Franco Corelli - Selected Recordings

Selected Recordings

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.

Year Opera Cast Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra
Label
1956 Verdi - Aida Mary Curtis Verna, Franco Corelli,
Miriam Pirazzini, Giangiacomo Guelfi,
Giulio Neri
Angelo Questa
Chorus and Orchestra of the RAI Turin
Cetra
1960 Bellini - Norma Maria Callas, Christa Ludwig,
Franco Corelli, Nicola Zaccaria
Tullio Serafin
Coro e Orchestra Teatro alla Scala
EMI
1960 Leoncavallo - Pagliacci Franco Corelli, Lucine Amara,
Tito Gobbi, Mario Zanasi
Lovro von Matačić
Coro e Orchestra Teatro alla Scala
EMI
1962 Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana Victoria de los Ángeles, Franco Corelli,
Mario Sereni
Gabriele Santini
Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra
EMI
1963 Bizet - Carmen Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli,
Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill
Herbert von Karajan
Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopernchor
RCA
1963 Giordano - Andrea Chénier Franco Corelli, Antonietta Stella,
Mario Sereni
Gabriele Santini
Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra
EMI
1964 Verdi - Il trovatore Franco Corelli, Gabriella Tucci,
Giulietta Simionato, Robert Merrill,
Ferruccio Mazzoli
Thomas Schippers
Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra
EMI
1965 Puccini - Turandot Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli,
Renata Scotto, Bonaldo Giaiotti
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra
EMI
1967 Verdi - Aida Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli,
Grace Bumbry, Mario Sereni, Bonaldo Giaiotti
Zubin Mehta
Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra
EMI
1966 Gounod - Faust Joan Sutherland, Franco Corelli,
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Richard Bonynge
Ambrosian Opera Chorus,
London Symphony Orchestra
DECCA
1966 Puccini - Tosca Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Lorin Maazel
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
DECCA
1968 Gounod - Roméo et Juliette Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni,
Xavier Dupraz
Alain Lombard
Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra
EMI
1970 Bizet - Carmen Franco Corelli, Anna Moffo,
Helen Donath, Piero Cappuccilli
Lorin Maazel
Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
RCA

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