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The complete 1962 photo-novel (fotoromanzo) based on a play by Alexandre Dumas fils, in 400 frames in English with Italian subtitles (the original Italian text) + Franco Corelli sings arias and songs (recorded for Cetra 1955-1958)

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A second attempt with replaced audio material, after the first version of the video was blocked by EMI's and DECCA's representatives.

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The photo-novel was originally published in 1962 in the Italian weekly magazine Grand Hotel in serialised episodes. It is based on the play of the same name by Alexandre Dumas Jr. (who also wrote Lady of the Camellias, the basis for Traviata), but I should say in advance not to expect too much from the story, it is a bit (VERY) soap-opera like, but still very aesthetic and fun, and provided Franco with the perfect opportunity unwind from the pressures of singing opera but still "flex his actorial muscles" — and for us to admire his talents beyond his voice. :)

In this current version I have only used recordings made for the Italian record company Cetra between 1955 and 1958. These were made just before Corelli really 'arrived' artistically, therefore they are considered by many technically less solid, but very exciting, and a great demonstration of the intelligence, sensitivity, and deeply felt character building that distinguished Franco as a performer from the very beginning.

Timestamps (ONLY FOR THE AUDIO!)

00:00 Pecché (1955) by Gaetano Errico Pennino, Alberto Bonocore cond.
04:37 'Dividerci dobbiam'(Massenet: Werther) (1957) Arturo Basile cond.
08:00 'Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde' (Puccini: Manon Lescaut) (1958) Umberto Cattini cond.
09:21 'Amore o grillo' (Puccini: Madama Butterfly) (1958) U. Cattini cond.
10:24 'La dolcissima effige' (Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur) (1955) A. Basile cond.
12:30 'Questa o quella' (Verdi: Rigoletto) (1958) U. Cattini cond.
14:30 Lolita (1955) by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Gian Stellari cond.
18:22 'Dai campi, dai prati' (Boito: Mefistofele) (1958) U. Cattini cond.
20:30 'Amor ti vieta' (Giordano: Fedora) (1956) Alfredo Simonetto cond.
23:40 'La mia letizia infondere' (Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata) (1956) A. Simonetto cond.
26:04 'Recondita armonia' (Puccini: Tosca) (1956) Fulvio Vernizzi cond.
29:00 Cancion moresca (1955) by Alessandro Liberati, A. Bonocore cond.
32:54 'La donna è mobile' (Verdi: Rigoletto) (1956) A. Simonetto cond.
35:29 'Una vergine, un angiol di Dio' (Donizetti: La favorita) (1956) F. Vernizzi cond.
38:12 'Ah! Non mi ridestar' (Massenet: Werther) (1957) A. Basile cond.
41:05 Granada (1955) by Augustín Lara, G. Stellari cond.
45:19 'Cielo pietoso, rendila' (Verdi: Simon Boccanegra) (1958) U. Cattini cond.
47:30 'L'anima ho stanca' (Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur) (1955) A. Basile cond.
49:09 'Addio, fiorito asil' (Puccini: Madama Butterfly) (1958) U. Cattini cond.
50:53 'La vita è inferno...O tu, che in seno agli angeli' (Verdi: La forza del destino) (1956) A. Basile cond.
57:42 'No, Pagliaccio non son' (Leoncavallo: I pagliacci) (1957) A. Basile cond.
01:00:54 'Tombe degl'avi miei...Fra poco a me ricovero' (Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor) (1956) A. Simonetto cond.
01:08:20 'Mamma, quel vino è generoso' (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana) (1957) A. Basile cond.
01:12:23 'Mia madre mia vecchia madre' (Giordano: Fedora) (1957) A. Basile cond.
01:19:29 'Ch'ella mi creda' (Puccini: La fanciulla del West) (1956) F. Vernizzi cond.
01:21:34 'Giunto sul passo estremo' (Boito: Mefistofele) (1957) A. Basile cond.
01:25:03 'Esultate' (Verdi: Otello) (1957?) A. Basile cond.
01:26:13 'Deserto sulla terra' (Verdi: Il trovatore) (1957?) A. Basile cond.
01:27:54 'Vesti la giubba' (Leoncavallo: I pagliacci) (1957) A. Basile cond.
01:30:49 'Nessun dorma' (Puccini: Turandot) (1955) A. Basile cond.
01:33:50 'Una parola sola...Or son sei mesi' (Puccini: La fanciulla del West) (1955) A. Basile cond.
01:37:31 'Sì, fui soldato' (Giordano: Andrea Chénier) (1957) A. Basile cond.
01:40:10 'Ma se m'è forza perderti' (Verdi: Un ballo in maschera) (1956) A. Simonetto cond.
01:42:54 'Me protegge, me difende' (Bellini: Norma) (1958) A. Basile cond.
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