Verdi: Requiem LIVE on vinyl 1967 Corelli, Bumbry, Jones, Flagello; Mehta - Latin & English text

Audio recorded live on November 14, 1967, Los Angles Philharmonic Auditorium. Digitized from the first, pirate edition vinyl, Legendary Recordings LR-125-2 LP In memoriam Natalina Adria Marchetti (5 December 1889 - 16 May 1950), Franco Corelli’s mother. Published here on the 70th anniversary of her death (May 16, 2020). “...il tenore ha dichiarato che cesserà di portarlo il giorno in cui potrà cantare una Messa per la mamma nell’anniversario della sua scomparsa. Questa devozione filiale è commovente e Franco Corelli è convinto che il suo successo, le sue ore di gloria siano protette da quell’angelo di donna che gli ha dato la vita.“ “..the tenor has declared that he will cease to mourn the day he is able to sing a Requiem Mass for his mother on the anniversary of her death. This filial devotion is touching and Franco Corelli is convinced that his success, his hours of glory are protected by that angel of a woman who gave him life.“ (Alba,