Renata Tebaldi & Franco Corelli

This is in response to A. Boss's comments on this DVD. On the contrary, I found the sound quality more than acceptable for a recording of this age. What makes this DVD so compelling is the majesty of Franco Corelli. The viewer will experience the range of Corelli's magic, in a variety of operatic scenes and special arrangements. For those who want to experience an opera legend at the top of his form, I highly recommend this DVD. A. Boss should stick to recent recordings, running the risk of listening to lesser singers with dubious talent often found today.

It was nostalgic for me to hear these magnificent voices again. Renata has style, elegance and a commanding presence. Franco Corelli combined acting and voice to great effect. My friends enjoyed it as well

I just bought this DVD. Only the 2 Neapolitan songs are "real". The 2 opera excerpts are play back. To see him "live" in concert, get the Tokyo recital and also get the "Great stars of opera", in which he sings the love duet from Un Ballo In Maschera with Régine Crespin and E Lucevan Le Stelle from Tosca. His 2 Toscas and I Pagliacci are also play back. So is his Andrea Chénier. As far as I know only the La Forza Del Destino from Naples (with Renata Tebaldi and Ettore Bastianini) is live, however, the picture is rather blurry.

This is an old recording from the Voice of Firestone TV program of the late 1950s and early 1960s. TV audio of that period was poor by today's standards and, although the singers (especially Corelli) sing well, the poor recording quality of that period is shown in this DVD, which is in mono even though the DVD says it is in Dolby 2.0.It is interesting to see the much greater variety of commercial TV programing we had back then.The Voice of Firestone was one of a number of weekly classical music featured on comercial TV.

I was so looking forward to this performance of Tebaldi & Corelli. But the Advertisements by " Firestone " were just a little too much & completely spoilt.

テバルディとコレッリのTV番組での記録。番組名はFire stoneという番組のようだ。DVDの題名はTebaldi＆Corelliとなっているが、二重唱はなく、別々の日の記録が2本収録されている。まず、テバルディは59年の絶頂期の歌唱で、素晴らしい。天使の声と呼ばれた声がピアノからフォルテまでとても良くコントロールされている。本番さながらの舞台も再現され、演技も観ることができる。カラスのライバルと言われたテバルディのすごさが良く感じられる映像と音声だ。保存状態も良い。コレッリも得意な曲を歌っており63年当時の絶頂期の歌が聴ける。しかし、音声と映像は別撮りのような気がする。（間違っていたらすみません）姿も良く、当時の人気が良く分かる記録だ。これも映像も音声も良い。イタリアオペラの黄金の時代を担った二人の貴重な記録として強くお薦めする。