Beautiful! His Duet from the Pearl Fishers always gives me chills! I was an avid skater and always wanted to see two fine male skaters skate to it! But I do get chills from Jussi I am Swedish, German and Native American! I consider myself perfectly appointed to adore Jussi! I heard Jussi coming out of a VW I called out Jussi Bjürling! And the driver called back “He taught me”!
Indeed you are lucky! I often think about which historic performances I would like to time transport for. Tebaldi, Bjoerling, Nillson (!), Callas in the first five years of her career . . . it's a long list.
There are no voices like that today. All we have is NetrebCow screeching like a cat on a fence and tenors who should be singing in saloons instead of in an opera house.
To anyone who claimed that these two could not act, I beg to differ! This clip proves that both of them were more than adequate in their acting skills! Jussi, passionate, charmingly seductive and Oh my word that voice would have sent any woman into a swoon! Renata herself, sweet and elegant with a voice to match! They are both out of this world! What a pity we have noone quite like these two anymore!
Too many people think that acting in opera means "chewing up the scenery." Often, I find that singers who do that are trying to distract from their poor singing, abilities or technique. This is a great example of two fabulous singers expressing the text with stunning voices, expressive musicality and natural acting. When performers sing this exceptionally (it is so rare), I don't need (or want) to see them throwing themselves in paroxysms around the stage. Lol!
Was there ever a more beautiful sound than these two together? ❤❤❤Jussi Bjorling that so many claimed could not act? Here he does an amazing job of proving that he was more than capable of acting the passionate lover Rudolfo to Renata's enchanting Mimi!
I saw both these singers in the late 1950's in the opera house, but saw them not together, saw Di Stefano with Tebaldi as Tosca in 1959 and in 1958 saw Bjoerling with Moffo in Chicago in Rigoletto, those where the days of many great voices, but gone today.
Lucky because of my age and interest back then, also the fact I lived in a city that had a very good opera company and I attended so many performances as a teenager, of course so many different opinions you see on you tube but everyone has their favorites, no wrong or right, today at age 83 I don't argue with them, but one thing is for sure, today we don't have the great singers we had back then.
Oh my God!!!! Rodolfo and Mimi, played by Bjorling and Tebaldi, can you ask for more?? Absolutely glorious. It seems to be recorded live. It must be very old. Thank you for sharing one of these jewels so rare, unfortunately, for the opera lovers.
Jan 30, 1956 (producer's showcase) "Festival of Music" with Tebaldi, Bjoerling and other artists, and also Tebaldi and Bjoerling sang their act one Boheme solo arias, before this ending with this act one duet, I was 15 and saw it then, at home on our old B&W TV. Brdcst. from NY. Rockefeller Center.
A colori, finalmente, il primo approccio televisivo di Renata Tebaldi a New York nel 1955, a ruota col leggendario sui debutto al Met, in felice partnership col celebrato Jussie Bioerling. Entrambi gli interpreti appaiono in forma splendida .
В далекие Времена люди собирали "золотые слитки" и любовались их сиянием..!.С течением времени "Золота" становилось всё меньше и меньше и наконец оно вовсе исчезло , оставив лишь неизгладимые следы, подобные солнечному сиянию ! Слава Богу, человечество сумело сохранить эти" следы" и память о них! Дуэт Бьёрлинг и Тебальди - что может быть прекраснее и блистательней в оперном Искустве ! Спасибо !
Maravilloso, maravilloso registro Tebaldi, voce d'angelo y el gran Jussi, qué más se puede pedir? Una pareja extraordinaria y aquí están maravillosos! Y, en color! Fantástico. Gracias.
Many of the early stereo recordings are wonderful. The engineers didn't fiddle around with the controls. Microphones were placed in the best spots and not too many were used. Some mono recordings still sound good, too.
Old mono recordings was done by tube-microphones and amplifiers. While good for their time they tend to color the recordings and make everything sound warmer than what it is in reality, thats the reason why so many audiophiles today love those old analogue tube sound gear, because of the warm sound of it. Modern recordings of these singers would have showed more genuinely how they really sounded in reality.
Bjorling is one of my favourites... I hope I am a little bit like him, I sing on RU-vid as "karifrid" O soave fanciulla and Che gelida marina in the same video, (Use headphones)
Wonderful. Well done. From another bloke who tears up just as easily. Sometimes wish I didn’t, but … there you go. Also love the use of the C. macrocarpa.
@@johnhoie1 and her voice is perceived to be roughly twice as loud at 3:36, rendering his voice nearly inaudible. The science of “loudness” is actually a psychological phenomenon due to how the human brain perceives sound. The human ear perceives high pitches and brighter sounds to be louder when at an equal decibel level. Short statured men like boring typically have lower decibel output than average due to smaller respiratory systems, and added to the fact that his voice was on the darker/mellower side for timbre doesn’t help either. His voice also didn’t have the strength in the upper harmonics of Caruso, despite bjorlings timbre being similar to Caruso. Bjorlings voice was simply not biologically designed to be the loudest, which isn’t a flaw. That said, his voice could have been better produced. There’s almost always a minor strain in his voice and his vibrato is also negatively affected
@@tita4359 Where to begin? Bjorling had a barrel chest, stocky build and thick neck. His breath control was excellent. In those ways, he was very similar to Caruso. But he did have a smaller voice than Caruso. For me, his vocal technique was outstanding. His vibrato was an indication of a lack of tension in the voice, not a lack of control. Admittedly he was only 49 when he died, but even at the very end, the sound was not diminished by use, alcoholism or a bad heart. He may have lost a little volume the last year, but that was after a major heart attack. Bad technique would have produced an ending like di Stefano experienced.
Quantas duplas. Tenho Di Stefano com Callas. Com todas as duplas famosas a Cavalleria Rusticana é espetacular. Mas a com Bjorling e Tebaldi é a melhor. Nós não podemos reclamar pois a Internet mostra todos. Não esqueço que a melhor Aída é a gravação entre outros componentes estão duas grandes sopranos, Dino Bechi e o Grande Beniamino Gigle. Para mim é insuperável. Tem muita coisa boa que falta tempo para ouvirmos e assistir.
By all means regret that JB and Tebaldi did not record Boheme together (agree it would be a treat). But drop the egregious comment about De Los Angeles.
