Corriam voliam

Kurt Baum sings Arnold's aria 'O muto asil del pianto' and cabaletta 'Corriam voliam' from Rossini's Guillaume Tell. Better known as 'Asile héréditaire...Amis, amis' in the original French.

Rossini wrote the role (one of the most demanding in the tenor repertoire) originally for a dramatic tenor, but due to it's high lying tessitura it is most often performed by lyric Rossini tenors. The high tessitura is no concern for Kurt Baum, who sings this aria in it's original (extremely difficult) key.

For those who are interested, here's a link to an interview with Kurt Baum in 1987, two years before his death aged 89: