Then let's call it passion/devotion. It's not as though I hate those who disagree with my assertions about JB; on the contrary I view them as soulmates with a varying experience. All the best to you my friend. :)
The "greatest" would be one of comparable, near equals; what I'm saying is that Jussi is unique, and INCOMPARABLE; thus the One And Only. Unlike you I'm an amateur (lover) and a monogamous one at that so yes a very fanatical attitude.
I wonder , have you ever totally immersed yourself in the sea of a celestial voice, leaving you breathless and with tears running down your cheeks (the kind of experience that breeds a fanatical attitude), or are you the cool observer that you appear to be?
There was no misunderstanding. You were belittling, not the greatest, but the Incomparable, The One and Only, and that to me is enough to suggest a remedy for your ailment.
@FabDN41 If Jussi is just another singer to you then go listen to Paul Potts, that two bit imitator of a singer may be good enough for you. Another brilliant idea may be to rinse the wax from your ears!
YO JAMAS ESCUCHE UN SONIDO MAS PROFUNDO E INTRINCADO QUE EL DE JOAN SUTHERLAND.......SU VOZ SE EXTENDIA POR EL AIRE COMO EL POLEN POR TODA LA INMENSIDAD DEL CIELO.
Jussi in Splendid Isolation! Comparing with other singers, Jussi is in a class of his own. The beauty in his voice, the outstanding technique and the way he is dealing with the upper register makes him unique!
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Muy dificil opinar si Don Bjorling fue mejor que Pavarotti, creo que el Sueco poseia una gran voz, pero hoy se escucha como "muy estudiada" , Luciano es mas natural y mas potente.
@FabDN41 Oh, we all HAVE listened to FC:s E lucevan - many times - and it´s just fine. Not as sensible and with the deep, deep feeling as in Björlings - a man knowing what it´s about while he himself is dying - but still quite good!.
How I wish we had better recordings of Caruso, but even so, the emotional purity that Jussi delivers here is heart breaking. The way he navigates the delicately plaintive passages (2:02 - 2:10 of this recording) is a miracle of sorts.
del Monaco, Caruso and others excelled in this ... but the true MEASURE of the aria has never been bettered, than what the Swede could do - intonation, rhythm, articulation ... and the MOST-initimable timbre of all tenors.
@jhb134 I favor Bjorling on several arias and songs, but give a slight edge to Caruso on this one after hearing Bjorling and Caruso sing it many times. I feel a stronger emotional connection with Caruso's 1904 classic. Caruso's amazing resonance in the upper register puts the icing on the cake.
@wiseroldfart - Thanks! Well, I won't "gainsay" the extraordinary contributions of Caruso, ESPECIALLY in this dividing-line, of tenor arias. Caruso recorded in the infancy of recording techniques, and adopted a very-STRONG approach in many arias ... and the latter almost-always paid-OFF, in inimitableness, of the most-enduring kinds. If one retains a SOFT spot for the Swede, then it's for GOOD reason; Jussi B could embrace the tenderness and strength of the voice, as did Enrico.
@jhb134 Bjorling and Caruso are my favorites. However, Caruso's 1904 recording gives me the most direct emotional connection despite not being as polished as Bjorling's versions.
Caruso's spine-chilling resonance on demanding higher notes remains unmatched. Bjorling's highs have more of a ringing sound, but are equally impossible to duplicate. I haven't found a tenor capable of going toe to toe with these two great tenors. They are one in several billion for different reasons, in my opinion.
@wiseroldfart - Excellent points, my friend ... and specific (as they would need, to be)! In this, most-demanding (of many) of tenor arias, originating from the heart and pen of Puccini, it's true that there're probably NO others, who could stand ... toe-to-toe ... with Bjorling and Caruso. We appreciate the brilliance and inner force of Caruso, while we regard the almost-mysterious timbre of Bjorling, WITH the sufficient/adequate force and projection that he had, as extraordinary!
@jhb134 Have you heard Caruso. I'm a massive Jussi fan but listen to Caruso. Jussi listened to Caruos and stole a lot of his roadmap. And that roadmap is perfect.
@KaleidoscopeAct - I've listened to Caruso, many times. He was the giant of the earliest age of vocal recordings, no question! It's simply that, Bjorling and Melchior are my favorite of ALL tenors (in almost any aria), with Caruso, Thill and Schmidt very close. Thanks!
@FabDN41 "great singer but with limitations" All the greate ones, had theires limitations - of course even JB. BUT if you have to mention one of them with the least limitations it must be Björling. Don´t forget he was a lyric not a spinto/dramatic. If you judge from this p.o.w. - think you do - it will be no problems to find lim´s! Anyway, JB:s rep. was one of the widest with Italian, Frensh and German opera, Am/English, Latin, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish etc. songs.
@FabDN41 "came about after 1935"...let´s pretend you are right here? But Björlings whole education, Operatic impressions and developement lies BEFORE 1935 and his "teacher" Started to work with his voice 1913 - acc. to a new doc. diss. His "teacher" was David Björling, his father. He worked at Metropolitan as both singer and song pedagog. Same time as Caruso. He was way ahead of his time with new ideas! 1935 JB had performed for a long time and was already the one he became later!
@FabDN41 Your " Björling antipathy" becomes more and more ridiculous! What´s wrong with you? If you don´t like him why bother??? Go to the onces you like and speak well instead! I don´t agree with you on any point and will never do. In the beginning, 45 years back when i took my first singing lessons i had about the same tase as you do now. Later on my taste become more and more refined away from sobbing, trickeling, breath interuption etc. and in the direction of Björling, di Stefano, Tucker,
@FabDN41 For ONCE and only ONCE you where right! I ment GOLDEN AGE OF TENORS not opera. I know all yoy are saying about opera so you could have saved all this energy.
I quote somebody else commenting JB:s when singing Mattinata here on You Tube. Cannot express this better myself: "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." end of quotation!!!!
@FabDN41 You should read more carefully: "The lyric unbroken flow" I´m not at all crazy about JB! I just don´t like people with a misdirected mission to trow mud on a certain artist. You will never find me doing the same! JB is not vaving his hands, not trickeling his tongue but has an extraordinary emotioanl feeling inbuilt in his tone! Not easy to understand but this is opera not theatre. And he was the shining star at the golden age of Opera in the 40:th and 50:th so i´m not alone in this!
@FabDN41 Was not refering to holding the last note this was no contest. Some follwed the notes other exaggerated. What i ment was that JB was famous for singing fluenlty trough THE WHOLE PIECE " without breathing" i.e the expression "JB was like a nightingale with a compressor in his but". This was e new way of singing! Martinelli, one of my favorites, had a fine lyric register but was more conc. as spinto dramatic. i.e. Otello and Lammermoor as the most famous.
@FabDN41 All of us need to leran ......yes ofcourse, all of us! But than you are a little bit wrong here. The lyrical tradition was not fully developed before JB. Sobbing and extravagations was overvelming. JB sang fluently trough the whole piece "without breathing" and with moore cadenza in high notes etc. Stefani, Pavarotti and many others followed in this new tradition!
Dont follow what you mean by "empty"? No house was empty when JB sang ?
@FabDN41 My final opinion; agree with some of what you are saying but not at all with two things.
1. Originality - you have a lot to learn! JB has a silvery sad enourmos deep feeling inbuilt INTO his tone. By listening to his swedish songs + Sibelius and Grieg you will learn!
2. Lyrical tradition - you are wery wrong! JB stands for a chapter of his own in the history of lyrical tradition with many followers!
Except from this my final words, we can agree. So please continue to listen and learn.
IMO the best JB Che Gelida live is the 1949 Radio show, the Standard hour he also sang with his wife on that one. His complete Boheme is very fine from 1956 the same year as the Tebaldi with him on producers showcase TV show but for meaning of words and feeling in the complete recording I like Gigli in the 1940 Boheme recording with Albanese very much.
@FabDN41 If your main task in life is to strike on Jussi Björling - choose 1955, 56,58 and 59 as THE years where you find weaknesses. Not difficult here while the man was very ill, "halfmasted" and shouldnot have sunged at all. If you choose any other of the remaining 25 years i will be very surprised if you find "weaknesses" as you do now. At least he was considered the most "perfect" singer ever. IF you find something you will find "moore" on the others TFS!
Well it's studio so they can record anything over and take time doing it perfectly so I wouldn't think it was lack of energy but you know he had a heart condition by 1957 and in the last complete opera he recorded Butterfly he was pretty sick and yet he sounded fine. He died at only 49 years old, back then heart by pass was new and his heart was already over sized, so it may have been too late. Warren was never sick but then at 48 he died suddenly on stage, must be lots of stress also.
JB Calaf Nilsson has said that they did crank up the power in the recording so she did not drown him out .. He also never sang it live in any opera house That was Corelli stuff. You know JB sang Aida in smaller houses in Europe, then did it in 1958 in Chicago the reviews from Claudia Cassidy (tribune) said they where Fair in the big house. She said JB not stentorian enough for the role yet Bergonzi did manage it, met opera OK also not a big Spinto voice. JB did 3 Chgo shows, none after
I really don't want to get into tenor wars here but Jussi fans many of them are very fanatical about him. I could flame him or any tenor but if you like someone so be it. He was a great tenor and everyone hears differently, some say he was cold as ice, others say great he did not sob and still others say well he was the greatest of them all. Who cares you like what you like and screw the polls. Corelli was #1 in Zuckers poll and I am not a big fan of his but he had a great voice so what !
Well except for recitals,few of them I never heard Lanza on stage myself so for voice size I don't know but Jussi's was not as big as they say. At times for me he was cool and many can insist all they want anything about polls but I don't believe most heard him live like I did and big voices like del monaco a dramatic and tucker a spinto do not record as well as JB did or Bergonzi. Lanza had a warmer sound than jussi but no he was not the polished artist JB was. JB sang German Lieder also well
@FabDN41 I do agree with you and Gaytenor and Unless you heard all 3 of them live in house hard to tell about the power if the voice. I never heard Mario or Gigli in house but I did hear Jussi. I would guess Lanza had a good sized voice .Bjorling's was not a big powerful sound but it had a good point on top, it carried when I heard him with no problem.
The Jussi fans seem to have an edge on " HE WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL" No he was a lyric, was he the greatest Otello? No! The Greatest of all does not exist! but as a lyric he was very great. No he never would sing Otello on stage, that would be idiotic. Thats Del Monaco stuff!
What is it with Bjorling fans that EVERYTHING that Bjorling recorded is the best? Have any of the Jussians listened to Caruso's last recording of the aria, the fantastic versions by Jan Peerce, Gigli, Del Monaco, Tucker, and especially the stunningly beautiful version by Giuseppe Di Stefano with the tremendous contrast between ppp and ff. Some of the Bjorling fans are as silly as the Lanza fans. You should remember that Bjorling wasn't a god!
Correct Both Mario Del Monaco and Tucker had very big voices --yes, Del Monaco was a dramatic tenor I heard him a year after Jussi in Otello--- terrific and Tucker a big spinto had a very powerful top . I never heard Lanza he sang mostly in concerts and did Butterfly in 1948 in new orleans and fenton in merry wives of windsor in his early days but that was it for opera.Too bad he went Hollywood so soon, great natural voice, this notion of one tenor being the best of all is only an opinion.
yes Fabdn41--correct, thats true I heard JB on stage live two years before he died but I did not ever hear lanza or gigli live the Best way to judge, so I don't know Jussi did not have a big voice live but it was big enough and carried, it was beautiful. It may not have been as emotional as gigli but his voice was perfection with great lows and top notes, I enjoyed him on stage as a great artist.
Cant be done better. Chilling. Yes there are a lot of good tenors, and there seems to be a number of them just lately, but even death is beautiful and sweet when Bjoerling sings when he is at his best. Really, I have to say it is a matter of taste when you try to separate Bjoerling, Pav and Gigli, Corelli and even the young Capaldo, but sometimes the guy just has all the right notes and understanding, in a great piece of music, and you just have to say its perfect.
To his death 50años almost Jussi Bjorling is quivering quien listening, tenors there were many and very good but Bjorling even today is still the best. Maradona and Bjorling God prodigies. ahh I am ARGENTINO!!!!
A casi 50años de su muerte Jussi Bjorling sigue estremeciendo a quien lo escucha, tenores hubo muchos y muy buenos, pero Bjorling aun hoy sigue siendo el mejor. Maradona y Bjorling dos prodigios de Dios. Ahhh soy ¡¡¡ARGENTINO!!!
@Repulsion100... To his death 50años almost Jussi Bjorling is quivering quien listening, tenors there were many and very good but Bjorling even today is still the best. Maradona and Bjorling God prodigies. ahh I am ARGENTINO!!!!
To his death 50años almost Jussi Bjorling is quivering quien listening, tenors there were many and very good but Bjorling even today is still the best. Maradona and Bjorling God prodigies. ahh I am ARGENTINO!!!!
I really prefer Roberto Alagna singing this and Ruben Dominguez. Not as well known, especially Ruben but if you listen to his version you will wonder why Ruben never gained the fame that others did, and it was down to politics and pressure plain and simple. Ruben in reality is one of the most gifted singers even-though he is not well known.
@babystinky Thanks, I listened to RD & enjoyed it very much. However, fine though he was, he was no Jussi B. I do believe he should have been heard more but you are very, very correct about the politics of the arts. Remember, Pavarotti said that if it were not for his one lucky break, we would never have heard of him.
Oh, lord, YesHellFrozeOver - You're my man! Jussi's my boy and always will be. As many great tenors as there are, and ever were, that managed to get recorded, only Jussi can make me cry without even realizing it. A gift, straight from God.
One of the great voices of the 20th century. (I speak as a a professional singer). He has to be rated alongside Caruso and Domingo, and such a tragedy to die so young.
Hacer un alto en el camino y escuchar esta voz estimulante del espíritu humsno, nos reivindica como personas entre esta vorágine de estupidez de las luchas políticas y del colapso de la civilización que día a dia parece generalizarse. gracias Jussy Boerling.
That cab Mantell is a 90's FORD CROWN VICTORIA,THE BIG SEDAN OFTEN USED FOR POLICE CARS AND CABS, REAR WHEEL DRIVE AND BASICALLY THE SAME CAR AS THE MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
Does anyone know when the images were taken? Since Björling died in 1960, I gather they cannot be later than 1960...but they appear more recent than that, e.g. the taxi cab does not look like a car from the late 50's or even from the 1960's...more like the 80's or 90's maybe!
You can whine on about Mario (Lanza I presume) and Gigli all day. They were both superb singers - the world's best- but they did not posess the youthful power of Bjorling. Not now, not then.
Get over it people. Bjorling was the best there ever was. And have a nice day.
If anybody is rightfully entitled to that mantle, then it is Caruso.
True, Björling had something unique that no-one else had and he had one of the most beautiful voices ever heard.
However, Gigli, Lauri-Volpi, Corelli, Caruso, Fleta, Roswaenge and others could do things Björling couldn't and had vocal qualities that Björling didn't have and ofcourse, vice versa. Nobody has everything and that's why we get listen to all the greats.
@YesHellFrozeOver it's YOUR opinion...there is not such thing as "best singer ever"...for me we have many opera singers and they can't be compared to each other, because of they're different styles and specificities: Franco Corelli, Mario del Monaco, Beniamino Gigli, Nicolai Gedda, Jussi Bjorling, Enrico Caruso, Franco Bonisolli, Nicola Martinucci, Luciano Pavarotti, Gianfranco Cecchele, Giuseppe di Stefano, the young José Carreras, Richard Tucker, Mario Lanza....
@YesHellFrozeOver Gigli is good, in my opinion not great-- but Mario Lanza sings with too many peculiarities to be in the same class as Bjorling. I keep coming back to Bjorling when I want to be thrilled by the music. Also Caruso, Lemeshev, Wunderkind, Schippa.
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I really didn't care fore his final two to three phrases. Seemed to border on shouting, and was out of line with the rest of his performance. Passionate yes, but never step over the line...he may have done that just a little bit. I did love his slower tempo. Makes the trembling removal of the veils from the lovely forms (opera is SEXY) so much more sensuous. Mario enjoyed the moment, and so should the singer (and then the audience)!
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It was exactly in line with the rest of the performance. Mario is composing a love poem to Tosca and he breaks down when his memory gives way to the reality of facing his imminent execution come the dawn. Through the beginning of the aria the orchestra is playing the theme that he sings in these lines. He is essentially in denial and in his own world constructed from his memories of love. It's one of the most heartbreaking scenes in all of opera.
I am aware of the libretto, and the translation of the sometimes arcane Italian...mentr'io fremente le belle forme disciogliea dai veli is more directly translated as "with trembling hand the beautiful forms removed from their veils" tell me what he's singinig about there? the passionate lovers meeting. I just felt his A was too forced, and while the music calls for such passion, his voice couldn't handle what he gave. IMHO. Like I said, great rendition. ALMOST perfect!!!
Absolute perfection vocally! No doubt, there were many great tenors, but none better than Jussi. My grandfather loved opera long before I did. Back in the
60's he usd to say there were 2 great ones. Gigli and Bjorling. There were many others but those are pretty good choices.
I love a great Tenor this one is wonderful...great lives cut short as Tenors are...they are all a gift to us...try not to bring down one with the other...
Wisdom isn't my strong point i'm afraid. However, I am aware of two things. Bjoerling's only negative point was dying young and depriving the world of at least two decades of the most formidable opera the world has ever seen. And this is by far the most amazing rendition of this particular aria.
Should anyone wish to introduce any person to opera (of which I am a newcomer) then show them this...
Great as Jussi Björling always was, many think he was even better singing in Swedish. Probably not so much about language familiarity as a certain timbre his voice seems to take on. Or is it the words? Jussi was a great patriot and some of these songs are quite emotional for a Swede.
If you haven´t already, try "Land du välsignade", "Nämner du landet" and "Jungfrun under lind". "O helga natt" and "Nu är jag pank och fågelfri" are of course not Swedish songs but equally good.
I agree that the interpretation is magnificent here. Definitely one of the best out there, however, I still think Franco Corelli version is just a tiny bit better. :)
noone has ever sung this aria as beautiful as Jussi. Pavarotti comes close but Björling goes through your whole body. And I agree fully with Dollenberg:"When measuring beauty of sound and the technique used to produce it, Bjorling is way ahead. His was truly a gift from God".
It is always interesting to hear people extolling the virtues of their favourites. However there is a standard that can be measured and is not just subjective. The voice is an instrument and the beauty of the sound, together with the technique used to produce the sound can be measured. Acting, charisma, sense of drama etc is another question. When measuring beauty of sound and the technique used to produce it, Bjorling is way ahead. His was truly a gift from God.
Well it doesn't bother me much, the question was why? and you say it's his own style so it was by choice then and I am not a Corelli fan but never heard a vibrato that was excessive from him (other things) but I know they say he had a fast vibrato from his training maybe thats what they hear, Jussi's is slow and only on that last note here but I was not saying it as a criticism I was asking why? so the answer is style and that is intentional in your opinion.
The vibrato he says as an example is here on the very last last note it's like a pulse beating I think it is fine but have heard him taken to task over this probably intended vibrato. Any answers? Read my next comment. thanks, great singing here anyhow, wonderful IMO.
Question I am a big Bjorling fan and I do hear occasionally a lot of vibrato on top forte and usually I think it's fine but I have a running arguement with a friend of mine who says he hates the Bjorling Vibrato that he had on occasion and he feels it is excessive? In his book Jussi his wife said more Gigli and less caruso to Jussi
Mmh, well there are those who say that even Corelli's vibrato is excessive and feel bothered by it.
What I can tell you is that I would not call it excessive, it's simply a singer's own style. You like it? Good. You don't? too bad just listen to someone else.
At this level it's largely (if not only) a matter of personal liking.
Beautiful. I don't know much about music but I can say this is one of the best I've heard. Better than Domingo's or Pavarotti's version. This and Corelli's version are my favorites.
This is one of the great recordings of all time. The pianissimo at the end of the O dolci baci line is exquisite and unequalled, and then the dramatic intensity on the final line and high note overwhelm with emotion. And both in the same aria!!! - along with the haunting, tearful sound throughout. Bravo Jussi!!!!!
Jussi still had intact this clear/tender boyish quality to his voice that's absolutely charming. I personally think this is one of the reasons why he's such an adored anomaly. I mean what other grown man can sound manly, heroic, and boyish at the same time. This alone is extraordinary.
I must say, music is not to run 100 mtr in a WRecord. Bravo Pavarotti (voice of Angels), bravo Caruso (voice of Gold), bravo JB (voice of Silver/Platina), bravo Domingo, bravo Gigli, bravo Victoria des Los Angeles, bravo Robert Merril, and all the others bravo, bravo, bravo!
Same goes for you lol: You are absolutely correct, but you needn't bother explaining. These type of average joes don't have the capacity to (nor will they ever) discern the extraordinarily beautiful things in life. It's just the way it is ;).
Lack of passion, wooden? Everthing was in that voice, people were moved to tears when they heard him in performance, I was one of them. The instrument was so glorious that it could run the gamut of emotions. No one comes close.
You are absolutely right sir/madame but you needn't bother explaining. These type of average joes don't have the capacity to (nor will they ever) discern the extraordinarily beautiful things in life. It's just the way it is ;).
"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...
"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.'"-- some producer/critic's quote
EC is better at what? Whether you like Mr. Bjorling or not it doesn't change the fact that he's adamantly, universally, considered the best anomaly in recorded music history by those who dedicate their entire lives to studying music, for reasons that are not only subjective but MEASURABLE. So take your love for EC to Caruso's video page. So sick of lamos comparing Mr. Bjorling who is above & beyond comparison with their own idols of the moment.
i have that 1955 carnegie hall version and omg it's the most heartbreakingly beautiful rendition of E lucevan le stelle. Even my very stoic Korean mother was rendered speechless esp the part where he sings "... discogliea dai veli!"
Pavarotti era superlativo nel repertorio lirico, lirico leggero, Puritani, Elisir, Figlia, Bohème, Manon di Massenet etc, se dovessi citare tenori italiani andrei su Caruso, Pertile, Lauri Volpi...
Mia cara, il riferimento al grande Toscanini non è consolatorio per me, dal momento che lui aveva tutta una sua idea dell'Opera e che amò anche cantanti non proprio impeccabili, come Jan Peerce, tanto per non fare nomi....
In ogni caso , dopo dileggi verso Bjorling durati tutto il tempo della sua breve vita, in mortem gli agiografi si sono scatenati uso sciacalli a...lodarlo! Bé, forse era meglio farlo durante la sua breve vita. E DAVID POLERI ?
Che le scelte di Toscanini sui cantanti non sempre fossero azzeccate è risaputo.Credo tuttavia che Jan Peerce,soprattutto in certe opere di Verdi,avesse un'accento più adeguato di Bjorling.
la solita storia del...pastore! gli italioti non amano Bjorling, cioé il migòlior tenore di tutti i tempi, si tengano quel cafonaccio di Panzarotti, che per fortuna non odo più....
Le critiche che ho rivolto a Bjorling, non le fatte di certo nel nome di Pavarotti. Considero Pavarotti un ottimo tenore, ma inferiore ad esempio a Bergonzi o Corelli(tanto per rimanere in Italia).
.. è una sua interpretazione, la voce di Bjorling è particolare ed è spesso "fuori-tema", ma qui non ci trovo ne tecnicamente ne nell'interpretazione nulla di male.
Direi grandioso, assolutamente inutili i tenori del giorno d'oggi al confronto di questi mostri sacri.
Dal vivo, al teatro non l'avresti trovato noioso, fidati, è il suono.. se ti piacela lirica ti avrebbe fatto venire i brividi.
Comunque, rispetto quel che dici, ma non son d'accordo.
Ti ringrazio e rispetto anch'io la tua opinione. Tuttvia devo ribadire la mia posizione. Bjoerling aveva un timbro bellissimo e un'ottima tecnica. Però quando cantava Verdi e Puccini, nei momenti di maggior intensità lirica, la sua voce(dal colore e calore dell'aurora boreale) e il suo canto non trovavano il vero abbandono.
Ti sfido di cantare un bel do di petto abbandonandoti all'emozione... Sarà che sono una nordica "boreale", ma questa è, per me, una delle poche interpretazioni di questa aria dove si sente veramente la rassegnazione di un uomo morente. La grandezza di Björling sta anche nella sua crescita da artista ed interprete, le sue ultime interpretazioni pucciniane hanno tutto un altro spessore di quelli dell'inizio carriera, anche se la tecnica rimane sempre impeccabile.
This is beautiful but his live ones are better, warmer and to compare him with Corelli, Tucker or Del Monaco is wrong cause he is not a Spinto or dramatic Tenor. His voice is more a lyric, Pav. or Bergonzi then a Corelli . He was a great artist but the Italians love singers like Corelli, Bergonzi, Di Stefano and the American Tucker who where more passionate etc. Bjoerling usually more restrained. He was a great Concert singer always.
Strange: I hear so much passion in this delivery. Opera singing demands massive technique - especially Tenor singing like this. Comparing Opera to other singing is not valid. This Aria is over 100 years old: it has stood the test of time. It's not about 3 minute tunes at the top of the pops for 3 weeks then forgotten forever.
grande tenor
estbla1425 2 months ago
¡Interpretación que sirve de medida a todas las demás.¡¡¡Divino!!!
paradoxicus 3 months ago 3
Creo que la interpretación de Björling es el canon para ésta maravillosa aria.
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@FabDN41
Then let's call it passion/devotion. It's not as though I hate those who disagree with my assertions about JB; on the contrary I view them as soulmates with a varying experience. All the best to you my friend. :)
Bjorlingmiracle 3 months ago
The "greatest" would be one of comparable, near equals; what I'm saying is that Jussi is unique, and INCOMPARABLE; thus the One And Only. Unlike you I'm an amateur (lover) and a monogamous one at that so yes a very fanatical attitude.
I wonder , have you ever totally immersed yourself in the sea of a celestial voice, leaving you breathless and with tears running down your cheeks (the kind of experience that breeds a fanatical attitude), or are you the cool observer that you appear to be?
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@FabDN41
There was no misunderstanding. You were belittling, not the greatest, but the Incomparable, The One and Only, and that to me is enough to suggest a remedy for your ailment.
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@FabDN41 If Jussi is just another singer to you then go listen to Paul Potts, that two bit imitator of a singer may be good enough for you. Another brilliant idea may be to rinse the wax from your ears!
Bjorlingmiracle 3 months ago
beautiful!!
PatrickSmith1989 4 months ago
YO JAMAS ESCUCHE UN SONIDO MAS PROFUNDO E INTRINCADO QUE EL DE JOAN SUTHERLAND.......SU VOZ SE EXTENDIA POR EL AIRE COMO EL POLEN POR TODA LA INMENSIDAD DEL CIELO.
bellini7verdi 6 months ago
Who could dislike this?
happywealthyme 7 months ago
what can i say....If God has a singing-voice he probably has this one!
63RobWanders 7 months ago
Listen to this and listen to that. Why? It´s enough to listen to his competitors, for them he was sufficient. Thank´s 302MarkVII.
BOGSTEN 7 months ago
Absolutely first-class. A wonderful treat. Thank you very much for posting!
The99Gambo 7 months ago
an amazing voice!!thank you for the post...
aniusam 7 months ago
Jussi in Splendid Isolation! Comparing with other singers, Jussi is in a class of his own. The beauty in his voice, the outstanding technique and the way he is dealing with the upper register makes him unique!
Thesnuttan52 7 months ago
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Muy dificil opinar si Don Bjorling fue mejor que Pavarotti, creo que el Sueco poseia una gran voz, pero hoy se escucha como "muy estudiada" , Luciano es mas natural y mas potente.
07091945ful 8 months ago
Listen to Carusos "E lucevan le stelle" ! There is a thread between Caruso
and J. B. David Björling was in contact with Caruso and educated his son Jussi with recordings by Caruso.
pgiuser 9 months ago
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levendulaable 9 months ago
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levendulaable 9 months ago
Isten páratlan hanggal áldotta meg!!!!!
Az 1960-as években ismertem meg a hangját..., és azóta imádom.
Annak örülök, hogy életének jeles évfordulóin ma is hallhatjuk a Bartók Rádióban.
Köszönjük!!!!!
levendulaable 9 months ago
@FabDN41 Thats really heavy stuff man.......chill out
tamaria6564 9 months ago
Average
tamaria6564 9 months ago
@FabDN41 Can´t argue here! Who is the better, Verdi ore Puccini? Don´t like to make a contest of everything so my annswer is; "the one you listen to!
suffes 9 months ago
@FabDN41 Oh, we all HAVE listened to FC:s E lucevan - many times - and it´s just fine. Not as sensible and with the deep, deep feeling as in Björlings - a man knowing what it´s about while he himself is dying - but still quite good!.
suffes 9 months ago
Great artist! Great voice,wow...well done!
tenordramaticitm2 10 months ago
Oh my GOD
So beautiful, heartbreaking!
stagelirica 10 months ago
MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING! i was looking for a recording to follow after, and my god i think i've found it lol
iltenoredramatico 11 months ago
How I wish we had better recordings of Caruso, but even so, the emotional purity that Jussi delivers here is heart breaking. The way he navigates the delicately plaintive passages (2:02 - 2:10 of this recording) is a miracle of sorts.
rodents2 1 year ago
2:56 I died!
jimwaters207yt 1 year ago
Jussi Bjorling is king of the tenors!!!
jimwaters207yt 1 year ago 18
del Monaco, Caruso and others excelled in this ... but the true MEASURE of the aria has never been bettered, than what the Swede could do - intonation, rhythm, articulation ... and the MOST-initimable timbre of all tenors.
jhb134 1 year ago 23
@jhb134 I favor Bjorling on several arias and songs, but give a slight edge to Caruso on this one after hearing Bjorling and Caruso sing it many times. I feel a stronger emotional connection with Caruso's 1904 classic. Caruso's amazing resonance in the upper register puts the icing on the cake.
wiseroldfart 8 months ago
@wiseroldfart - Thanks! Well, I won't "gainsay" the extraordinary contributions of Caruso, ESPECIALLY in this dividing-line, of tenor arias. Caruso recorded in the infancy of recording techniques, and adopted a very-STRONG approach in many arias ... and the latter almost-always paid-OFF, in inimitableness, of the most-enduring kinds. If one retains a SOFT spot for the Swede, then it's for GOOD reason; Jussi B could embrace the tenderness and strength of the voice, as did Enrico.
jhb134 8 months ago
@jhb134 Bjorling and Caruso are my favorites. However, Caruso's 1904 recording gives me the most direct emotional connection despite not being as polished as Bjorling's versions.
Caruso's spine-chilling resonance on demanding higher notes remains unmatched. Bjorling's highs have more of a ringing sound, but are equally impossible to duplicate. I haven't found a tenor capable of going toe to toe with these two great tenors. They are one in several billion for different reasons, in my opinion.
wiseroldfart 6 months ago 2
@wiseroldfart - Excellent points, my friend ... and specific (as they would need, to be)! In this, most-demanding (of many) of tenor arias, originating from the heart and pen of Puccini, it's true that there're probably NO others, who could stand ... toe-to-toe ... with Bjorling and Caruso. We appreciate the brilliance and inner force of Caruso, while we regard the almost-mysterious timbre of Bjorling, WITH the sufficient/adequate force and projection that he had, as extraordinary!
jhb134 6 months ago 3
@jhb134 Have you heard Caruso. I'm a massive Jussi fan but listen to Caruso. Jussi listened to Caruos and stole a lot of his roadmap. And that roadmap is perfect.
KaleidoscopeAct 5 months ago
@KaleidoscopeAct - I've listened to Caruso, many times. He was the giant of the earliest age of vocal recordings, no question! It's simply that, Bjorling and Melchior are my favorite of ALL tenors (in almost any aria), with Caruso, Thill and Schmidt very close. Thanks!
jhb134 5 months ago 2
This is pure Opera power. God give him high C.
chpetrus1955 1 year ago
Jussi is numer one,
chpetrus1955 1 year ago
To say anything else, except fabulous...
Would be telling a lie (in my opinion).
Di
aussiechickdiana 1 year ago
@FabDN41 "great singer but with limitations" All the greate ones, had theires limitations - of course even JB. BUT if you have to mention one of them with the least limitations it must be Björling. Don´t forget he was a lyric not a spinto/dramatic. If you judge from this p.o.w. - think you do - it will be no problems to find lim´s! Anyway, JB:s rep. was one of the widest with Italian, Frensh and German opera, Am/English, Latin, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish etc. songs.
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 "came about after 1935"...let´s pretend you are right here? But Björlings whole education, Operatic impressions and developement lies BEFORE 1935 and his "teacher" Started to work with his voice 1913 - acc. to a new doc. diss. His "teacher" was David Björling, his father. He worked at Metropolitan as both singer and song pedagog. Same time as Caruso. He was way ahead of his time with new ideas! 1935 JB had performed for a long time and was already the one he became later!
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 Your " Björling antipathy" becomes more and more ridiculous! What´s wrong with you? If you don´t like him why bother??? Go to the onces you like and speak well instead! I don´t agree with you on any point and will never do. In the beginning, 45 years back when i took my first singing lessons i had about the same tase as you do now. Later on my taste become more and more refined away from sobbing, trickeling, breath interuption etc. and in the direction of Björling, di Stefano, Tucker,
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 For ONCE and only ONCE you where right! I ment GOLDEN AGE OF TENORS not opera. I know all yoy are saying about opera so you could have saved all this energy.
suffes 1 year ago
I quote somebody else commenting JB:s when singing Mattinata here on You Tube. Cannot express this better myself: "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." end of quotation!!!!
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 You should read more carefully: "The lyric unbroken flow" I´m not at all crazy about JB! I just don´t like people with a misdirected mission to trow mud on a certain artist. You will never find me doing the same! JB is not vaving his hands, not trickeling his tongue but has an extraordinary emotioanl feeling inbuilt in his tone! Not easy to understand but this is opera not theatre. And he was the shining star at the golden age of Opera in the 40:th and 50:th so i´m not alone in this!
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 Isn´t it to late for that. The only human who could do it is gon cince 50 years???
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 Was not refering to holding the last note this was no contest. Some follwed the notes other exaggerated. What i ment was that JB was famous for singing fluenlty trough THE WHOLE PIECE " without breathing" i.e the expression "JB was like a nightingale with a compressor in his but". This was e new way of singing! Martinelli, one of my favorites, had a fine lyric register but was more conc. as spinto dramatic. i.e. Otello and Lammermoor as the most famous.
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 All of us need to leran ......yes ofcourse, all of us! But than you are a little bit wrong here. The lyrical tradition was not fully developed before JB. Sobbing and extravagations was overvelming. JB sang fluently trough the whole piece "without breathing" and with moore cadenza in high notes etc. Stefani, Pavarotti and many others followed in this new tradition!
Dont follow what you mean by "empty"? No house was empty when JB sang ?
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 My final opinion; agree with some of what you are saying but not at all with two things.
1. Originality - you have a lot to learn! JB has a silvery sad enourmos deep feeling inbuilt INTO his tone. By listening to his swedish songs + Sibelius and Grieg you will learn!
2. Lyrical tradition - you are wery wrong! JB stands for a chapter of his own in the history of lyrical tradition with many followers!
Except from this my final words, we can agree. So please continue to listen and learn.
suffes 1 year ago
IMO the best JB Che Gelida live is the 1949 Radio show, the Standard hour he also sang with his wife on that one. His complete Boheme is very fine from 1956 the same year as the Tebaldi with him on producers showcase TV show but for meaning of words and feeling in the complete recording I like Gigli in the 1940 Boheme recording with Albanese very much.
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
@FabDN41 If your main task in life is to strike on Jussi Björling - choose 1955, 56,58 and 59 as THE years where you find weaknesses. Not difficult here while the man was very ill, "halfmasted" and shouldnot have sunged at all. If you choose any other of the remaining 25 years i will be very surprised if you find "weaknesses" as you do now. At least he was considered the most "perfect" singer ever. IF you find something you will find "moore" on the others TFS!
suffes 1 year ago
@FabDN41 Possible answer; i just listen to Che gelida JB 1938 by Violintief.
The lyric unbroken flow, youthful power and cadenza in high notes are incomparable IMO!
LP? nearly as good but not 100%. Thank you!
suffes 1 year ago
I agree, the best I have ever heard.
kmkforlife22 1 year ago
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SHICOFF1 1 year ago
Well it's studio so they can record anything over and take time doing it perfectly so I wouldn't think it was lack of energy but you know he had a heart condition by 1957 and in the last complete opera he recorded Butterfly he was pretty sick and yet he sounded fine. He died at only 49 years old, back then heart by pass was new and his heart was already over sized, so it may have been too late. Warren was never sick but then at 48 he died suddenly on stage, must be lots of stress also.
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
JB Calaf Nilsson has said that they did crank up the power in the recording so she did not drown him out .. He also never sang it live in any opera house That was Corelli stuff. You know JB sang Aida in smaller houses in Europe, then did it in 1958 in Chicago the reviews from Claudia Cassidy (tribune) said they where Fair in the big house. She said JB not stentorian enough for the role yet Bergonzi did manage it, met opera OK also not a big Spinto voice. JB did 3 Chgo shows, none after
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
@FabDN41 I would agree with most of what you say.
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
I really don't want to get into tenor wars here but Jussi fans many of them are very fanatical about him. I could flame him or any tenor but if you like someone so be it. He was a great tenor and everyone hears differently, some say he was cold as ice, others say great he did not sob and still others say well he was the greatest of them all. Who cares you like what you like and screw the polls. Corelli was #1 in Zuckers poll and I am not a big fan of his but he had a great voice so what !
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
Well except for recitals,few of them I never heard Lanza on stage myself so for voice size I don't know but Jussi's was not as big as they say. At times for me he was cool and many can insist all they want anything about polls but I don't believe most heard him live like I did and big voices like del monaco a dramatic and tucker a spinto do not record as well as JB did or Bergonzi. Lanza had a warmer sound than jussi but no he was not the polished artist JB was. JB sang German Lieder also well
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
@FabDN41 I do agree with you and Gaytenor and Unless you heard all 3 of them live in house hard to tell about the power if the voice. I never heard Mario or Gigli in house but I did hear Jussi. I would guess Lanza had a good sized voice .Bjorling's was not a big powerful sound but it had a good point on top, it carried when I heard him with no problem.
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
The Jussi fans seem to have an edge on " HE WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL" No he was a lyric, was he the greatest Otello? No! The Greatest of all does not exist! but as a lyric he was very great. No he never would sing Otello on stage, that would be idiotic. Thats Del Monaco stuff!
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
What is it with Bjorling fans that EVERYTHING that Bjorling recorded is the best? Have any of the Jussians listened to Caruso's last recording of the aria, the fantastic versions by Jan Peerce, Gigli, Del Monaco, Tucker, and especially the stunningly beautiful version by Giuseppe Di Stefano with the tremendous contrast between ppp and ff. Some of the Bjorling fans are as silly as the Lanza fans. You should remember that Bjorling wasn't a god!
gaytenor 1 year ago
Correct Both Mario Del Monaco and Tucker had very big voices --yes, Del Monaco was a dramatic tenor I heard him a year after Jussi in Otello--- terrific and Tucker a big spinto had a very powerful top . I never heard Lanza he sang mostly in concerts and did Butterfly in 1948 in new orleans and fenton in merry wives of windsor in his early days but that was it for opera.Too bad he went Hollywood so soon, great natural voice, this notion of one tenor being the best of all is only an opinion.
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
yes Fabdn41--correct, thats true I heard JB on stage live two years before he died but I did not ever hear lanza or gigli live the Best way to judge, so I don't know Jussi did not have a big voice live but it was big enough and carried, it was beautiful. It may not have been as emotional as gigli but his voice was perfection with great lows and top notes, I enjoyed him on stage as a great artist.
SHICOFF1 1 year ago
Love the ticker tape parade!! B.B.
winobuff 1 year ago
Beautiful, Beautiful Vibrato...
AllSentientFreeman 1 year ago
Cant be done better. Chilling. Yes there are a lot of good tenors, and there seems to be a number of them just lately, but even death is beautiful and sweet when Bjoerling sings when he is at his best. Really, I have to say it is a matter of taste when you try to separate Bjoerling, Pav and Gigli, Corelli and even the young Capaldo, but sometimes the guy just has all the right notes and understanding, in a great piece of music, and you just have to say its perfect.
griffcats 1 year ago
great artist
Gustavocasanovatenor 1 year ago
Just listen to his piano...
No words....
gerelloav 1 year ago 15
I love the graphics.
Polytes1 1 year ago
This is nice.
But, I have a pre-cancer recording of José Carreras singing this which has even more emotion poured into it.
Limpandtotheleft 1 year ago
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To his death 50años almost Jussi Bjorling is quivering quien listening, tenors there were many and very good but Bjorling even today is still the best. Maradona and Bjorling God prodigies. ahh I am ARGENTINO!!!!
lpizzella 1 year ago
A casi 50años de su muerte Jussi Bjorling sigue estremeciendo a quien lo escucha, tenores hubo muchos y muy buenos, pero Bjorling aun hoy sigue siendo el mejor. Maradona y Bjorling dos prodigios de Dios. Ahhh soy ¡¡¡ARGENTINO!!!
lpizzella 1 year ago
@lpizzella Is it possible for you to translate into english ???
Repulsion100 1 year ago
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@Repulsion100... To his death 50años almost Jussi Bjorling is quivering quien listening, tenors there were many and very good but Bjorling even today is still the best. Maradona and Bjorling God prodigies. ahh I am ARGENTINO!!!!
lpizzella 1 year ago
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To his death 50años almost Jussi Bjorling is quivering quien listening, tenors there were many and very good but Bjorling even today is still the best. Maradona and Bjorling God prodigies. ahh I am ARGENTINO!!!!
lpizzella 1 year ago
I really prefer Roberto Alagna singing this and Ruben Dominguez. Not as well known, especially Ruben but if you listen to his version you will wonder why Ruben never gained the fame that others did, and it was down to politics and pressure plain and simple. Ruben in reality is one of the most gifted singers even-though he is not well known.
babystinky 1 year ago
@babystinky Thanks, I listened to RD & enjoyed it very much. However, fine though he was, he was no Jussi B. I do believe he should have been heard more but you are very, very correct about the politics of the arts. Remember, Pavarotti said that if it were not for his one lucky break, we would never have heard of him.
Lovelytenor1 1 year ago
Taste, taste, taste. Not a glimpse of vulgar treacle.
Pugophile 1 year ago
Oh, lord, YesHellFrozeOver - You're my man! Jussi's my boy and always will be. As many great tenors as there are, and ever were, that managed to get recorded, only Jussi can make me cry without even realizing it. A gift, straight from God.
FlyingTiger5 1 year ago 2
This is the best tenor in the world!
MrJMarquard 1 year ago 13
One of the great voices of the 20th century. (I speak as a a professional singer). He has to be rated alongside Caruso and Domingo, and such a tragedy to die so young.
fiona49 1 year ago 2
Nice. Really creeps up on you.
WolfmanJoeHunter 1 year ago
Hacer un alto en el camino y escuchar esta voz estimulante del espíritu humsno, nos reivindica como personas entre esta vorágine de estupidez de las luchas políticas y del colapso de la civilización que día a dia parece generalizarse. gracias Jussy Boerling.
cazapleonexicos 1 year ago 2
Extraordinaria version entre los grandes de todos los tiempos
MegaCardel 1 year ago
That cab Mantell is a 90's FORD CROWN VICTORIA,THE BIG SEDAN OFTEN USED FOR POLICE CARS AND CABS, REAR WHEEL DRIVE AND BASICALLY THE SAME CAR AS THE MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
halavey 2 years ago
Mark7 Your slide show is out of sight. Really! Thanks.
goodboybuddy1 2 years ago
Does anyone know when the images were taken? Since Björling died in 1960, I gather they cannot be later than 1960...but they appear more recent than that, e.g. the taxi cab does not look like a car from the late 50's or even from the 1960's...more like the 80's or 90's maybe!
mantell 2 years ago
Impresionadísimo.
paradoxicus 2 years ago
Stunning. Full stop.
99Gambo 2 years ago 2
Well guess what.
You can whine on about Mario (Lanza I presume) and Gigli all day. They were both superb singers - the world's best- but they did not posess the youthful power of Bjorling. Not now, not then.
Get over it people. Bjorling was the best there ever was. And have a nice day.
YesHellFrozeOver 2 years ago 45
There is no use arguing over who was the best.
If anybody is rightfully entitled to that mantle, then it is Caruso.
True, Björling had something unique that no-one else had and he had one of the most beautiful voices ever heard.
However, Gigli, Lauri-Volpi, Corelli, Caruso, Fleta, Roswaenge and others could do things Björling couldn't and had vocal qualities that Björling didn't have and ofcourse, vice versa. Nobody has everything and that's why we get listen to all the greats.
revivaljesus 2 years ago
Amen!!!
halcassell 2 years ago
@YesHellFrozeOver the voice is a gift from God. every one in unique.
MessagerOfHell 1 year ago
@YesHellFrozeOver it's YOUR opinion...there is not such thing as "best singer ever"...for me we have many opera singers and they can't be compared to each other, because of they're different styles and specificities: Franco Corelli, Mario del Monaco, Beniamino Gigli, Nicolai Gedda, Jussi Bjorling, Enrico Caruso, Franco Bonisolli, Nicola Martinucci, Luciano Pavarotti, Gianfranco Cecchele, Giuseppe di Stefano, the young José Carreras, Richard Tucker, Mario Lanza....
mgdoom 1 year ago
@YesHellFrozeOver Gigli is good, in my opinion not great-- but Mario Lanza sings with too many peculiarities to be in the same class as Bjorling. I keep coming back to Bjorling when I want to be thrilled by the music. Also Caruso, Lemeshev, Wunderkind, Schippa.
leoniemikele 1 year ago
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I really didn't care fore his final two to three phrases. Seemed to border on shouting, and was out of line with the rest of his performance. Passionate yes, but never step over the line...he may have done that just a little bit. I did love his slower tempo. Makes the trembling removal of the veils from the lovely forms (opera is SEXY) so much more sensuous. Mario enjoyed the moment, and so should the singer (and then the audience)!
djschlom 2 years ago
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It was exactly in line with the rest of the performance. Mario is composing a love poem to Tosca and he breaks down when his memory gives way to the reality of facing his imminent execution come the dawn. Through the beginning of the aria the orchestra is playing the theme that he sings in these lines. He is essentially in denial and in his own world constructed from his memories of love. It's one of the most heartbreaking scenes in all of opera.
That being said, I think I like Gigli's Better.
grumpyoldhepcat 2 years ago
I am aware of the libretto, and the translation of the sometimes arcane Italian...mentr'io fremente le belle forme disciogliea dai veli is more directly translated as "with trembling hand the beautiful forms removed from their veils" tell me what he's singinig about there? the passionate lovers meeting. I just felt his A was too forced, and while the music calls for such passion, his voice couldn't handle what he gave. IMHO. Like I said, great rendition. ALMOST perfect!!!
djschlom 2 years ago
Tack så mycket lol inte tak:p
Hammarby1993 2 years ago
Thank you for your correction!
YesHellFrozeOver 2 years ago
Oh..my God..
tobobba 2 years ago
Absolute perfection vocally! No doubt, there were many great tenors, but none better than Jussi. My grandfather loved opera long before I did. Back in the
60's he usd to say there were 2 great ones. Gigli and Bjorling. There were many others but those are pretty good choices.
joelweisberg 2 years ago 9
Thank you Jussi, wherever you are, thank you , grazie, merci, gracias, etc.
GigiEspil 2 years ago 2
You forgot 'Tak sa mycket' (swedish) lol
YesHellFrozeOver 2 years ago
Tak sa mycket , then , Jussi. And tak sa mycket, YesHellFrozeOver!!!!
GigiEspil 2 years ago
Absolutamente precioso! El más bello timbre que ha salido de la garganta de un hombre
jsierra88 2 years ago 3
¡A nivel de los mejores!.
paradoxicus 2 years ago
I love a great Tenor this one is wonderful...great lives cut short as Tenors are...they are all a gift to us...try not to bring down one with the other...
lc77k 2 years ago
I don't see how this can ever be done any better
mattdk88 2 years ago 4
Totally moving and the soul in it.I love corelli but this takes it even to a higher level.God bless you for this jussi.
SAMLPCD 2 years ago 5
What an incredibly beautiful and powerful voice. It's singing, but not as I've known it before - from a loftier plane somewhere.
316StSt 2 years ago 6
Maravilloso!
impactante, me hizo llorar!
samuelbautenor 2 years ago
It made me cry...outstanding.
pdidi1 2 years ago
Outstanding! Marvelous! Fantastic!
Forget all the others tenors - including italians - Jussy rule!
The only one performance that could try (just try) to face this one is the one of Giuseppe Di Stefano, in the famous recording of Tosca of 1953.
In that record, Di Stefano was stunning... but Jussi... oh my God... Jussi...!
LardoDiColonnata 2 years ago 11
Sono Italiano and I agree with you..only the best Di Stefano could...
giovannichetta 2 years ago
Greatest tenor ever.
Possibly the greatest voice to ever grace my ears
CarmenMirandasHat 2 years ago 35
Hey Rudy,
Wisdom isn't my strong point i'm afraid. However, I am aware of two things. Bjoerling's only negative point was dying young and depriving the world of at least two decades of the most formidable opera the world has ever seen. And this is by far the most amazing rendition of this particular aria.
Should anyone wish to introduce any person to opera (of which I am a newcomer) then show them this...
YesHellFrozeOver 2 years ago 9
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RudySunseeker 2 years ago
Hallo YHFO,
Great as Jussi Björling always was, many think he was even better singing in Swedish. Probably not so much about language familiarity as a certain timbre his voice seems to take on. Or is it the words? Jussi was a great patriot and some of these songs are quite emotional for a Swede.
If you haven´t already, try "Land du välsignade", "Nämner du landet" and "Jungfrun under lind". "O helga natt" and "Nu är jag pank och fågelfri" are of course not Swedish songs but equally good.
RudySunseeker 2 years ago
Yes, RudySunseeker, we understand you like Kitty's comments. And did you really respond to your own text? LOL
YesHellFrozeOver 2 years ago
Hell, like your comment, too, but - no. It´s a lottery getting your words of wisdom in the right place, right?
RudySunseeker 2 years ago
han ä fan bäst
LinkinJovi 2 years ago
I have heard many renditions of this. Bjorling breathes this beautiful aria with effortless grace.
No-one can beat this. Tucker and Pavarotti are also formidable, but not like this.
Thoughts, anyone?
YesHellFrozeOver 2 years ago 3
I agree that the interpretation is magnificent here. Definitely one of the best out there, however, I still think Franco Corelli version is just a tiny bit better. :)
tranzenic 2 years ago
Björling es el más grande de todos los tiempos. Su angustia, su limpieza de voz y su alma volcada en el aria así lo testimonian.
racsosiul60 2 years ago
noone has ever sung this aria as beautiful as Jussi. Pavarotti comes close but Björling goes through your whole body. And I agree fully with Dollenberg:"When measuring beauty of sound and the technique used to produce it, Bjorling is way ahead. His was truly a gift from God".
westerwood07 2 years ago 4
It is always interesting to hear people extolling the virtues of their favourites. However there is a standard that can be measured and is not just subjective. The voice is an instrument and the beauty of the sound, together with the technique used to produce the sound can be measured. Acting, charisma, sense of drama etc is another question. When measuring beauty of sound and the technique used to produce it, Bjorling is way ahead. His was truly a gift from God.
dollenberg 2 years ago 6
Pickbit-- Thank you for your answer. Perhaps thats it. I had heard it discussed before on opera L but with no answer .
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Well it doesn't bother me much, the question was why? and you say it's his own style so it was by choice then and I am not a Corelli fan but never heard a vibrato that was excessive from him (other things) but I know they say he had a fast vibrato from his training maybe thats what they hear, Jussi's is slow and only on that last note here but I was not saying it as a criticism I was asking why? so the answer is style and that is intentional in your opinion.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
The vibrato he says as an example is here on the very last last note it's like a pulse beating I think it is fine but have heard him taken to task over this probably intended vibrato. Any answers? Read my next comment. thanks, great singing here anyhow, wonderful IMO.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Question I am a big Bjorling fan and I do hear occasionally a lot of vibrato on top forte and usually I think it's fine but I have a running arguement with a friend of mine who says he hates the Bjorling Vibrato that he had on occasion and he feels it is excessive? In his book Jussi his wife said more Gigli and less caruso to Jussi
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Mmh, well there are those who say that even Corelli's vibrato is excessive and feel bothered by it.
What I can tell you is that I would not call it excessive, it's simply a singer's own style. You like it? Good. You don't? too bad just listen to someone else.
At this level it's largely (if not only) a matter of personal liking.
PickBit 3 years ago
Beautiful. I don't know much about music but I can say this is one of the best I've heard. Better than Domingo's or Pavarotti's version. This and Corelli's version are my favorites.
Thank you for sharing such beauty with us.
Meny20 3 years ago
This is one of the great recordings of all time. The pianissimo at the end of the O dolci baci line is exquisite and unequalled, and then the dramatic intensity on the final line and high note overwhelm with emotion. And both in the same aria!!! - along with the haunting, tearful sound throughout. Bravo Jussi!!!!!
rob0g01 3 years ago 11
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RudySunseeker 2 years ago
Sin melodramatismo alguno.Excepcional. Tal vez el mejor tenor lírico del siglo pasado. Una voz limpia.
racsosiul60 3 years ago 2
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Haha wow...he sounds like Michael Crawford on that note at 1:38.
leadoffeohippus 3 years ago
Jussi still had intact this clear/tender boyish quality to his voice that's absolutely charming. I personally think this is one of the reasons why he's such an adored anomaly. I mean what other grown man can sound manly, heroic, and boyish at the same time. This alone is extraordinary.
kittycrunch456 3 years ago 5
Kitty, always love your comments!
RudySunseeker 2 years ago
wow thank you!
kittycrunch456 2 years ago
I must say, music is not to run 100 mtr in a WRecord. Bravo Pavarotti (voice of Angels), bravo Caruso (voice of Gold), bravo JB (voice of Silver/Platina), bravo Domingo, bravo Gigli, bravo Victoria des Los Angeles, bravo Robert Merril, and all the others bravo, bravo, bravo!
petereuropa 3 years ago
LACK OF PASSION? NOT IN JUSSI BJÖRLING, ONE OF THE GREATEST SINGERS IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDING!
GUSTAVO MONASTRA tenor
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Gustavian 3 years ago 10
Same goes for you lol: You are absolutely correct, but you needn't bother explaining. These type of average joes don't have the capacity to (nor will they ever) discern the extraordinarily beautiful things in life. It's just the way it is ;).
kittycrunch456 3 years ago
Lack of passion, wooden? Everthing was in that voice, people were moved to tears when they heard him in performance, I was one of them. The instrument was so glorious that it could run the gamut of emotions. No one comes close.
dollenberg 3 years ago 7
You are absolutely right sir/madame but you needn't bother explaining. These type of average joes don't have the capacity to (nor will they ever) discern the extraordinarily beautiful things in life. It's just the way it is ;).
kittycrunch456 3 years ago 2
"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 4
"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.'"-- some producer/critic's quote
noonah08 3 years ago 6
JB may be ok, but EC ist much much better!!!
blaugrun67 3 years ago
EC is better at what? Whether you like Mr. Bjorling or not it doesn't change the fact that he's adamantly, universally, considered the best anomaly in recorded music history by those who dedicate their entire lives to studying music, for reasons that are not only subjective but MEASURABLE. So take your love for EC to Caruso's video page. So sick of lamos comparing Mr. Bjorling who is above & beyond comparison with their own idols of the moment.
kittycrunch456 3 years ago 2
la mejor interpretacion
centrohermes 3 years ago 2
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RudySunseeker 3 years ago
i have that 1955 carnegie hall version and omg it's the most heartbreakingly beautiful rendition of E lucevan le stelle. Even my very stoic Korean mother was rendered speechless esp the part where he sings "... discogliea dai veli!"
ideale123 3 years ago 4
Very fine and two years before he sang it with a diminuendo at a carneige hall concert, 1955 live with piano.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago 4
Pavarotti era superlativo nel repertorio lirico, lirico leggero, Puritani, Elisir, Figlia, Bohème, Manon di Massenet etc, se dovessi citare tenori italiani andrei su Caruso, Pertile, Lauri Volpi...
neronnenn 3 years ago
Mia cara, il riferimento al grande Toscanini non è consolatorio per me, dal momento che lui aveva tutta una sua idea dell'Opera e che amò anche cantanti non proprio impeccabili, come Jan Peerce, tanto per non fare nomi....
In ogni caso , dopo dileggi verso Bjorling durati tutto il tempo della sua breve vita, in mortem gli agiografi si sono scatenati uso sciacalli a...lodarlo! Bé, forse era meglio farlo durante la sua breve vita. E DAVID POLERI ?
neronnenn 3 years ago
Che le scelte di Toscanini sui cantanti non sempre fossero azzeccate è risaputo.Credo tuttavia che Jan Peerce,soprattutto in certe opere di Verdi,avesse un'accento più adeguato di Bjorling.
hizan06 3 years ago
la solita storia del...pastore! gli italioti non amano Bjorling, cioé il migòlior tenore di tutti i tempi, si tengano quel cafonaccio di Panzarotti, che per fortuna non odo più....
viva Jussi!
neronnenn 3 years ago
C'era almeno un italioto che apprezzò Björling, il Maestro Toscanini. Ed è la sua opinione che conta per me.;-)
Luonnotar70 3 years ago
Le critiche che ho rivolto a Bjorling, non le fatte di certo nel nome di Pavarotti. Considero Pavarotti un ottimo tenore, ma inferiore ad esempio a Bergonzi o Corelli(tanto per rimanere in Italia).
hizan06 3 years ago
Ottima voce ma, come sempre, interprete noioso
e soporifero
hizan06 3 years ago
.. è una sua interpretazione, la voce di Bjorling è particolare ed è spesso "fuori-tema", ma qui non ci trovo ne tecnicamente ne nell'interpretazione nulla di male.
Direi grandioso, assolutamente inutili i tenori del giorno d'oggi al confronto di questi mostri sacri.
Dal vivo, al teatro non l'avresti trovato noioso, fidati, è il suono.. se ti piacela lirica ti avrebbe fatto venire i brividi.
Comunque, rispetto quel che dici, ma non son d'accordo.
AlterEgosRevenge 3 years ago
Ti ringrazio e rispetto anch'io la tua opinione. Tuttvia devo ribadire la mia posizione. Bjoerling aveva un timbro bellissimo e un'ottima tecnica. Però quando cantava Verdi e Puccini, nei momenti di maggior intensità lirica, la sua voce(dal colore e calore dell'aurora boreale) e il suo canto non trovavano il vero abbandono.
hizan06 3 years ago
Ti sfido di cantare un bel do di petto abbandonandoti all'emozione... Sarà che sono una nordica "boreale", ma questa è, per me, una delle poche interpretazioni di questa aria dove si sente veramente la rassegnazione di un uomo morente. La grandezza di Björling sta anche nella sua crescita da artista ed interprete, le sue ultime interpretazioni pucciniane hanno tutto un altro spessore di quelli dell'inizio carriera, anche se la tecnica rimane sempre impeccabile.
Luonnotar70 3 years ago
Quina maravella¡¡
Quina suavitat quan convé,
Quina força quan convé,
Quina compenetració amb l'orquestra
Aixó és òpera en majuscules¡¡
eurotastavins 3 years ago
Only true singing geniouses are better live than on record!
Jussi is one of those divine artists. Not because he was bad on recorded studio performances - On the contrary!
He is so perfect, many think there is a lack of motion.
This is a defect very easy to cure! Listen only to his live performances!!
maxhansendk 4 years ago
This is beautiful but his live ones are better, warmer and to compare him with Corelli, Tucker or Del Monaco is wrong cause he is not a Spinto or dramatic Tenor. His voice is more a lyric, Pav. or Bergonzi then a Corelli . He was a great artist but the Italians love singers like Corelli, Bergonzi, Di Stefano and the American Tucker who where more passionate etc. Bjoerling usually more restrained. He was a great Concert singer always.
pearlmuth3 4 years ago
This guys technique is perfect. Like Gedda.
jrynz 4 years ago 2
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Again, lack of passion, wooden delivery! This is opera?
ucrebel59 4 years ago
Strange: I hear so much passion in this delivery. Opera singing demands massive technique - especially Tenor singing like this. Comparing Opera to other singing is not valid. This Aria is over 100 years old: it has stood the test of time. It's not about 3 minute tunes at the top of the pops for 3 weeks then forgotten forever.
jrynz 4 years ago