Franco Corelli: Prince of Tenors
by SEGHERS RENE
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Author: SEGHERS RENEEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN: 1574671634
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: HAL LEONARD CORPORATION
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Book Review: At last a book worthy of the tenor
Summary: 5 Stars
Franco Corelli was rumored to be secretive about any personal fact in his life. A former biographer, the extremely bad Boagno, did not even mention his birthday. Enter René Seghers and everything you always wanted to know about this magnificent tenor (and his wife Loretta Di Lelio)becomes clear. His birth, his days during the war, his girlfriends, his correct marriage date, his hobbys. It seems Seghers simply asked the late tenor and his wife, then consulted the family and was almost deluged with documents and facts. But the opera lover will mostly enjoy the very well researched stories (thanks to a lot of interviews and consulting primary sources in archive) on the tenor's career, his relationship with La Scala and the Met, his less than cordial relations with other singers (he brought Del Monaco down at the Met). Seghers unearthed some forgotten movies and photo novels with the tenor and it seems some unpublished recordings as well. A pity the publisher didn't give us a CD with those "inedite" together with the book. The author deals with Corelli's recording career as well and a lot of his fans will be amazed (and devastated) to learn what was almost recorded but never became reality. In short this is the final say on one of the greatest post war singers and we are in luck that Seghers probably spent quite an amount of his own money on this work of love. Grab it up. It is one of the best biographies of a great singer around and it can compete with such classics as Henstock's De Lucia or Farkas' Björling.
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