Franco Corelli's historical Met Debut

Franco Corelli Met debut(27th, Jan 1961) was really historical event. Rudolf Bing(General Manager of Met) heard Mr. Corelli's opera at La Scala and invited him to Met's Stage. New Yorkers were very surprised and enthusiastic about such a handsome and thunder-like voice tenor. He was real something! Here he sang 'Di qullea pira' in 'Il Trovatore'