Renata Tebaldi in Verdi's La Forza del Destino: Son giunta!

The forze of destiny by a force of nature. Renata Tebaldi singing Son giunta! Madre, pietosa vergine at La Scala in 1955. This is one of those performances I find completely overwhelming. She pours out so much sound, emotion and grandness it's all too much to fit on a recording.

Imagine how it must have felt in the theatre to be surrounded by this sound. This is the singing Verdi's masterpiece deserves.

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• Tebaldi
• Renata
• Verdi
• Forza
• del
• Destino
• Son
• giunta
• Madre
• pietosa

[VivaTebaldi]

A wall of sound, incredible singing.

Powerful, rich and firm. The greatest Leonora. Nobody sings like this today.

Incroyable.

[bisigato]

Tebaldi is the biggest soprano voice.A TORRENT.Round bottom, very big middle and huge top, she has everything.The greatest Leonora case closed

[Zva26]

@hipouracanadogrito In THIS music, Tebaldi is magnificent, and yes, I'd say that she surpasses Callas in this role for sure. But if you are implying that Tebaldi "far surpassed" Callas overall, I would vehemently disagree with you. Callas left an imprint on opera that has been equaled by none. However, to dismiss Tebaldi as an "also-ran" is also stupid. Both were in their absolute primes during the same period. We shall never encounter their likes again. We should be so fortunate today!

[DonPaolissimo]

La nostra regina - per sempre!!!!

[Maripudelmonaco]

Hasta ahora nadie mejor cantante que RENATA TEBALDI, ella si que es LA DIVINA, porque su voz era sublime.

[jmuslvr]

The audience was right. Brava!

[MrTythompson]

magnificent

Brava La Tebaldi

[operachad]

Unbelievably good stuff

[Zyghnwyr]

Huge, huge performance both vocally and interpretively. Unmatchable.

[iskenderuna]

Tebaldi at her very very best which is as much as saying stunning!!. Everything about this is pure italianita so often missed in the American sopranos.

[tebaldicallas]

A wall of sound - Anna Moffo said when she heard Tebaldi in La Forza she taught

that she was going to die. The biggest voice. Her singing has no weakness.

Power, Power and Power.

[hipouracanadogrito]

Pain, passion, desperation; everything in this incredible redition by Renata Tebaldi; she surpassed by far Callas