Oh! I'll never get over the passion and superb acting of Franco Corelli. And how well his voice "fits" with that of Simionato! Outstanding! Divine beings!
Yes, they were simply marvellous together! Have you listened to their performance of "Les huguenots" (or rather "Gli ugonotti")? It isn't bad either :)
I just marvel at the size of Corelli's voice. Simionato, Callas, Nilsson, Sutherland all had huge voices and Corelli sounded like a god with all of them.
Mai piu un jose cosi!! Corelli e una forza della natura impetuoso e dolce ,infinito struggente un attore incallito ,e talmente bravo che ti sconvolge ,ti fa piangere, adorable oltre ogni dire!!!!!!! Amore infinito!!!
Corelli è semplicemente divino ! Se mi ricordo bene era molto sottovalutato in Italia e venerato nel mondo intero ... Magnifica la Simionato con la sua vocalità freddissima . Meravigliosi entrambi .
Grandissimo Corelli:un don Josè allucinato nel pensiero e già rassegnato al peggio;Simionato splendida nell'orgoglio del personaggio!Performance davvero unica!
The best Don Jose EVER and the best Carmen of the many who sang this role with Corelli. Mind blowing! We are fortunate to have so many live performances of Carmen with Corelli preserved, in addition to his two studio recordings and his filmed version.
@@johnfalstaff2270 :: I'm glad you responded to my comment in a positive way. I took a chance praising Price in view of Simionato, a great mezzo-soprano.
This final scene of Carmen has been called the most exciting 10 minutes in opera, and this post illustrates why!. Two giants, and one can imagine the how engaged the audience was on that magical night! finally exploding with applause. thank you.
Simply divine! These people sing and act their hearts out, they have taken the trouble to train their voices properly BEFORE appearing before the public, and they are even smart enough to choose repertoire that isn't too light or too heavy for them. They are examples to be followed. And btw, how Carmen could leave Don José when sung like this, I just don't understand
Non dimentichiamoci della Micaela di una giovanissima, ma già grandissima Mirella Freni ! Ottima rappresentazione, anche se forse appena un pò sopra le righe l'interpretazione qui e là.... Pubblico in autentico delirio ! Faceva il paio, nello stesso Teatro ma credo l'anno successivo, o forse quello prima ancora, non ricordo più, con una Turandot stellare con appunto Corelli e la Freni tra gli altri ! ah, dimenticavo : io c'ero ! :)
Bonjour un meeveilleux duo ds voix sublime aavec un don José suoerbe incomparable merci a vous c est un veritble beau cadeau bravo pour eux ls immotels
Apasionada, apasionante versión. Cuando la traducción del texto es fiel al original y musicalmente fluida (es el caso), prefiero que los cantantes lo hagan en el idioma en que se sienten más cómodos para expresarse. Gracias Roberta.
One of my all time Corelli favorites!!! I guess I listened to it more than 100 times, and still I get goose bumps listening to this superb performance. Opera at its best ... Had it on on a Correlli Live collection LP set, but could not play it lately as my record player broke...
Amazing! Gets a bit scary at the end! The amazing Corelli and Simionato. Thank you racheleeba for another great video. I do like your English translations - very illuminating. Sonja
Libby SingsContrezzo There is a video on YT of this final scene with Belen Amparan as Carmen, from Corelli's 1956 movie. He looks and acts so convincingly like a wounded and crazed Don Jose that you think he's really going to kill her. Talk about intense!
Forse con qualche eccesso passionale,giustificato da testo e musica,Corelli trascina anche nel pianto e la Giulietta con ampia e grave voce crea con lui una situazione tragica avvincente.Bei tempi!
Thank You Racheleleeba.You are so generous with these great posts of the greatest tenor Franco and all the great sopranos He sang with. thank You so much.
Ilyen szenvedélyes előadást csak Corelli másik Carmenjeiben hallottam.Csodálatos.Sajnos a mai előadásokban a rendezés is ront, a hangok sem az igaziak... Boldog vagyok,hogy ezt hallgathatom.
I mean, he did kind of go crazy. Even if she went with him now, he almost certainly would've killed her at some point. I feel bad for the guy, but he's not exactly a healthy relationship choice.
I had a funny moment last year while getting an MRI. The technicians encouraged me to have music played thru headphones while the MRI clanged away, and I chose a bouncy scene from Carmen I was familiar with, having sung it myself, as Frasquita, in an excerpt concert. So there I was, face down on the MRI platform, ready to hear the words in my memory -- when it became clear that it was being sung in Italian!
Roberta Huebner interesting! I love him Tosca!❤️❤️ thank you for your beautiful videos! I love your most recent video of Corelli singing Chella mi creda, the painting of that canyon was beautiful! God bless you❤️
Wow, what a drama.... Corelli a force of nature. Simionato not a real match to him. If Corelli had been born 20 years later he would have been the superstar tenor of his time with worldwide recognition through media. A "Three tenors" (like Pavarotti,Domingo,Carreras) event with him hardly imaginable. He would have sung his colleagues in the ground. To dominant his voice and appearance. I heard people saying Kaufmann is on par with him........ with all due respect to JK but that's very far from the truth...
Placido Domingo sang this role very well too. His voice fits to don Jose personality. Kaufmann? No. Pavarotti and Carreras did not fit to the French repertoire.
Jesus Muñoz , non si può criticare la pronuncia francese di un Perfezionista del canto Lirico e della Tecnica come Franco Corelli , che da quanto scrivi, pensi che non conoscesse bene la pronuncia francese corretta, non é così, se fossi un conoscitore approfondito del Canto, sapresti che moltissimi cantanti italiani, pur di poter ottenere suoni o note più gradevoli , o che altrimenti non riuscirebbero ad emettere acuti , storpiano anche le parole italiane modificando le vocali , le consonanti , o addirittura le parole od intere frasi, e la magior parte degli appassionati di Lirica, che non sono approfonditamente preparati .neanche lo notano..Franco Corelli non ha mai avuto di questi problemi..solo che essendo un Perfezionista assoluto, per ottenere Tecnicamente un canto il più perfetto possibile dal punto di vista della emissione, evitava certi tipi di pronuncia ghutturale e certi suoni nasali Francesi . perché nel canto il suono nasale rappresenta un Grave Difetto , quindi le en, le u , le ch, ecc. ecc.. Difatti se si ascoltano le canzoni in francese interpretate da Franco Corelli, avendo la canzone minori esigenze di imperfezioni di emissione, la sua pronuncia francese è otima.! Prima di criticare chi é stato il Migliore e Più Completo, in senso assoluto , essenso anche un perfezionista, bisogna saper approfondire e conoscere i perché ...!
@@marcocorelli4634 Para mi Corelli ha sido el tenor heroico mejor de todos los tiempos, era único y su técnica sublime, pero su dicción francesa no era buena, una pena pq su Don José es maravilloso.
@@marcocorelli4634 Marco, vuelvo a decirle que Corelli para mi ha sido de los más grandes, pero su dicción francesa era de principiante. No lo digo yo lo dicen los expertos y los que saben francés.
@@marcocorelli4634 Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec Jesus Muñoz. Autant j'aime Franco Corelli dans le répetoire italien ou comme ici dans une version italienne de Carmen, autant j'ai plus de mal à l'apprécier dans le répertoire français. Ce n'est pas tant la prononciation des mots qui me pose problème ; en général, on les comprend distinctement, c'est plutôt le phrasé, les inflexions qui donnent toute la subtilité d'une langue, qui me manquent.
femminicidio???? Son Josè aveva distrutto la sua vita per una donna a dir poco ORRIBILE!!!si era ridotto a mendicare, a proseguire una vita scellerata pur di non essere abbandonato! E VIENE DISPREZZATO e anche PROvocato in ogni modo| non è difficile comprendere la reazione di UN UOMO innamorato, respinto e anche RIDICOLIZZATO| naruralmente non sostengo che UCCIDERE SIA GIUSTO. ma una donna somile!!!!!!!!!!!comunque per quanto riguarda questa CARMEN è veramente un CAPOLAVORO! CORELLI SPETTACOLARE SIA VOCALMENTE CHE S CENICAMENTE!!!!UN GRANDE ATTORE OLTRE CHE AVERE UNA VOCE UNICA!!!!------------CARMEN PERFETTA|||
My all time favorite of the well over 150 performances of Carmen. Corelli is an animal. Simionato's no slouch either. Too bad he never did this role in costume at the met. He did however sang two don Jose's in the new york city parks with the met. We will NEVER here voices like these ever again. How sad! At least we have the great memories to warm us up in the evenings.
I know these two are justifiably celebrated, but I am wrong for saying their French pronunciation, especially Simionato's , was sometimes hardly recognizable?
No one tenor, nor del Monaco, had the most excitent expressive singing as Franco Corelli. Wonderful tenor forever. Greetings,
Завидую тем, кто был в это время в зрительном зале! Нет слов от восхищения!!! До мурашек!!!
Je l'écoute 1000 fois je ne m'en lasse toujours pas.
Insurpassable FRANCO (pas le dictateur !! )
Oh! I'll never get over the passion and superb acting of Franco Corelli. And how well his voice "fits" with that of Simionato! Outstanding! Divine beings!
Yes, they were simply marvellous together! Have you listened to their performance of "Les huguenots" (or rather "Gli ugonotti")? It isn't bad either :)
I just marvel at the size of Corelli's voice. Simionato, Callas, Nilsson, Sutherland all had huge voices and Corelli sounded like a god with all of them.
Che accoppiata di sublimi artisti:l'uno portava l'altro alle più alte performances!Corelli qui é divino!
Cantanti insuperabili. Corelli impressionante vengono i brividi solo guardando la sua espressione. Unico
Mai piu un jose cosi!! Corelli e una forza della natura impetuoso e dolce ,infinito struggente un attore incallito ,e talmente bravo che ti sconvolge ,ti fa piangere, adorable oltre ogni dire!!!!!!! Amore infinito!!!
Corelli è semplicemente divino !
Se mi ricordo bene era molto sottovalutato in Italia e venerato nel mondo intero ...
Magnifica la Simionato con la sua vocalità freddissima .
Meravigliosi entrambi .
Franco insuperabile.... Franco del mio cuore
Lord, how many Carmens have I sat through without a fraction of the power and beauty of this clip! Giants, both.
Obg Roberta por tudo de maravilhoso que me deu chance de ver e ouvir, principalmente desse giganteCORELLI...DEUS TE ABENCOE.
Grandi interpreti Simionato-Corelli!!! Completamente nella parte!!! Entrambi meravigliosi,con un Corelli UNICO!!! Grazie
Sento parlare di qst Kaufmann....ma lui ha mai ascoltato Corelli....
Sin palabras. Senza parole. Unspeakable. BRAVO BRAVI
I first listened to a recording of this amazing performance some 40 years ago -- it still gives me chills.
Grandissimo Corelli:un don Josè allucinato nel pensiero e già rassegnato al peggio;Simionato splendida nell'orgoglio del personaggio!Performance davvero unica!
Wow the torture and passion in his voice! Beautifully sung/acted from both.
Ogni volta che li ascolto ringrazio che siano esistiti...
Fantastici !!! Meravigliosi !!!!!
Più bravi di così non si può !!!!!
Thrilling !!!!! This is real opera!!!!
O Dio !!! Meraviglioso !!! Fantastica !!!
The best Don Jose EVER and the best Carmen of the many who sang this role with Corelli. Mind blowing!
We are fortunate to have so many live performances of Carmen with Corelli preserved, in addition to his two studio recordings and his filmed version.
Corelli is the best Don Jose, when he's not sobbing, there's no doubt ; but no one ! no one can touch Price in this role !
@@cliffgaither, yes. Leontine Price was fantastic in famous recording under von Karajan with Robert Merrill as Escamilio.
@@johnfalstaff2270 ::
I'm glad you responded to my comment in a positive way. I took a chance praising Price in view of Simionato, a great mezzo-soprano.
This final scene of Carmen has been called the most exciting 10 minutes in opera, and this post illustrates why!. Two giants, and one can imagine the how engaged the audience was on that magical night! finally exploding with applause. thank you.
Superlativo Corelli ❤️
Increíble, maravilloso Corelli. Me ha echo llorar.
Simply divine! These people sing and act their hearts out, they have taken the trouble to train their voices properly BEFORE appearing before the public, and they are even smart enough to choose repertoire that isn't too light or too heavy for them. They are examples to be followed. And btw, how Carmen could leave Don José when sung like this, I just don't understand
This is exemplary, dynamic singing.
Superb, passionate, electrifying Corelli's Don Jose!
This is real singing Bravo,
❤❤❤
It's 31/01/22 at 22:41 I'm sitting alone on my couch, transfixed...my body filled with goosebumps. Wow...
étonnant Carmen en italien, passionnant grâce à ces deux super stars aux voix superlatives. La parlando osé mais payant ! Sublime !
Questi SI che erano cantanti, con palle e cuore! Non come la volgare noia di oggi. Epoca d'oro. In più, in Palermo: Teatro Massimo, ... che sogno!
Non dimentichiamoci della Micaela di una giovanissima, ma già grandissima Mirella Freni !
Ottima rappresentazione, anche se forse appena un pò sopra le righe l'interpretazione qui e là....
Pubblico in autentico delirio !
Faceva il paio, nello stesso Teatro ma credo l'anno successivo, o forse quello prima ancora, non ricordo più, con una Turandot stellare con appunto Corelli e la Freni tra gli altri !
ah, dimenticavo : io c'ero ! :)
Two stunning voices.
Wonderful, thank you, Roberta!! There are no singers like these two today. This is opera as it should je. Thanks a lot!!!
Bonjour un meeveilleux duo ds voix sublime aavec un don José suoerbe incomparable merci a vous c est un veritble beau cadeau bravo pour eux ls immotels
This gives me chills. Singing is excellent and acting also. Wish it was video.
There is a video of Carmen, with Del Monaco and Simionato.
la simionato! quelle voix
Well... as a native German speaker I'm sorry, French people, I like it better in Italian! :D
Fabulous performance of the two! Such passion!
El mejor tenor dramatico de la historia.
Spinto.
@@alfredoloyola921 lirico eroico drammatico neoclassico e post verista,il più grande tenore di tutti i tempi
Very overwhelming performance ...amazing acting ...thank you so much !
Hugs dear Roberta !.❤️
Apasionada, apasionante versión. Cuando la traducción del texto es fiel al original y musicalmente fluida (es el caso), prefiero que los cantantes lo hagan en el idioma en que se sienten más cómodos para expresarse. Gracias Roberta.
One of my all time Corelli favorites!!! I guess I listened to it more than 100 times, and still I get goose bumps listening to this superb performance. Opera at its best ...
Had it on on a Correlli Live collection LP set, but could not play it lately as my record player broke...
Old, great moments of the opera. Will we hear such a singing again?
Thank you, dear Roberta.
Grazie a tutti e buon fine anno da parte mia tinin2412@gmail.com 😄
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No
I never understood Carmen until I heard this one! What voices!
That's only because of modern french speaking singers. With me and Carmen it was the same
@@jimmychoo1857 Только Корелли примирил меня с этой оперой.
Amazing! Gets a bit scary at the end! The amazing Corelli and Simionato. Thank you racheleeba for another great video. I do like your English translations - very illuminating. Sonja
Holy crap, that was INTENSE!
Libby SingsContrezzo
There is a video on YT of this final scene with Belen Amparan as Carmen, from Corelli's 1956 movie. He looks and acts so convincingly like a wounded and crazed Don Jose that you think he's really going to kill her. Talk about intense!
I was at the edge of my seat
This is just marvelous. Only drawback is the trio created by the prompter.,
Forse con qualche eccesso passionale,giustificato da testo e musica,Corelli trascina anche nel pianto e la Giulietta con ampia e grave voce crea con lui una situazione tragica avvincente.Bei tempi!
Franco at 7:55 and about 8:11. what a singing and yelling combination, proves his voice naturally falls in the b to c range.
simoniato!!! extraordinaire!!!
Como gostaria ter estado a ouvir estas duas vozes monumentais nesta récita
Сложно слушать на итальянском, скорее непривычно. Но исполнение на самом высоком уровне! Корелли бесподобен, как всегда!
Beautiful.
UN DUO MARAVILLOSO FINALDE CARMEN
MOLTE GRAZIE Racheleleeba
pieri t-lyon Thank you for viewing, Pieri!
Thank You Racheleleeba.You are so generous with these great posts of the greatest tenor Franco and all the great sopranos He sang with. thank You so much.
John Oregan You are very welcome. It's my pleasure!
+John Oregan Keep in mind that Simionato was a mezzo-soprano.
She was but at times say soprano roles and quite well.
Wow!!!
Franco Corelli owned Don Jose role.
Not just the role of Don Jose.
John Falstaff ::
Yes ! Yes !
Sometimes, he got carried away, vocally in this role, as here ; his performance with Price was priceless and in French !
. Magnificent!
Gives you the Goose bumbs , great upload, thank you .
cosa si può dire sublime sublime sublime così si canta a si interpreta nirvana
Ilyen szenvedélyes előadást csak Corelli másik Carmenjeiben hallottam.Csodálatos.Sajnos a mai előadásokban a rendezés is ront, a hangok sem az igaziak... Boldog vagyok,hogy ezt hallgathatom.
Amazing Giulietta Simionato. Although I'm French, I do prefer the Italian version... so much more singing...
If Poli is your name then you carry Italian roots. No wonder Italian is your preference. She was a great singer...
Robert POLI love the singers,,,but prefer in French.
Seriously - what Carmen in her right frame of mind would turn away from such a Don José??!
love is like that . . .
I mean, he did kind of go crazy. Even if she went with him now, he almost certainly would've killed her at some point.
I feel bad for the guy, but he's not exactly a healthy relationship choice.
@@TimeandMonotony no- ooo.... but a damn cute one! ;-)))))
@@ursuladietze2094 Haha fair!
According to the psychological aspect in Bizet's libretto, Don Jose gravely disappointed Carmen's hopes and deepest wishes.
Tive a sorte e o privilégio de ver Franco Corell na Carmen em Lisboa do teatro de S.Carlos ...incrível e vi tambem com ele a Tosca estraordinário
This, this is The Opera....omg.....
THESE TWO STARS MEAN BUSINESS.
Прекрасно
Can you believe there are people who think opera is boring? Lol!
***** it can be when not sung by singers like these, which is often nowadays :)
racheleleeba Carmen is never boring, and is especially exciting with singers like Corelli and Simionato!
@@simonebu lol. So right!
They are attending opera now
Another one of those, 'I wish I had been there', recordings
Non assisteremo più a Carmen come questa.
I had a funny moment last year while getting an MRI. The technicians encouraged me to have music played thru headphones while the MRI clanged away, and I chose a bouncy scene from Carmen I was familiar with, having sung it myself, as Frasquita, in an excerpt concert. So there I was, face down on the MRI platform, ready to hear the words in my memory -- when it became clear that it was being sung in Italian!
That is a very funny story!!
Simionato the true Carmen.
Carmen in italian ? These two are perfects.
Hard to believe....😎
ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНО !.СКОЛЬКО ВОЗДУХА В ГОЛОСАХ., СВЕТА ! ВЕЛИКАЯ. ШКОЛА БЕЛЬКАНТО ! ПОСЛЕ ПЬЯВКО ЭТО.КОСМОС...!
A very "free" translation by the way lol .. Incredibly lucky audience in Palermo on that evening.
8:09 listen to that scream of anguish and pain!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️😀
He said Don Jose was his favorite role.
Roberta Huebner interesting! I love him Tosca!❤️❤️ thank you for your beautiful videos! I love your most recent video of Corelli singing Chella mi creda, the painting of that canyon was beautiful! God bless you❤️
Eternal Maria Callas Thank you so much. I'm very happy you are enjoying them.
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❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️😍
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Wow, what a drama.... Corelli a force of nature. Simionato not a real match to him. If Corelli had been born 20 years later he would have been the superstar tenor of his time with worldwide recognition through media. A "Three tenors" (like Pavarotti,Domingo,Carreras) event with him hardly imaginable. He would have sung his colleagues in the ground. To dominant his voice and appearance. I heard people saying Kaufmann is on par with him........ with all due respect to JK but that's very far from the truth...
Placido Domingo sang this role very well too. His voice fits to don Jose personality. Kaufmann? No. Pavarotti and Carreras did not fit to the French repertoire.
DUE VOCALITÀ UNICHE PER COLORE TIMBRO E TECNICA
ABSOLUTE SPITZENKLASSE
The performance is searing.
Who is conducting? Which orchestra?
ChristophSauerTV Pierre Dervaux, Orchestra and Chorus del Teatro Massimo di Palermo.
Un timbre ideal para Don José. Mejor en italiano. Su francés era hortible. En Italiano era el mejor tenor heroico de la historia.
Jesus Muñoz
, non si può criticare la pronuncia francese di un Perfezionista del canto Lirico e della Tecnica come Franco Corelli , che da quanto scrivi, pensi che non conoscesse bene la pronuncia francese corretta, non é così, se fossi un conoscitore approfondito del Canto, sapresti che moltissimi cantanti italiani, pur di poter ottenere suoni o note più gradevoli , o che altrimenti non riuscirebbero ad emettere acuti , storpiano anche le parole italiane modificando le vocali , le consonanti , o addirittura le parole od intere frasi, e la magior parte degli appassionati di Lirica, che non sono approfonditamente preparati .neanche lo notano..Franco Corelli non ha mai avuto di questi problemi..solo che essendo un Perfezionista assoluto, per ottenere Tecnicamente un canto il più perfetto possibile dal punto di vista della emissione, evitava certi tipi di pronuncia ghutturale e certi suoni nasali Francesi . perché nel canto il suono nasale rappresenta un Grave Difetto , quindi le en, le u , le ch, ecc. ecc.. Difatti se si ascoltano le canzoni in francese interpretate da Franco Corelli, avendo la canzone minori esigenze di imperfezioni di emissione, la sua pronuncia francese è otima.! Prima di criticare chi é stato il Migliore e Più Completo, in senso assoluto , essenso anche un perfezionista, bisogna saper approfondire e conoscere i perché ...!
@@marcocorelli4634 Para mi Corelli ha sido el tenor heroico mejor de todos los tiempos, era único y su técnica sublime, pero su dicción francesa no era buena, una pena pq su Don José es maravilloso.
@@marcocorelli4634 En el repertorio verista y Verdiano heroico era único.
@@marcocorelli4634 Marco, vuelvo a decirle que Corelli para mi ha sido de los más grandes, pero su dicción francesa era de principiante. No lo digo yo lo dicen los expertos y los que saben francés.
@@marcocorelli4634 Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec Jesus Muñoz. Autant j'aime Franco Corelli dans le répetoire italien ou comme ici dans une version italienne de Carmen, autant j'ai plus de mal à l'apprécier dans le répertoire français. Ce n'est pas tant la prononciation des mots qui me pose problème ; en général, on les comprend distinctement, c'est plutôt le phrasé, les inflexions qui donnent toute la subtilité d'une langue, qui me manquent.
I feel a bit weird, the ending is very tragic but the crowd applauded like it was a the very victorious ending like beethoven's 5th...
The crowd was reacting to escamillo killing the bull.
first time I've heard it in Italian.
I love Franco but look at Del Monaco's Jose. He's psychotic at the end.
Corelli is also psychotic at the end. There is film version where you can see it.
Femminicidio ante-litteram.... vocalmente stupendo anche se un po' troppo melodrammatico forse
femminicidio???? Son Josè aveva distrutto la sua vita per una donna a dir poco ORRIBILE!!!si era ridotto a mendicare, a proseguire una vita scellerata pur di non essere abbandonato! E VIENE DISPREZZATO e anche PROvocato in ogni modo| non è difficile comprendere la reazione di UN UOMO innamorato, respinto e anche RIDICOLIZZATO| naruralmente non sostengo che UCCIDERE SIA GIUSTO. ma una donna somile!!!!!!!!!!!comunque per quanto riguarda questa CARMEN è veramente un CAPOLAVORO! CORELLI SPETTACOLARE SIA VOCALMENTE CHE S CENICAMENTE!!!!UN GRANDE ATTORE OLTRE CHE AVERE UNA VOCE UNICA!!!!------------CARMEN PERFETTA|||
My all time favorite of the well over 150 performances of Carmen. Corelli is an animal. Simionato's no slouch either. Too bad he never did this role in costume at the met. He did however sang two don Jose's in the new york city parks with the met. We will NEVER here voices like these ever again. How sad! At least we have the great memories to warm us up in the evenings.
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This version is good but once you've heard him perform this with Price, it's difficult to appreciate anyone else with him in this role.
Marvellous. But a pity its in Italian
I completely disagree, I love it in the Italian as well.
okay, okay, but do not whack me.
Jose B. Caceres I
I know these two are justifiably celebrated, but I am wrong for saying their French pronunciation, especially Simionato's , was sometimes hardly recognizable?
They are actually singing in Italian :-)
lundilar this IS the ITALIAN version.