Corelli , he is a born Calaf , maestro Puccini would have chosen him !❤

Ma perché queste raccolte vengono sempre interpretate come gare?! Godiamoci queste voci che non abbiamo avuto occasione di ascoltare dal vivo, noi che ci siam persi la golden age Thank you very much Opera for your great and wonderful work

One of the most plangent of "arias", bringing out the best in all ...

Lots of brilliant tenors here. I wonder how they would all sound if they used similar recording technology, which would make the comparison fairer!

CORELLI is the only Callaf Mestro Puccini had. In mind!!!❤

Hard to choose. So many great singers in the past and so few today.

Pertile is gorgeous as well 😊

Hermoso

Gracias, aportan una gran enseñanza y educa el oido.

Didn't expect that much from Valente , never heard of him before and I'm not a random listener. He definitely had the quality of a great tenor .

Just about an hour ago, I was singing this aria to myself in the shower, and now you've uploaded this video. Amazing!

А интересно услышать и сравнить, как пели в начале века , в середине и позже! Спасибо!!!

Man i just love Pavarotti's spinto sound here. Beautiful.

Franco Corelli is by far the stand out, this aria shows more of the unique qualities of his voice, his voluptuous rich, lower notes. This is the problem with this comparison, it is all of low notes in this aria that makes interesting to hear, not necessarily the one big higher note. Joseph Schmidt’s voice also sounded more unique then the others, he had good lower notes for such light voice. Lauri Volpi did a great version, after him I would rank Mario Del Monaco. Vernetti was great as well, I have never heard his version. There were two very bad versions at the end, one unfortunately from Richard Tauber, whom I quite often enjoy a lot. But he did some very bad singing there, by only using open notes.

Ma scherziamo o cosa?Il grande Corelli è fulgido esempio di Calaf.Ineguagliato e temo ineguagliabile.

Tutti grandi interpreti ma per me il più completo è il Magnifico Franco Corelli! Suscita emozioni che altri non provocano anche se bravi. E poi voce e fiato da extraterrestre! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Where is Björling? His version is breathtakingly beautiful!

Bravo, Pertile!

For me the best is Mario del Monaco:)

Tutti bravi ma per me Corelli,Pertile , Barioni su tutti.

So many greats. Only one Corelli.

Tauber is the best. His singing is even, pure and clear throughout this piece of musical art. He is balanced, composed. It is a song that requires restraint and power. Tauber achieved that delicate balance for this song.

There are so many fascinating ones here. Bravi. But then there was Corelli ,who simply owned this part.

Maestro Nicola Martinucci is still alive… 😢

Where is Sandor Konya His “ non piangere Liu” is very unique and full of emotions He deserves to be in your listings U Tube has multiple examples Listen to his Manon Lescsut “ Donna non vidi mai” Lohengrin” Nun sei bedankt” All on U Tube JMHO 😉

manca the best Franco Corelli

Tutti 10 e lode. L' unico cui aggiungerei la menzione speciale (gusto personale?) è Pertile. Se la pelle d' oca è un termometro di emotività, bene Lui è l unico a farmela venire

Antonio Cortis 🔥

Falta Fleta, Lázaro, Domingo Carreras Aragall, Pedro Lavirgen!!! Está incompletoooo!!!

Nessun dubbio Franco Corelli su tutti e non di poco

My favorite is Tucker's, but of the ones included here I like Schmitt. Tucker just rides the wave of the orchestra in a way I don't hear many of these guys do effectively.

Corelli, Corelli y Corelli

Di Stefano Schmidt Tauber Corelli Pertile Pavarotti

Del monaco ❤️👑

Jeez, Masini wasn't screwing around...lol

Nicola Martinucci 👍

Why do these compilations never include Richard Tucker? He was an extraordinary tenor, one of the best in the world. Corelli and Del Monaco shone here and Tucker would have equaled them. B flats aside or no, I was surprised at the poor showing of some of these.

In my opinion it’s Corelli by a mile.

The great maestro Franco Corelli,the best Calaf ever

The singers brilliant ring in there voices appeal more to me. Granda, Ziliani, Vernetti, Schmidt and Corelli.

Corelli è Calaf!!! Lauri-Volpi ha l'espressione giusta delle parole N1...mi piace anche Del Monaco,grande Calaf fino al 1950!!!...poi stupendo Pertile,che cantava benissimo tutto!!!!!

Corelli, Corelli, Corelli. Absolutely.

The most beautiful version and sung with most emotion is Joseph scmidth but all are great

This is Corelli's opera (although this recording seems to be pitched too high). But where is Bjorling? I'd still vote for Corelli in this role, but Bjorling can't be discounted.

Alessandro Granda died in 1962. Thanks

1. ALESSANDRO GRANDA 2. ANTONIO CORTIS 3. PERTILE 4. DI STEFANO 5. CORELLI

Ma il primo Calaf, Miguel Fleta

Martinelli was amazing in these performances at Covent Garden in 1937 it was recorded live with Both Favero and Albanese on different nights, but it was known in Britain that Martinelli was actually born in 1880 and not 1885, many singers knew this, his great friend and Colleague Aureliano Pertile certainly knew he was born in 1880 in Montagnana he knew Martinelli was Older so did Gigli Schipa and Lauri Volpi who always made a deal out of it, at 57 Martinelli sang very well indeed, my Father actually interviewed him twice for an Opera Magazine and he always smiled, Turandot was an Opera that should have been done at the Met for Martinelli, he was the first in 1921 on a visit to see Puccini with Toscanini to actually sing Nessun Dorma with Puccini at the Piano, it was agreed he would create the roll and Toscanini agreed, but of course Gatti Cassaza at the MET refused to leave him go to La Scala, Martinelli's friend the Spaniard Miguel Fleta took the roll. It was Martinelli's singing of Calaf along with Eva Turner as Turandot that made the Opera a success in London before this it was not Popular, even later in the 40's and 50's many yearned for the Past, certainly it was a opera that needs to be sung and acted.

Lauri Volpi and Franco Corelli are the best ones IMHO.

Galliaono Masini ᆢ ^^