DVD Videos

Box set comprising the following DVDs already available in the Dynamic catalogue:

Alfredo KRAUS – The 1996 Tokyo Recital

Franco CORELLI – The 1971 Tokyo Concert

2 DVDs for 1

Sound Format: LPCM 2.0

Picture Format: 4:3

Subtitles: It, Eng, Ger, Fr, Sp

Running Time: 54+60 min

Booklet Notes: It, Eng, Ger, Fr

Available Worldwide

Filmed in the Church of St Tolentino, Italy

Running time: 70 minutes

The Italian tenor Franco Corelli was born in Ancona on 8th April 1921. In his long artistic career 1971 (the year of the recordings featured in the present DVD) was an important one. The tenor, who was famous all over the world, turned fifty; twenty years of his life had been spent on stage. Few opera singers, in the 20th century, could compare with him for passion, variety of repertoire and quality of interpretation. In 1971 Corelli sang at the Metropolitan in Ernani, Lucia di Lammermoor, Andrea Chénier, Bohème and Werther. That intense year saw him also visit the Far East with a triumphant series of recitals (Tokyo, Osaka and Seoul), the first of which is documented in the present DVD. The year ended with a successful Norma in Parma (with Cristina Deutekom) and equally glorious appearances in Forza del Destino, Ernani, Aida and Roméo et Juliette. This wonderful recital comes at the conclusion of a fabulous career, in which the Italian tenor sang side by side with all the greatest protagonists of the operatic world. The Tokyo concert, with the Japanese audience in raptures and a Corelli in great form, is the chronicle of a veritable triumph.

The King of Tenors is captured in his prime in this thrilling 1984 recital from the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Italy. The program includes many of the most beloved songs and arias.

77 minutes, color, no subtitles. Texts and English translations enclosed.

In 1965, Renata Tebaldi made her sole appearance on Canadian Television in an evening of music by Puccini and Rossini. This telecast is highlighted by by the finale of Act II of Tosca. Tebaldi, at her vocal and dramatic peak, gives a searing account of the title role, tearing into the drama with an intensity exceeding many of her stage performances. Quilico, in resplendent vocal form, is every bit her match. The scene is typical of the CBC's production values of the period, with superb sets, atmospheric lighting, and keen direction. A novelty is Rossini's song cycle La Regata Veneziana sung by Miss Tebaldi. The work has always been a favorite of the soprano and has been recorded by her with piano accompaniment. This is the first time that the cycle will be available by Tebaldi with orchestral accompaniment.

Renata Tebaldi’s numerous appearances on television made her unique among her contemporaries. Four complete operatic performances as well as televised concerts and guest appearances on major variety programs in the U.S. and abroad have made their way to home video. The soprano’s glowing physical presence made her a natural for the TV cameras while the sumptuousness of her voice asserted itself through even the flimsiest of television speakers.

Tebaldi made three appearances on the Bell Telephone Hour between 1959 and 1967. As collected here, the six arias demonstrate the soprano at the height of her powers in five of her greatest roles. (Though Tebaldi never performed Cavalleria Rusticana on stage, she did make a stunning studio recording of the opera.) The two Butterfly arias from 1959, radiantly sung, are amongst Tebaldi’s first TV appearances, taken from a program that also holds the distinction of being one of the earliest extant color telecasts. By 1967, Tebaldi was clearly comfortable in the spinto-dramatic repertoire with an awesome use of the chest register in the Cavalleria and Gioconda arias. This collection will delight the myriad fans of one of this century’s most beloved divas.

A lyric tenor in a class of his own, Alfredo Kraus (1927-1999) was acclaimed for the beauty, elegance and passion of his singing.

Includes English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles; color, stereo, 83 minutes, Playable in all regions.

Includes English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles; color, stereo, 83 minutes, Playable in all regions.