Franco Corelli - Rare THE HOME REHEARSALS 1959 - IL TROVATORE excerpts

IL TROVATORE 12 Verdi: Il trovatore “Deserto sulla terra” (1959) 13 Verdi: Il trovatore “Mal reggendo” (1959) 14 Verdi: Il trovatore “Ah si ben mio ... di quella pira” (1959) 15 Verdi: Il trovatore “Ah che la morte ognora” (1959) 16 Verdi: Il trovatore “Se m’ami ancor” (1959) 17 Verdi: Il trovatore “Ciel non m’inganna” (1959) Lovers of high notes will be stunned at the Il trovatore selections, all half a tone up, which means that “Deserto sulla terra“ brings a B-natural, while “Di quella pira’ ends with a stunning D-flat, with Corelli still able to deliver the final “eee“ vowel at “allarmiiiiiiiiiiii“. It is actually a little unnerving to hear him do that, and really unnecessary, since he never sang it in C on stage anyway (he sings it as written only in the studio recording). More amazing than this obsessive attempt at achieving the impossible are the strings of A-naturals in “Ah che la morte ognora“ (on “Non ti scorda