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💖 Help us bring Corelli's art to new generations of opera-lovers by supporting the Franco Corelli Info Center: 🇬🇧 With English subtitles and the 🇮🇹 sung Italian text on screen. ℹ️ Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala on June 7*, 1962. (*some editions give May 28 as the recording date) The 170 photos illustrating the performance are the work of Scala's in-house photographer, Erio Piccagliani. (Some were taken during rehearsals, so the costumes/hair are different here and there.) Giacomo Meyerbeer: Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots) - sung in Italian Teatro alla Scala, 1962 Raoul de Nangis, a Protestant gentleman - Franco Corelli (tenor) Valentine, daughter of Count de Saint-Bris - Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano) Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre - Joan Sutherland (soprano) Marcel, a Huguenot soldier, Raoul's servant - Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) the Count of Saint-Bris, a Catholic gentleman - Giorgio Tozzi (bass) Urbain, the Queen's page - Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano) the Count of Nevers, a Catholic gentleman - Wladimiro Ganzarolli (baritone) Thavannes, a Catholic gentleman - Piero De Palma (tenor) Cossé, a Catholic gentleman - Giuseppe Bertinazzo (tenor) Thoré, a Catholic gentleman - Manuel Spatafora (baritone) De Retz, a Catholic gentleman - Antonio Cassinelli (bass) Méru, a Catholic gentleman - Alfredo Giacomotti (bass) Bois-Rosé, a Huguenot soldier - Walter Gullino (tenor) Maurevert, a Catholic gentleman - Silvio Maionica (bass) An archer of the night guard - Virgilio Carbonari (bass) A lady-in-waiting of Queen Marguerite - Clara Foti (mezzo-soprano) A servant of the Count of Nevers - Angelo Mercuriali (tenor) Four gentlemen - Walter Gullino, Angelo Mercuriali, Giuseppe Morresi, Alfredo Giacomotti Three friars - Enzo Guagni, Virgilio Carbonari, Giovanni Antonini Two gypsy girls - Maddalena Bonifaccio, Clara Foti Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni Chorus master: Norberto Mola Stage director: Franco Enriquez Sets and costume designs: Nicola Benois Photos by Erio Piccagliani Place: Touraine and Paris, France Time: August 1572 Les Huguenots (Gli ugonotti) is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in Paris on 29 February 1836. The story culminates in the historical St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572 in which thousands of French Huguenots (Protestants) were slaughtered by Catholics in an effort to rid France of Protestant influence. Although the massacre was a historical event, the rest of the action, which primarily concerns the love between the Catholic Valentine and the Protestant Raoul, is wholly a creation of Scribe. (Wikipedia) Timestamps 00:00 Overture 04:54 Act 1 - Nei bei dì di giovinezza 09:33 Qui sotto il ciel della 10:50 Piacer della mensa 12:35 Versate in abbondanza 14:28 Non lungi dalle torri... Bianca al par di neve alpina (Raul) 19:52 Qual mai strana figura 23:17 Ma che? Ben osservando 24:47 Piff, paff, piff (Marcello) 27:46 Del castello al Signor 29:11 L'avventura è singolare 32:13 Scioglier si dee l'imen 34:19 Vaga donna illustre e cara (Paggio) 37:40 Talor soverchio merto 41:03 Il piacer e l'onor, la possanza 43:41 Act 2 - O lieto suol della Turena (Margherita) 47:34 Che la lotta fatal 51:54 Chi giunge qui 54:15 Egli vien, egli vien 56:50 Raul, la vostra fè (Margherita, Raul) 01:00:53 Ah, scender nel mio petto 01:04:43 Signora!... Onore alla più bella 01:07:36 Per l'onor, per la fè 01:10:34 Giustio ciel, chi vegg'io? 01:14:12 Act 3 - Ecco il giorno di festa 01:16:36 Vergin del cielo 01:18:48 Su venite, siamo qua (Ballet) 01:22:35 Per compire un voto di pietà 01:25:50 Tornate alle vostre magion 01:28:13 L'attenderò... Nell'orror di cupa notte (Marcello, Valentina) 01:32:04 Ah! l'infido! Quest'anima amante 01:35:42 Tu m'intendesti?... Ah, ch'esprimer non può il labbro mio 01:39:10 Su, su, Marcel... Per vendicar si grave affronto (Duel) 01:45:28 Alto là!... Pronti siam! 01:48:11 Alto, là; rispettate di Navarra la Regina 01:54:11 Act 4 - Alfin son sola 01:57:23 Di Caterina un cenno (Conspiracy & Blessing the daggers) 02:00:00 La cause è santa 02:05:11 E voi che rispondete 02:08:44 Gloria a Dio vendicatore 02:14:25 Raul... Dove vai tu? (Valentina, Raul) 02:16:17 Stringe il periglio 02:19:09 Tu m'ami, tu m'ami... Dillo ancor 02:24:57 Non ascolti un suon funebre? 02:30:50 Act 5 - Sei tu, mio buon Marcel 02:34:57 Perire io ti vedrò? 02:40:09 Nell'unir vostre man 02:43:39 Chi va là? #francocorelli #joansutherland #opera _________________________________________________________________ This channel is an extension of the Facebook group of the same name, where we share original articles, interviews, useful and informative documents, links, resources about Franco Corelli's life, art, career, discography, technique, etc. This channel serves non-profit, educational purposes only.
