THIS WAS MY FIRST TEBALDI RECORDING AFTER LISTENING TO HER 51 RECORDINGS OF BOHEME AND BUTTERFLY....AND NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT VOICES AT ALL.....I FOUND THIS SHOCKING.......BUT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.......ALLAS... LISTEN TO THAT MANON DUET.....IT IS SIMPLY STUNNING.....THE SIZE AND STRENGTH OF THESE TWO VOICES AFTER 30 YEARS OF THE MOST DRAMATIC REPERTOIR...I REALISE NOW THIS IS GLORIOUS SINGING WITH COMPLETE ABANDON....FEARLSESS....AND THEIR VOICES TOTALLY EQUAL TO THE HUGE DEMANDS THEY ARE MAKING UPON THEMSELVES ....SIMPLY STUNNING. THERE IS A MID FIFTIES RECORDING OF TBE MANON DUET WITH CALLAS AND DESTEFANO....WHICH WAS NOT ALLOWED RELEASE AT THE TIME....AND FOR GOOD REASON......CALLAS'S VOICE SOUNDS THREADBARE BY COMPARISON......UNDERSTAND THAT'S MID 50'S CALLAS SOUNDING THREADBARE COMPARED TO MI 70'S TEBALDI....THE ONLY REASON I FOUND TEBALDI SHOCKING WAS BECAUSE SINGING MANON REQUIRES GREATER DRAMATIC HEFT TO SINGING MIMI...AND THESE TWO GREATS HAVE WHAT IT TAKES IN SPADES. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR TEBALDI IN SWEET RAVISHING VOICE.....THE SAME YEAR SHE SANG WITH CORELKI THREE CONCERTS IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH FULL ORCHESTRA.....ADDRIANNA ....BUTTERFLY......MANON....ALL IN PROPER KEYS....WITH FINALE CHENIER DUET FOR GOOD MEASURE...PLUS ESTRELITA...AS EXQUISITELY VOICED AS EVER BY RENATA......IN OTHER WORDS.......SHE COULD GO FROM MOVING PLANETS TO RAVISHING YOUR EARS IN ONE CONCERT....THE CAPACITY WAS THERE.....SHE HAD HAD VOUCE INTACT TO THE END.REMARKABLE. .
THIS WAS MY FIRST TEBALDI RECORDING AFTER LISTENING TO HER 51 RECORDINGS OF BOHEME AND BUTTERFLY....AND NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT VOICES AT ALL.....I FOUND THIS SHOCKING.......BUT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.......ALLAS...
LISTEN TO THAT MANON DUET.....IT IS SIMPLY STUNNING.....THE SIZE AND STRENGTH OF THESE TWO VOICES AFTER 30 YEARS OF THE MOST DRAMATIC REPERTOIR...I REALISE NOW THIS IS GLORIOUS SINGING WITH COMPLETE ABANDON....FEARLSESS....AND THEIR VOICES TOTALLY EQUAL TO THE HUGE DEMANDS THEY ARE MAKING UPON THEMSELVES
....SIMPLY STUNNING.
THERE IS A MID FIFTIES RECORDING OF TBE MANON DUET WITH CALLAS AND DESTEFANO....WHICH WAS NOT ALLOWED RELEASE AT THE TIME....AND FOR GOOD REASON......CALLAS'S VOICE SOUNDS THREADBARE BY COMPARISON......UNDERSTAND THAT'S MID 50'S CALLAS SOUNDING THREADBARE COMPARED TO MI 70'S TEBALDI....THE ONLY REASON I FOUND TEBALDI SHOCKING WAS BECAUSE SINGING MANON REQUIRES GREATER DRAMATIC HEFT TO SINGING MIMI...AND THESE TWO GREATS HAVE WHAT IT TAKES IN SPADES.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR TEBALDI IN SWEET RAVISHING VOICE.....THE SAME YEAR SHE SANG WITH CORELKI THREE CONCERTS IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH FULL ORCHESTRA.....ADDRIANNA ....BUTTERFLY......MANON....ALL IN PROPER KEYS....WITH FINALE CHENIER DUET FOR GOOD MEASURE...PLUS ESTRELITA...AS EXQUISITELY VOICED AS EVER BY RENATA......IN OTHER WORDS.......SHE COULD GO FROM MOVING PLANETS TO RAVISHING YOUR EARS IN ONE CONCERT....THE CAPACITY WAS THERE.....SHE HAD HAD VOUCE INTACT TO THE END.REMARKABLE.
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My good acquinted looking for another 2 concerts as well. Very hard to get.
This recording was a disappointment for me.
However, it's not like you would expect to make it like in 50's in roles they already retire or in parts they never sang on stage.