An 1998 interview with Franco Corelli by Jorge Rodrigues for Portuguese radio.
A short, light-hearted chat in which Franco reminisces about his performances in Lisbon, nostalgic memories of his time there, his favourite theatres, recordings, colleagues, whether he likes teaching, etc.
I was just trying to guess the exact questions, because they were not included in the broadcast. The original format was that Jorge Rodrigues summarised a segment in Portuguese and then played the original audio recording with Franco's response. So, for brevity, I cut out the Portuguese summaries.
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Timestamps
00:00 Favorite repertoire and composers?
00:56 Most important theaters
01:42 About the 1957 Lisbon Khovanshchina
03:13 Lisbon memories
05:04 Tenor idols
05:31 Di Stefano and Del Monaco
05:46 Today's opera landscape
06:08 Spoleto debut
06:26 Physique du role
07:17 Favorite recording
08:01 Did he enjoy making recordings?
08:44 Contemporary operas
09:06 Puccini or Verdi?
09:20 Favorite conductor
09:44 Favorite partners
10:16 Does he enjoy teaching?
10:49 Are singers better teachers than theorists?
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