Jussi Bjorling sings Amor ti vieta!

The great Jussi Bjorling sings "Amor ti vieta" from Fedora. As always, Bjorling fails to disappoint.

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• Jussi
• Bjorling
• Amor
• ti
• vieta
• opera
• Fedora
• Giordano
• aria
• tenor

[Sybriix]

1:25 - 1:34, totally blows me away. In a certain way I feel proud to be Swedish just because of Jussi. You are and will forever be the man who makes my goosebumps grow higher than any other opera singer.

[koogala]

Breathtakingly beautiful. I have never heard a voice so full and rich. The majesty of it all is overwhelming. To say that any voice is better then this, is to flirt with hypocrisy. Jussi Bjorling surly stands alone.

[nicktabus1000]

@koogala *Than

[sugarbist]

@jimh23 I heard Lanza's live concert from London with piano accompaniment& the voice was clean & beautiful with an absence of throaty sound as you describe.D.Kirsten said that Lanza's voice was beautiful&( he could call on the horses when needed)Lanza had plenty of breath control.Yes he did do breathy singing in many American songs as was his style.Lanza was an artist in his own fach& to bring Melchoir into the picture really isn't relative.Melchior was a Wagnerian tenor with a huge voice.

[sugarbist]

@jimh23 Richard Crooks had a beautiful lyric voice with an excellent vocal line.However no tenor is perfect.Some of his high notes do sound suspect as the last note of Ah Sweet Mysteryof Life.Falsettone?He also sounds like a foreign singer imitating an America singer, singing in English.Listen to some of his pronunciations.I never cared for some of Lanza's enhanced recordings like O Sole Mio&Matinatta,but to say MLrelied on studio amplification is not entirely accurate.Continued

[sugarbist]

@hiyadroogs The voices that do come to mind that possibly could have qualified for such an experiment are Mario Del Monaco Franco Corelli &perhaps Richard Tucker. Simply for the size of their voices.Perhaps all 3 tenors would have been brave enough to participate& also with the propper marketing,I do think the sales would go pretty well.

[jimh23]

To reply to your statement about singing American songs, have you ever heard of, Richard Crooks? He not only sang American songs, he actually sang, German opera, French opera, Italian opera, Oratorio and sacred music. Mario Lanza was a studio singer, he relied on recording techniques to amplify the size of his voice. He was also a, "Throat Singer" he had many faults, his breath control was not very good and he was far from being an artist! Lauritz Melchior was also a genuine opera tenor!

[sugarbist]

@jimh23 Can u tell me what part of Lanza's tecnique was faulty?Lanza did numerous successful live concerts in the US,Canada.Lanza also did several live concerts on his comeback trail in Europe.ML did have problems with binge eating&drinking along with reclusiveness.Bjorling also had his problems with Alcohol as well.Both Lanza&Bjorling were among the most beautiful tenor voices in history&both were incapable of uttering an ugly sound.No other tenor has ever sung American songs as well as Lanza

[hiyadroogs]

@sugarbist It would take a very big voice indeed to record to any advantage under the acoustic equipment that Caruso used. Mezzo's & sopranos sounded like children, & dramatic baritones & even bassos of the time could sound thin & of a higher & lighter voice type. The fact than Caruso's tenor sounded so baritonal & rich with atomic high notes of phenomenal squillo, reveal that it was a phenomenon of nature & technique. If anyone were brave enough to try, who would buy it?

[jimh23]

Mario Lanza was not an opera singer, he was an aria singer! He was not in the same class as Jussi Bjoerling! Lanza had a faulty vocal technique, that accounted for his very uneven career. He sang in a vocal quartet with Geo. London, when he started. He sang the role of, Lt. Pinkerton, in Madam Butterfly at the Tanglewood Music Fest. in MA. That to my knowledge, was it! He was successful in recording and films but had spotty success in live performances. To compare him to Bjoerling, Never!

[sugarbist]

@302MarkVII It's wonderful that you enjoy Bjorling the way you do.But your comments about Lanza are not accurate and won't help launch Bjorling to a higher level.Lanza had plentyof breath&more to spare.He uses portamento&does not slide as you say.I listened to 2 of Lanza's Amor ti vieta&there was no evidence of your comments being accurate.Bjorling had an absolutely beautiful voice,but JB not being perfect like every other tenor,also was a little cold &for the most part lacked intimacy. Enjoy

[jamesings]

Thank you for your replies to my comment. I agree with MusicalTenor23 that on the vocal taste, many have personal preferences are quite subjective. I also can improve on the points made by critics on my voice. When I improve, then the critiques have nothing to talk about. If I can ever get there, then perhaps I have achieved something worthwhile. Yes critics can help one to succeed.