Jussi Bjoerling -- Nessun Dorma (Live at Carnegie Hall) 

Totally agree. But the whole thing is, that he never understood how talented he was. Yes, he got the gigs and he worked around the world. There are very few talents that I am going to experience during my lifetime.

När jag ska öva in en ny opera så lyssnar jag först på hur Jussi Björling gjorde den. Han röst var unik, och det är hans väg jag vill vandra. Jag skulle mer än något annat önska att människor jämförde mig med Jussi Björling. Det är så jag strävar efter att sjunga. -Luciano Pavarotti

An unparalleled talent. No one comes close in tone, warmth, power and control in pianissimo, expression or technique.

@@ulfwiback8911 Yes, many of us are familiar with Pavarotti‘s appreciation of Jussi's abilities.

I agree but personally prefer Pavarotti's more modern impression. Due to different time it sounds more honest and raw - in a good way - to me.

As did Pavarotti!

Abbassata di mezzo tono... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 In questa tonalità la cantavano anche i baritoni degli anni 50 ... No comment

and Mario Filippeschi ?

@@ВвВ-ж7с I stand corrected. His performance is amazing too. His is more epic, grand and soul stirring. Will change my comment to "one of the best." Never heard of him but thanks for letting me know about him.

@@ВвВ-ж7с Good.

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Well, there are people paying money to see Paul Potts sing opera today. Doesn’t that make you cringe?

Tenor voices are as unique as fingerprints and Bjorling's voice was certainly in a category with beautiful tenor voices along with Lanza Di Stefano, Wunderlich,Gigli, Pavarotti, De Muro Lomanto, Tagliavini, Caruso, Cortis, Aragall and perhaps young Carreras

@@sugarbist Corelli?

Lanza and Di Stefano are fake tenors

@@leonardodavinci2218 Why is Lanza and Di Stefano fake tenors?

@@leonardodavinci2218 Leonardo DaVinci would have had an answer already. Maybe you should change your name to “ I Don’t Know” I Have No Idea” Dr. Fauci, or I'm a '' FAKE POSTER''

By the way they roared I believe they actually did. 🌹

Actually it's February the 5th officially Paul

Yes I agree with you. His voice is so refined, such versatility. He could use powerful vocals and sweetness in his scintillating voice.🇸🇪..

Caruso. Enrico Caruso was The Best. Compare the two.

@@c9380I did that and Björling came out as the better…

Only your personal opinion owns it.

Without a doubt Paul

How well put. It is something extra.

🎶¡¡¡The best!!!🎶

Pavarotti was extremely diplomatic.

Pavarotti was extremely truthful.

Corelli must once in a million

@ANITA Ospedale Both Bjorling and Pavarotti had beautiful lyric voices. I try to avoid discussions on who was best because repertoire is a consideration.

Nonsense. And what an arrogant thing for LP to say anyway.

It's a half tone down and It's not heroic at all. Bjorling was a lyric bel canto tenor and a beautiful singer, but JB was NOT a heroic tenor

Herotic? Is that a combination of heroic and erotic?

@@sugarbist Correct, he was . basically a Lyric tenor who had enough metal in his voice to sing some Spinto roles, (great low notes also) and he recorded very well, I saw him in the opera house in 1958 singing in Rigoletto, his voice carried well, it wasn't a large Spinto voice in the opera house and he was very smart in his choice of roles, a very great artist of perfection, he didn't sing Forza, Chenier, Don Jose, Luisa Miller etc. or Calaf of course, and had success in two good size larger roles, both Trovatore and Don Carlo, but also in Europe early (in Vienna, Hungary and Sweden) in Aida, he had some success with it, more so then his later singing of it in the big Chicago opera house in 1958', just a couple of years before he died. He loved concert work more then opera, as he once said "I'm a concert singer who sings opera also" but he hated rehearsals for opera, so he sang lots of concerts besides his opera's, he loved singing Ballo, Boheme, Lescaut, Rigoletto and Trovatore, but in concerts did some of his best work, he sang well in German, French, Italian and his English and Swedish songs where excellent. Live I felt he sang warmer then his sometimes cooler studio records, his voice had adequate volume in his roles and a good point, early he sang about 40 roles while still in Sweden, basically a Lyric tenor or later in his mid 40's a Lyric spinto, it did record well, he was for me at his greatest in concerts, singing so many kinds of music from Italian opera to German Lieder and Swedish and English songs. I like this live version of Nessun Dorma, sung the year I saw him later, in Nov. 1958 in Chicago, (as the Duke) not long after this concert.. RIP. Bjoerling 1911- 1960

@@shicoff1398 some nice information. ty

Those i knew who saw him live said the voice was not nearly as metallic in person as on records

Yes I think you mean the aria and complete recording he made of the opera with Nilsson, but live in the opera house he never sang the role, that role live was a great fit for Corelli but his was a different kind of voice, less lyric and more Spinto and dramatic a voice compared to the more Lyric beauty and perfection of Jussi, his voice and singing, which was of a very high artistic level.

@@shicoff1398 Thank you for your reply. I believe he was a light tenor, who sang but did not perform his characters.

@@bobbibaker4685 Well he did sing some roles that where heavier then the lighter Lyric ones, like Manrico in Trovatore which he sang often here and in Europe with success, his recording of Trovatore with Warren and Milanov from 1952 is excellent, as is the 1955 Aida recording with Milanov and the Turandot recording complete with Nilsson from 1959, his signature role in Boheme, recorded in 1956 with De Los Angeles is the standard greatest Boheme recording which all others are compared with and it also was his Met. opera debut in 1938. He died at age 49 in 1960.

I SAW HIM SINGING IN SAN FRANCISCO.TERRIFIQUE

Maybe caruso would not agree

I´m proud to be swedish !

But he sings a half note below the original score and his timbre is also, let's say, not really convincing...... no squillo.

Dear Qajjan, can't you enjoy a tenor voice without proclaiming a falsehood? What criteria are you using to qualify your statement, other than your personal opinion?

@@jenspflug7473 Fanatics don't care

I'd say natural vibrato isn't something one controls, it simply IS. It's only when people start trying to manufacture vibrato that ISN'T natural, or try to sing with none at all, that it starts to sound terrible or peculiar and of course can fall apart. That was my experience, but then it's only an opinion of course. Cheers

Ditto

@@steeltrap3800 I was a classical singer, and you're absolutely right.

@@steeltrap3800 Bla, bla, bla. To have a "true" talent, is not a fabrication or something that you can handle. It is a monster for those who have it, because it is a slow suicide In the beginning it works, because you are not aware of it. At the end, you are reflecting about the reasons why you did not understand how it all began. And why you are in this situation now. To write a lot of shit, you are just in desperat need of a keyboard connected to a computer.

@@milesdust3465 Ooh, so edgy and profound. LOL. Have a cookie.

Eglelory45 Mi dica per favore cosa di divino c’è in questa interpretazione quando l’aria è abbassata di mezzo tono?!... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 il vecchio

@@bodiloto il tuo Caruso cantaba che gelida manina abasata di tono. No dico di chela mi creda dove cantava la natural. I no sibemol Ma di tuo idolo preferi silenzio.jaja

@@santisramos5832 You have no way of knowing if Caruso's Che Gelia Manina was a full tone down. You don't own the 78 record and the adjustable turn table to play the record on and a pitch pipe to test it.

@@sugarbist He was singing Sibemole? In speranza?

@@santisramos5832 Mezzo tono, B- Natural

Pavarotti's idol, he said he tried to sing like Jussi Björling, "but I'm only a man".

@@annicaesplund6613 Yes, Pav said he would listen to Bjorling when taking on a new role, but Pav's Idol and favorite tenor was ''Giuseppe Di Stefano''

@@sugarbist True he has said and told me that GDS was his favorite voice of them all, but I think the raves he does give Jussi where in fact the great technique and perfection of JB's voice and singing, but GDS was for voice alone his favorite voice.

Good for half down .

He was lirico.tenor. Only F CORELLI. Is the GREATEST.for this great aria

"En av de bästa" är väl ändå något av en underdrift...

Det beste❤

Yes, later (as this was for Jussi at age 47 in 1958) in his live singing as in Boheme and also Trovatore, he sometimes did transpose down, as did many others, including greats like Pavarotti and Corelli.

Very few tenors have lowered the Nessun Dorma including Bjorling. This may be the only time he lowered this aria, but it's not a big deal. A tenor doesn't need a composer's permission to lower an aria and certainly not in concert. JB might have just felt more comfortable singing it down a half tone in a recital.

@@sugarbist "doesnt need a permission", of course, who cares, even on a stages there are a bunch of dilettantes like pavarati mingo bareras. Who cares even now?

@@sugarbist Easy to say, when the great composer is dead. Then we can just do whatever the heck we want with his music, right?

@@organboi Puccini was not alive when Nessun Dorma was written.

He certainly was. The last notes he wrote were after the death of Liu.

My mother, who at the tender age of about 21 or 22 left Sweden on a ship and found work as a stenographer on lower Manhattan (she used Melin's system - no coworkers could read her stenograms) and after six months went on to Utah to visit friends that had come to Örebro as Mormon missionaries and remained dear friends until Mum died, had tickets to the Metropolitan Opera to hear him sing, but sadly never heard him live. The performance was cancelled, and they said at the ticket box: "Mr Björling does not take proper care of himself."

This guy is much less in size than Lanza! And you criticizing Lanza? Lanza hit drama easily, without perfomances on a stage, but Bjotling isnt suitable for drama, hard for him and also not so many lives

The pianist needed shooting, Jussi didn't need him!

His 1944 recording casts the longest shadow.

@@barrybernstein9049 you have said this on 4-5 channels now. i agree, but why not try to say in other words to avoid looking like a fool?

vivegedda you are correct. But this was only a couple of years from him his early death.

@@thomespinos4148 He didn't know he was going to pass in 2 years.

@@redgrapeskins It's not unusual for any good or great tenor to transpose an aria in concert. This doesn't diminish their greatness or contribution to the art form

@@sugarbist Well they talk like the man was 60 years old and still singing at that age, as was Tucker, Martinelli, Pavarotti, Gigli, Lauri Volpi, Peerce, Domingo, Schipa and many more, that JB was 47 here is not old vocally, and his heart condition did not at all take a toll on his voice, I saw him in house this very year about 8 months after this concert, but his voice even 3 weeks before he died at age 49 on Sept 9th, 1960 at age 49 was as fine as in 1950 at age 39, just typically a little darker, Tucker also had a heart condition his last 12 years or more and it didn't take away from the voice which was fine to the end in 1975 at age 61, he sang two weeks before he died and sounded just fine. Jussi's heavy drinking might have shortened his life, but not his vocal health, he was fine here and it's sung wonderfully well, not a role for him though live on stage, he could perhaps of done it successfully in a smaller house then the Met or Chicago, with a smaller soprano voice then say Nilsson, he did not have great success that year in 1958 singing in Aida in Chicago, but in smaller houses in Europe he was fine in the role and in his recording of Turandot in studio with Nilsson in 59' it's fine or his Aida on recording with Zinka M. in 1955, but this opera live he smartly refused, I think this is one of the best sung Nessun Dorma versions live I've ever heard, it's perfect, but live in the complete opera Corelli was the greatest Calaf in our time. Look, no way was he as great a artist as Jussi was, not even close, but he had a spinto voice of dramatic color and power also and he was best in verismo roles that mostly Jussi did not sing, same goes for Tucker, his singing except for early was greatest in verismo roles and he lasted very well, as did many others, and JB would have lasted also but died at age 49 .

I is this live singing transposed? My pitch pipe is broken, cannot tell for sure?

Nada que disculpar. En su dia Bjoerling era sumamente famoso, siendo el principal tenor del Metropolitan Opera (NYC) entre +/- 1935-1960. Es verdad que al dia de hoy (casi 65 años tras su inoportuna muerte) su figura no goza -- injustamente -- de la fama que su poderosa voz merezca, pero entre cierto publico sigue siendo una referencia del S.XX. Si no conoce su version de la Cancion de Noel (cantada en su lengua natal de Suecia, 'O Helga Nacht') encarecidamente le aconsejo buscarla en RU-vid.

@@BillsCultureHour Le agradezco mucho su información, la acabo de escuchar y es una delicia. Sigo pensando que este señor es un auténtico prodigio musical.La primera vez que lo oí fue hace un par de años(sí, imperdonable), y mandé traer de Munich una colección suya de 10 cd's desde 1929 al 1959 porque ya intuía que era algo fuera de lo común, aunque para mi desgracia no tengo ninguna formación musical.Saludos

For half down was good.

And in nornal tone this is the best ever ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xT09SI0LAjg.html

No one ever will I fear .The Mighty Swede !!!!!!!!! Paul

Well said, so much more enters into it, roles a singer excelled in and roles the singer didn't. Franco Corelli was a great Calaf live, Tucker was a great tenor in Forza, Bjoerling really great in his signature role, Boheme, so the greatest is just personal opinion, we all hear differently, even some professional critics do.

Well said!❤❤❤

"The Very Best of Jussi Bjorling", an EMI recording.

Non è vero.

@@bodiloto there you are the facts sir.

Peter Lindroos

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Who has the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th best technique? You don't know, do you?