Renata Tebaldi regarding Callas's voice and their supposed rivalry, quoted in Callas: A Documentary (1978) by John Ardoin, narrated by Franco Zeffirelli
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This rivality was really building from the people of the newspapers and the fans. But I think it was very good for both of us, because the publicity was so big and it created a very big interest about me and Maria and was very good in the end. But I don’t know why they put this kind of rivality, because the voice was very different. She was really something unusual. And I remember that I was very young artist too, and I stayed near the radio every time that I know that there was something on radio by Maria. The most fantastic thing was the possibility for her to sing the soprano coloratura with this big voice! This was something really special. Fantastic absolutely!

— Renata Tebaldi

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "This rivality was really building from the people of the newspapers and the fans. But I think it was very good for both of us, because the publicity was so big and it created a very big interest about me and Maria and was very good in the end. But I don’t know why they put this kind of rivality, because the voice was very different. She was really something unusual. And I remember that I was very young artist too, and I stayed near the radio every time that I know that there was something on radio by Maria. The most fantastic thing was the possibility for her to sing the soprano coloratura with this big voice! This was something really special. Fantastic absolutely!" in the context of "Renata Tebaldi regarding Callas's voice and their supposed rivalry, quoted in Callas: A Documentary (1978) by John Ardoin, narrated by Franco Zeffirelli" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Maria Callas

About Maria Callas

Maria Callas Μαρία Κάλλας (born 2 December 1923 – 16 September 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano opera singer.