The Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi who is acclaimed as one of the most beloved opera singers of all time was known for her rivalry with which other legendary soprano?
"having an inflated view of oneself and a narcissistic attitude. In 19th-century Italy, the leading woman in an opera or Commedia dell'arte company was known as the ""prima donna"", literally the ""first lady"". This woman, usually the principal soprano of the company, would typically perform leading roles and generally sang more music than other women in the company. Famous opera prime donne have often caused opera enthusiasts to divide into opposing ""clubs"" supporting one singer over another. The rivalry between the fans of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, for example, was one of the most famous, despite the friendship of"
"Renata Tebaldi Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi (; 1 February 1922 – 19 December 2004) was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period. Among the most beloved opera singers, she has been said to have possessed one of the most beautiful voices of the 20th century, a voice that was focused primarily on the verismo roles of the lyric and dramatic repertoires. Born in Pesaro, Tebaldi was the daughter of a cellist, Teobaldo Tebaldi, and Giuseppina Barbieri, a nurse. Her parents separated before her birth and Tebaldi grew up with her mother in the home of her maternal grandparents"
"throughout her artistic achievements. The exhibition is presented by the Renata Tebaldi Committee in collaboration with Superintendence of Environmental Heritage and Landscape of the province of Parma and Piacenza, the Regio Theatre Foundation of Parma and the Municipality of Langhirano and with the patronage of the province of Parma. On June 7, 2014, the museum dedicated to Renata Tebaldi was inaugurated in the stables of Villa Pallavicino in Busseto. Renata Tebaldi Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi (; 1 February 1922 – 19 December 2004) was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period. Among the most beloved opera singers, she"
"a memorable concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini—twice La Scala's principal conductor and an associate of the composers Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini—with a soprano solo by Renata Tebaldi, which created a sensation. La Scala hosted the first productions of many famous operas, and had a special relationship with Verdi. For several years, however, Verdi did not allow his work to be played here, as some of his music had been modified (he said ""corrupted"") by the orchestra. This dispute originated in a disagreement over the production of his ""Giovanna d'Arco"" in 1845; however the composer later conducted his ""Requiem"" there"
"opposite some of the most illustrious sopranos, baritones and basses in operatic history. Veteran opera-goers regarded Tamagno as being the legitimate successor to Enrico Tamberlik (1820–1889), the dominant Italian heroic tenor of the mid-19th century, while Jean de Reszke (1850–1925) was widely considered to be the finest of his tenorial coevals. An elegant lyric-dramatic tenor of the French school, de Reszke's repertoire overlapped Tamagno's to some extent, and although he could never out sing his Italian rival, he had a rounder voice and a suaver stage presence. He was also the foremost male exponent of Richard Wagner's operas to be"
"traviata"" is very moving and also demonstrates her fine legato, as is her ""Ah non credea mirarti"" from ""La sonnambula"". Her ""Una voce poco fa,"" and ""Ah non giunge,"" made for Victor, remain, after all these years, unequalled for their sheer joy, easy virtuosity and spectacular ornamentation. Tetrazzini had a bitter feud with Nellie Melba while at Covent Garden but was generally well liked by other colleagues, especially Enrico Caruso with whom she was close friends, and Frieda Hempel. Adelina Patti, the premiere soprano of an earlier generation, and not known for generosity towards other singers, was an admirer of"
"The career of the first major female star (or prima donna), Anna Renzi, dates to the mid-17th century. In the 18th century, a number of Italian sopranos gained international renown and often engaged in fierce rivalry, as was the case with Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni, who started a fist fight with one another during a performance of a Handel opera. The French disliked castrati, preferring their male heroes to be sung by an haute-contre (a high tenor), of which Joseph Legros (1739–1793) was a leading example. Though opera patronage has decreased in the last century in favor of other"
"greatest Salomes captured in recordings, in spite of extremely poor sound quality. The Austrian CD label has issued several of her CDs, among which is ""The Art of Maria Cebotari"" and ""Maria Cebotari singt Richard Strauss"". Maria Cebotari Maria Cebotari (10 February 1910 – 9 June 1949) was a celebrated Bessarabian-born Austrian soprano and actress, one of Germany's greatest opera and singing stars in the 1930s and 1940s. Beniamino Gigli considered Cebotari one of the greatest female voices he ever heard. Maria Callas was compared to her, and Angela Gheorghiu named Maria Cebotari among the artists she admires the most."
"voice which she was prepared to use unstintingly. (See, for instance, Michael Scott, ""The Record of Singing"", Volume One, pp. 38–40.) An adventurous artist, she embraced an enormously varied repertoire which included, among many other works, Aida, Wagner's ""Ring Cycle"" (as Brünnhilde), ""Tristan und Isolde"", ""Lohengrin"", ""La traviata"", ""Il trovatore"", ""La Gioconda"", ""Faust"", ""Les Huguenots"", ""Mignon"" and ""Le nozze di Figaro"". She established her worldwide reputation as an opera singer of the first magnitude despite facing powerful competition during her career from a number of other outstanding dramatic sopranos. Her main rivals included Lilli Lehmann, Rosa Sucher, Katharina Klafsky, Milka"
"""without question [one] of the most loved and respected performers in the world."" Licia Albanese Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966. She also made many recordings and was chairwoman of The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, which is dedicated to assisting young artists and singers. Felicia Albanese was born in Noicàttaro, today part of Torre a Mare, a quarter of Bari, Italy, in 1909. She made her"
"""I corsari"" and Coccia's ""Giovanna II"". Teresa Brambilla Teresa Brambilla (23 October 1813 – 15 July 1895) was a celebrated Italian soprano most remembered today for having created the role of Gilda in Verdi's opera, ""Rigoletto"". During a career that spanned 20 years, she sang throughout Italy and in other European cities, including Paris, Barcelona and Odessa. Teresa Brambilla was born in Cassano d'Adda to a musical family. Teresa was one of five sisters who all became opera singers. Her elder sister, Marietta (1807–1875) was a contralto who specialised in ""travesti"" roles and sang in the premieres of several of"
"forbids their sale in the United States, owing to royalty concerns. They include Mozart's ""Marriage of Figaro"" and Verdi's ""Il Trovatore"", ""Simon Boccanegra"" and ""Otello"". Rethberg was initially married to Ernst Albert Dormann, and in 1956 she married the Russian-born Met comprimario singer George Cehanovsky (1892–1986). Rethberg died in Yorktown Heights, New York, in 1976 at the age of 81. Elisabeth Rethberg The German soprano Elisabeth Rethberg (22 September 1894 – 6 June 1976) was an opera singer of international repute active from the period of the First World War through to the early 1940s. Rethberg was born Lisbeth Sättler"
"Scarlatti, and his son Domenico Scarlatti. Italian-born Luigi Cherubini was the central figure of French music in the Napoleonic era, while Antonio Salieri and Gaspare Spontini played important roles in the musical life of Vienna and Berlin, respectively. Composers of the 19th century who made their period the great age of Italian opera were Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, and, above all, Giuseppe Verdi. Niccolò Paganini was the greatest violinist of his time. More recent operatic composers include Ruggero Leoncavallo, Giacomo Puccini, and Pietro Mascagni. Renowned operatic singers include Enrico Caruso, Luisa Tetrazzini, Titta Ruffo, Amelita Galli-Curci, Beniamino Gigli,"
"never have been compared. Tebaldi was trained by Carmen Melis, a noted verismo specialist, and she was rooted in the early 20th century Italian school of singing just as firmly as Callas was rooted in 19th century bel canto. Callas was a dramatic soprano, whereas Tebaldi considered herself essentially a lyric soprano. Callas and Tebaldi generally sang a different repertoire: in the early years of her career, Callas concentrated on the heavy dramatic soprano roles and later in her career on the bel canto repertoire, whereas Tebaldi concentrated on late Verdi and verismo roles, where her limited upper extension and"
"Marina Rebeka Marina Rebeka (born 1980) is a Latvian opera, song and concert soprano. Marina Rebeka is one of the leading sopranos of our time and considered one of the world‘s best Violettas in Verdi‘s “La Traviata”. She has also gained a wide reputation as one of the greatest Rossini and Mozart singers in the world. Since her international breakthrough at the Salzburg Festival in 2009 under the baton of Riccardo Muti, Marina has been a regular guest at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and opera houses, such as Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall (New York), Teatro alla Scala"
"le diable, Faust, Don Ottavio, Florestan, Max, Poliuto and Cellini. The heroic tenor Francesco Tamagno (1850–1905) was regarded as being Tamberlik's foremost successor. Their careers overlapped slightly and an echo of Tamberlik's voice and style may be preserved in the acoustic recordings that Tamagno made in Italy in 1903-1904 for the Gramophone & Typewriter Company. Enrico Tamberlik Enrico Tamberlik (16 March 1820 – 13 March 1889) was an Italian tenor who sang to great acclaim at Europe and America's leading opera venues. He excelled in the heroic roles of the Italian and French repertories and was renowned for his powerful"
"Records. Scotto recorded with conductors Gianandrea Gavazzeni (her self-described personal favorite), Vittorio Gui, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Antonino Votto, and Tullio Serafin. She also enjoyed especially close musical partnerships with Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel and James Levine. Audio Video Renata Scotto Renata Scotto (born 24 February 1934) is an Italian soprano and opera director. Recognized for her sense of style, her musicality, and as a remarkable singer-actress, Scotto is considered one of the preeminent singers of her generation, specializing in the bel canto repertoire with excursions into the verismo and Verdi repertoires. Since retiring from the stage as a singer"
"her lack of a florid technique were not issues. They shared a few roles, including Tosca in Puccini's opera and ""La Gioconda"", which Tebaldi performed only late in her career. The alleged rivalry aside, Callas made remarks appreciative of Tebaldi, and vice versa. During an interview with Norman Ross Jr. in Chicago, Callas said, ""I admire Tebaldi's tone; it's beautiful—also some beautiful phrasing. Sometimes, I actually wish I had her voice."" Francis Robinson of the Met wrote of an incident in which Tebaldi asked him to recommend a recording of ""La Gioconda"" in order to help her learn the role."
"Luciano Berio, Paolo Castaldi, Nicolò Castiglioni, Luis De Pablo, Franco Donatoni, Carlo Galante, Alessandro Lucchetti, Giacomo Manzoni, Ennio Morricone, Jan Novák, Carlo Pedini, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Hubert Stuppner. She also appeared in concerts with many notable orchestras, including the London Sinfonietta, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, and the Spanish National Orchestra among others. Salvetta died in Trento in 1991 at the age of 49. Alide Maria Salvetta Alide Maria Salvetta (22 March 1941 – 19 March 1991) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international career in concerts and operas from the 1960s until her death in 1991."
"""Turandot"", ""Otello"", ""La traviata"" and ""Lohengrin"" and duets from ""La bohème"" and ""Carmen"" with the great tenor Beniamino Gigli. Maria Zamboni Maria Zamboni (25 July 1895 – 25 March 1976) was an Italian operatic soprano who had a prolific career in Italy and South America between 1921 and 1936. Admired for her vivid character portrayals and expressive singing, Zamboni was a popular and frequent performer at both La Scala and the Teatro Costanzi. Her repertoire encompassed a broad spectrum, from Verdi and Wagner heroines to French grand opera and verismo roles. She became particularly associated with the works of Giacomo"
"demanding and often declamatory music that Wagner wrote for his ""heldentenors"" could be sung with beauty of tone and, wherever practicable, a smooth legato line. American-born Lillian Nordica was the most illustrious of the dramatic sopranos that partnered him in Wagner's operas. During his heyday, De Reszke sang Italian operas less frequently than French or Wagnerian ones. Indeed, in 1891, his keenly awaited interpretation of the title role in Verdi's last tragic masterpiece, ""Otello"", had disappointed the critics somewhat; while expertly sung, it lacked the clarion ring and elemental force that his main tenor rival, Francesco Tamagno (1850–1905), had brought"
"Clorinda Corradi Clorinda Corradi (November 27, 1804 – June 29, 1877) was an Italian opera singer and one of the most famous contraltos in history. Clorinda Corradi Pantanelli was born in Urbino, Italy. She was the daughter of a nobleman, Filippo Corradi, and countess Vittoria Peroli. Corradi received her musical education in Urbino. Initially, her father enrolled her at the Cappella Musicale di Urbino under the direction of music teacher and composer Filippo Celli. She was obliged to make a living by singing because of the family's economic situation. She began her career at the Recanati theatre in 1823 with"
"Maria Cebotari Maria Cebotari (10 February 1910 – 9 June 1949) was a celebrated Bessarabian-born Austrian soprano and actress, one of Germany's greatest opera and singing stars in the 1930s and 1940s. Beniamino Gigli considered Cebotari one of the greatest female voices he ever heard. Maria Callas was compared to her, and Angela Gheorghiu named Maria Cebotari among the artists she admires the most. Her funeral was ""one of the most imposing demonstrations of love and honor any deceased artist has ever received"" in the history of Vienna, with thousands of people attending. Cebotari was born at Chişinău, in Bessarabia,"
"Being fully aware of the alleged rivalry, he recommended Zinka Milanov's version. A few days later, he went to visit Tebaldi, only to find her sitting by the speakers, listening intently to Callas's recording. She then looked up at him and asked, ""Why didn't you tell me Maria's was the best?"" Callas visited Tebaldi after a performance of ""Adriana Lecouvreur"" at the Met in 1968, and the two were reunited. In 1978, Tebaldi spoke warmly of her late colleague and summarized this rivalry: This rivality ""[sic]"" was really building from the people of the newspapers and the fans. But I"
"Teresa Brambilla Teresa Brambilla (23 October 1813 – 15 July 1895) was a celebrated Italian soprano most remembered today for having created the role of Gilda in Verdi's opera, ""Rigoletto"". During a career that spanned 20 years, she sang throughout Italy and in other European cities, including Paris, Barcelona and Odessa. Teresa Brambilla was born in Cassano d'Adda to a musical family. Teresa was one of five sisters who all became opera singers. Her elder sister, Marietta (1807–1875) was a contralto who specialised in ""travesti"" roles and sang in the premieres of several of Donizetti's operas. Her younger sister, Giuseppina"
"Anna Renzi Anna Renzi ( – after 1661) was an Italian soprano renowned for her acting ability as well as her voice, who has been described as the first diva in the history of opera. Born in Rome, Anna Renzi made her debut in 1640 at the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi of the French ambassador, in the presence of Cardinal Richelieu, as Lucinda in ""Il favorito del principe"" (music lost) by Ottaviano Castelli and the young composer Filiberto Laurenzi who continued to function as her teacher and/or accompanist in later years. In 1641 she made her sensational Venetian debut as Deidamia, the"
"sum, she transforms herself completely into the person she represents, and seems now a Thalia full of comic gaiety, now a Melpomene rich in tragic majesty. Anna Renzi Anna Renzi ( – after 1661) was an Italian soprano renowned for her acting ability as well as her voice, who has been described as the first diva in the history of opera. Born in Rome, Anna Renzi made her debut in 1640 at the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi of the French ambassador, in the presence of Cardinal Richelieu, as Lucinda in ""Il favorito del principe"" (music lost) by Ottaviano Castelli and the young"
"""Marion de Lorme"". She died in Colognola ai Colli in 1907. Maria Spezia-Aldighieri Maria Spezia-Aldighieri (1828–1907) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international career from 1849 up into the 1870s. She excelled in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly admired for her portrayals in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. Her performance of Violetta in Verdi's ""La traviata"" at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice in 1854 is credited with popularizing the opera after it had initially flopped at its premiere in 1853. She was married to baritone Gottardo Aldighieri and is the great grandmother of singer"
"other roles. Her career was disrupted by illness several times – by viral pneumonia from 1981 to 1984, by a detached retina in 1991, and by colon cancer in 2000. She died on March 16, 2017, three days after her 79th birthday. She was survived by her partner of 24 years, Deborah Karner. Roberta Knie Roberta Knie (13 March 1938 – 16 March 2017) was an American dramatic soprano who had a prominent opera career in the United States and Europe that spanned from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. Possessing a strong and clear timbre, Knie became particularly known"
"Caterina Gabrielli Caterina Gabrielli (12 November 173016 February or 16 April 1796), born Caterina Fatta, was an Italian coloratura singer. She was the most important soprano of her age. A woman of great personal charm and dynamism, Charles Burney referred to her as ""the most intelligent and best-bred virtuosa"" that he had ever encountered. The excellence of her vocal artistry is reflected in the fact that she was able to secure long-term engagements in three of the most prestigious operatic centers in her day outside of Italy (Vienna, St. Petersburg, and London). Caterina Gabrielli was the daughter of a cook"
"have sung in the following world premieres: Notes Sources Eugenia Tadolini Eugenia Tadolini (""née"" Savorani) (1809 – 11 July 1872) was an Italian operatic soprano. Admired for the beauty of her voice and stage presence, she was one of Donizetti's favourite singers. During her career she created over 20 leading roles, including the title roles in Donizetti's ""Linda di Chamounix"" and ""Maria di Rohan"" and Verdi's ""Alzira"". She was born in Forlì and studied music there and in Bologna before making her debut in Florence in 1828. She sang in all of Italy's leading opera houses, as well as in"
"the unanimous praise she receives. She was 48 at the time. After the Rimini appearance there is no further trace of her. The date and place of her death are unknown. Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani is known to have sung in the world premieres of the following works: Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani (2 June 1780 – after 1828) was an Italian opera singer best known for having created the leading soprano roles in four of Rossini's operas, roles which he wrote specifically for her voice. She was born Antonia Elisabetta Manfredini in Bologna and was the daughter of the composer and music"
"bohème"" in 1968, and Mozart's ""Così fan tutte"" in 1974; other recordings were nominated for the award. Montserrat Caballé María de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch (; 12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018) was a Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti's ""Lucrezia Borgia"" at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and then appeared at leading opera houses."