Tebaldi and Corelli: Great Opera Duets
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Composer: Giacomo PucciniComposer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Francesco Cilea
Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
Composer: Riccardo Zandonai
Conductor: Anton Guadagno
Orchestra: L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Performer: Renata Tebaldi
Performer: Franco Corelli
Performer: Remo Cambiati
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-04-13
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
- Manon Lescaut, opera: Tu, tu amore? Tu?
- La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Ma chi vien? ... Oh! la sinistra voce!
- Francesca da Rimini, opera: No, Smaragdi, no! ... Inghirlandata di violette
Music reviews of Tebaldi and Corelli: Great Opera Duets
Music Review: Interesting but not what it could have been
Rating: 3 Stars
The Tebaldi-Corelli partnership was one of the most electrifying in the operatic world. Their ringing Italian voices brought down any theatre and people who've experienced them live say that recordings have never been able to capture the size of their voices and the effect they had in the theatre. Even on recordings however, their Italian squillo voices have always excited me and the fact that they never recorded a complete opera together in studio is certainly a shame.
These duets were recorded a few years before their retirement and the decline in their voices is obvious. Tebaldi is often hard-toned, especially above the staff but the middle register remains distinctly warm and as always firm. Corelli on the other hand can still blast out the high notes but the sound has lost its freshness while his lisp is at its worst here. Having said that, I doubt there are singers today who can deliver the excitement heard here.
La Gioconda and Adriana Lecouvreur were Tebaldi's biggest successes in the '60s and Corelli was her most spectacular partner during those performances. As in the Aida excerpt, in the La Gioconda scene Tebaldi sings the mezzo part for a change and it certainly is a treat. She brings a regal style to these roles, which is most appropriate.
Francesca da Rimini is a role Tebaldi always wanted to perform, and was actually supposed to in '57, but sadly the plans were never realised. The long scene they recorded here is passionate and makes us wish for a full recording of the opera. A tribute to Zandonai who was one of the first who recognised young Tebaldi's potential. I doubt the tenor and soprano ever sang Manon Lescaut together so the long duet gives us and idea of what such a performance could have been.
As part of the battle between recording labels, Phillips desperately tried to resuscitate two other stars by attempting a similar "duets" recording just a few months after this one. Sadly, the results were not good enough to keep the recording on the shelves.
While not what it could have been, seasoned Tebaldi-Corelli fans will still want this recital especially for the rarities.
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