  (barcode: 0028947056324)
RECORD LABEL: Decca Compact Opera Collection
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.99
RELEASE DATE: 21-Oct-2002

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Faust - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Richard Bonynge
ARTISTS: Joan Sutherland   Franco Corelli   Nicolai Ghiaurov   Raymond Myers

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CATALOGUE NR: LS1100  (barcode: 3830257411000)
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.33
RELEASE DATE: 12-Apr-2004

COMPOSER: Francesco Cilea
TITLE: Adriana Lecouvreur - complete
CONDUCTOR: Silvio Varviso
ARTISTS: Renata Tebaldi   Franco Corelli   Anselmo Colzani  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded New York 1963

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CATALOGUE NR: MCD00234  (barcode: 0801439902343)
RECORD LABEL: Myto
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 18-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Poliuto - complete
ORCHESTRA: Milan La Scala Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Antonino Votto
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Franco Corelli   Ettore Bastianini  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1960

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CATALOGUE NR: LS1051  (barcode: 3830025710519)
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.33
RELEASE DATE: 15-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Lucia di Lammermoor - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Franci
ARTISTS: Roberta Peters   Franco Corelli   Matteo Manuguerra  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 11-Jan-1971

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CATALOGUE NR: IDIS642526  (barcode: 8021945001107)
RECORD LABEL: Istituto Discografico Italiano
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.85
RELEASE DATE: 05-Apr-2004

COMPOSER: Gaspare Spontini
TITLE: La Vestale - complete
ORCHESTRA: La Scala Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Antonino Votto
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Franco Corelli   Enzo Sordello   Nicola Rossi-Lemini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live recording Milan 7-Dec-1954

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CATALOGUE NR: IDIS643031  (barcode: 8021945001138)
RECORD LABEL: Istituto Discografico Italiano
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.85
RELEASE DATE: 10-May-2004

COMPOSER: Gaspare Spontini
TITLE: Agnese di Hohenstaufen - complete
ORCHESTRA: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vittorio Gui
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli   Dorothy Dow   Licia Albanese   Lucille Udovick

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Florence 1954

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CATALOGUE NR: WLCD0086  (barcode: 4035122650860)
RECORD LABEL: Walhall Eternity Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.00
RELEASE DATE: 07-Mar-2005

COMPOSER: Gaspare Spontini
TITLE: Agnes von Hohenstaufen - complete
ORCHESTRA: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vittorio Gui
ARTISTS: Lucille Udovick   Franco Corelli   Dorothy Dow   Francesco Albanese

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live in Florence 6-May-1954

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CATALOGUE NR: ANDRCD5016  (barcode: 3830257450160)
RECORD LABEL: Andromeda
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.85
RELEASE DATE: 25-Jul-2005

COMPOSER: Gaspare Spontini
TITLE: La Vestale - complete
ORCHESTRA: Milan La Scala Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Antonino Votto
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Franco Corelli   Ebe Stignani   Enzo Sordello

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Milan 1954

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CATALOGUE NR: IDI6558  (barcode: 8021945001923)
RECORD LABEL: Istituto Discografico Italiano
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Gaspare Spontini  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Maria Callas and Friends
TRACKS: La Vestale : Giulia!... Licinio! (Spontini). Norma : Dammi quel ferro ... Qual cor tradisti (Bellini). Un ballo in maschera : Teco io sto (Verdi). La Traviata : Un di felice eterea / Parigi o cara (Verdi). Anna Bolena : S'ei t'aborre io t'amo ancora (Donizetti). Medea : Taci Giason? (Cherubini).
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Franco Corelli   Mario del Monaco   Giuseppe di Stefano

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live recordings 1954-1958

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CATALOGUE NR: GM20047  (barcode: 0608974120474)
RECORD LABEL: Golden Melodram
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49

COMPOSER: Gaspare Spontini
TITLE: La Vestale - complete
CONDUCTOR: Antonino Votto
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Franco Corelli   Ebe Stignani   Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Milan 1954

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CATALOGUE NR: MCD00159  (barcode: 8014399501590)
RECORD LABEL: Myto
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jan-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Hercules
ORCHESTRA: Milan La Scala Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Lovro Matacic
ARTISTS: Jerome Hines   Elisabeth Schwarzkopf   Franco Corelli  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live on the 29-Dec-1958

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CATALOGUE NR: ANDRCD5079  (barcode: 3830257450795)
RECORD LABEL: Andromeda
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.68

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Giulio Cesare - complete
TRACKS: Julius Caesar.
ORCHESTRA: Rome Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
ARTISTS: Boris Christoff   Franco Corelli   Fedora Barbieri   Mario Petri

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live recording Rome 26-Dec-1955 - rare performances with an acceptable sound

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697446202  (barcode: 0886974462026)
RECORD LABEL: Sony Opera House
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 06-Jul-2009

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Lorin Maazel
ARTISTS: Anna Moffo   Franco Corelli   Jose van Dam  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes a booklet with a three language synopsis - English / French / German a full cast list and detailed track list - Oct-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: HCD4013
RECORD LABEL: Hardy Classic
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 24.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Dec-2003

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen - complete
ORCHESTRA: RAI Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Nino Sanzogno
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli   Anselmo Colzani   Elda Ribetti  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC Black and White / Recorded 13-Jun-1956 - sung in Italian

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