Franco Corelli

I Pagliacci (1954)

Franco Corelli is featured in this 1954 filmed version of Leoncavallo's opera, along with Tito Gobbi. The film also features opera arias from "The Rose of Stambul," "Aida," "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Igemisco" and "Il Trovatore." 104 minuts, black & white.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo Simonetto
CAST:  Mafalda Micheluzzi  •  Franco Corelli  •  Tito Gobbi  •  Mario Carlin

Franco Corelli is featured in this 1954 filmed version of Leoncavallo's opera, along with Tito Gobbi. The film also features opera arias from "The Rose of Stambul," "Aida," "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Igemisco" and "Il Trovatore." 104 minuts, black & white.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo Simonetto
CAST:  Mafalda Micheluzzi  •  Franco Corelli  •  Tito Gobbi  •  Mario Carlin

Tosca (1955)

This vintage stage production of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca was originally mounted and filmed in Milan on September 24, 1955; it stars Renata Heredia Capnist as the title character, Franco Corelli as Mario Cavaradossi, Carlo Tagliabue as Baron Scarpia and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silverio Blasi
CAST:  Renata Heredia Capnist  •  Franco Corelli  •  Carlo Tagliabue  •  Antonio Sacchetti

This vintage stage production of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca was originally mounted and filmed in Milan on September 24, 1955; it stars Renata Heredia Capnist as the title character, Franco Corelli as Mario Cavaradossi, Carlo Tagliabue as Baron Scarpia and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silverio Blasi
CAST:  Renata Heredia Capnist  •  Franco Corelli  •  Carlo Tagliabue  •  Antonio Sacchetti

Tosca (1956)

A nasty Rome police chief circa 1800 forces the lover of a painter, suspected of harboring a political prisoner, to reveal the hiding place and to yield to his power and lust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Maria Caniglia  •  Franco Corelli  •  Afro Poli  •  Vito De Taranto

A nasty Rome police chief circa 1800 forces the lover of a painter, suspected of harboring a political prisoner, to reveal the hiding place and to yield to his power and lust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Maria Caniglia  •  Franco Corelli  •  Afro Poli  •  Vito De Taranto

Andrea Chenier (1973)

France, 1792. Chenier is an idealistic poet, in love with the aristocratic Maddalena. While Chenier supports such notions as "liberte, fraternite egalite," his sympathies do not extend to the current Reign of Terror. Likewise, the Revolutionary Tribunal has no ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Kašlík
CAST:  Franco Corelli  •  Celestina Casapietra  •  Piero Cappuccilli  •  Giovanna di Rocco

France, 1792. Chenier is an idealistic poet, in love with the aristocratic Maddalena. While Chenier supports such notions as "liberte, fraternite egalite," his sympathies do not extend to the current Reign of Terror. Likewise, the Revolutionary Tribunal has no ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Kašlík
CAST:  Franco Corelli  •  Celestina Casapietra  •  Piero Cappuccilli  •  Giovanna di Rocco

The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century (1998)

Imagine a window into the past. Imagine finally connecting singers' bodies to the voices you have always treasured on record, watching footage of performances from another era. All of singers featured here have something in common (with one exception, Sutherland): ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Sturrock
CAST:  Enrico Caruso  •  María Callas  •  Fritz Wunderlich  •  Mario Lanza

Imagine a window into the past. Imagine finally connecting singers' bodies to the voices you have always treasured on record, watching footage of performances from another era. All of singers featured here have something in common (with one exception, Sutherland): ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Sturrock
CAST:  Enrico Caruso  •  María Callas  •  Fritz Wunderlich  •  Mario Lanza