L. Albanese & J. Bjorling "O soave fanciulla" La Boheme 1949

[SuperBobobob12]

Che braviii!!!!

[SHICOFF1]

@HAPPYWEALTHYME ACTUALLY THE OTHER 1956 CLIP WITH TEBALDI AND JUSSI BJORLING IS TRANSPOSED DOWN AND THEY SING HIGH B-- NOT HIGH C LIKE IN THIS ONE BUT YES ALBANESE ALWAYS HAD A FINE FREE EASY TOP.

[GeorgeM1949]

"Armd" Forces Radio? Who knew?

[The99Gambo]

Superb.

[happywealthyme]

Her high C at the end is not as strained as Tebaldi's at the end from the other Bjorling clip. I love how her role playing comes across in this.

[michaelvaccaro1]

What can one say? It does not get any better. I have had the great honor of knowing Her and hearing Her. It is something that one cannot explain. Opera when sung by great artists is like magic.

[diarci]

It was his habit on stage to turn his head from side to side as he sang so that all in the audience could hear.

[Erdrick345]

Well, Bjoerling owned the role of Rudolfo and certainly Albanese and Victoria de los Angeles are very fine sopranos, but as Toscanini remarked, "She (Tibaldi) has the voice of an angel." If one watches the video on You Tube of Bjoerling and Tibaldi singing this piece one can only conclude that this is a definitive rendition of Soave, but I don't wish to denigrate Albanese or anyone else's ability.

[zgopify]

@Erdrick345 Everyone seems to prefer either De Los Angeles or Tebaldi as Mimi to Bjoerlings spectacular Rodolfo, but although they of course were bettervoiced (Tebaldi is one of the greatest ever), there is a certain feeling about Albanese. She seems so vulnerable, so truthful, an ideal Mimi. Tebaldi was almost to good a singer, if you know what I mean. But of course the video of Bjoerling/Tebaldi is...Voices straight from heaven. Also Bjoerling sings with more feeling than here.

[99Gambo]

Jussi B had a truly staggering voice. Albanese was great. I preferred Victoria de los angeles in many roles. but Albanese is excellent here.

[Erdrick345]

One of the three greatest tenors: Caruso, Gigli, Bjoerling...and Albanese was very good but I'd give the nod to Tibaldi or Callas

[The99Gambo]

What about Victoria de los angeles?

[pavan1954]

puro poder , fantastico Bjoerling

[dickdomino]

What fornicating difference does it make?...when th Muslims take over we'll all be arased from history anyway.

[halavey]

Sounds like he turned away for a moment from the pick up microphone at 3:27 but then turned back and let us hear a strong high C with her singing wonderfully and warm as always. His C had the Bjorling throbbing vibrato, familiar with the great voice and technique, among the best. Wonderful!

[georgegurr]

he could sing the top all day long it was so secure . the great bjorling

[796824]

Bjoerling was always splendid. It is interesting to speculate what it would have been like if Elizabeth Rethberg sang as Mimi here.

[SelinaBorg]

amazing amazing

[sarado88]

Fantastic Bjoerling..

[pearlmuth3]

He gets the tender sound before the end perfectly and he always had a great high C.

[muschnik1961]

This was September 25th 1949. Never heard before! Thanks a lot for it!

[billyguns2]

Thank heaven for the microphone! Here are two of the greatest singers in congenial roles, both caught in their glorious prime.

[VinylToVideo]

Yes she is wonderful here.. thanks for posting!

[pearlmuth3]

She was wonderful as well, warm and she had a good top voice, JB sings the C here at age 38 with great ease, for me a better C then LP if you like the high C's and his where great.

[Mooorhe]

My god... Bjorling's C at the end... Words can't describe it!

[imusiciki]

I love this opera!

[sirenadellopera]

Isn't it so perfectly, perfectly composed, vocally, musically, and dramatically? Che meraviglia.

[seektheforce]

@sirenadellopera Vocally it's a huge challenge, but very beautiful.

[paulostroff99]

Two of the finest vocalists in one of the most musical operas by Puccini! Bravo! TY.

[MusicaParola]

This is singing of the highest order.

[sirenadellopera]

Yep.

[SENAFOREVER]

Seldom heard nowodays.