Soprano renata tebaldi biography

Italian soprano who possessed one of the most beautiful voices of the mid-20th century. Born in Pesaro, Italy, on February 1, 1922; daughter of Giuseppina (Barbieri) Tebaldi and Teobaldo Tebaldi (a cellist); studied with Brancucci and Campogalliani at the Parma Conservatory, and with Carmen Melis and Giuseppe Pais at the Pesaro Conservatory; never married.

Debuted at Rovigo (1944); chosen by Toscanini to open at Teatro alla Scala (1946); debuted at Covent Garden (1950), San Francisco (1950), and Metropolitan Opera (1955).

Fated to be celebrated as one of the operatic world's greatest singers, to live in fame and wealth, Renata Tebaldi was born into poverty in 1922 in Pesaro, Italy.

Even before her birth, her parents had separated, and it would be a long time before Renata learned that her cellist father Teobaldo Tebaldi was not dead but had abandoned her mother Giuseppina Barbieri Tebaldi for another woman.

While an infant, Renata was taken by her