Franco Corelli : a man, a voice / by Marina Boagno, with Gilberto Starone ; translated by Teresa Brentegani and Samuel Chase ; chronology by Gilberto Starone ; discography by Gilberto Starone ; tapography by Federico Rota ; videography and filmography by Gilberto Starone, Mark Schiavone, and Stephen R. Leopold ; compact disc compiled by Mark Schiavone.

Author/creator Boagno, Marina
Other author Starone, Gilberto.
Format Book
Publication InfoDallas, TX : Baskerville, ©1996.
Descriptionxvi, 321 pages : illustrations, [76] pages of plates ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Subjects

Uniform titleFranco Corelli. English
SeriesGreat voices ; 5
Great voices ; 5. ^A384876
Contents The purity of myth / by Gustavo Marchesi -- For Franco Corelli / by Gianandrea Gavazzeni -- Strange letters / by Marina Boagno -- Part one: Under his pillow. Spoleto ; A river of voice ; Looking the part -- Part two: Day after day, night after night. From Carmen to Aida ; From the pirate to the Huguenots ; Brom Boheme to Boheme ; Sparks in the night ; One page before the end ; Lost chances -- Part three: Emotions. To perform while singing -- Part four: Within the tenor. Humility ; Courage and fear -- Part five: Corelli and the record. Starting points for a discussion -- Almost a conclusion ; Seen from the outside ; Fragments of a portrait -- Chronology of debuts ; Chronology of operas and concerts.
Contents Accompanying CD. Pagliacci. No, pagliaccio non son / Leoncavallo -- Werther. Ah, non mi ridestar / Massenet -- La fanciulla del West. Ch'ella mi creda (with Tito Gobbi) / Puccini -- I Lombardi. La mia letizia infondere / Verdi -- Madama Butterfly. Addio, fiorito asil / Puccini -- Andrea Chénier. Come un bel di di maggio / Giordano -- Adriana Lecouvreur. Le dolcissime effigie ; L'anima ho stanca / Cilea -- Tosca. Recondita armonia / Puccini -- Carmen. Il fior che avevi a me tu dato / Bizet -- Poliuto. Sfolgorò divino raggio / Donizetti -- Andrea Chénier. Un di all'azzuro spazio / Giordano -- Il trovatore. Ah! sì, ben mio ; Di quella pira (with Antonietta Stella, Piero De Palma) / Verdi -- Les Huguenots [Gli Ugonotti]. Love duet from Act IV (with Giulietta Simionato) / Meyerbeer -- Turandot. Gli enigmi sono tre (with Birgit Nilsson) ; No, no, principessa altera! (with Birgit Nilsson) ; Nessun dorma / Puccini -- La forza del destino. O tu che in seno agli angeli / Verdi -- Tosca. E lucevan le stelle / Puccini -- Le Cid. Ô souverain / Massenet.
Local noteJoyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING: MusicLib Media CD-3666.
General noteTranslation of: Franco Corelli : un uomo, una voce.
Bibliography noteDiscography: pages 287-309.
Bibliography noteTapography: pages 310-312.
Bibliography noteVideography: pages 313-315.
Bibliography noteFilmography: page 316.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-318) and index.
LCCN 96050939
ISBN1880909502

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