Giacomo Puccini - Tosca - Corelli, Capnist, De Taranto - Votto 1955DVD9 - NTSC - 4:3 - All Regions - b&w - LPCM, Dolby Digital 5.1 - 113min. -
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish
Hardy Classics
Corelli is caught very close to the beginning of his career. With his voice, looks, demeanor and loads of "soul," it is amazing he didn't zoom right to the top on the basis of this performance alone. (It took another half-dozen years for him to reach the Met and true international stardom.) Certainly his is the most athletic Cavaradossi I have seen--upon first recognizing Angelotti, he literally vaults over a six-foot-high railing! The tonal quality of his voice is marginally more beautiful than in his most famous years, but on high notes I sense a slight strain that disappeared later. --Joe Pearce --belcantosociety.org
