Word: renata
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COMO PUCCINI: Turandot, Birgit Nilsson, Renata Tejussi Bjoeriling, Giorgio Tozzi Rome Opera House Or and Chorus conducted by Leinsdorf. RCA Victor LM ndot is Puccini's best and yet frustrating opera. "Best," be of the scope of its profound and dramatic characterize "Frustrating," because the touchstone, its final duet, not written by Puccini but one instead by a mediocre of his, Franco Alfano...
Leontyne Price is inevitably compared to opera's other great divas. Renata Tebaldi, an indifferent actress, is perhaps the closest to pure voice; if she wanted to, she could produce ravishing sounds while reading a grocery list. Eileen Farrell wields her powerful voice with a fine sense of dramatic effect, but she is handicapped by a stage presence that sometimes destroys the illusion that her voice is creating. As for Maria Callas, she triumphs through sheer intelligence, acting ability and guts over her vocal limitations; she has undeniable fire without comparable warmth. Says a colleague who has worked with...
...Bell Telephone Hour (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Jose Iturbi, Renata Tebaldi and Shirley Jones, with Dancers Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn. Color...
Last week, at a performance of Verdi's La Forza del Destino, the first great ovation was reserved for Soprano Renata Tebaldi, making her first Met appearance of the season in the role of Leonora. But in the second act, Baritone Leonard Warren came on as Don Carlo and promptly mesmerized the great house in the famous duet with Tenor Richard Tucker as Don Alvaro. Later, dressed in the gold and black uniform of a Spanish grenadier, Warren soliloquized about his gravely wounded comrade-in-arms: "Morir! . . . Tremenda cosa!" ("To die! Tremendous thing!"). Finally he sang the great aria...