Jussi Björling, Il Trovatore, "Di quella pira", Live in 1941.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlZYwPWMkhA
Jussi Björling, tenor (1911-1960) Il Trovatore (Verdi) "Di quella pira" Live in New York 1941.
Video of Jussi Björling singing "Celeste Aida" (1953)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cheBJTQxYU
VOICE OF FIRESTONE with JUSSI BJORLING - 1950- KINESCOPES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFhEKyX4nxI
JUSSI FIRST APPEARED ON THE VOICE OF FIRESTONE IN 1945. THE EARLY SHOWS WERE NOT FILMED, MOST OF THESE PERFORMANCES DO SURVIVE(see postings) THESE KINESCOPES ARE ALL FROM 1950 AND 1951
Jussi Bjoerling in Opera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7g5m8Hjr5k
Puccini-MANON LESCAUT: Ah! Manon, mi tradisce 2:46 Presto in filia; No! Pazzo son! 4:14 (w/Licia Albanese, Franco Calabrese, Enrico Campi) Rome Opera House Orchestra & Chorus / Jonel Perlea, Conductor Verdi-IL TROVATORE: Deserto sulla terra (Act I) 1:43 Di qual tetra luce; Ah si, ben mio (Act III) 4:17 Di quella pira (Act III) 2:12 (w/ Leonard Warren, Zinka Milanov, Robert Shaw Chorale) RCA Victor Orchestra; Renato Cellini, Conductor Verdi-AIDA: Tu! Amonasro! (Act III) 2:42 (w/Leonard Warren, Fedora Barbieri, Boris Christoff) Verdi-RIGOLETTO: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quintet) 6:14 (w/Roberta Peters, Anna Maria Rota) Rome Opera House Orchestra & Chorus / Jonel Perlea, Conductor Rimsky-Korsakov-Sadko: Song of India 3:11 Elgar-Salut d'amor 3:27 Godard-Jocelyn: Berceuse (Concealed in this retreat) 2:56 Wagner-Lohengrin: In fernam Land 5:30 Nils Grevillius Rangstrom-Tristans Dod 4:12 Stockholm Philharmonic / Westerberg Handel-Xerxes: Ombra mai fu 3:10 This recording is to the best of my knowledge only available on an LP long out of print. While I have carefully removed clicks, pops, static and surface noise wherever possible, I have NOT used any radical equalization adjustments to do so.
Jussi Bjorling Gala Concert - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzuVUJknHE
Jussi Bjorling Gala Concert - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFI3ta-za7E
Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana (1890)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soij2stuNRs
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), Italia - "CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA", è un'opera in un unico atto composta nel 1890 su libretto di Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti e Guido Menasci, tratto dalla novella omonima di Giovanni Verga. "Cavalleria rusticana" est un opéra en un acte composé par Pietro Mascagni en 1890, sur un livret de Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (librettiste) et Guido Menasci. Le livret a été inspiré d'une nouvelle de Giovanni Verga. L'action se déroule dans un village sicilien sur un jour de Pâques dans la dernière partie du 19e siècle. The action takes place in a Sicilian village on an Easter day in the latter part of the 19th century. Santuzza, a village girl - Zinka Kunc Milanov, soprano Turiddu, a young soldier - Jussi Björling, tenor Alfio, the village carter - Robert Merrill, baritone Lola, his wife - Carol Smith, contralto Mamma Lucia, Turiddu's mother - Margaret Roggero, mezzo-soprano Robert Shaw Chorale RCA Victor Orchestra (1953) Renato Cellini --------------------