'Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly)' - Renata Tebaldi

Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi performs the aria "Un bel dì vedremo" from the opera "Madama Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini in 1960

Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
Orchestra: Bayerischen Staatsoper Orchestra

*For educational purposes only
Video from ARD Mediathek

[ArgiaCocco]

A true artist! When I play Madama Butterfly, the vocal elegance of Renata Tebaldi is always a great lesson for me

[piergiorgiomei]

Voce d angelo, ora canti in cielo. Grazie per averci dato la tua arte per tanti anni

[Makayayaya]

I am really at a loss to understand how these two sublime artists could have ever been compared. Tebaldi had a ravishing vocal endowment and she was a wonderfully disciplined artist. No reason whatsoever to compare her and Maria Callas. Both had different attributes, sought different artistic goals, and really specialized in their own respective repertoires. Tebaldi was a modern Twentieth Century soprano whose repertoire was rooted in Puccini and the verismo composers, as well as a few Verdi roles. Ms Tebaldi’s voice is bright and girlish and dark and angry and hopeful and playful, as -I think- the voice of Choi Choi in Madame Butterfly should sound. Callas' art was rooted in a much earlier period (bel canto) and she had a three octave range which enabled her to undertake everything. Callas did perhaps not have the vocal velvet of Tebaldi. She was a different artist altogether. Bashing one against the other is stupid and shows an innate ignorance about music. Two different artistic approaches COMPLETELY. Both divas defined a period in Italian opera that we will not likely encounter again.

[dmedia]

Renata singing un bel di was the first opera I was exposed to as a ten year old child. I will never forget the song and her voice and her feelings.

[КарИрина-ыф]

Слушаю эту арию а новогоднюю ночь 2023. И эта музыка, и этот голос Ане времени. Благодарю!

[giuliobizzarri]

Splendida 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Splendida 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Mamma che Voce……… L’attacco più perfetto in Assoluto.

[johnhagan-zrpm]

From the first note ... Extraordinary.

[МашаИванова-люх]

Нет слов! Хочется слушать снова и снова. Bravissimo, Renata Tebaldi!

[TingSernWong]

I had many recordings of Tebaldi singing this aria - but this is the first time I had seen a video of her singing. Beautiful voice.

[gastonencarletto]

Una stupenda Tebaldi...quando con la Callas...divideva i più grandi palcoscenici del mondo...la voce di Renata è magnificata dalla sua arte assoluta.🙏👏👏👏👏👏❤

[johnhoie]

An all time great. I saw her on her farewell tour with Franco Corelli. Enormous voices, and they still sounded great.

[photo]

~Tebaldi is in superb voice here. 1960 is often said to be the very last year of her prime, ( not coincidentally, it was the year in which she lost her beloved mother.) But she certainly doesn't sound like she is at the end of anything here...

[WBFbySteefen]

That's a voice that carries and can front an orchestra. Amazing.

[CetinOzgul-gf]

This is öne of the Aria makes me emotional …
Touches your soul
Reneta sings very beautiful 🌺🙏👏

[Huineng]

One of the very first albums I bought, way back i the 60s, was Tebaldi singing Madama Butterfly. I fel in love with that voice at once.

[jeaninemahieu]

Merveilleuse Renata Tebaldi !!!
Voix unique et inégalable !!!
C'est la plus grande soprano lyrico-spinto du monde.

[thesoubretteoftheopera]

I have never listened to Tebaldi's Butterfly before. I've been missing out

[josefhussek]

So eine Stimme, so voluminös, so schön und ausdrucksstark hat es nach ihr nicht mehr gegeben. Ich hatte das Glück, sie in den 60ziger Jahren noch live zu erleben und wusste damals schon, so eine Stimme wirst du nie wieder hören. Und so war es auch! Zum Glück gibt es viele wunderbare Aufnahmen von ihr.

[talmagebandy]

How I loved her voice. Maybe my all time favorite soprano.

[radames]

Stupenda esecuzione di questa splendida aria...