Renata Tebaldi began her bright career in the major theaters: Milan, Venice, Naples, Rome, Florence, Catania etc ... Achieving sensational successes everywhere.
March 31st, 1949
Her first debut abroad was at the Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon and in 1951 she crossed the ocean and sang at the Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro and at the Teatro Municipal of Sao Paulo do Brasil, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
In 1950 she is in London and Ediburgh with Teatro alla Scala in Otello and Mozart’s Requiem.
Renata Tebaldi a Parigi per Giovanna d'ArcoMuseo Renata Tebaldi
On June 30, 1951 with the Teatro San Carlo Renata sang at the Paris Opera in the "Joan of Arc"
Contratto Rio De Janeiro (1951)Museo Renata Tebaldi
On September 29, at the Teatro Municipal in Rio, she sang in Andrea Chenier with Beniamino Gigli
Programma Nave ItaliaMuseo Renata Tebaldi
August 1952
Renata is back again in South America, on the Giulio Cesare.
Renata Tebaldi a Firenze (1958)Museo Renata Tebaldi
1953
In June she debuted in La Forza del Destino at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, conducted by Mitropoulos.
On December, she debuted in Wally at Teatro alla Scala.
La Scala, San Carlo of Naples, Maggio Musicale in Florence. On May 10th, she debuted in the role of di Tatiana in Eugenio Oneighin at Teatro alla Scala.
Forza del Destino al Teatro all Scala (I atto) (1954)Museo Renata Tebaldi
1955-1960
Long tours in America. In Havana she inaugurated the Auditorium, then again in Italy and Europe: Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart etc..
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March 6th, 1961
On 6 March at the Capitol Great Hall in Washington, Renata sang with Corelli before John F.Kennedy in celebration of 50 years of Italian unity.
Concerto per i 100 anni dell'Unità d'ItaliaMuseo Renata Tebaldi
con Arturo Basile (1961-09-28)Museo Renata Tebaldi
On 28 September, Renata left for for her debut in Tokyo and Osaka with Arturo Basile and, in the NHK Hall sang in Andrea Chenier with Del Monaco. Attending the recital was the Emperor Hirohito. Renata also sang Tosca.
November: from Japan to the Philippines.
Riproduzione di una scena di Forza del destinoMuseo Renata Tebaldi
1962
In September she was in Bilbao and Oviedo. In Oviedo she went to the corrida where the torero, Ostos, dedicated the bull to her.
Renata withdrew for a prolonged period of rest triggering all kinds of rumors which ran from her wedding to her retirement to a convent!
Renata appeared on an American TV program along with Corelli to deny all these versions and reaffirming her decision to stay away from public appearances for a year.
1964
On March 14th Renata returns to the scene at the Met after a year of absence.
Salone costumi BohèmeMuseo Renata Tebaldi
Harold Schonberg wrote in the New York Times: “what a pleasure to see again the Tebaldi of the great years. When have we ever heard a “vissi d’arte” like yesterday evening? It was no longer a romance. It was a heartfelt imploration. The audience was moved and applauded wildly”.
Lewison StadiumMuseo Renata Tebaldi
The Met tour continues: Cleveland, Washington, Toronto, Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas, St.Louis, Minneapolis, Detroit.
She alternates concerts and appearances with television shows to the operatic interpretations. After the tour, he agrees to sing again at New York's Lewison Stadium in front of twenty thousand spectators.
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1966-1967
Once again Boston, Montreal, and New York at the new Metropolitan, the Lincoln Center which she opens with “La Gioconda”, triumphantly taken on tour by the Met.
This was the start of Renata’s second artistic youth. The audiences adored her: Harold Schonberg wrote in the New York Times “Miss Tebaldi is your darling, my darling, everybody’s darling…..”
Hartford con Placido Domingo (1968-02-15)Museo Renata Tebaldi
1968-1969
On 15 February 1968 in Hartford Bushnell Memorial Placido Domingo debuts with Renata in Manon Lescaut.
On 16 September 1968, for the opening of the season at Lincoln Center Adriana Lecouvreur was re-proposed.
Maria Callas approached Renata; they embraced. “I wish a thousand of these successes to you and that you may be happy”, Maria said.
I pochi ammessi all’incontro avevano, con le protagoniste, le lacrime agli occhi.
Il giorno dopo Renata telefona a Maria, che tuttavia era già partita per Parigi. Le scrive allora una lettera, alla quale Maria risponde invitandola a Parigi.
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