Renata Tebaldi "Jewel Song" Faust 1949

Recorded November 23, 1949

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• Gounod
• Faust
• Marguerite
• Renata
• Tebaldi

[Orfeus80]

The projects such joy and the voice is a miracle. Truly the most beautiful sound I've ever heard.

[leereever]

There's something fundamentally, even cosmically, unfair about someone with that voice also being so beautiful. As a shallow-souled wreck of a human being I should hate her, and yet I cannot. Brava!

[NART65]

@MastersoftheOpera I agree with you. Her voice if you close your eyes sounds like a bell. Fantastic.

[vivelhistoire]

@lavachevolante BRAVOO! :D

[OperaMystery80]

This was beautiful considering that Tebaldi's strongest repertoire was Puccini, not French operaI. I wonder if she ever sang in French. This is Marguerite's Jewel Song from Faust and it sounds a lot better in the original French. But even as such, it's magnificent. She was young enough in 1949 to sound like Marguerite, innocent, young and in love. There's a bright bloom in her voice and that high note was amazing.

[Erdrick345]

As Toscanini stated, "She has the voice of an angel!"

[leoniemikele]

I'm a poor wreck of a poet, and if I could make one poem that was as beautiful as her voice, I would be happy!

[AmericanEvita]

3:20 - 3:29, that high note is amazing. Strong, solid high note, very classic opera singer material. Loved it!

[lavachevolante]

Very good but I still understand what Captain Haddock felt!!!!

[giacomo473]

strepitosa, come sempre, nessun'altra è alla sua altezza.Grande Tebaldi

[RobNYNY1957]

I wonder why you would sing this aria if you can't do a trill.

[MastersoftheOpera]

Although Renata is singing it in Italian instead of the original French (something her rival Maria Callas was able to do), it does sound gorgeous. It's bell-like, crystalline, charming. She sounds romantic and youthful. Very beautiful interpretation. Marguerite's character comes out in this aria. I love it.