Tag: Renata Tebaldi
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
“Tebaldi offers a forthright, lusty account of Mascagni’s piece of blood and thunder and has the distinction of three excellent soloists. She is most moving in Voi lo sapete and the rich firmness of Bastianini’s baritone is beautifully caught. As always, Björling shows himself the most intelligent of tenors.” Penguin Guide The Tebaldi/Björling recording of…
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Puccini: Romance & Drama – Legendary Singers
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Puccini: Romance & Drama – Legendary Singers
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Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
“Tebaldi gives one of her most warm-hearted and understanding performances on record.” (Penguin Guide) “a more powerful introduction to La Fanciulla than any stage performance could do. And if we had someone who really looked like Minnie, then would she be able to sing the part as eloquently as Tebaldi? I found that this performance…
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Maria Callas sings Bel Canto
“Mention the words bel canto (literally ‘beautiful singing’) to most opera lovers and they will think of the works of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini ….when Callas was asked by Serafin to sing Elvira Puritani, her career achieved some stability as it led to a period of coaching in bel canto roles, and she made house…
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Puccini: Il Trittico
“Renata Tebaldi brings off a tour de force in her assumption of all three soprano roles…. She gives us some beautiful singing in the passage about the charms of Paris (and) excellent in Suor Angelica, singing with touching simplicity in the scene with the terrible Aunt (superb from Simionato)…. Which reminds me to add a…
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Puccini and Verdi Arias
“This recital… shows him on peak form…all the Verdi items show the true heroic quality of his voice, still baritonal enough to sound completely happy in the wide range demanded …. Bergonzi’s is a remarkable voice and this is consistently enjoyable… conducting is incisive and dramatic” (Penguin Guide) “Bergonzi sings with sincerity and style” (Opera)…
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La Bohème (plus five bonus Puccini arias)
“most collectors will want a set with Tebaldi & Bergonzi at the height of their powers” -Penguin Guide “The wonderful bustle of the Café Momus scene can never have been so vividly captured on disc…Tebaldi sings with great beauty of voice … Bergonzi sings with sincerity and style…d’Angelo with taste and charm”
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Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera in Two Acts)
“sensitive and beautifully-paced reading finds Tebaldi at her most radiant. … her singing is consistently rich and beautiful, breathtakingly so in passages like the one where she tells Pinkerton she has changed her religion.” -Penguin Guide (3 Stars)
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Renata Tebaldi Sings Puccini & Verdi Favourites
Essential arias sung by a legendary soprano at the peak of her interpretive powers Renata Tebaldi was one of the supreme sopranos of the recording era whose voice was captured in all of its glory at the dawn of the LP era. Alto brings together essential arias by Puccini and Verdi taken from Tebaldi’s great…
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Aida
