Other famous Corelli’s n This exposition will be about famous people whose surname was also Corelli, like Captain Corelli n It will briefly outline their lives and major achievements and will explore their links to the book or its characters, if any

The Corelli’s n The exposition will analyse the following people: Arcangelo Corelli - composer Arcangelo Corelli - composer Franco Corelli - tenor Franco Corelli - tenor

Arcangelo Corelli( ) n Born in Fusignano, Italy Italian composer and violinist His style of playing became the basis for the violin technique of the 18th and 19th centuries

Arcangelo Corelli( ) He was the most widely published and reprinted composer before the Austrian Joseph Haydn He was the first composer to gain an international reputation solely on the basis of his instrumental music

Corelli to Corelli n The obvious link between this Corelli and the book is that he developed and played instruments very much like the mandolin, string instruments. n He was a composer, just like Captain Corelli is in the book and they both had talent composing

Franco Corelli n Franco Corelli was born in Ancona, Italy, on 8 April n Well known Italian tenor n Franco Corelli has sung in major houses throughout the world and recital halls as well

Franco Corelli n n In 1951 he won the Maggio Musicale competition in Florence He made his debut at Spoleto in 1951 singing Don Jose in "Carmen" n n “Giulietta e Romeo”,"La vestale”, "Tosca”, "Il Trovatore" are some of his performances until 1976

Corelli to Corelli n There is not much in common between Franco Corelli and Captain Corelli n The link between them is that they both perform music, either vocal or instrumental n With respect to their characters, Franco Corelli was a very reserved person so no comparison is possible

Acknowledgements n Most of the information for this presentation was taken from: Encarta Encyclopaedia /Corelli.htm /Corelli.htm For further information, visit these sites