Renata Tebaldi in Handel's Giulio Cesare - Da Tempeste

	Duration: 02:26 minutes Upload Time: 2007-08-22 18:22:44 User: Orfeus80 :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: If you thought her Susanna was unusual, what about this?? Singing Cleopatra is certainly not a natural role for a spinto. The sound is ancient and I'm very aware the style she sings it in is too, but I still find something endearing about her singing here. By the way, she blasts that high note at the end so keep your ears in safe distance!
Comments
VivaTebaldi ::: Favorites  2007-08-25 12:54:02 Very young Tebaldi - out of this world. __________________________________________________
fueeego ::: Favorites  2007-09-06 08:14:11 WOW !!! This is un-be-lie-va-ble, I never thought the hughe voice of Tebaldi was capable of singing with such "agilita". __________________________________________________
vitellia ::: Favorites  2007-09-16 05:03:06 Just about everything is "wrong" (tempo, style, cuts, orchestra, etc...) except for the voice itself, which is utmost beautiful. I'm positive she must have made a great Alcina, which's virtually coloratura-free, had she ever sung it. __________________________________________________
clymnestre ::: Favorites  2007-09-18 22:33:44 Singing like that must be an example for every young singer! That is a perfect voice line... __________________________________________________
VivaMariaCallas ::: Favorites  2007-09-22 22:36:59 This is surprisingly agile singing from Tebaldi. She copes with the coloratura surprisingly well- with much more ease than one would expect. __________________________________________________
meltzerboy ::: Favorites  2007-09-29 16:53:58 I suppose everything is relative and based on what version you are accustomed to hearing. My feeling about Tebaldi's singing of this aria is much the same as my reaction to Caballe's: it lacks the ease and brilliance that Sutherland, Sills, and Swenson display, although there is more agility than one might have thought. Worth hearing at least once. __________________________________________________
operaboy81 ::: Favorites  2007-10-05 09:47:47 Suprisingly good. I didn't think she sang anything with agility. Her high notes were good here. She sang some Dramatic roles, which were too heavy for her voice. I think because of that she lost a couple high notes. __________________________________________________
espacecardin ::: Favorites  2007-10-05 13:23:46 You are too young.Please don't post you you don't know.Just the opossite, Tebaldi prefered to sing less heavy roles for what she HAD the voice for.Her voice was incredible large __________________________________________________
espacecardin ::: Favorites  2007-10-05 13:25:15 That's why she enjoyed of vocal longevity, singing by 1966-67 series of vibrant Giocondas in great shape, with all the notes! __________________________________________________
VivaMariaCallas ::: Favorites  2007-10-06 00:03:11 Well, her voice wasn't dramatic. More lyric-spinto. It's not just about the size/volume; one has to take into account the weight. While her voice's weight is heavy for a lyric/spinto, I don't think it was as heavy as a dramatic soprano's. She knew that. That's why she didn't sing things like Trovatore on stage. Gioconda (which she did well) was a stretch, and, actually, ruined her top. __________________________________________________
espacecardin ::: Favorites  2007-10-06 02:19:11 Dramatic or spinto or lyrical is because of the color of the voice, not the weight. Dramatic soprano has very big low notes and big middle but dramatic soprano voice became slender on top, examples Ponselle, Caniglia __________________________________________________
espacecardin ::: Favorites  2007-10-06 02:22:30 Let's separate things.Leonora/Forza is much heavier and dramatic than Leonora/Trovatore and Tebaldi reigned surpreme in Forza, she did not sing Il Trovatore on stage because she didn't want (she recorded it asked for Decca and she is fabulous) __________________________________________________
espacecardin ::: Favorites  2007-10-06 02:27:43 Gioconda was not an stretch for Tebaldi, Gioconda was a stretch for other smaller voices.Tebaldi '67 Gioconda studio version is excellent and there are around 15 "live" Tebaldi/Gioconda tapes where she is in great voice in all of them, in blossoming voice from top to bottom, she sang La Gioconda between 39 and 40 times __________________________________________________
espacecardin ::: Favorites  2007-10-06 02:33:43 Anita Cerquetti was a fine singer, she sang La Gioconda a couple of times around 1956/57 and recorded it in that year.She was only 26, whay happened ? In 1960 Boom Cerquetti career ended and she was only 29. __________________________________________________
espacecardin ::: Favorites  2007-10-06 02:41:32 Very few singers could sing La Gioconda.Arangi-Lombardi is only good but not as spectacular as Tebaldi/Gioconda.Tebaldi voice is bigger, carry great power and her top is huge __________________________________________________