I listen to his voice at 1.10 ! It shouldn't be possible to sing like that. I can see some real reactions from the singers around him here. Its incredibly beautiful.
Not only did Björling sing with great beauty, but his technique was so flawless that he made it look easy and totally natural. But behind that delivery was superb training, skill and intelligence. Regina Resnick, after performing with him for the first time, went back to her voice teacher and said "How does he do that?" By which she meant , how does he sing seemingly without taking a breath.
jfraif, , There was no sarcasm in my remark, I was responding to another post. An apology is in the classical sense, simply a defence. There are many Lanza lovers who include him among the greatest tenors ever which on its face is absurd. He had a good voice and an exceptional carreer. But anyone who puts Lanza in the same league as Bjorling simply has no idea what they are talking about and it is a waste of time to debate the issue. I mean no disrespect to Lanza, but come on!
oh...here's something else. this performance was part of a "voice of firestone" television broadcast in the 1950's, the same time that lanza's recording of this piece had been released. why did bjorling feel it was so important to "challenge" lanza, which many other tenors did during that time? why wasn't lanza ever invited to perform on that show????? oh, oh...too much recognition?????
it's a very old argument. a performer (vocalist or instrumentalist) must embrace EITHER art or popular music. one cannot perform both with the REQUISITE talent. in the vocal "world", lanza possessed that rare, god-given talent, but no one was willing to give him credit for it. i'm sorry, say what you will about OPERA, but bjorling's performance of "mattinata" doesn't hold a candle to lanza's.
ok...i absolutely LOVE jussi bjorling. however, when a swedish tenor is being credited with the all-time best performance of an italian song, i feel compelled to ask, IS ANYONE ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THIS PERFORMANCE? at the outset, his "perfect" note values are more appropriate to an EXERCISE than an emotional rendering. further along, his "rubato" is consistently devoted to the wrong notes, which makes it seem at best gratuitous and at worse that he doesn't understand the concept. sorry.
@jgraif I think whowe likeis subjective&you can probably argue till your blue in the face For me Lanza is my favorite in the american songs& i dont believe anyone has or will ever sing them more beautifully,He has the interpretative gift that emotes compassion,feeling warmth along with a beautiful clean quality of voice that would be the envy of any singer.He does come up against more competition in the italian repertoire,But SoWHAT! The voice speaks for itself&wecanhim enjoy as much as we want
@jgraif Bjorling had a beautiful voice, but he was rarely intimate asDi Stefano or Lanza was involved with every word he sang.Many times I feel that Lanza or DiStefano& Schipa are singing directly to me as appose to Bjorling just singing the words with his beautiful voice.Bjorling has a Lucevan Le Stelle in a live performance on YTwhere JB expresses much emotion, but it IS TRULY A RARITY in his mostly methodical beautful&extremely great technical line of singing.Beautiful but boring.Enjoy
@sugarbist It´s very funny howe it can be. Taste is lika a but - devided! One thing wich one listeners regards as an advantage could for another listener be THE disadvantage? What i like the best in Björlings singing is the lyric constant flow without interruptions, sobbings and gear shiftings - like a tour in a rollercoaster. The opposite to this is f.ex. Lanzas version. Don´t get me wrong, Lanza has one of the finest voices ever but his INTERPRETATION of Mattinata i don´t like. Cont......
@suffes I respect your opinion about Bjorling's lyric constant flow, etc.& again I reiterate that JB had a beautiful voice with a marvelous tecnique.However, Caruso was an Original interpretator for so many songs& operas,that many great tenors emulated EC's interpretations which did include sobbings,gear shiftings&perhaps roller coaster rides which I have grown accustom to over the years,listening to Volpi Gigli Corelli Del Monaco Pertile Di Stefano Merli Fillipeschi Fleta Cortis. Continue
@sugarbist Comming back to you beacuse now some real "hot stuff" has appered! As i mentioned before there are to many studio and TV recordings compared to opera live recordings of Björling here on YT. Now some legendary recordings from the Stockholm opera 5.1.1957 has turned up. Trye at Addiobelpassato "Ella mi fu rapita ". This is IMO as far as tenor singing gets everything counted! The second half of this is concidered as very hard to sing and here he bocomes warm and really shines!!!
@suffes continued.This could be the reason why I do enjoy this type of singing. In the 1960s, I listened to only Pertile Fleta&Bjorling & no other tenors, every day for a period of about 4 months. I thought they were all very captivating.Pertile did not have a beautiful voice by any stretch of the imagination, but he was indeed a great interpreter & he did sing beautifully.I admire Bjorling very much, but my favorites are Del Monaco Corelli Di Stefano& Lanza, whom are all subject to criticism
@sugarbist Cont... Qonsecuently I like Lanza best in his “NON – exaggerated intimate” singing. On the other hand, you have a point in that JB in this particaular version is to less intimate. BUT this you´l find in his Mattinata live from Holland 1948. It has it all! Here he also uses his spinto range!
You say emotion is a rarity in JB:s singing. Well, he was VERY nervous on studio and live radio/TV productions probably he also made TO MANY recordings to keep up. Heard he made 800! Cont....
@suffes I really prefer Lanza in the so-called American songs, where he is more familiar with the language and really interprets extremely well.It's interesting, I did not realize that Bjorling suffered from nerves in the studio and live.For a Nordic, I thought JB's Italian was very good, exept for a few aria recordings he did later in his career.I must say that the live recordings and performances have a tendency to be more exciting for the artists& listeners.
@sugarbist Cont...BUT only important thing is that the emotion was there and documented in so many opera live performances. Surprisingly he was not nervous in front of an opera audience? It is also only in interaction with other actors the real emotion is called for! Trye Romeo live opera performance october 13 1943!!! It will never ever be surpassed!
@suffes I commented positivelyon JB'sLIVE ( E Lucevan Le Stelle),which I thought was terrific.I don't think that Bjorling is a tenor that could produce a sour sound.I also think that the pulsation in a live performance tends to be sharper than a studio recording because of the sense of the required urgency involved.I think the emotion is called for in the solo performances where an artist is attempting to relay his feelings as appose to just singing musically. I do prefer LIVE performances.Enjoy
He has an absolutely awesome voice. I love it! Nothing against him, I'm just not a big fan of how square everything is in the beginning.. I like to think of this as a tenor swagger song, needs alittle bit more swag =p
Comments here are from musically intelligent contributors. My only reservation has to do with the idea that because one singer is good, another must be bad. Mario Lanza, like Sergio Franchi, unquestionably had a beautiful voice and musical sensibility. Maybe lightweight, but I'd like an opinion from anyone who heard him in vivo. Yes, Jussi reigns supreme, that's a given! Pavarotti once cited Björling as his inspiration, but Domingo said Lanza was the idol of his youth.
I love Jussi especially, but also love the sounds of Caruso, Tauber, Zabers (possibly one of the best to have been 'unknown'), Carreras, Lanza (and the Canadian tenor who apparently played him in a movie - Richard Margison), Ricard Tucker, John McCormack, and Bocelli. Each has brought great joy to my life.
For sopranos, Callas lifts me high, and Bartolli always sends the hairs up on the back of my neck.
@greysparrow68 Thanks, glad to know I'm not alone in my reactions. Going to look up Zabers & Margison, unknown to me. You betcha on Bartoli &, of course, Callas. I'd have to throw in Price, Tebaldi, & de los Angeles. Another favorite soprano, believe it or not, Joan Baez. Our Cecilia has more agility in her human voice than a flute virtuoso with all those levers to push.
@MTondeleo thank you for the considered comments. you are absolutely correct. those of us who think we have a little bit of knowledge can be very outspoken and VERY INCORRECT at times!! we ALL can continue to learn from each other every day of our lives if we remain open. personally, i enjoy the voices of many, many different tenors. they all have an individual appeal. however, i choose to fight for lanza who, after 60 freakin' years, continues to be dismissed out of hand for NO GOOD REASON.
Many assumed that Caruso was superseded by Gigli, and arguably so, but Caruso's widow, Dorothy C., declared that her husbands mantle was inherited by Jussi Björling. One observation of minor interest to me is how natural he looks producing that celestial sound of his, none of the fish-mouth, gaping, or other grimaces often seen in singers of the "operatic" persuasion. Too bad the rare films & videos of Jussi are set in such dorky staging.
just heard other famouse guys sing this song but nobody gives such tender feeling as Jussi does, what beatiful voice! makes me exciting to just think about what would be feel like hearing him in person! and breaks my heart we will naver have a chance as God keeping him selfishly himself.
I heard Jussi at the Lyric in 1958. I kew I'd never hear his like again, and at 68 years I havn't and never expect to! Though he never intruded on the ensemble, it was always obvious due to the increased quality whenever he entered, A great honor to have heard him!
Best best and even better. Jussi you re an angel in heaven. En ängel som låter oss skåda himlarna. (Whom let us get a glimse of heaven in our earhlife)
Heard him in 1958 sing the duke on stage it was not a big voice but carried very well and he sang well. I did not know then he was sick. I was 17 years old at the time and had just heard Peerce a week or two before in Concert and enjoyed him also. I did not know but JB was already sick with a heart condition but he sang all the shows and did not cancel. It was in Chicago and that year he sang in 3 Aida's . Peters had a small voice but it carried to the top of the old met. the point does it.
Sure, I'm one of those who like to offer a critique on the great tenors. I find some-
thing worthy in ALL of them. I won't recite the names here. But I must say, for the Italian repetoire, I prefer the Italian singers. Especially in a song like the
Hey marcorosca, I have always loved Claudio Villa. One of the all time great singers of Italian songs. Another great one is Roberto Muralo. Fine singer of Neopolitan Songs. Domenico Modugno is also high on my list. But Villa, well just fantastic.
One feels a little guilty in trying to compare great tenors, each of which had more ability than most of put together! Yet, despite the presence of about twenty truly great tenors of the 20th century, and allowing for the fact that some pieces suit some tenors better than others, I think that three platinum-gilted tenors rise above the tremendously talented: Caruso, Gigli and JB. The talent that they possessed is enough to make one very very religious.
You might want to listen to Mario Lanza sing this song and more than likely you will agree with the majority of listeners than all other tenors paled in comparison on this particular song .
@maxhansendk You have to pity Etnalleb, he is obsessed with Lanza, and tries desperately to prove to himself that the 'light musical' Hollywood star was a better opera singer than Bjoerling, Di Stefano,Peerce, Kraus, and I guess even Caruso.
That not 1 % of the classical musical critics, would agree, is making it difficult for him but wtf...
@zgopify oh my god , is he really . I usually get censored for atttempting to convince the Lanza apologists that he was not in the same ballpark with the likes of Bjoerling, but I have since given up. Its not worth the effort. Good Luck .
@operalament "the lanza apologists". how dare you. why don't you post some MUSICAL criticism to defend your opinion, instead of sarcasm? here...this should be an easy question. why is bocelli accepted as the "bridge" between opera and popular music today? lanza WAS that, and more, but he was villified because "no one is capable of performing in both areas". i await your insight regarding the superiority of a swede's performance of an italian song.
@zgopify obsessed with lanza? consider this. we have made the likes of andrea bocelli a "rock star" today because of his "apparent" ability to perform both popualr and art music. lanza was REALLY capable of that and we chose to grind him into the ground. it is amazing to me that over 50 years after his death, we still find it "in vogue" to dismiss lanza out of hand. his voice was not "light". he was going to be the first american to open la scala the year he died. post facts instead of sarcasm.
@maxhansendk just curious...can you enlighten all of us with specific MUSICAL comments that would help us to understand why bjorling's performance is superior, instead of foisting ridicule upon anyoone who disagrees with you? the latter is very easy to do. the former requires thought and consideration.
His voice was thinner the last years before his death, as he was not well but on the road to his death. And there are ppl here on youtube that heard him then.
My dad - who is 90 - heard him in the thirties. (He says 36, but I suspect it was 38. He had to cover his ears, and I mean that literally.) He thought that Björling sang far to loud...
Experts: In 1999 'Classic CD' asked 25 of UKs leading critics to name the top singers of the century, male or female. 1 JB 2 DF-D 3 KF 4 TG 5 MC
People always criticize this singer, and others for having small voices, for this and that... that truth of the matter is, that recordings are not fans of technique. That's why Bjorling's voice may seem thin to some, its actually proof of his technical prowess and how focused his tone is....perfect intonation.
Yes Solti did it in Chicago twice with JB 11/15/57 he also then started to do it dor that record in rome just before he died when it was canceled. Thats why it's so odd and the Chicago ones where with Cerquetti. So when he was in Chicago he had no problem with Solti, the bad guy was Culshaw he caused the problem with Solti in Rome, read the book, Jussi by Andrew Farkus.
Fantastic!!! superior version. Only Jussi can sing this flowless in one line, up and down. All others sings Mattinata with subs and reloadings. This is howe Mattinata shall be sunged. It´s for a lyric tenor and jussi was the greatest lyric tenor of all times!
It was a Lyric voice for sure, but he had that laser projection and good stamina which really made some exciting ventures into lirico-spinto. His live Manrico from 1941 is out of this world.
@sefferpot Caruso(who leoncavallo wrote this for) was not a lyric tenor, and leoncavallo was not a composer of lyric music. The piano version with the triplets included is dramatically different.
@jgraif Yes, ofcourse. Don´t get me wrong but i don´t like his version. To much sobbing/reloadings/interruptions - he looses the "line/flow". BUT yes, Lanza is Great! one of the greatset natural born voices!
Than - Björling recorded Mattinata 1934, 1938, 1944,45 and 48 and it was really big "hits". So i don´t see what you mean by "challange" Lanza when this was at JB:s repertoire "ages" before Lanzas release. AND Lanza was a big JB fan. Invited him to his home etc. They where very god friends!
@suffes thank you for this. it is wonderful to know that lanza and bjorling were friends. also, i thank you for your "considered" comments regarding your choice of performance. you are ALWAYS welcome to that. all i wish to do is DISCUSS music with other people who love it as i do. all i meant by "challenge" was that bjorling did this in the mid-1950's when lanza's recording was "out there". hey, it was "normal" back then for artists to cover hits by other artists. it was a "tip of the hat".
"the tear in his voice communicates instantly; it connotes tenderness, sweetness and sincerity. And the remarkable 'ping' of his easy upper register is thrilling- even heroic. He means business. His singing was as natural as speech there is such joy in his singing that it becomes and end in itself." cont...
un film di merda, ma una grandissima interpretazione di questa aria così bella;
Bjorling è un puro, con una voce dolcissima.
La possiamo apprezzare nonostante questo momento schifosamente holliwoodiano, grazie al cielo lo ricordiamo per altro, ma ok, c'erano momenti in cui piegarsi all'America era tutto... purtroppo anche per lui. Viva Bjorling e viva Leoncavallo!
Jussi is the type of artist that, to appreciate him to his full extend, you need few things like sensitivity, taste, class, intelligence, a bit of culture or just good ears.
Well, even with such an exaustive list, it seems that some just don't have any of those caracteristics...
Proves how much you know about this subject. Aparantly italians are ignorants morons to? then i rather be a swedish tenor that sucks then a itialian dick
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Wonderful technique, but not a BIG voice like Mario del Monaco, Pavarotti is superior as his tech is flawless and he also sings without effort like we talk.
"Many years ago I sat beside a very old woman at the Metropolitan Opera and she reminisced about singers long gone. She spoke kindly of Gigli, di Stefano, Tucker, martinelli, and her critical acumen was to be admired. But when I asked her about Bjorling, she could barely speak: 'Every note of his went straight to my heart,' she said through barely choked-back tears. 'God must have wanted to listen to him alone in heaven.'"
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DO I even know about opera?..do I even know what those guys think of him?...just because I do not agree with you I don't know about opera? you must be a republican. I do not think he is the greatest of all time at all.
Sorry dude, but the previous commentator is right lol. I guess he could've said it in a nicer? way but the fact is- whether one cares for Jussi's singing or not- he is objectively (i.e., measuarably) as well as subjectively considered the greatest. It's not just fan talk ).
Well. If by "objectively" you mean that the most semi-informed people consider him the greatest, then based on my experience, I would agree. But some people's opinions should be weighted more heavily than others' in an "objective" analysis--those who have at length listened to MANY tenors of MANY eras, for example. These expert-types often tend to have their own obscure nominees for the "greatest tenor," as I'm sure you know...
Hmmm, from what i've heard the expert-types are the ones that are most adamant about his greatness. Jussi's level of nuance is amazing. If God is in the detail than Jussi is God ;). Thanks for your vote! )
Meh, not the TRUE experts. More casual experts, like me and other well-informed fans of singing. The TRUE experts are near encyclopedias...they tend towards being...::ahem::...I believe the term several years ago was "posers."
Are you saying that the 'true' experts are people up their own asses? If that's the case there are a lot of 'true' experts on youtube, eg. a certain individual called 'theinquisitiveforever'
Solti did not cancel Ballo, Bjorling walked out on the Ballo session and so they gave it up but Solti upset Bjorling with his constant need to rehearse an opera they did before in Chicago. When Bjorling did not go to every rehearsal Solti went wild, Mr Culshaw then told Solti Bjorling was drinking and caused trouble between the men and ruined what would have been a great recording. We only have 2 pirate ones now, 1950 in New Orleans and 1940 met. brdcst with Milanov/ Bjorling.
Bjorling never sang trav. at the met but yes in Swedish in sweden. He sang many roles early and in Europe but not later when he did a lot of concert work. His health from 1957 on was poor with a bad heart condition.
Everyone has their own favorite and for different reasons, for power or beauty or emotion. I like Bjorling for certain operas but have other favs also. I do not think if I wanted to hear Boheme I would pick Corelli live and he did it but for Turandot live, yes he was great in it live, on record I like Bjorlings recording best.
You are both wrong: Tamagno (born 1850) before Caruso (born 1873), Bjoerling (born 1911) after Caruso. Why make it so complicated? (Ey, that was a joke, ey!)
Yes i saw that interview with Pavarotti he said Stefano was his fav. I also seen an interview where he say Jussi was his fav so i guess it had to do with who was interviewing him at the moment. Hmm or maybe that just shows that its pointless to argue whos the best its all about the mood your in at the moment that decide. : )
There is no need to compare, just to understand that Jussi was miles ahead of any other tenor then, and still is. Other tenors try to sing, here is their master
Jussi got a soft tenor voice and Pavarotti a darker to compare the two is not necessary lets just face facts and enjoy there voices. Pavarotti saw Jussi as the best tenor in the 20th century and im sure Jussi would loved Pavarotti's voice. Right now we dont have any great tenor lets hope we will live to hear a tenor voice that can match both Jussi and Pavarotti.
I saw an interview on the italian TV where Luciano Pavarotti said the best for him was Pippo Di Stefano. I think he was right even if the voice of Bjoerling has a purity very difficult to find.
I heard Carreras before his struggle with cancer. He was FANTASTIC. I feel very sad when I hear him now, but at least he still sings, and still sings well.
Are you OK? Pavarotti shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as Bjorling! I can agree that there are certain arias and songs that Pavarotti might do better (Nessun Dorma not being one of them), but overall Bjorling is in a higher category. Unfortunately Pav will live in Jussi's shadow forever.
I can't understand that people always talk about how is best, if you think for five sec, How can you measure who is best?, you can't do that subjective u can only do that objectiv, which means that you have to base it on the technique and vocal range only ...
Sandrik U don't have 2 take my word for it. Do a little research beyond the superficial pop hype & it should B clear. I'll agree that sometimes comparisons R foolish but with the cacophonous nonsense of "Pav's the best" coming from the pop crowd the record must B set striaght. It gets worse when they mention Potts.
Pavarotti did not singlehandedly make billions of people love opera -- television and film and other technology did that. You have to understand that tenors greater or just as great did not live in the age of technology that Pavarotti did.
Carreras was a pure lirycal voice before leuchemia. Cancer treatments are very rough. After the leuchemia is voice went quite down, more a lirycal-leggero type
I got to see this once on Classic Atrs Showcase on PBS at 3 o'clock in the morning once. It was the first time I saw Bjorling actually singing. How fortunate those accompanying singers were to have been next to such a voice, technician, and supertenor.
1939 Stockholm, under Sandberg, with Bjoerling/Schymberg/Molin (Swedish). Published by the German label Cantus Classics, distributed by German online traders at 5-7 Euros. Great recording, sound OK for that time.
-I- L'aurora dipinge di sole il mondo coperto dal blu. Mi sveglio, è un nuovo mattino e il primo pensiero sei tu. Il primo usignolo che canta, il primo carretto che va. È un nuovo mattino che nasce, io nasco di nuovo con te. Sei anche tu come un mattino dipingi il sole negli occhi miei. Dove non sei, è solo notte, dove tu sei, nasce l'amor.
Does anyone know if Björling ever recorded "La Traviata"? I would love to hear him sing the brindisi from that opera...have been looking for it quite a while now...
Don`t you just hate the nit pickers that give you more than seventeen words about this man...
MrJohnathon17 3 weeks ago
So beautiful! Where is his like today?
TheVerdiBaritone 3 months ago
he sings better than me
mabroussardii 3 months ago
@mabroussardii jajaja BRAVO!!
BERNARDOANUK 2 weeks ago
Bäst eller/or best. That voice speaks for itself. Open, open, open air. LOVE HIM!!
Siriusfanatiker 5 months ago
Gigli,Corelli,Jussi...!
DanieldelosAndes 8 months ago
A real treasure! Wonderful. Thank you so much for posting this. You have brought that extra bit of happiness into my day!
The99Gambo 8 months ago
Bravo Jussi
atenorforjesus 8 months ago
Gigli, Di Stefano, Jussi. !!!
robbillo 8 months ago
TY for posting.
paulostroff99 9 months ago
Jussi in "Splendid isolation". No chance that anyone ever could make a better singing. Thank you Jussi. I will always be a member in your fanclub!
Thesnuttan52 9 months ago
I listen to his voice at 1.10 ! It shouldn't be possible to sing like that. I can see some real reactions from the singers around him here. Its incredibly beautiful.
pgiuser 9 months ago
Fantastic eternal song
bitch21witch 11 months ago
@bitch21witch
Grato pelo envio!
Estaria você entre aquelas mulheres?
totopitbull 11 months ago
@totopitbull
Meu querido, na época em que estas imagens foram gravadas, eu era Francisco Alves.
bitch21witch 11 months ago
@bitch21witch - Concordo !!! e uma melodia eterna ,PARECE QUE ESTEVE SEMPRE ENTRE NOS -!!! OBRIGADO A vc por enviar - desejos de dias felizes -
espiritolivre63 11 months ago
@espiritolivre63
Maravilhosa, divina canção !
Você pode encontrá-la tambem cantada por Pavaroti, Andrea Bocelli, etc.
bitch21witch 11 months ago
Not only did Björling sing with great beauty, but his technique was so flawless that he made it look easy and totally natural. But behind that delivery was superb training, skill and intelligence. Regina Resnick, after performing with him for the first time, went back to her voice teacher and said "How does he do that?" By which she meant , how does he sing seemingly without taking a breath.
TheCTConservative 1 year ago
jfraif, , There was no sarcasm in my remark, I was responding to another post. An apology is in the classical sense, simply a defence. There are many Lanza lovers who include him among the greatest tenors ever which on its face is absurd. He had a good voice and an exceptional carreer. But anyone who puts Lanza in the same league as Bjorling simply has no idea what they are talking about and it is a waste of time to debate the issue. I mean no disrespect to Lanza, but come on!
operalament 1 year ago
oh...here's something else. this performance was part of a "voice of firestone" television broadcast in the 1950's, the same time that lanza's recording of this piece had been released. why did bjorling feel it was so important to "challenge" lanza, which many other tenors did during that time? why wasn't lanza ever invited to perform on that show????? oh, oh...too much recognition?????
jgraif 1 year ago
it's a very old argument. a performer (vocalist or instrumentalist) must embrace EITHER art or popular music. one cannot perform both with the REQUISITE talent. in the vocal "world", lanza possessed that rare, god-given talent, but no one was willing to give him credit for it. i'm sorry, say what you will about OPERA, but bjorling's performance of "mattinata" doesn't hold a candle to lanza's.
jgraif 1 year ago
ok...i absolutely LOVE jussi bjorling. however, when a swedish tenor is being credited with the all-time best performance of an italian song, i feel compelled to ask, IS ANYONE ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THIS PERFORMANCE? at the outset, his "perfect" note values are more appropriate to an EXERCISE than an emotional rendering. further along, his "rubato" is consistently devoted to the wrong notes, which makes it seem at best gratuitous and at worse that he doesn't understand the concept. sorry.
jgraif 1 year ago
@jgraif I think whowe likeis subjective&you can probably argue till your blue in the face For me Lanza is my favorite in the american songs& i dont believe anyone has or will ever sing them more beautifully,He has the interpretative gift that emotes compassion,feeling warmth along with a beautiful clean quality of voice that would be the envy of any singer.He does come up against more competition in the italian repertoire,But SoWHAT! The voice speaks for itself&wecanhim enjoy as much as we want
sugarbist 1 year ago
@jgraif Bjorling had a beautiful voice, but he was rarely intimate asDi Stefano or Lanza was involved with every word he sang.Many times I feel that Lanza or DiStefano& Schipa are singing directly to me as appose to Bjorling just singing the words with his beautiful voice.Bjorling has a Lucevan Le Stelle in a live performance on YTwhere JB expresses much emotion, but it IS TRULY A RARITY in his mostly methodical beautful&extremely great technical line of singing.Beautiful but boring.Enjoy
sugarbist 5 months ago
@sugarbist It´s very funny howe it can be. Taste is lika a but - devided! One thing wich one listeners regards as an advantage could for another listener be THE disadvantage? What i like the best in Björlings singing is the lyric constant flow without interruptions, sobbings and gear shiftings - like a tour in a rollercoaster. The opposite to this is f.ex. Lanzas version. Don´t get me wrong, Lanza has one of the finest voices ever but his INTERPRETATION of Mattinata i don´t like. Cont......
suffes 4 months ago
@suffes I respect your opinion about Bjorling's lyric constant flow, etc.& again I reiterate that JB had a beautiful voice with a marvelous tecnique.However, Caruso was an Original interpretator for so many songs& operas,that many great tenors emulated EC's interpretations which did include sobbings,gear shiftings&perhaps roller coaster rides which I have grown accustom to over the years,listening to Volpi Gigli Corelli Del Monaco Pertile Di Stefano Merli Fillipeschi Fleta Cortis. Continue
sugarbist 4 months ago
@sugarbist Comming back to you beacuse now some real "hot stuff" has appered! As i mentioned before there are to many studio and TV recordings compared to opera live recordings of Björling here on YT. Now some legendary recordings from the Stockholm opera 5.1.1957 has turned up. Trye at Addiobelpassato "Ella mi fu rapita ". This is IMO as far as tenor singing gets everything counted! The second half of this is concidered as very hard to sing and here he bocomes warm and really shines!!!
suffes 2 months ago
@suffes I listened to it and as usual Bjorling is excellent, however I enjoyed the 1945 recording more. Thanks for the update and enjoy
sugarbist 2 months ago
@suffes continued.This could be the reason why I do enjoy this type of singing. In the 1960s, I listened to only Pertile Fleta&Bjorling & no other tenors, every day for a period of about 4 months. I thought they were all very captivating.Pertile did not have a beautiful voice by any stretch of the imagination, but he was indeed a great interpreter & he did sing beautifully.I admire Bjorling very much, but my favorites are Del Monaco Corelli Di Stefano& Lanza, whom are all subject to criticism
sugarbist 4 months ago
@sugarbist Cont... Qonsecuently I like Lanza best in his “NON – exaggerated intimate” singing. On the other hand, you have a point in that JB in this particaular version is to less intimate. BUT this you´l find in his Mattinata live from Holland 1948. It has it all! Here he also uses his spinto range!
You say emotion is a rarity in JB:s singing. Well, he was VERY nervous on studio and live radio/TV productions probably he also made TO MANY recordings to keep up. Heard he made 800! Cont....
suffes 4 months ago
@suffes I really prefer Lanza in the so-called American songs, where he is more familiar with the language and really interprets extremely well.It's interesting, I did not realize that Bjorling suffered from nerves in the studio and live.For a Nordic, I thought JB's Italian was very good, exept for a few aria recordings he did later in his career.I must say that the live recordings and performances have a tendency to be more exciting for the artists& listeners.
sugarbist 4 months ago
@sugarbist Cont...BUT only important thing is that the emotion was there and documented in so many opera live performances. Surprisingly he was not nervous in front of an opera audience? It is also only in interaction with other actors the real emotion is called for! Trye Romeo live opera performance october 13 1943!!! It will never ever be surpassed!
suffes 4 months ago
@suffes I commented positivelyon JB'sLIVE ( E Lucevan Le Stelle),which I thought was terrific.I don't think that Bjorling is a tenor that could produce a sour sound.I also think that the pulsation in a live performance tends to be sharper than a studio recording because of the sense of the required urgency involved.I think the emotion is called for in the solo performances where an artist is attempting to relay his feelings as appose to just singing musically. I do prefer LIVE performances.Enjoy
sugarbist 4 months ago
Naailed it...
geir44 1 year ago
He has an absolutely awesome voice. I love it! Nothing against him, I'm just not a big fan of how square everything is in the beginning.. I like to think of this as a tenor swagger song, needs alittle bit more swag =p
J0saih 1 year ago
Pretty good, but I've heard Caruso and Gigli sing this much better.
crapfacejoe 1 year ago
fantastiskt
tomgra1 1 year ago
Que lindo!!!!!, extraordinario video con el gran Björling!!! Es toda una clase maestra el verle!!!
He is truly a Master class!!!!Great tenor, one of the best of the best!!! BRAVOOO!!!!
tenorschofield 1 year ago
Comments here are from musically intelligent contributors. My only reservation has to do with the idea that because one singer is good, another must be bad. Mario Lanza, like Sergio Franchi, unquestionably had a beautiful voice and musical sensibility. Maybe lightweight, but I'd like an opinion from anyone who heard him in vivo. Yes, Jussi reigns supreme, that's a given! Pavarotti once cited Björling as his inspiration, but Domingo said Lanza was the idol of his youth.
MTondeleo 1 year ago
@MTondeleo
Mate, I totally agree.
So many fine singers.
Comparisons are odious.
I love Jussi especially, but also love the sounds of Caruso, Tauber, Zabers (possibly one of the best to have been 'unknown'), Carreras, Lanza (and the Canadian tenor who apparently played him in a movie - Richard Margison), Ricard Tucker, John McCormack, and Bocelli. Each has brought great joy to my life.
For sopranos, Callas lifts me high, and Bartolli always sends the hairs up on the back of my neck.
greysparrow68 1 year ago
@greysparrow68 Thanks, glad to know I'm not alone in my reactions. Going to look up Zabers & Margison, unknown to me. You betcha on Bartoli &, of course, Callas. I'd have to throw in Price, Tebaldi, & de los Angeles. Another favorite soprano, believe it or not, Joan Baez. Our Cecilia has more agility in her human voice than a flute virtuoso with all those levers to push.
MTondeleo 1 year ago
@MTondeleo
I was listening to Cecilia's Sacrificium as I checked my mail this morning.
Just for the record, my all-time favourite female singer, although not to be compared to the opera divas, is Mahalia Jackson.
Her Lord's Prayer at the '58 Newport Jazz Festival is a monumental performance.
greysparrow68 1 year ago
@MTondeleo thank you for the considered comments. you are absolutely correct. those of us who think we have a little bit of knowledge can be very outspoken and VERY INCORRECT at times!! we ALL can continue to learn from each other every day of our lives if we remain open. personally, i enjoy the voices of many, many different tenors. they all have an individual appeal. however, i choose to fight for lanza who, after 60 freakin' years, continues to be dismissed out of hand for NO GOOD REASON.
jgraif 1 year ago
Many assumed that Caruso was superseded by Gigli, and arguably so, but Caruso's widow, Dorothy C., declared that her husbands mantle was inherited by Jussi Björling. One observation of minor interest to me is how natural he looks producing that celestial sound of his, none of the fish-mouth, gaping, or other grimaces often seen in singers of the "operatic" persuasion. Too bad the rare films & videos of Jussi are set in such dorky staging.
MTondeleo 1 year ago
@MTondeleo That is the famous 'pear' that Merrill and others admired so much.
zgopify 1 year ago
I'm sure the two women standing next to Jussi were lubricating.
vpo2g2 1 year ago 3
Love the intro with the over-enthusiastic conductor :) Beautiful singing though!
drmatzable 1 year ago
Love it when the conductor turns to face Jussi, LOL. Music videos has changed a bit since then..
Beautiful singing though!
drmatzable 1 year ago
just heard other famouse guys sing this song but nobody gives such tender feeling as Jussi does, what beatiful voice! makes me exciting to just think about what would be feel like hearing him in person! and breaks my heart we will naver have a chance as God keeping him selfishly himself.
doyoung9 1 year ago 3
I heard Jussi at the Lyric in 1958. I kew I'd never hear his like again, and at 68 years I havn't and never expect to! Though he never intruded on the ensemble, it was always obvious due to the increased quality whenever he entered, A great honor to have heard him!
JWH 1941
trh5732 1 year ago 3
Best best and even better. Jussi you re an angel in heaven. En ängel som låter oss skåda himlarna. (Whom let us get a glimse of heaven in our earhlife)
Siriussupporter 2 years ago 4
Marvelous
kotasierota 2 years ago 5
Human artistic achievement at its summit. Gorgeous.
Thank you.
vstasov 2 years ago 7
very good
musclemaggg 2 years ago 3
Heard him in 1958 sing the duke on stage it was not a big voice but carried very well and he sang well. I did not know then he was sick. I was 17 years old at the time and had just heard Peerce a week or two before in Concert and enjoyed him also. I did not know but JB was already sick with a heart condition but he sang all the shows and did not cancel. It was in Chicago and that year he sang in 3 Aida's . Peters had a small voice but it carried to the top of the old met. the point does it.
halavey 2 years ago 2
Sure, I'm one of those who like to offer a critique on the great tenors. I find some-
thing worthy in ALL of them. I won't recite the names here. But I must say, for the Italian repetoire, I prefer the Italian singers. Especially in a song like the
one Jussi sings here. For example, my
fav. Mattinata is Pavarotti's. The words
roll off his tounge piu naturalmente.
But the voice of Bjorling was amazing.
It's fun to watch the solid technique he
employed. Fabulous!!!
JoelBWeisberg 2 years ago
Listen to Claudio Villa singing mattinata. You find a video on you tube
marcorosca 2 years ago 2
Hey marcorosca, I have always loved Claudio Villa. One of the all time great singers of Italian songs. Another great one is Roberto Muralo. Fine singer of Neopolitan Songs. Domenico Modugno is also high on my list. But Villa, well just fantastic.
JoelBWeisberg 2 years ago
Don't forget Beniamino Gigli :D
bradybraidz 2 years ago
One feels a little guilty in trying to compare great tenors, each of which had more ability than most of put together! Yet, despite the presence of about twenty truly great tenors of the 20th century, and allowing for the fact that some pieces suit some tenors better than others, I think that three platinum-gilted tenors rise above the tremendously talented: Caruso, Gigli and JB. The talent that they possessed is enough to make one very very religious.
99Gambo 2 years ago 7
You might want to listen to Mario Lanza sing this song and more than likely you will agree with the majority of listeners than all other tenors paled in comparison on this particular song .
Etnalleb 2 years ago
@Etnalleb You are a nobody-have always been a nobody-and will always be a nobody!
Now go on posting your stuff that make all people on youtube understand what I have just stated.
maxhansendk 1 year ago 2
@maxhansendk You make yourself out as a impudent little punk with no respect for other peoples opinions, grow up you infinitesimal pea brain.
Etnalleb 1 year ago
@maxhansendk You have to pity Etnalleb, he is obsessed with Lanza, and tries desperately to prove to himself that the 'light musical' Hollywood star was a better opera singer than Bjoerling, Di Stefano,Peerce, Kraus, and I guess even Caruso.
That not 1 % of the classical musical critics, would agree, is making it difficult for him but wtf...
zgopify 1 year ago 5
@zgopify oh my god , is he really . I usually get censored for atttempting to convince the Lanza apologists that he was not in the same ballpark with the likes of Bjoerling, but I have since given up. Its not worth the effort. Good Luck .
operalament 1 year ago
@operalament "the lanza apologists". how dare you. why don't you post some MUSICAL criticism to defend your opinion, instead of sarcasm? here...this should be an easy question. why is bocelli accepted as the "bridge" between opera and popular music today? lanza WAS that, and more, but he was villified because "no one is capable of performing in both areas". i await your insight regarding the superiority of a swede's performance of an italian song.
jgraif 1 year ago
@zgopify obsessed with lanza? consider this. we have made the likes of andrea bocelli a "rock star" today because of his "apparent" ability to perform both popualr and art music. lanza was REALLY capable of that and we chose to grind him into the ground. it is amazing to me that over 50 years after his death, we still find it "in vogue" to dismiss lanza out of hand. his voice was not "light". he was going to be the first american to open la scala the year he died. post facts instead of sarcasm.
jgraif 1 year ago
@maxhansendk just curious...can you enlighten all of us with specific MUSICAL comments that would help us to understand why bjorling's performance is superior, instead of foisting ridicule upon anyoone who disagrees with you? the latter is very easy to do. the former requires thought and consideration.
jgraif 1 year ago
His voice was thinner the last years before his death, as he was not well but on the road to his death. And there are ppl here on youtube that heard him then.
My dad - who is 90 - heard him in the thirties. (He says 36, but I suspect it was 38. He had to cover his ears, and I mean that literally.) He thought that Björling sang far to loud...
Experts: In 1999 'Classic CD' asked 25 of UKs leading critics to name the top singers of the century, male or female. 1 JB 2 DF-D 3 KF 4 TG 5 MC
mozzrt 2 years ago 2
Go to.. namner ni sverige...
Siriussupporter 2 years ago 2
Listen to the voice please. The head tone so to say. And then shut up. Heja heja SVERIGE
Siriussupporter 2 years ago
People always criticize this singer, and others for having small voices, for this and that... that truth of the matter is, that recordings are not fans of technique. That's why Bjorling's voice may seem thin to some, its actually proof of his technical prowess and how focused his tone is....perfect intonation.
Webarton 2 years ago 2
Yes Solti did it in Chicago twice with JB 11/15/57 he also then started to do it dor that record in rome just before he died when it was canceled. Thats why it's so odd and the Chicago ones where with Cerquetti. So when he was in Chicago he had no problem with Solti, the bad guy was Culshaw he caused the problem with Solti in Rome, read the book, Jussi by Andrew Farkus.
pearlmuth3 2 years ago
Bravo! Exelent.
tobobba 2 years ago
Close your eyes and listen. When does he breath????
Swedeblack 2 years ago
la seconda mattinata più bella....subito dopo quella del maestro pavarotti
indiana2228 3 years ago
Fantastic!!! superior version. Only Jussi can sing this flowless in one line, up and down. All others sings Mattinata with subs and reloadings. This is howe Mattinata shall be sunged. It´s for a lyric tenor and jussi was the greatest lyric tenor of all times!
sefferpot 3 years ago 33
I agree, even though he was a spinto. ;D
Honken 3 years ago
i think he was a lyrico tenore
AZo9jojo 3 years ago
It was a Lyric voice for sure, but he had that laser projection and good stamina which really made some exciting ventures into lirico-spinto. His live Manrico from 1941 is out of this world.
Pawelp 3 years ago
Hej Pawelp! Are you reffering to the version on the album "rarities" ?
sefferpot 3 years ago
I think I am. :)
Pawelp 2 years ago
Trye "Jussi BJOERLING the grate" perhaps his best Mattinata?
sefferpot 2 years ago
@sefferpot Caruso(who leoncavallo wrote this for) was not a lyric tenor, and leoncavallo was not a composer of lyric music. The piano version with the triplets included is dramatically different.
bjorlinga 1 year ago
@sefferpot have you ever listened to lanza's interpretation? please give it your consideration.
jgraif 1 year ago
@jgraif Yes, ofcourse. Don´t get me wrong but i don´t like his version. To much sobbing/reloadings/interruptions - he looses the "line/flow". BUT yes, Lanza is Great! one of the greatset natural born voices!
Than - Björling recorded Mattinata 1934, 1938, 1944,45 and 48 and it was really big "hits". So i don´t see what you mean by "challange" Lanza when this was at JB:s repertoire "ages" before Lanzas release. AND Lanza was a big JB fan. Invited him to his home etc. They where very god friends!
suffes 1 year ago
@suffes thank you for this. it is wonderful to know that lanza and bjorling were friends. also, i thank you for your "considered" comments regarding your choice of performance. you are ALWAYS welcome to that. all i wish to do is DISCUSS music with other people who love it as i do. all i meant by "challenge" was that bjorling did this in the mid-1950's when lanza's recording was "out there". hey, it was "normal" back then for artists to cover hits by other artists. it was a "tip of the hat".
jgraif 1 year ago
@sefferpot Sin duda, la mejor Mattinata de la historia, cantada por la voz más bela de la historia de la ópera.
HERB0833 1 year ago
@HERB0833 Sorry, can you translate please?
suffes 1 year ago
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@sefferpot Sin duda, la mejor Mattinata de la historia, cantada por la voz más bella de la historia de la ópera.
HERB0833 1 year ago
En fantastisk sanger !
heltjohan 3 years ago 3
"the tear in his voice communicates instantly; it connotes tenderness, sweetness and sincerity. And the remarkable 'ping' of his easy upper register is thrilling- even heroic. He means business. His singing was as natural as speech there is such joy in his singing that it becomes and end in itself." cont...
noonah08 3 years ago 18
un film di merda, ma una grandissima interpretazione di questa aria così bella;
Bjorling è un puro, con una voce dolcissima.
La possiamo apprezzare nonostante questo momento schifosamente holliwoodiano, grazie al cielo lo ricordiamo per altro, ma ok, c'erano momenti in cui piegarsi all'America era tutto... purtroppo anche per lui. Viva Bjorling e viva Leoncavallo!
foerster 3 years ago 5
The most beautiful voice of all Jussie bjorling.
Who cares if he showed up or not for rehearsals.
profgv 3 years ago 5
lol true true
ideale123 3 years ago 2
Jussi is the type of artist that, to appreciate him to his full extend, you need few things like sensitivity, taste, class, intelligence, a bit of culture or just good ears.
Well, even with such an exaustive list, it seems that some just don't have any of those caracteristics...
freespiritQC 3 years ago 6
WTF!
What is this?
Mattinata for gay people or something?
Ridiculous!!
squareblock1 3 years ago
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Screw this Guy - He SUCKS , and He never had the real Power to be a True Tenor because he is not italian. True Poser
crazygeo81 3 years ago
haha, atleast he is not trying to be somebody else..*hence*
Hypna88 3 years ago 2
Proves how much you know about this subject. Aparantly italians are ignorants morons to? then i rather be a swedish tenor that sucks then a itialian dick
groovyjaxx 3 years ago 2
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Wonderful technique, but not a BIG voice like Mario del Monaco, Pavarotti is superior as his tech is flawless and he also sings without effort like we talk.
orazio111 3 years ago
"Many years ago I sat beside a very old woman at the Metropolitan Opera and she reminisced about singers long gone. She spoke kindly of Gigli, di Stefano, Tucker, martinelli, and her critical acumen was to be admired. But when I asked her about Bjorling, she could barely speak: 'Every note of his went straight to my heart,' she said through barely choked-back tears. 'God must have wanted to listen to him alone in heaven.'"
noonah08 3 years ago 6
Do you know what those guys thing about Jussi? Do you even know anything about opera? Everyone knows hes the greatest off all time!
Eriikk82 3 years ago 6
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DO I even know about opera?..do I even know what those guys think of him?...just because I do not agree with you I don't know about opera? you must be a republican. I do not think he is the greatest of all time at all.
orazio111 3 years ago
Sorry dude, but the previous commentator is right lol. I guess he could've said it in a nicer? way but the fact is- whether one cares for Jussi's singing or not- he is objectively (i.e., measuarably) as well as subjectively considered the greatest. It's not just fan talk ).
kittycrunch456 3 years ago 2
Well. If by "objectively" you mean that the most semi-informed people consider him the greatest, then based on my experience, I would agree. But some people's opinions should be weighted more heavily than others' in an "objective" analysis--those who have at length listened to MANY tenors of MANY eras, for example. These expert-types often tend to have their own obscure nominees for the "greatest tenor," as I'm sure you know...
Personally, my vote goes to Jussi. :)
Chiliarches 3 years ago 2
Hmmm, from what i've heard the expert-types are the ones that are most adamant about his greatness. Jussi's level of nuance is amazing. If God is in the detail than Jussi is God ;). Thanks for your vote! )
kittycrunch456 2 years ago
Meh, not the TRUE experts. More casual experts, like me and other well-informed fans of singing. The TRUE experts are near encyclopedias...they tend towards being...::ahem::...I believe the term several years ago was "posers."
Chiliarches 2 years ago
Are you saying that the 'true' experts are people up their own asses? If that's the case there are a lot of 'true' experts on youtube, eg. a certain individual called 'theinquisitiveforever'
flaze3 2 years ago
The fact that a coarseminded "man" found Bjorling lacking... is simply another proof of Jussi's quality.
ideale123 3 years ago 4
This is fantastic!
YOsseR100 3 years ago 2
Solti did not cancel Ballo, Bjorling walked out on the Ballo session and so they gave it up but Solti upset Bjorling with his constant need to rehearse an opera they did before in Chicago. When Bjorling did not go to every rehearsal Solti went wild, Mr Culshaw then told Solti Bjorling was drinking and caused trouble between the men and ruined what would have been a great recording. We only have 2 pirate ones now, 1950 in New Orleans and 1940 met. brdcst with Milanov/ Bjorling.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
I never heard that Solti was set to work with Bjorling.
phantom4087 2 years ago
Bjorling never sang trav. at the met but yes in Swedish in sweden. He sang many roles early and in Europe but not later when he did a lot of concert work. His health from 1957 on was poor with a bad heart condition.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Everyone has their own favorite and for different reasons, for power or beauty or emotion. I like Bjorling for certain operas but have other favs also. I do not think if I wanted to hear Boheme I would pick Corelli live and he did it but for Turandot live, yes he was great in it live, on record I like Bjorlings recording best.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Yes Pav. did say Di Stefano was his favorite, Bjoerling very fine even if not ITALIAN. Gigli was another great Italian lyric tenor.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
The best version I have EVER HEARD Emeric1952
emeric1952 3 years ago
THE BEST VERSION I HAVE HEARD EVER.
emeric1952 3 years ago
You are both wrong: Tamagno (born 1850) before Caruso (born 1873), Bjoerling (born 1911) after Caruso. Why make it so complicated? (Ey, that was a joke, ey!)
Pollione88 3 years ago
Everyone, Bjorling and other, all after Enrico Caruso. Were, are, and will be
musicua 4 years ago
Every singer knows they are second to Jussi!
Everyone!!
maxhansendk 4 years ago 3
I Agree, Perfect singing technique. JUSSI, Kraus and many other great tenors in the past, masters of good singing.
OperaticVoice 3 years ago
How lovely! Only one Bjoerling.
nonicare 4 years ago
This is freakin' awesome!
evilpony1984 4 years ago
If one didn't know better one would think this song was composed for Jussi. His voice is in such a harmony with what he is singing here. Perfect.
Luonnotar70 4 years ago 3
What a voice--beautiful and powerful, and charming, too.
cicadada 4 years ago 3
I love Jussi ,I love this song. He sing brighly and beautifully.
saowaros 4 years ago
Whether Bjorling,di Stefano,or Gigli-who cares,in this august company.They each excel in different arias,and I am deliriously happy with all three.
paulostroff99 4 years ago
Wonderful! What a voice...if any fell aslepp to this song it´s must be some wrong with the ears..go to the doctors..
tobobba 4 years ago
I agree with GosuSan1: There is no need to compare, just to understand that Jussi was miles ahead of any other tenor!!
kisharmat 4 years ago 3
I also agree with GosuSan1.
wubejaja 4 years ago
Yes i saw that interview with Pavarotti he said Stefano was his fav. I also seen an interview where he say Jussi was his fav so i guess it had to do with who was interviewing him at the moment. Hmm or maybe that just shows that its pointless to argue whos the best its all about the mood your in at the moment that decide. : )
Citedsilver 4 years ago
There is no need to compare, just to understand that Jussi was miles ahead of any other tenor then, and still is. Other tenors try to sing, here is their master
GosuSan1 4 years ago 3
I agree with all my heart. Others may train all their lives and never reach this sublime mastery of singing.
angelsears 4 years ago
Björling is fantastic.
He may be the best tenor of all times.
geir44 4 years ago 2
Jussi got a soft tenor voice and Pavarotti a darker to compare the two is not necessary lets just face facts and enjoy there voices. Pavarotti saw Jussi as the best tenor in the 20th century and im sure Jussi would loved Pavarotti's voice. Right now we dont have any great tenor lets hope we will live to hear a tenor voice that can match both Jussi and Pavarotti.
Citedsilver 4 years ago
I saw an interview on the italian TV where Luciano Pavarotti said the best for him was Pippo Di Stefano. I think he was right even if the voice of Bjoerling has a purity very difficult to find.
adremoid 4 years ago
ynotour wrong pav,s favorite was di stefano not jussi, pav said di stefano was the best,
rouman7 4 years ago
OMG!!!! I listened to this and suddenly there was a smile on my face and a small tear in my eye. Thank you SO MUCH for this posting!
2ManyHighCs 4 years ago
Yes, thanks Pawelp! I get goosebumps every time I listen to this.
erscott13 4 years ago
Many thanks to Pawelp for sharing this video with us.
taffy2003 4 years ago
I heard Carreras before his struggle with cancer. He was FANTASTIC. I feel very sad when I hear him now, but at least he still sings, and still sings well.
johnmannno 4 years ago
pants compared to pavarotti the greatest tenor of all time
donalryan7 4 years ago
Are you OK? Pavarotti shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as Bjorling! I can agree that there are certain arias and songs that Pavarotti might do better (Nessun Dorma not being one of them), but overall Bjorling is in a higher category. Unfortunately Pav will live in Jussi's shadow forever.
302MarkVII 4 years ago 3
Now you are joking in very silly way Pavarotti was the greatest and the most popular tenor of whole 20th century!!!
sandrik100 4 years ago
I can't understand that people always talk about how is best, if you think for five sec, How can you measure who is best?, you can't do that subjective u can only do that objectiv, which means that you have to base it on the technique and vocal range only ...
TheNaturalStep 4 years ago
Sandrik U don't have 2 take my word for it. Do a little research beyond the superficial pop hype & it should B clear. I'll agree that sometimes comparisons R foolish but with the cacophonous nonsense of "Pav's the best" coming from the pop crowd the record must B set striaght. It gets worse when they mention Potts.
302MarkVII 4 years ago
The Great Pavarotti made whole epoch in opera world, he made love opera billions of people,who never would even know what opera is!
sandrik100 4 years ago
That is a good point, but on strictly vocal terms I prefer Jussi Bjorling.
x4812k 4 years ago
Pavarotti did not singlehandedly make billions of people love opera -- television and film and other technology did that. You have to understand that tenors greater or just as great did not live in the age of technology that Pavarotti did.
piax00 4 years ago 3
Que lindooooo!!!!
dariusky1978 4 years ago
What TV show is this from? It's OUTSTANDING!!!
jmccracken1963 4 years ago
Carreras should not be mentioned in the same sentence as Bjorling!
If you ask yourself why...Then you haven´t listened to enough opera.
maxhansendk 4 years ago
Dont be too harsh. Carreras before the leuchemia was great.
Kafkandinsky 4 years ago
Agree. Bjorling is my all time favorite, but you are correct, Carreras' illness did take much out of him.
Thankfully we have both gentlemen's works to enjoy.
BR (listening to opera since Milton Cross announced for the Met.... ;)
BlondeRabbit 4 years ago
And what? After ilness he became poor?!
sandrik100 4 years ago
Carreras was a pure lirycal voice before leuchemia. Cancer treatments are very rough. After the leuchemia is voice went quite down, more a lirycal-leggero type
Kafkandinsky 4 years ago
You are correct. I heard Carreras in his NYC debut at Carnegie Hall. He was fabulous.
Comparison's are for fools.
joeyjojo4 4 years ago
So it became stronger and more exspressive!
sandrik100 4 years ago
And he is still. listen to 2007 version!
sandrik100 4 years ago
Don't compare lions and pumas:-)
sandrik100 4 years ago
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More like Jussi "BORING" cause I fall asleep when I listen to him. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
onlyg 4 years ago
Of cource! Because Carreras is much greater!!!
sandrik100 4 years ago
what a voice
markeli613 4 years ago
The singing is spontaneous and brilliant. Why don't ALL TEACHERS and their poor victims - singers listen and learn from this.
796824 4 years ago 2
I got to see this once on Classic Atrs Showcase on PBS at 3 o'clock in the morning once. It was the first time I saw Bjorling actually singing. How fortunate those accompanying singers were to have been next to such a voice, technician, and supertenor.
302MarkVII 4 years ago
BondoBondoBondo is a person who doesn´t have a life!
His account is suspended!
Anyone surprised? lol!!
Well the last idiot isn´t borned yet! But we got rid of one at least!
Bye BondoBondoBondo...Don´t forget to take your pills!
maxhansendk 4 years ago
Superb!
JussiBjorling1960 4 years ago
There is definitely a live Traviata sung in Swedish on LP. There may be a Met broadcast.
voxservice 5 years ago
1939 Stockholm, under Sandberg, with Bjoerling/Schymberg/Molin (Swedish). Published by the German label Cantus Classics, distributed by German online traders at 5-7 Euros. Great recording, sound OK for that time.
Kuehleborntz 5 years ago
dalferr 5 years ago
grazie per queste strofe... solo conozco quella tradizionalle... sto imparando questa canzone.
efraingonzalez 4 years ago
you are wellcome!
dalferr 4 years ago
Does anyone know if Björling ever recorded "La Traviata"? I would love to hear him sing the brindisi from that opera...have been looking for it quite a while now...
strangkille 5 years ago