Renata Tebaldi
Who is singing aria “Vissi D’Arte” (Tosca) being talked about in TV show: Frasier, episode “First Date”? 5:20
Scene 2 – Niles’ apartment. There is a small, intimate dinner table set for two. Daphne has lit candles all over the apartment. An opera is playing on the stereo. Niles (in his blue blazer) comes down the stairs, stunned at what she has done to the place.
Daphne: Oh, don’t you look handsome.
Niles: Thank you. Daphne, this place looks wonderful. And excellent choice of music, I love this aria!
Daphne: Yes, she has a gorgeous voice, doesn’t she? It’s a pity she never got quite the recognition of a Joan Sutherland or a Renata Tebaldi.
Niles: [surprised at the depth of her comment] I had no idea you knew so much about sopranos.
Daphne: Yeah, well, you don’t live with your brother for five years and not learn a thing or two about divas.
Easier to say who isn’t (Maria Callas). Also Tebaldi and Sutherland are good candidates to not being (the observation would be senseless). She’s probably One of The Many (the tiny part of the aria doesn’t allow for evaluation). If you put a gun under my nose, I’d say Raina Kabaivanska, but more likely One of The (too) Many, alas.
Renata Tebaldi is Madama Butterfly
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