Renata tebaldi opera singer

Tebaldi made her debut in 1944

Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi, who was a great rival to Maria Callas, has died aged 82.

Tebaldi died on Sunday at her home in San Marino after a period of illness, her doctor said.

Born in Pesaro, she made her debut in 1944 but her career took off after performing at a concert to mark the re-opening of La Scala, Milan, in 1946.

She sang at the great opera houses of the world but retired in the 1970s due to problems with her vocal chords.

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Renata Tebaldi was a legend in her own time as one of the most highly sought after sopranos in history.

The only daughter of a violin teacher, she entered the Parma Conservatory at the age of 15.

She made her professional debut as Elena in Mefistofele, Rovigo, in 1944.

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Tebaldi was best known for her role as Desdemona

She was chosen by conductor Arturo Toscanini to sing at the re-opening celebration concert at La Scala, which had been shut during World War II, perfoming the soprano part in Giuseppe Verdi's Te Deum.

Toscanini said she had the "voice of