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Franco Corelli : prince of tenors / René Seghers ; with a foreword by Marco Corelli.

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Seghers, René [aut]

Medverkande:

Corelli, Marco, 1969- [aui]

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781574671636

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Genre/Form:

Biografier

DDK-klassifikation:

782.1092 23/swe

SAB-klassifikation:

Ijz Corelli, Franco

Sammanfattning: His exceptional good looks made him a matinee idol, and for 20 years, Franco Corelli was dubbed Mr. Sold-Out. In 1958, just seven years after beginning his career, he was already the highest paid tenor in Italy. Following his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961, he was celebrated as the greatest tenor in the world. His charismatic performances in such operas as La Vestale and Fedora (both in collaboration with Maria Callas), coupled with a formidable mystique, as well as a number of notorious and colourful incidents - including a real-life sword fight with Boris Christoff, the beating up of an audience member in Naples, and his alleged biting of Birgit Nilsson - created a worldwide mania for Corelli. This biography is based on nearly a decade of research into theatre archives and interviews with the stars friends, family, and colleagues

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His exceptional good looks made him a matinee idol, and for 20 years, Franco Corelli was dubbed Mr. Sold-Out. In 1958, just seven years after beginning his career, he was already the highest paid tenor in Italy. Following his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961, he was celebrated as the greatest tenor in the world. His charismatic performances in such operas as La Vestale and Fedora (both in collaboration with Maria Callas), coupled with a formidable mystique, as well as a number of notorious and colourful incidents - including a real-life sword fight with Boris Christoff, the beating up of an audience member in Naples, and his alleged biting of Birgit Nilsson - created a worldwide mania for Corelli. This biography is based on nearly a decade of research into theatre archives and interviews with the stars friends, family, and colleagues