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Diva Rivalry for Fun and Profit: An Examination of Diva [Mis-]Conceptions via the Rivalry of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi

Pozderac-Chenevey, Sarah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384870010

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2013, M.M., University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Music History.
The [in]famous rivalry between Renata Tebaldi and Maria Callas is part of a long tradition of diva competition and comparison. This thesis examines the historiography of prime donne and their feuds and then explores in turn the major components of this diva rivalry: the women's public careers, their personal lives, and their depictions in media. Though the popular image of the two posits that Callas and Tebaldi were in direct competition for roles but strikingly different offstage, the facts suggest that they were far more similar in personality than generally acknowledged and that their repertoires had little overlap and thus sparse motive for direct professional conflict than widely assumed. I argue that much of the common knowledge about Callas and Tebaldi is the result of preconceived expectations and skewed representations rather than reality.
Jeongwon Joe, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Mark Gibson, M.M. (Committee Member)
Jonathan Kregor, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
128 p.
Music
Maria Callas; Renata Tebaldi; Diva; Rivalry; Gender; Historiography

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  • Pozderac-Chenevey, S. (2013). Diva Rivalry for Fun and Profit: An Examination of Diva [Mis-]Conceptions via the Rivalry of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384870010

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pozderac-Chenevey, Sarah. Diva Rivalry for Fun and Profit: An Examination of Diva [Mis-]Conceptions via the Rivalry of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384870010.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pozderac-Chenevey, Sarah. "Diva Rivalry for Fun and Profit: An Examination of Diva [Mis-]Conceptions via the Rivalry of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384870010

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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