Contents of Franco Corelli and a Revolution in Singing
Contents of the forthcoming book
Franco Corelli and a Revolution in Singing
by Stefan Zucker
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Del Monaco, Corelli and Their Influence
Del Monaco, Corelli and Their Influence
Sweet vs. Laryngeal Tenors
Corelli’s Virility
Corelli’s Goal
Some Del Monaco and Corelli Predecessors
Donzelli and Duprez
De Lucia
Tamagno
How Caruso Contrasted with De Lucia and Tamagno (includes a short interview with Corelli)
Pertile: Unaffected by Caruso, He Was an Influence on Corelli (interview with Corelli)
Pertile on Vowels
Schipa: Unaffected by Caruso
Schipa’s Specter (interview with Corelli)
Gigli (interview with Corelli)
Corelli “Does” Gigli
Gigli’s Chiaroscuro
Lauri-Volpi vs. the Verismo Style (interview with Corelli)
Del Monaco (interview with Corelli)
Lowered-Larynx Techniques
The Origins of Lowered-Larynx Techniques
Did Caruso Use a Laryngeal Method?
Some Lessons With Melocchi
The Lowered-Larynx Mafia
Corelli’s Real View of the Stanley Method
Some Del Monaco Successors
A Corelli Successor (interview with Enrique Pina)
Matteuzzi and Morino: Unaffected by Del Monaco and Corelli
Olivero Attacks Del Monaco’s Technique (interview with Olivero)
Callas Criticizes Corelli (letter)
Lauri-Volpi Attacks Corelli’s Technique
Different Singing Techniques
The Fluctuating Fortunes of Vibrato: Once Thought to Convey Emotion, Fast Vibrato Is Again Out of Fashion
Some Other Tenors
Ferruccio Tagliavini (short interviews with Corelli and Tagliavini)
Polar Opposites: Corelli and Di Stefano (interview with Corelli)
Pavarotti
Domingo (short interview with Corelli)
Carreras
Observations on a Career and a Life
Tenore del Mondo (interview with Corelli)
Some Missing Information (short interviews with Franco and Loretta Corelli)
To Return or Not to Return? (short interview with Corelli)
Seghers’s Botched Bio (short interview with Franco and Loretta Corelli)
Diana Fanizza Refutes Seghers (interview with Fanizza and short interviews with Loretta and Zylis-Gara)
The Duel with Christoff and “Barbieri sola, sola”--Was Something Else Going On? (short interviews with Barbieri, Corelli and Frazzoni)
Potter’s Corelli Chapter
APPENDIX
Appendix 1: Del Monaco vs. Corelli: Their Dirty Fight to Become the Tenor (letters from the Met Archives by Bing, Bauer and Herman)
Appendix 2: Coach Giuseppe Bertelli (Rosina Wolf on Bertelli, Corelli and young Stefan; short interview with Franco and Loretta Corelli)
Appendix 3:Verdi on Bonci's Laugh
Appendix 4: Lauri-Volpi: A Defense Against Stefan (letter)
Appendix 5: Lessons with Marcello and Mario Del Monaco (letter)
Stefan Zucker
Corelli and Jerome Hines Interviewed by Zucker, “Opera Fanatic,” March 3, 1990: Track Listings
Corelli Interviewed by Zucker, “Opera Fanatic,” May 12, 1990: Track Listings
Corelli Presents Pertile: Corelli Interviewed by Zucker, “Opera Fanatic,” March 30, 1991: Track Listings
Endnotes
Listings of other titles
Index