Franco Corelli: Prince of Tenors (Amadeus) - Hardcover

Seghers, Rene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574671634 ISBN 13: 9781574671636

Publisher: Amadeus, 2008

Synopsis

His exceptional good looks made him a matinee idol, and Franco Corelli – the Prince of Tenors – was dubbed “Mr. Soldout” for 20 consecutive years. In 1958, just seven years after beginning his career, he was already the highest-paid tenor in Italy. Following his Met debut in 1961, he was celebrated as the greatest tenor in the world, a position that he retained until his departure from the Met in 1975.

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 colorful incidents, including his real-life sword fight with Boris Christoff in Rome, the Callas walkout there, the beating up of a spectator in Naples, and the alleged biting of Birgit Nilsson on a Boston tour of Turandot, created a mania for Corelli.

Nearly a decade in the making, this definitive biography is based on the author's extensive research of theater archives and interviews with the opera star's numerous friends, family members, colleagues (Nilsson, Pavarotti, and many others), as well as the management of some of the world's leading opera houses.

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About the Author

René Seghers, a nationally and internationally published writer and part-time photographer, is an editor of Villa d'Arte magazine, the largest glossy cultural magazine in Europe. His articles have appeared in the Dutch magazine Luister, Opera Quarterly (US'), 'The Record Collector (UK'), 'and Het Parool (the Netherlands). His photos of the Vivaldi Motezuma premiere were published in the New York Times. He lives in the Netherlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amadeus
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574671634
• ISBN 13: 9781574671636
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528