Renata Tebaldi-La vergine degli angeli-La Forza del destino-Firenze 1956-Gabriele Santini

Renata Tebaldi sang La Forza del destino at Teatro Comunale di Firenze in MaggioMusicale Fiorentino the first time in 1953.
Three years later she sang at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino La Forza del destino again.This tape , on june 8, 1956.
I can't say what Tebaldi/Forza I like more, I love all them ('55 Scala, , this '56 Firenze '58 Naples, '60 New York) but between her two Firenze Forzas (1953 and 1956) I think she is better on the '56 (the one I uploaded) .The voice is heavier in 1956, more dramatic .
The wonderful lyrical tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Don Alvaro, a role not very well suited for his voice (he is a big lyrical, his voice was big but he was a lyrical tenor), however he is very good and I think this Forza is a major Verdian performance, headed by Renata Tebaldi, the greatest Leonora of the XX century.
Leonora................................. ...................Renata Tebaldi
Don Alvaro.................................. .............Giuseppe Di Stefano
Don Carlo................................... .............Giangiacomo Guelfi
Padre Guardiano............................... ....Giulio Neri

Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Teatro Comunale di Firenze-Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
June 8, 1956

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[65attila]

Stunning - voaice and interpretation are

magnificent.

Thanks-John

[gdsfan01]

There are tears streaming down my face as I'm writing this. Beautiful beyond words.

[VivaRenata]

@TheValdoro And that is for me too the only explanation. Nothing you can talk about, but only understand.

[CumpariSparacino]

Celestiale! Divina!

[Zva26]

Tebaldi's voice here is almost unbearably beautiful.  Has any Italian soprano sung like this since?

With all due respect to other great Italian sopranos, I think not. The only other soprano who sang it as beautifully as this was probably Zinka Milanov.

[TheValdoro]

its the only explanation,she was an angel sent to us and she will be the sound we hear when its all done,the sound of eternity.

[rosa13gon]

As long as the music remains, we will always have Renata's magic with us. A real gift from a gifted woman, thanks for posting!

[monserrat4707]

E' molto bella questa romanza e soprattutto la voce della Tebaldi: bravissima! Francesca

[happelleppah]

I believe this is one among the most moving arias of the classic opera and Renata Tebaldi put her fabulous instrument, technique and passin to make it even better. Unforgettable Renata

[sttar1982]

Grazie Renata.)

[pippofan123]

@31122051 - Peço sua permissão para fazer minhas, as suas palavras. Eu não conseguiria exprimir melhor o que sinto do que você o fez. É claro que grandes cantoras já cantaram maravilhosamente essa ária mas a Tebaldi é a referência de como essa e muitas outras árias devem ser cantadas. Sublime.

[Godolia]

Tebaldi, choir and orchestra don't touch the earth. Incredible singing and glorious conducting.