hi there! i'm Zach, and i just joined the club. i am 14, and i had the pleasure of having jussi's Tosca, with Milanov, and Warren as my first opera. i always...
Hello, Zach. Welcome to the club! You made a very good choice for your first opera. I like other tenors, but Jussi is definitely in a category by himself....
I personally dont' mind Milanov's voice. it is beautiful, but she isn't exactly very good. it sounds like she needs to clear her throat. and she isn't as ...
Did Jussi ever stay around a few other singers-what i mean is, did he like to perform with specific people around him, and try to stay with them on stage and...
"I personally dont' mind Milanov's voice. it is beautiful, but she isn't exactly very good. it sounds like she needs to clear her throat. and she isn't as ...
"O terra addio on the Bjoerling-Milanov recording is a blend of voices unlike most other Aidas I've heard."<br>========<br>Yes. My two favorite versions are...
Follow up to my message of April 07,01<br>The Swedish 1940 Romeo & Juliette I mentioned there is now available complete on Bluebell.<br>I know both vocally and...
That is one way (esp. for new things). Trouble is that the Museum only accepts cash (no cards or checks). In the USA allclassicalmusic.com is usually the ...
Well, it seems to be a choice between $26.00 cash to the museum (one week to USA) or $27.20 + postage to allclassicalmusic.com who apparently is the USA ...
Hello! I am an Austrian fan of Jussi Björling. One of my favorite Cd´s of him is "Turandot" (Leinsdorf). But I am always amazed and worry about the fact that...
Dear Gregor, I'm not familiar with that recording of "Turandot" but if it is the recording with Birgit Nielson, I think that was the last opera he recorded...
Thank You. You are right. This recording was done in 1960. Shortly I heard that Jussi never sang Calaf on stage so this is his only rcording of Turandot. But...
Dear Greg, I heard Jussi in his last four concerts in New York. I saw him twice at Carnegie and twice at Hunter College. I never saw him in an opera...
... about ... altera ... Gregor, I am new to this particular web board but I am an opera singer and ardent Jussi Bjoerling fan as all tenors are. The answer...
Hi---my name is Marion and I am new to the group. I have only heard Jussi Bjoerling on cds and on tape, but was enthralled with his voice from the first note...
I have recently begun looking into certian breathing techniques. In my training i have always been taught to "tuck" in the stomach (as joan sutherland...
Zach, If you go on to Jussi Bjoerling's website www.jussibjorlingsociety.com you will read an entire discussion about his techniques and delivery of sound. I...
Dear Zach, I don’t know exactly how Jussi breathed when he sang but I do know he sang; "Into The Mask." This would indicate to me that he did have knowledge...
How exactly did Jussi die? i know it was shortly after recording turandot (a recording i tresure). I also remember hearing something about him having a problem...
He died on his summerhouse Singö in the Stockholm archipelago. There was a heartattack and they say it was caused by his longtime-alcoholproblem. In the...
Zach, Jussi died on September 9, 1960 in his sleep from a heart attack.If you want to read more about him and his life Andrew Farkas several yearsago...
I just read the email in response to your inquiry as to Jussi's death. I read the Farkas biography about Jussi and I believe that he died in his sleep of a...
I can not totally reply with full knowledge but I was friendly with Robert Merrill who just recently passed away and his book Between Acts he devoted an entire...
Wow! that's impressive! Robert Merrill is another favorite of mine...i was so sad to hear of his passing. I hear that his recording of the Pearl Fishers duet...
Zach, ' Jussi's commercial recording of Tosca was with the great Leonard Warren as Scarpia. I got to know Merrill because my late uncle was a boyhood friend of...
Hi all, I wanted to print a good photo of Jussi as a bookmark for this new book about him that I'm about to read and thought that it would be a simple task to...
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