Renata Tebaldi in Verdi's Otello - Ave Maria

[bodiloto]

SUBLIME!!!!

[Paddy818]

She owned this role!

[triptoheaveandho]

ahh the perfect Verdian soprano... gracious and sweet dignified and majestic

[CateSoprano]

LA VOCE D'ANGELO.... Come l'aveva chiamata Toscanini quando la sentì...

[Ubris2010]

Finale sublime!

[Fegen]

Renata Tebaldi and Lucine Amara were the only sopranos that ever moved me

to tears at the Met Opera House in New York City. I did see her as Desdemona

there.

[flavikio]

La voce più bella di tutti i tempi.

[Sheribear9202]

i love this version... my voice teacher took lessons from Tebaldi...i love her tone quality and technique...i i hope to sound like her soon!

[LittlePasserotto]

dolce e incredibile...

[areion100]

Non può venire meno col tempo il ricordo di una così grandiosa artista. Grazie Tebaldi!!!

[tobobba]

I love the music and the voice..

[Drelnis]

Where's this recording from?

[dodi132]

She is SUBLIME.

[morinoroba]

I agree with you！

Thank you.

[critters46]

Tebaldi is a real charmer.

[na3nou3911]

i prefer maria calls's performance of this song. It sounds much more...creamy!

[morenalins]

I'm totaly igree!

[opera535989]

Please. Renata Tebaldi was THE Desdemona of her generation. This is not a role that was suited to Callas, it was far too heavy for her. This role requires a true spinto, and Maria was not that.

[corellithebest]

I wouldn't agree that Maria was not a true spinto, she was the dramatic coloratura. Even though I agree that she was not particularly known as Desdemona. Renata is really THE Desdemona. In that part I agree with you. Renata's voice is so luscious, creamy, rich and subtle and moving at the same time!

[Nello7]

I remain unconvinced that Desdemona was written for a spinto. The reasons are quite clear in the score as well as the story. The Otello-Desdemona dynamic is about contrasts, from ethnic,cultural, and class, this is also represented by Verdi in the music. Where Otello must be a dramatic tenor to handle the heavy lower register singing and orchestration, Desdemona does not have to carry an orchestra. Her character doesn't require much heavy singing. Tebaldi was the best since Ponselle!

[BernardProfitendieu]

then you really don't get Otello, do you? ... Renata Tebaldi was the best Desdemona of the 20th century (and that's according to Maria Callas!!)

[MrCafiero]

Incredible. The pianissimo in the end almost sounds like Ponselle in this recording.

[opera535989]

I actually prefer the later version with Karajan, probably because of the more spacious stereo sound. The pianissimo at the end there is even more beautiful than here. That recording was the primary complete Otello for many years, even though many people (self included) had a hard time with Del Monaco. The Domingo recordings are worthwhile, and an excellent compromise is the McCracken with John Barbirolli conducting, truly compelling.

[MrCafiero]

"A hard time with Del Monaco"??? I guess he is no Florez! LOL!!

[samdrophy]

Is this from the 1954 Erede recording?

[Orfeus80]

no the 1949 recording sessions

[SensusEtRatio]

Miracolo vocale. Alla Tebaldi non manca davvero nulla nell'esecuzione di questo brano. Interpretazione toccante, fraseggio magistrale; saldezza assoluta nella linea vocale; morbidezza di emissione; fluidità liquida; lucentezza timbrica radiosa; colore vocale terso, fatto di latte e di luce, dovizia di armoniche che letteralmente tolgono il fiato; perfetta proporzione fra i volumi della voce. Il pianissimo finale è un autentico raggio di sole della consistenza di uno sbadiglio. La Tebaldi!

[FSebastiano]

La sua Desdeona è la migliore, insuperabile e inarrivabile.

[bachorg]

come al solito la migiore anche qui

[qyzuf]

modest...You hear Desdemona, the real woman

[renardroux]

La Tebaldi... Una che ne non si puorà mai dimenticare, mai!

[corellithebest]

Although I enjoy Callas' Ave Maria too, Tebaldi's is gorgeous too, HEAVENLY, OUT OF THIS WORLD!

[mklambatsea]

Is nice but not beautifull..

Is so difficult to have a power of voice and to have a balance of the laudness and the sencitivity of the sound

Sorry i can not compare it with Callas

but even is good

Thank you

[Orfeus80]

You're welcome though you must be the first person to enjoy Callas' shaky Ave Maria. No one is asking you to compare Tebaldi to Callas, they were different singers.

[Elisabetta611]

Not the first. I enjoyed Callas' haunting "Ave Maria" too. The chiaroscuro effects, dramatic colors, the vulnerability....

And I also love Tebaldi's Desdemona. They were both lovely.

[Fairpavel]

Yes, you're right. I would add Kabaivanska as a great Desdemona, she was magnificent in the role.

[qyzuf]

and kiri of course

[kourouyann]

@Fairpavel I can add Margaret Price to fine Desdemonas...

[Andante735]

Are you out of your bloody mind, or just an imbecile? NOT BEAUTIFUL??????? What fucking planet do you live on? Tebaldi is considered one of the beautiful voices that ever sing. Sorry for the language guys, but this person is just so utterly inane and absurd that I can't control myself. You idiot, you moron.

[BernardProfitendieu]

what's with you tools who go around writing "Callas, Callas, Callas" on all other sopranos' posts? 

This is a post about Tebaldi.

[VivaTebaldi]

Tebaldi is better than Callas in this role.

Beautiful voice. I think you need to clean your ears.

[63Attila]

Magnificent . A peerless Desdemona . Voice and phrasing are incredible.

[janejones11]

What year is this from?

[Orfeus80]

1950

[patjan92]

Perfectly balanced. Not overdone. Not underdone. Beautiful.