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Mar 1, 2025

HUNGARIAN TENOR GABOR CARELLI (1915-1999) CDR

 



GABOR CARELLI (BORN AS KRAUSZ, GÁBOR PÁL) (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 1915 – MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY, U.S., 22 JANUARY, 1999)


 


 

He studied law and singing at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Budapest. After two years of further education in Italy, including under the guidance of Beniamino Gigli, he made his debut in Florence and subsequently performed at various Italian opera houses. He then moved to North America, where he became a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1951 to 1974, an association lasting almost 26 years.

At the Metropolitan Opera, he specialized primarily as a tenor buffo. He made his debut as Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro, a role he performed there 111 times. Over his career at the Met, he appeared in 56 roles and participated in over 1,000 performances. His repertoire included Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Abbé in Adriana Lecouvreur, Borsa in Rigoletto (sung 118 times), Gaston in La Traviata, Trin in La Fanciulla del West, Elemer in Arabella by R. Strauss, Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, the Duke in Rigoletto, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Alfredo in La Traviata, the Captain in Wozzeck, and Tonio in La Fille du Régiment.

He also worked for two seasons in Israel. Starting in 1964, he taught singing at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

 


TRACKLIST


 

Gabor Carelli, Orchestra Of The Hungarian State Opera, T. Bródy – Gabor Carelli Sings Opera Arias

Label: Qualiton – LPX 1061

Format: Vinyl, LP, Repress, Mono, Hungarian labels

Country: Hungary

Released: 1962

Genre: Classical

Style: Opera, Romantic

A1 Manon Lescaut – Des Grieux áriája Az I. Felvonásból

Composed By – Giacomo Puccini

A2 La Favorita / A Kegyencnő – Fernando Kavatínája Az I. Felvonásból

Composed By – Gaetano Donizetti

A3 Lakmé – Gérald áriája Az I. Felvonásból

Composed By – Léo Delibes

A4 Luisa Miller – Rodolfo áriája A II. Felvonásból

Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi

B1 Andrea Chénier – Chénier áriája Az I. Felvonásból

Composed By – Umberto Giordano

B2 Mefistofele – Faust áriája Az I. Felvonásból

Composed By – Arrigo Boito

B3 Mignon – Wilhelm Meister áriája A II. Felvonásból

Composed By – Ambroise Thomas

B4 L’Arlesiana / Az Arles-i Lány – Federico Panasza A II. Felvonásból

Composed By – Francesco Cilea

Printed By – Egyetemi Nyomda – 62.1803

Conductor – Tamás Bródy

Lacquer Cut By – EO

Liner Notes – Fischer Sándor

Orchestra – Magyar Állami Operaház Zenekara

Tenor Vocals – Gabor Carelli

Side A 15:14

Side B 16:14

Text on labels is in Hungarian

Fully laminated sleeve

On sleeve back bilingual liner notes (Hungarian and English)

A domestic release

Made in Hungary

Matrix / Runout (Side A label): LPX 1061-a MMX 957

Matrix / Runout (Side B label): LPX 1061-b MMX 958

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout [etched]): MMX 957 I. EO

Matrix / Runout (Side B runout [etched]): MMX 958 I. EO


Gabor Carelli – Nápolyi Dalok

Label: Qualiton – EP 1574

Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP, Mono

Country: Hungary

Released: 1961

Genre: Latin, Folk, World, & Country

Style: Folk

A1 Core’ngrato

A2 Dicitencello Vuie

B1 Passione

B2 Turi,Turi,Tura

Carelli Gábor – Olasz Dalok

Label: Qualiton – EP 1593

Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP, Mono

Country: Hungary

Released: 1962

Genre: Classical

Style: Vocal

A1 Povero Pulcinella

Written-By – A. Buzzi – Peccia

A2 Occhi Di Fata

Written-By – L. Denza

B Vorrei Morire

Written-By – F. Paolo Tosti

Printed By – Egyetemi Nyomda – 62.1936

Conductor – Gyulai Gaál Ferenc

Orchestra – A Magyar Rádió És Televízió Szimfónikus Zenekara

Tenor Vocals – Carelli Gábor


HUNGARIAN TENOR GABOR CARELLI (1915-1999) CDR

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