Voices of Firestone: The Great Tenors / Bjorling, Corelli, Tagliavini, Tucker, Peerce, Gedda, McCracken, Thomas

Voices of Firestone: The Great Tenors / Bjorling, Corelli, Tagliavini, Tucker, Peerce, Gedda, McCracken, Thomas


Starring:Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker, Firestone Opera
Studio: Kultur Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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For more than thirty years, The Voice of Firestone brought the world's greatest artists into the homes of music lovers. Now, through a special arrangement with New England Conservatory in Boston, Kultur is proud to make these rare telecasts available to today's audience. CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES 1950-1963 JUSSI BJOERLING: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Bizet), Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) • FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI: La donna e mobile (Verdi), Anema e core (D'Esposito), O Sole Mio (di Capua)• JAN PEERCE: Thine Alone (Herbert) • LAURITZ MELCHIOR Because (D'Hardelot), In fernem Land (Wagner)• JESS THOMAS: Prize Song (Wagner), O paradiso! (Meyerbeer) • NICOLAÏ GEDDA: Ah, leve-toi, soleil! (Gounod), Che gelida manina (Puccini)• RICHARD TUCKER: Non ti scordar di me (de Curtis), E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) • JAMES McCRACKEN: Nium mi tema (Verdi) • FRANCO CORELLI: I'te Vurria Vasa (di Capua), O Paese (Bovio)
Voices of Firestone: The Great Tenors / Bjorling, Corelli, Tagliavini, Tucker, Peerce, Gedda, McCracken, Thomas
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Truly Delightful
  • Priceless Performances
  • Opera stars should be both seen and heard
 Voices of Firestone: The Great Tenors / Bjorling, Corelli, Tagliavini, Tucker, Peerce, Gedda, McCracken, Thomas
Starring: Franco Corelli , Richard Tucker , and Firestone Opera
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
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ASIN: B0004Z34NQ
Release Date: 2004-11-16

Description

For more than thirty years, The Voice of Firestone brought the world's greatest artists into the homes of music lovers. Now, through a special arrangement with New England Conservatory in Boston, Kultur is proud to make these rare telecasts available to today's audience. CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES 1950-1963 JUSSI BJOERLING: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Bizet), Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) • FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI: La donna e mobile (Verdi), Anema e core (D'Esposito), O Sole Mio (di Capua)• JAN PEERCE: Thine Alone (Herbert) • LAURITZ MELCHIOR Because (D'Hardelot), In fernem Land (Wagner)• JESS THOMAS: Prize Song (Wagner), O paradiso! (Meyerbeer) • NICOLAÏ GEDDA: Ah, leve-toi, soleil! (Gounod), Che gelida manina (Puccini)• RICHARD TUCKER: Non ti scordar di me (de Curtis), E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) • JAMES McCRACKEN: Nium mi tema (Verdi) • FRANCO CORELLI: I'te Vurria Vasa (di Capua), O Paese (Bovio)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Truly Delightful.......2006-01-10

This entire DVD is pleasing to both the eye and the ear. The video quality is not the greatest at a few points, but is certainly of acceptable quality. The audio is exceptional considering the original source.

There are some moving performances on this DVD, but for my taste, Jussi Bjoerling steals the show. Wow could that guy sing. His expression, both physically and vocally, are captivating. He uses the "mezzo voce" effortlessly and can put you back in your seat with his full voice. This is a must have for any lover of great tenor singing.

5 out of 5 stars Priceless Performances.......2005-10-26

Have you enjoyed The Three Tenors?? Well watch and see this collection of wonderful tenors. They are all quite different and seemingly enjoying every moment. It's a wonderful collection.
Bill Maher

4 out of 5 stars Opera stars should be both seen and heard.......2004-12-21

Classical music lovers with ages congruent to mine are sure to recall the old Voice of Firestone broadcasts on radio and television that ran from 1950 to around 1963. On the premise that great singers should be seen as well as heard, Kultur has restored on three DVDs segments of many of those shows that featured great names in opera; and each is a must for those who have fond memories of these events.


"The Great Sopranos" (D2442) includes appearances by Eleanor Steber, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson, Anna Moffo, Bidu Sayao, Renata Tebaldi, Licia Albanese, Helen Traubel, Roberta Peters, Patrice Munsel, and Jeanette Macdonald. Each sings an aria from opera, operetta, or (in Nilsson's segment) a popular song. "The Great Tenors" (D2443) features Jussi Bjoeling, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Jan Peerce, Lauritz Melchior, Jess Thomas, Nicolai Gedda, Richard Tucker, James McCracken, and Franco Corelli-each singing one or two arias or traditional songs. Both have running times of 58 minutes.


A third set, "Jussi Bjoerling in Opera and Song" (D2424) features the tenor as he appeared on four Firestone shows in 1950 and 1951, and one or two of the selections are duplicated but with different settings and treatments. (Two of them already appeared on "The Great Tenors" set.) People who love this artist will want this set as a memory of this much beloved singer. For variety, Firestone conductor Howard Barlow gives us three orchestral selections by Brahms, Glazunov and Tchaikovsky. The running time here is 65 minutes.


Naturally the picture and sound quality ranges from poor to adequate, given the source (early television) and the age of the material, and one must not expect to hear what these singers really sounded like. (In fact, an article in a recent Opera News says that even the best digital recordings cannot do this.) But watching them in action is quite a treat and makes the project well worth it.


Some of the selections are sung with the artist in formal dress standing in front of a curtain or with the orchestra as background, some are costumed against an abstract set, some are given a fully mounted scene. Now and again, a chorus is added for variety; and the whole thing is a lot of fun. Thank you, Kultur.


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