Opera Heroes

Franco Corelli

• Released on 8/1/97 by Warner Classics
• Main artists: Franco Corelli
• Genre: Classical

1 Aïda, Act 1 Scene 1: Romanza, "Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida" (Radames)

Franco Corelli/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Zubin Mehta 00:04:47

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Robert J. Gooch, BalanceEngineer - Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Sir John Barbirolli, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1967 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1989 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

2 La Favorita, Act 4 Scene 3: No. 14, Recitativo e Romanza, "Favorita del Re! … Spirito gentil ne' sogni miei" (Fernando)

Franco Corelli 00:04:58

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Franco Ferraris, Conductor, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1963, 1997 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

3 La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act 2 Scene 4: Romanza, "Cielo e mar! … l'etereo velo" (Enzo)

Franco Corelli/Pro Arte Orchestra/Franco Ferraris 00:04:46

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals - Franco Ferraris, Conductor - Franco Corelli/Pro Arte Orchestra/Franco Ferraris, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1963, 1997 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

4 Manon Lescaut, Act 1: "Donna non vidi mai" (Des Grieux)

Franco Corelli/Pro Arte Orchestra/Franco Ferraris 00:02:36

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals - Franco Ferraris, Conductor - Franco Corelli/Pro Arte Orchestra/Franco Ferraris, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1963, 1997 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

5 Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 2 Scene 2: "L’anima ho stanca, e la meta è lontana" (Maurizio)

Franco Corelli 00:02:23

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Francesco Cilea, Composer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Franco Ferraris, Conductor, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1963 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital mastering (p) 1997 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

6 Tosca, Act 1 Scene 3: "Recondita armonia" (Cavaradossi)

Franco Corelli 00:03:03

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Franco Ferraris, Conductor, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1963, 1997 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

7 Tosca, Act 3 Scene 2: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi)

Franco Corelli 00:03:25

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Franco Ferraris, Conductor, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1962, 1997 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

8 Il trovatore, Act 3 Scene 6: "Ah sì, ben mio, coll'essere … Di quella pira" (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, Chorus)

Gabriella Tucci/Franco Corelli/Angelo Mercuriali/Mario Rinaudo/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Thomas Schippers 00:07:14

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Chorus - Thomas Schippers, Conductor - Mario Rinaudo, MainArtist - Angelo Mercuriali, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Gabriella Tucci, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Dillnutt, BalanceEngineer - Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, MainArtist - Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Sir John Barbirolli, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1965 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1990 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

9 Norma, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 2b, Cavatina, "Meco all'altar di Venere" (Pollione)

Franco Corelli/Piero de Palma/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Tullio Serafin 00:06:12

Walter Legge, Recording Producer - Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Tullio Serafin, Conductor, MainArtist - Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Chorus - Walter Jellinek, Recording Producer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Piero De Palma, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra - Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, MainArtist - Robert J. Gooch, BalanceEngineer

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1961 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1989 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

10 Les Huguenots, Act 1: No. 2, Scena e Romanza, "Non lunge della torre … Bianca al par di neve alpina" (Raoul)

Franco Corelli 00:05:24

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Franco Ferraris, Conductor, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1963, 1997 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

11 Roméo et Juliette, Act 2: "L'amour, l'amour !" - Cavatine. "Ah! Lève-toi, soleil !" (Roméo)

Alain Lombard 00:04:40

Charles Gounod, Composer - Victor Olof, Producer - Alain Lombard, Conductor, MainArtist - Michel Carre, Poet - Jules Barbier, Poet - Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Orchestra - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1969, 1994 Parlophone Records Limited

12 Cavalleria rusticana: "Viva il vino spumeggiante" (Turiddu, Coro, Lola)

Franco Corelli/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gabriele Santini 00:02:57

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Producer - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Gabriele Santini, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Francis Dillnutt, Engineer - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Poet - Guido Menasci, Poet - Adriana Lazzarini, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Chorus, FeaturedArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1963, 1991 Parlophone Records Limited

13 Cavalleria rusticana: "Mamma, quel vino è generoso" (Turiddu, Lucia)

Gabriele Santini 00:04:08

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Producer - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Gabriele Santini, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Francis Dillnutt, Engineer - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Poet - Guido Menasci, Poet - Corinna Vozza, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1963, 1991 Parlophone Records Limited

14 Andrea Chénier, Act 1: "Colpito qui m'avete … Un dì all'azzurro spazio" (Chénier)

Franco Corelli/Antonietta Stella/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gabriele Santini/Mario Sereni/Paolo Pedani/Giuseppe Modesti 00:05:41

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Umberto Giordano, Composer - Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, MainArtist - Mario Sereni, MainArtist - Antonietta Stella, MainArtist - Gabriele Santini, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Dillnutt, BalanceEngineer - Paolo Pedani, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1964, 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

15 Andrea Chénier, Act 3: "Andrea Chénier! Coraggio! … Si, fui soldato e glorioso" (Dumas, Gérard, Maddalena, Fouquier-Tinville, Chénier, Chorus)

Paolo Pedani/Mario Sereni/Antonietta Stella/Giuseppe Modesti/Franco Corelli/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gianni Lazzari/Orchestra del Teatro dell' 00:03:19

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Gianni Lazzari, Director - Umberto Giordano, Composer - Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Chorus - Mario Sereni, Baritone Vocals, MainArtist - Antonietta Stella, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gabriele Santini, Conductor - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Giuseppe Modesti, Baritone Vocals, MainArtist - Francis Dillnutt, BalanceEngineer - Paolo Pedani, Bass Vocals, MainArtist - Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1964, 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

16 Andrea Chénier, Act 4: "Come un bel dì di maggio" (Andrea)

Franco Corelli/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gianni Lazzari/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gabriele Santini 00:03:25

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Producer - Umberto Giordano, Composer - Luigi Illica, Poet - Gabriele Santini, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Francis Dillnutt, Engineer

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 1994 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

17 Pagliacci, Act 1 Scene 4: "Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio … Vesti la giubba" (Canio)

Lovro von Matacic/Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Franco Corelli/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano 00:03:48

Walter Legge, Recording Producer - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, MainArtist - Walter Jellinek, Recording Producer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Lovro Von Matacic, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd ℗ 1961, 1991 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

18 Turandot, Act 3 Scene 1: "Nessun dorma!" (Calaf)

Franco Corelli/Pro Arte Orchestra/Franco Ferraris 00:03:14

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Victor Olof, Recording Producer - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Harold Davidson, BalanceEngineer - Franco Corelli, Tenor Vocals - Franco Ferraris, Conductor - Franco Corelli/Pro Arte Orchestra/Franco Ferraris, MainArtist

1997 © EMI Records ltd 1962 ℗ 1963 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1997 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
• Total length: 01:16:00

• Main artists: Franco Corelli
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Warner Classics
• Genre: Classical
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

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