Rolf Bjorling - Ingemisco - Live 1985

Rolf Bjorling sings Ingemisco from Verdi's Requiem in memory of his father, Jussi Bjorling. This is a very touching performance, please don't compare him to his father. He sang this to commemorate Jussi, not to be compared to him.

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• bjoerling
• rolf
• jussi
• ingemisco
• swedish
• italian
• tenor
• verdi
• requiem

[ShawDAMAN]

Very nice.

[Mooorhe]

I agree :P. Seems like alot of effort to get the higher parts though, but he's fairly old here.

[ShawDAMAN]

Yes I was impressed actually with his high notes considering his age, etc;. At least he didn't crack- :D very respectable performance I think!

Nice that Jussi's descendants have inherited some of his talent. For so many of the great singers I wonder if their kids will inherit their talent but it hardly ever seems to happen. Like Lanza- 4 kids, none of them really sang. Maybe Pava's little girl will be the next Sutherland or something- nah... :P

[Mooorhe]

Lol, I was thinking the other day that perhaps Jussi passed on his 'tenor gene' to Rolf :P.

[donaldrose]

Lovely. Totally different technique to JB's but in a few places there are some tones which remind us of JB. Wonder why he didn't have a much greater career?

[operataste]

His way to sing is corageous, going to top notes with certainty that everything is going to be fine. And it goes. Like his father, at this point they are very similar. Bravo! I appreciated very much this video, thanks for posting.

[Ettoredipugnar]

@Mooorhe  I met him after a concert in Phila. 1971. Nice man. Nice Job Rolf.

[crnguy1]

I do not understand the adverse comments. This is fine singing for any opera singer and especially for one aged 57 years. His top notes are produced with admirable and surprising ease.

[SHICOFF1]

IF YOU HEARD HIM IN THE EARLY 60'S LIKE I DID IN RECITAL IN CHICAGO WHERE HE LIVED AT THE TIME, MARRIED TO A CHICAGO GIRL, THEN YOU WOULD HEAR A SOUND IN THE MIDDLE VOICE MUCH MORE LIKE HIS FATHER THAN HERE BUT NOT AS MUCH LIKE JUSSI ON THE TOP. HERE HE IS OLDER, MID 50'S AND HIS VOICE IS DARKER AND WITH MORE VIBRATO. HE WAS A VERY GOOD TENOR IN HIS OWN RIGHT BUT HAVING THE NAME BJORLING IS TOUGH, ALWAYS UP FOR COMPARISONS. I TALKED TO HIM AFTER THAT RECITAL AT ORCH. HALL HE WAS A NICE MAN.

[ForAll23]

@sallpario

No, you better keep your tongue in your ass.

[sallpario]

@ForAll23 angry man keep your tongue in your ass

[jostreed]

This is marvelous singing!

[Gary2837]

@donaldrose I heard them too!!! Thanks a million for posting; I wondered if his children had any musical talent and apparently so.

[zfranklyn]

@AUDIOPHlLE Yes! I was just thinking that it sounded like gedda! the mid range has that rich quality of Gedda's, and the vibrato sounds very similar too.

[hallyd]

Here he is 8 years older that his father was at his death.

[Astradamors]

@Mooorhe ...that "mi-i-i-hi quoooooooque" (i think it's a B flat) is VERY difficult, because of the way it's written, so I think he has done a good job with this difficult aria. It's funny, but in that particular high note I found his voice similar to Jussi's.