Feuds Corner
With Richard Baker. Maria Callas was once described as having a superhuman inferiority complex.
Renata Tebaldi , claimed the general manager of the New York Met, had "dimples of iron". The rivalry between these two great sopranos led to fiercely catty comments passing between them as their singing reached ever greater heights. The programme includes
Maria Callas singing Casta Diva (Norma), Gualtier Malde (Rigoletto), Divinités du Styx (Alceste) and Un Bel Di (Madam Butterfly), and Renata Tebaldi singing L'Altra Notte
(Mefistofele), Ecco Respira Appena (Adriana Lecouvreur ), La Mamma Morta (Andrea Chenier) and two songs by Mozart.