JUSSI BJÖRLING SINGS " SALUT! DEMEURE CHASTE ET PURE "

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Uploaded by on May 2, 2010

Jussi Björling sings " Que trouble inconnu me pénètre!......Salut! Demeure chaste et pure"
from Faust by Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Fausto Cleva, conductor
January 1, 1950

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  • The Correct date for this is Jan. 1, 1951 not 1950.

  • By the 1950's live he lowered it sometimes so he would sing high B instead of C on occasion and this is common in this aria with many tenors doing it who where capable of singing high C's like Bjorling. He sang this aria on the Firestone TV show on March 6,1950 also but in Key so it just depended how he felt at the time. He lowered the aria "Che Gelida" on the 1956 TV show Producers show case with Tebaldi also to sing B instead and a few other times, but so what, still great singing.

  • it is strange that they have lowered the tone amid the aria, since Jussi had a stupendous do

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