Jussi Björling sings Nessun Dorma (Digitally Remastered)

Wow this is perfect, the best

Definitely one of the best I've heard.

I agree with you , but listen to Rinaldo Viana (that remember Pavarotti) and frank tenaglia (that is a mix bethween Caruso and Bjørling. Listen to Franco Corelli olso

It's a damn shame, but Caruso never sang Nessun dorma. He died (1921) before it was composed. In fact Puccini also died (1924) before Turandot was finished...

His voice is made of steel.

It is quite sad, people of Potts' talent winding up in the media hype machine. I watched the debut again and still cringed, not at Paul but at the hysterical puppetsscreaming at him. I think Lanza had a similar treatment and of course the recent middle aged lady who was reduced to a psychotic state after her entrance!!! Perhaps it's a form of musical pornography!

And Bjoerling studied Caruso very closely.

Yes, of course he studied Caruso. But the good thing is that he did not trye to sing like Caruso. He created his own style with flawless singing, without breathing, without sobs and highest possible cadenza in the high notes. He was the leading tenor during the "Golden age" of tenors 40th to 60th. The younger tenors like di Stefano and the next generation with Wunderlich, Pavarotti and Domingo is clearly influenced by JB:s way of singing - the flawless lyric way!

The technics were actually rather similar but the voices were different. Geraldine Farrar once said that Caruso's voice embraced an audience. The old canard about Caruso having a golden tone and Bjoerling a silver tone had some truth. Caruso's voice was lower, of course but both of them had an ease of production that is seldom heard, these days.

BTW, Caruso sobbed far less than people think though he was emotive. It's that recording from Pagliacci that put the sobbing rap on him.

Certainly there was a low note capability but, unlike Caruso and Melchior (especially) Bjoerling was still a tenor singing the notes. Domingo actually sang baritone for a bit as did I but I was Wagnerian and that quality often comes with a Heldentenor voice.

Bjoerling was a true Lyric tenor with a heldentenor mask, a rare voice, indeed.