Loretta di Lelio

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Loretta di Lelio , married Loretta Corelli and Loretta di Lelio-Corelli (born July 27, 1918 in Montecatini Terme , Tuscany ; † January 10, 2013 in Milan ) was an Italian opera singer who specializes in lyrical soprano , vocal teacher and bel canto expert.

Life

Loretta di Lelio was trained as a singer and educationalist by her father, the Italian opera singer Umberto di Lelio , who was engaged at La Scala in Milan between 1921 and 1941 . Umberto di Lelio was a well-known Italian singing teacher and bel canto expert who taught fellow singers at La Scala in Milan. He was part of a national and international group of artists, in which his daughter Loretta was included.

In 1941 she made her debut at the Rome Opera House , where she was cast as soprano lyrico and occasionally took on small mezzo-soprano parts in the Italian operas La traviata , Il trovatore , Un ballo in maschera and others.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s she became known through numerous engagements in emerging opera films, including in the film adaptations of Donizetti's operas Der Liebestrank as Giannetta and Lucia di Lammermoor as Alisa.

During an engagement in the opera production Adriana Lecouvreur in the role of Mademoiselle Juvenot, she met the young tenor Franco Corelli during rehearsals in 1952 .

Loretta di Lelio then became the main support of her future husband, the Italian spinto tenor and dramatic tenor, Franco Corelli. She ended her own singing career in 1957 and worked as a manager, vocal coach and most important advisor to her husband. Franco Corelli died in 2003 after a serious illness.

literature

  • Giancarlo Landini: Franco Corelli - l'uomo, la voce, l'arte. Idea Books, Viareggio 2010, ISBN 978-88-88033-68-6 , p. 31 ff.
  • René Seghers: Franco Corelli - Prince of tenors. (= Opera Biography. No. 17). Amadeus Press, New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-57467-163-6 . (Notes on many pages)

Discography

Opera productions - live recordings on CD and live tracks with Loretta di Lelio:

  • Ciléa: Adriana Lecouvreur - complete opera recording Milano 1951, Loretta di Lelio, Mademoisella Juvenot - Warner Front (still on the market) audio CD
  • Donizetti: La favorita - recording of the opera Radiotelevisione RAI Torino audio CD
  • Giordano: Andrea Chénier Vol. I a. II - Opera recording 1958, Orchestra di teatro San Carlo di Roma, conducted by Franco Capuana, audio CD
  • Bizet: Carmen - album with 30 tracks with Franco Corelli - released by the Belcanto Society, USA 2009, audio CD
  • Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore by Margherita Carosio, live track for the opera film of the same name with Tito Gobbi, Loretta Di Lelio (November 14, 2006), 1947, audio CD
  • Massenet: Werther , Turin, January 21, 1957. Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI (It. Rundfunk Rom), conductor Arturo Basile “dividerci dobbiam”, audio CD
  • There is a shellac record with arias by Loretta di Lelio

Filmography

Loretta di Lelio as an opera singer in the opera film:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Giancarlo Landini: Franco Corelli - l'uomo, la voce, l'arte . Idea Books, Viareggio 2010, ISBN 978-88-88033-68-6 , pp. 31 ff .
  2. ^ René Seghers: Franco Corelli - Prince of tenors (=  Opera Biography . Volume 17 ). Amadeus Press, New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-61774-684-0 (references on many pages).
  3. ^ Donizetti: L'Elisir D'Amore. by Margherita Carosio, live track for the opera film of the same name with Tito Gobbi , Loretta Di Lelio (2006-11-14), 1947, audio CD
  4. ↑ Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Opera entire shooting Milano 1951, Loretta di Lelio, Mademoisella Juvenot - Warner Front (still on the market) Audio CD
  5. ↑ tracktvlinks.com
  6. ↑ filmstreaming.00web.net
personal data
SURNAME Di Lelio, Loretta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Corelli, Loretta; Di Lelio-Corelli, Loretta (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer specializing in lyric soprano, vocal teacher and bel canto expert
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Montecatini Terme , Tuscany , Italy
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 2013
Place of death Milan