Franco Corelli “L’amour... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!“ (avec le souffleur) - The legendary diminuendo

Franco Corelli’s diminuendo on the final note is magic. (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette) Metropolitan Opera, October 16, 1967 Caveat: This recording contains the (frequently very loud) prompter (souffleur). On the other hand, you will hear magnificent singing from Corelli and Pilou, including possibly Corelli’s longest, most beautiful diminuendos ever at the end of “Ah! lève-toi soleil!“ and “Va! repose en paix!“ Roméo - Franco Corelli Juliette - Jeannette Pilou Frère Laurent - Justino Díaz Mercutio - John Reardon Stéphano - Marcia Baldwin Tybalt - Charles Anthony Gertrude - Shirley Love Le comte Capulet - Clifford Harvuot Le comte Pâris - Gene Boucher Benvolio - Robert Schmorr Grégorio - Lorenzo Alvary Le duc de Vérone - Norman Scott maestro direttore - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Please remember to be polite when posting. Any rude comments and bad l