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Franco Corelli

Franco Corelli (8 April 1921 – 29 October 2003) was an Italian tenor

Tenor

Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
from 1951 to 1976. Associated in particular with the big spinto
Spinto

Spinto is a vocal term used to characterize a soprano or tenor voice of a weight between voice type and voice type that is capable of handling large dramatic climaxes at moderate intervals....
and dramatic tenor roles of the Italian repertory, he was celebrated internationally for his handsome stage presence and thrilling upper register.

Corelli was born in Ancona

Ancona

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Franco Corelli (8 April 1921 – 29 October 2003) was an Italian tenor

Tenor

Opera

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101,909 . Ancona is situated on the Adriatic Sea and is the center of the province of Ancona and the capital of the region....
, the son of a ship worker. He originally studied for a degree in marine engineering, then took lessons briefly with Rita Pavoni at the Pesaro Conservatory of Music. He had a few lessons with world renowned voice teacher Arturo Melocchi who taught a larynx lowering technique but picked it up mainly from his friend, Carlo Scaravelli. Later he sought advice from a great tenor of a previous generation, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Giacomo Lauri-Volpi was an Italy tenor with a lyric-dramatic voice of exceptional range and technical facility. He performed throughout Europe and the Americas in a top-class career that spanned 40 years....
, who many claim led Corelli to his vocal decline.

In 1950, Corelli won the Maggio Musicale

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

File:????????????? ??????????? ???.jpgMaggio Musicale Fiorentino is an annual list of opera festivals which was founded in April 1933 by conductor Vittorio Gui with the aim of presenting contemporary and forgotten operas in visually dramatic productions....
in Florence

Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
, earning a debut at Spoleto

Spoleto

Spoleto is an ancient city in the Italy province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennine Mountains. It is 20 km S....
the following year, as Don José in Carmen
Carmen

Carmen is a French op?ra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hal?vy, based on the Carmen by Prosper M?rim?e, first published in 1845, itself influenced by the narrative poem "The Gypsies" by Pushkin....
. Also in 1951, he made his debut at the Rome Opera

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma is an opera house in Rome, Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements....
as Manrico in Il trovatore
Il trovatore

Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the Play El Trovador by Antonio Garc?a Guti?rrez....
. During the next few years, he sang mostly in smaller opera houses throughout Italy and on Italian radio.

He reached La Scala

La Scala

The Teatro alla Scala , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta....
in Milan in 1954, as Licinio in Spontini

Gaspare Spontini

Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini was an Italy opera composer and conducting....
's La vestale
La vestale

La vestale is an opera composed by Gaspare Spontini to a French language libretto by Etienne de Jouy. It was first performed at the Paris Op?ra in Paris on December 15, 1807....
, opposite soprano Maria Callas

Maria Callas

Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts....
, whom he would later partner in Fedora, Il pirata
Il pirata

Il pirata is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian language libretto by Felice Romani from a French translation of the tragic play Bertram, or The Castle of St Aldobrando by Charles Maturin....
and Poliuto
Poliuto

Poliuto is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto after Pierre Corneille's play Polyeucte ....
. Other important debuts ensued, including his first appearances at: the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Verona Arena

The Verona Arena is a Ancient Rome amphitheatre in Verona, Italy, which is internationally famous for the large-scale opera performances given there....
in 1955; the Vienna State Opera

Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera is an opera house - and opera company - with a history dating back to the mid 19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria....
, as Radames

Aida

Aida an Arabic female name meaning "visitor" or "returning") is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette ....
, and the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House....
, Covent Garden

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
, in London, as Cavaradossi

Tosca

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou drama, La Tosca....
, in 1957; the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

The Teatro Nacional de S?o Carlos, pronunciation. , is an opera house in Lisbon, Portugal. It was opened on July 30 1793 by Maria I of Portugal as a replacement for the Tejo Opera House, which was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake....
in Lisbon, the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. It was founded in Chicago in 1952, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicol? Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria Callas's American debut in Norma ....
and the San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera is the second largest opera company in North America after the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. It was founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola ....
in 1958; and the Berlin State Opera

Berlin State Opera

Staatsoper Unter den Linden is a prominent Germany opera company. Its permanent home is the Opera House on the Unter den Linden boulevard in Berlin....
in 1961.

Corelli made his debut at New York

New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
's Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
on 27 January 1961 as Manrico in Il trovatore
Il trovatore

Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the Play El Trovador by Antonio Garc?a Guti?rrez....
, opposite another debutante, soprano Leontyne Price

Leontyne Price

Mary Violet Leontyne Price in Laurel, Mississippi in the United States is one of America's most beloved and widely recorded operatic sopranos....
. He would sing to great acclaim at the Met until 1974 in roles such as Calaf

Turandot

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi....
(with Birgit Nilsson

Birgit Nilsson

Birgit Nilsson was a Sweden dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic and symphonic works. Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register....
as Turandot

Turandot

Tosca

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou drama, La Tosca....
, Maurizio

Adriana Lecouvreur

Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the Play by Eug?ne Scribe and Ernest Legouv?....
, Ernani

Ernani

Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo....
, Rodolfo

La bohème

La boh?me is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Sc?nes de la vie de boh?me by Henri Murger....
and Edgardo

Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor....
. He also undertook French parts in new productions of Roméo et Juliette
Roméo et Juliette

Rom?o et Juliette is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French language libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carr?, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare....
and Werther
Werther

Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by ?douard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann based on the German novella The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe....
.

He returned to La Scala in 1962, for a revival of Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer was a noted Germany-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of Grand Opera....
's Les Huguenots
Les Huguenots

Les Huguenots is a French opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most popular and spectacular examples of the style of grand opera. The libretto was written by Eug?ne Scribe and ?mile Deschamps....
, opposite Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s....
, and made his belated debut at the Paris Opera

Opéra National de Paris

Op?ra National de Paris is the leading opera company of France. It stages performances at the Op?ra Bastille and Op?ra Garnier in Paris.Other opera houses in Paris are the Th??tre du Ch?telet, Op?ra-Comique and Th??tre des Champs-?lys?es....
in 1970.

With a rich and ringing dramatic tenor

Tenor

The tenor is a type of male voice type and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between the C one octave below middle C to the A above in choral music, and up to high C in solo work....
voice and movie-star good looks, Corelli won a wide public following, despite complaints from some critics about what they perceived as self-indulgence of phrasing and expression. He left many recordings of solo arias and complete operas. These reveal the splendour of Corelli's voice in its prime during the late 1950s and 1960s. Many admirers prefer recordings of his live performances, finding Corelli's singing in front of an audience far more exciting than his studio performances. Fortunately, many of these are available.

Corelli retired from the stage in 1976 at the age of 55. By this date, his voice was showing evident signs of wear and tear after years of hard use in a demanding repertory. He died in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
in 2003, aged 82, having suffered a stroke earlier that year. He was buried in Milan's Cimitero Monumentale

Cimitero Monumentale di Milano

The Cimitero Monumentale in Milan, Italy is a very large cemetery located on the square given its name, Piazzale del Cimitero Monumentale. Near the heart of Milan, the cemetery was designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini ....
.

He was married to soprano Loretta Di Lelio.

He was Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli

Dr. Andrea Bocelli, Order of Merit of the Republic, Doctor of Laws is an Italians Operatic pop tenor and a classical music singer who has also performed in operas....
's biggest idol and while it has been claimed that he was Bocelli's teacher, Bocelli only mentions having met him at a master class and having some personal lessons at Corelli's home. Corelli also briefly served as mentor to America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent

America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network. It is a "talent" show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of US$1 million....
finalist Donald Braswell

Donald Braswell II

Donald Braswell was the fourth place winner of the 2008 season of America's Got Talent, placing behind Neal E. Boyd, Eli Mattson and Nuttin' But Stringz....
, who has played many of the same roles as Corelli.

Selected recordings

Year	Opera	Cast	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label
1956	Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic music composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers in the 19th century.... - Aida Aida *Aida* an Arabic female name meaning "visitor" or "returning") is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette ....	Mary Curtis Verna Mary Curtis Verna Mary Curtis Verna is an American operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Born in Salem, Massachusetts, she studied at Hollis College in Virginia, and later in Italy with Ettore Verna, whom she married.... , Franco Corelli, Miriam Pirazzini Miriam Pirazzini Miriam Pirazzini was a well-known Italian mezzo-soprano. Born in Vicenza, she made her formal debut in Rome, in 1944, as Laura Adorno in La Gioconda.... , Giangiacomo Guelfi Giangiacomo Guelfi Giangiacomo Guelfi is an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with Verdi and Puccini roles.Born in Rome, Italy, Guelfi studied law before turning to vocal studies in Florence with the great baritone Titta Ruffo.... , Giulio Neri Giulio Neri Giulio Neri was an Italian operatic bass , particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Neri studied first in Florence with Ferraresi, and completed his studies in Rome....	Angelo Questa Chorus and Orchestra of the RAI Turin	Cetra Cetra Cetra Records was an Italian record company which produced opera recordings with artists such as Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi , Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe Taddei and many more famous artists....
1960	Bellini Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italy opera composer. Known for his flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania", Bellini was the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera.... - Norma Norma (opera) *Norma* is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after Norma, ossia L'infanticidio by Alexandre Soumet....	Maria Callas Maria Callas Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts.... , Christa Ludwig Christa Ludwig Christa Ludwig is a Germany retired mezzo-soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera and Lieder. Her career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1990s.... , Franco Corelli, Nicola Zaccaria Nicola Zaccaria Nicola Zaccaria was a Greece bass-baritone.Born in Piraeus, Zaccaria studied in Athens where he enjoyed his debut in 1949, aged 26. He sang at La Scala in 1953 and his position as a mainstay of the bass operatic repertoire was assured thereafter....	Tullio Serafin Tullio Serafin Tullio Serafin was an Italy Conducting.... La Scala La Scala The *Teatro alla Scala* , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta.... orchestra and chorus	EMI EMI The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
	Leoncavallo Ruggero Leoncavallo Ruggero Leoncavallo was an Italian opera composer. His opera Pagliacci remains one of the most popular works in the operatic repertory, appearing as number 14 on Opera America's 2007 list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America.... - Pagliacci Pagliacci *Pagliacci* is an opera consisting of a prologue and two acts written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo. It recounts the tragedy of a jealous husband in a commedia dell'arte troupe....	Franco Corelli, Lucine Amara Lucine Amara Lucine Amara is an American soprano, a versatile singer with a fine voice, largely based at the New York Metropolitan Opera.... , Tito Gobbi Tito Gobbi Tito Gobbi was an Italian baritone.... , Mario Zanasi	Lovro von Matacic Lovro von Matacic Lovro von Matacic , also Lovro pl. Matacic, was a Croatian Conducting. He was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir and studied in Vienna before holding a variety of conducting positions in Germany and Yugoslavia.... Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	EMI
1962	Mascagni Pietro Mascagni Pietro Mascagni was an Italy composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece, Cavalleria rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music.... - Cavalleria rusticana Cavalleria rusticana *Cavalleria rusticana* is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story....	Victoria de los Ángeles Victoria de los Ángeles Victoria de los ?ngeles was a Spanish operatic soprano and recitalist from Catalonia whose career began in the early 1940s and reached its height in the mid 1960s.... , Franco Corelli, Mario Sereni Mario Sereni Mario Sereni is an Italian baritone, who sang leading roles at the New York Metropolitan Opera for many years.Sereni was born in Perugia, Italy....	Gabriele Santini Gabriele Santini Gabriele Santini was an Italian Conductor , particularly associated with the Italian opera repertory.He studied in Perugia and Bologna, and made his debut in 1906, as assistant conductor to Gino Marinuzzi and Arturo Toscanini, appearing with them throughout Italy.... Rome Opera Teatro dell'Opera di Roma The *Teatro dell'Opera di Roma* is an opera house in Rome, Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements.... Chorus and Orchestra	EMI
1963	Bizet Georges Bizet Georges Bizet was a France composer and pianist of the Romantic music era. He is best known for the opera Carmen.... - Carmen Carmen *Carmen* is a French op?ra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hal?vy, based on the Carmen by Prosper M?rim?e, first published in 1845, itself influenced by the narrative poem "The Gypsies" by Pushkin....	Leontyne Price Leontyne Price Mary Violet Leontyne Price in Laurel, Mississippi in the United States is one of America's most beloved and widely recorded operatic sopranos.... , Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni Mirella Freni Mirella Freni is an Italian opera soprano much admired for the youthful quality of her voice, her phrasing and thoughtful character interpretations and acting skills.... , Robert Merrill Robert Merrill Robert Merrill was an American operatic baritone. While there has been dispute regarding his birth year , the Social Security Death Index, his family, and his gravestone state that he was born in 1917....	Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conducting, one of the most renowned 20th-century conductors. His obituary in The New York Times described him as "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music." Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic for thirty-five years.... Vienna Opera Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera is an opera house - and opera company - with a history dating back to the mid 19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria.... orchestra and chorus	RCA RCA RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today, the RCA is owned by the France conglomerate Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson....
	Giordano Umberto Giordano Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano was an Italian composer, mainly of operas.He was born in Foggia in Apulia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples.... - Andrea Chénier Andrea Chénier *Andrea Ch?nier* is an opera in four acts by the verismo composer Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica. It is based loosely on the life of the French poet, Andr? Ch?nier , who was executed during the French Revolution....	Franco Corelli, Antonietta Stella Antonietta Stella Antonietta Stella is an Italian operatic soprano, one of the finest Italian spinto sopranos of the 1950s and 1960s, possessing a beautiful and ample voice, and particularly associated with Verdi and Puccini roles.... , Mario Sereni	Gabriele Santini Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra	EMI
1964	Verdi - Il trovatore Il trovatore *Il trovatore* is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the Play El Trovador by Antonio Garc?a Guti?rrez....	Franco Corelli, Gabriella Tucci Gabriella Tucci Gabriella Tucci is an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Born in Rome, Italy, Tucci trained at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia with Leonardo Filoni, whom she later married.... , Giulietta Simionato Giulietta Simionato Giulietta Simionato is an Italy mezzo-soprano and one of the great singers of the post-war operatic stage. Her career spanned from the 1930s until her retirement in 1966.... , Robert Merrill, Ferruccio Mazzoli	Thomas Schippers Thomas Schippers Thomas Schippers was an United States conducting. He was highly-regarded for his work in opera.... Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra	EMI
1965	Puccini Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italians composer whose operas, including La boh?me, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the List of important operas.... - Turandot Turandot *Turandot* is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi....	Birgit Nilsson Birgit Nilsson Birgit Nilsson was a Sweden dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic and symphonic works. Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register.... , Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto Renata Scotto Renata Scotto is an Italy soprano. Since retiring from the stage as a singer in 2002, she has turned to directing opera as well as teaching at her own opera academy in Italy and New York.... , Bonaldo Giaiotti Bonaldo Giaiotti Bonaldo Giaiotti is an Italian operatic Bass , particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Born in Udine, he studied in his native city and later in Milan with Alfredo Starno, where he made his debut at the Teatro Nuovo in 1957....	Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Francesco Molinari-Pradelli was a prominent Italian opera conductor . He studied piano and composition at Bologna, and graduated from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome in 1938.... Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra	EMI
1966	Gounod Charles Gounod Charles-Fran?ois Gounod was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Rom?o et Juliette.... - Faust Faust (opera) *Faust* is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French language libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carr? from Carr?'s play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Goethe's Faust Part One....	Joan Sutherland Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.... , Franco Corelli, Nicolai Ghiaurov Nicolai Ghiaurov Nicolai Ghiaurov was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous basso singers of the postwar period. He was admired for his powerful, sumptuous voice, and was particularly associated with roles of Giuseppe Verdi....	Richard Bonynge Richard Bonynge Richard Bonynge, Order of the British Empire , is an Australian conductor and pianist.He was born in Sydney, Australia and educated at Sydney Boys High School before studying piano at the Royal College of Music in London.... Ambrosian Opera Chorus Ambrosian Singers The Ambrosian Singers are one of the best-known London choral groups, particularly appreciated for its great variety of recorded repertory.They were founded after World War II in England.... , London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre....	DECCA Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
	Puccini - Tosca Tosca *Tosca* is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou drama, La Tosca....	Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau The German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is a German singer and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous lieder singers of his generation....	Lorin Maazel Lorin Maazel Lorin Varencove Maazel is a conducting, viola and composer.... Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the best-known orchestras in Italy. It is based at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome....	DECCA
1968	Gounod - Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette *Rom?o et Juliette* is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French language libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carr?, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare....	Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Xavier Dupraz	Alain Lombard Alain Lombard Alain Lombard is a France Conductor .Born in Paris, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, earning an appointment at the Op?ra National de Lyon in 1961, where he would soon become principal conductor.... Paris Opera Paris Opera Paris Opera may refer to:In theaters:*Th??tre de l'Acad?mie Royale de Musique, the official theatre of the French theatrical institution known as the Acad?mie Royale de Musique from 1821 until 1873... Chorus and Orchestra	EMI

Sources

The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, edited by David Hamilton, (Simon and Schuster, 1987) ISBN 0-671-61732-X

The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera, edited by Paul Gruber, (W.W. Norton & Company, 1993) ISBN 0-393-03444-5

Franco Corelli

Selected recordings

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