R. Tebaldi & G. di Stefano "Love Duet" Butterfly Live 1950

San Francisco October 15, 1950

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• Puccini
• Madama
• Butterfly
• Cio-Cio-San
• Renata
• Tebaldi
• Pinkerton
• Giuseppe
• di
• Stefano

[pippofan]

Pippo was not fond of this role, he considered Pinkerton a shallow self serving person, so he deliberately shaded his voice to fit the character by removing the warmth he normally sang with. That said, this is a wonderful performance early in both their careers. This was both their debuts in San Francisco and the audience loves their performance - this is what Grand Opera is all about, performances like this will never be again. Rest in peace Renata and Pippo, you now sing only for God.

[supercavaradossi]

che angelico duetto, sicuramente stanno cantando lassù.

[100gvolpe]

G.DI STEFANO, UNA COLONNA DELLA LIRICA BRAVO.

[100gvolpe]

RENATA,SEI BELLA COME UNA MADONNA!!!!!!!!!!!

[baghend]

Good. But Bjoerling does it much better.

Tebaldi is superb, as always.

-Bill in Canada

[madisonelectronic]

@VinylToVideo The people that really should be cold are the NIGGERS that murdered him. How about getting up a reward to drag the NIGGERS in to be executed?

[assindiastignani]

@MegaClassiclover In point of fact, such short-term "marriages" between American sailors and Japanese women were sanctioned by both governments in order to help prevent the spread of venereal diseases. Pinkerton is very young and very naive. Sharpless is the older, more experienced diplomat and counsel in Nagasaki. He knows the customs and also knows that for Cio Cio San this is more than a marriage of sexual convenience HE should have prevented this marriage. For me, he is the "villain here.

[VinylToVideo]

@pippofan Not surprising; he does sound a little cold here.

[MegaClassiclover]

@pippofan He was quite right. Pinkerton was an awful bastard. However, tragedy is the whole point of opera. Renata is, as always, sublime. Thank you pippofan, it is a pleasure to see a rare sensible comment on youtube.

[pippofan123]

Falar o que? Nada do que possa ser dito poderá traduzir o que essa interpretação representa. Pippo e Tebaldi. Que vozes!!!

[Cantormatis]

@MrCafiero Or NY, believe me.

[Cantormatis]

@Matt54e ABSOLUTELY true. Prior to 1976, Carreras was arguably the greatest lyric tenor around. He promptly sang everything, usually too open and way too heavy, and blew it out shorly thereafter.