TRACKLISTING
1 Miei rampolli femminini (Don Magnifico) La Cenerentola Rossini
2 Ho un gran peso sulla testa (Taddeo) L’italiana in Algeri Rossini
3 Udite, tutti, udite (Geronimo) Il matrimonio segreto Cimarosa
4 Sia qualunque delle figlie (Don Magnifico) La Cenerentola Rossini
5 Jusqu’ici, sans dangers (Marquis de Saluces) Grisélidis Massenet
6 Je comprends que la belle aime le militaire Le Caïd Thomas
7 Le pas d’armes du roi Jean - Saint-Saëns
8 Au bruit des lourds marteaux (Vulcan) Philémon et Baucis Gounod
9 A cheval sur la discipline ...Pif paf pouf! (Général Boum) La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein Offenbach

Swiss bass Fernando Corena was born in Geneva on 22 December 1916 and died at Lugano on 26 November 1984. After studying in Milan he made his debut in 1937 and during World War 2 he remained in Zurich. After the war he made his debut as Varlaam at Trieste. After a series of appearances in Italy he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1954 as Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni. Appearances in England followed and Covent Garden saw him as Dr Bartolo (in Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia) in 1960 & 1969. It was the buffo repertory that Corena came to specialise in and he made numerous appearances in many important houses throughout Europe and further afield.