Victoria de los Angeles & Jussi Björling - La Boheme
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RCA Victor Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
From the "Great Recordings of the Century" La Boheme
Che Gelida Manina
Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
O soave fanciulla - Hudba
My father had this recording in his collection. One night wheen i was 8, i woke from my sleep to the sounds of this opera. i sneaked out of bed and sat on the stairs listening. He came out to go to the kitchen and saw me sitting there with tears streaming down my face. He lifted me up and brought me into our "good room" to listenn in comfort. Since that night I can't see past Bjoerling when it comes to tenors. When i hear him sing La Boheme i am immediately transported back to those stairs as an eight year old. Now I'm 65.
Thank you for these memories. I became a fan of the Swedish tenor after the Russian film 'An unfinished Piece for a Mechanical Piano', where he sang 'Una furtiva lagrima'.
My Dad loved Jussi Bjorling...My Dad died whenI was12, he was 43. What keeps me close to him is my memory of his love for opera. I am now 73 and when I listen to Bjorling .. or any other tenor for that matter, I am with him. Thank you Jussie@
Same here
Same here , my dad is 91years young ...And his mind is so clear when he talks about Jussi . My dad brought us all up listening to Jussi was number one ...then a little Caruso ...may be some Richard Tauber ...This is so beautiful ...Thank the lord God him self for this man ...
I am always struck when I listen to the opera stars of the 1930s-1040s by the fact that my parents heard many of them at the San Francisco Opera.
You are among friends who agree
All who are over 80 heard his 78
rrpm old records as teens ..our favorite lyric tenor with bravura, to this day
Absolute perfection. Both singers gave their all. Undoubtedly the benchmark for all recordings of La Boheme. Bjoerling in my humble opinion is the greatest tenor of them all.
These 2 just reduce me to tears.
In my opinion, the finest tenor ever. Every note crystal clear and vocally perfect. So sad that alcohol shortened his life! ❤
Jussi sang at the age of six with his older brothers at his mothers funeral when her coffin was lowered into the grave. He sings for her, and he wanted it to be as beautiful as possible, thats why we hear tears in nis voice.
His brothers also died in their 40's. I wonder if we can attribute his death to alcohol? It may have contributed, however his voice was so beautiful right up to his death. R.I.P. Jussi Bjorling! May you never be forgotten!
Pavarotti had Jussi Bjorling as his idol and wanted to sing as well as his idol! This was the first operatic recording I ever purchased when i was still in High School. I had the complete opera!
It was not alcohol. It was a heart problem that led to a heart attack. No one die of alcohol at 50 year old.
Were there ever two more perfectly matched singers? It is impossible to hear this recording without succumbing to tears of emotion.
Fantastic. And not only for the quality of the voices. But thanks God also for the fact that they took the right way to end this duet, which means that Bjorling did not try to sing as loud as he cold the end note on the same hight as the soprano, but just like the composer did write it. It's a matter of musical intelligence, and both singers had lots of that. To our pleasure.
Victoria de los Angeles is definitive one of the greatest sopranos of all time!
She SURE is! In my book. No one approaches her haunting Mimi, for one thing.
Besides the indescribable lyricism of Björling's voice is his remarkable musicianship. The pairing with de los Angeles was made in heaven, even beyond heaven.
The greatest tenor ever!
Jussi Björling and Victoria de los Angeles are really perfectly matched in this recording: Björling is perhaps the greatest tenor, certainly when compared to others after him. He imparts the most emotion in his voice, whilst being technically perfect. Great listening and many thanks to Trebonis.
listening to him makes me cry every time , at eighty i still sing with him i wait patiantly to die
I've been listening to this version for over 60 years and each time I listen to it it seems just as fresh as the first time. I've heard it described as 'perfect' but, for me, it is more than that. I'm sure others can sing it perfectly but they can't reach down into your soul as this version does.
And to think this legendary recording was made at least partly by chance!
All the artists, including the conductor, Beecham were in N.Y. for different engagements
right down to the lesser roles of Schaunard, Alcindoro, the sentry in act 3 etc.
Bjorling's final complete recording, Madama Butterfly was made in Rome about 5 years later
and is equally beautiful. De Los Angeles stated that Bjorlings recordings never quite did him justice.
His sound was far more beautiful if it was heard in actual performance.
Björling had one of the clearest and most natural tenor voice ever. De los Angeles sun like her own name "of the angels", just like an angel. Bravi Bravissimi!!!
Bjorling was the greatest
Anche io piango per Jussi e per tutti i belli commenti!
Agree with you all the way
@@ivanschwartz7649 due voci eccellenti.
Bjorling had the greatest vocal technic that made his voice sound so easy and natural
I can't believe I've just found this.....Sublime.... it reaches right into your soul. I've always thought Jussi Bjorling the greatest tenor ever and now I've discovered Victoria de los Angeles. Pure Bliss.............
Great discovery, Victoria!
His voice is so sweet, so effortless. I’ve been in love with it for about 50 years.
I, too ! I purchased this recording when I joined the RCA record club my first year in college. That was over a half century ago, and it is still my favorite performance of Boheme. How I wish I could have seen-heard this at the old Met !
@@garywait3231 Same here. That album was my first opera purchase - this would be around 1960 or so - and I fell in love with La Boheme as a result. I had no idea that I had happened to buy what is almost certainly the finest recording of this opera ever, with a dream cast and masterful conducting by the great Beecham. It is nothing short of magical.
@@bennyrobertson Thanks for your response. Of course, I heartily agree !
omg.. i can image! i discovered him just some months ago.. and i lovvve jussi björling!!
Bjorlings voice is liquid Gold, de Los Angeles sang very well with the Greatest Tenor EVER!!!
Bjorling, even with old recordings is so magnificent he brings me to tears. Victoria los Angeles was an angel.
I agree with you Ronny. I feel exactly the same. Bjorling brings tears to my eyes and Victoria de los Angeles is the perfection made woman. Greetings from Medellin, Colombia.
I love both of them.
They both had the most beautiful voices! We have nothing to compare with them today!
IMPECCABLE: loved his voice since1948,have many recordings.
Jussi's voice makes me weep with joy nearly every time.
Me too.....
Me too....
Greatest tenor of 20th century
@@Calypso47 Greatest lyric tenor at the same level as Giuseppe Di Stefano
People weep when I start singing as well
There was an interview with Victoria de los Angels in a Swedish paper shortly before she passed away. She said singing with Jussi was so inspiring. Here they reach a level together that is very seldom attained. This might be the best recording ever.
Not only did she say that of Bjorling but that recordings didn’t reveal the best of his voice. Imagine! Certainly makes me wish I had seen him perform live.
I agree....he is my preferred at any time....she was a wonderful singer....both a delicatessen
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This recording was my first Boheme I fell in with Bjorling’s voice. I was in 10th Grade and started going to the old Met in 1960. Bing was the impresario. Callas and Tebaldi were at the peak of their careers. All dear and sweet memories. Bravo!
@@JoePalau Me too---almost identical experiences. 1959 for me at 18 age.
What a heavenly pairing! Possibly the greatest ever soprano-tenor duet team. This famous recording is breathtakingly beautiful. Regrettably Björling died at age just 49 in 1960, still lovingly revered and remembered. Victoria of the Angels lived to 2005, passing at age 81.
Victoria de los Ángeles. No of the angels
One of the most harmonious duets in recorded opera history.
I wonder what Puccini would think and feel and say if he could hear his work sung so wonderfully.
Simply the best. I've listened to this for more than 55 years. Still touches me. Beautiful!
Who can deny that this 14 minutes of pure heaven..god bless you dad forever in my HEART ..
Sometimes I think the most purely beautiful 14 minutes in all classical music.
Amazing voice, amazing performance. This is a rare (original) version of the tenor hitting the middle C on the last "amor," instead of the high C that most tenors hit. It usually ends up a screaming match between the tenor and the soprano... especially ludicrous when you imagine the two descending a dark, and tiny stair well! Bravo to Bjoerling for interpreting the score the same way Puccini wrote it.
Sue Sandlin-Plaehn You said it! That’s one of the things that makes this recording so wonderful - the duet ends OFF STAGE as the lovers are descending the staircase and their voices fade into the mist, as it were, rather than sounding like two bidders at an auction trying to drown each other out. I credit Sir Thomas Beecham for that touch.
An exception to that general rule is the "amor" duo sung (in German) by Fritz Wunderlich & Anneliese Rothenberger... they take it p or even pp!! Gorgeous, right on pitch & solemnly moving. PS. But this is my favourite recording of Boheme, which I first bought on 2 Seraphim LPs for the incongruous sum of $2. It made me fall in love w both artists. Björling never sounded better, tho' I have him in numerous operas, all great, including his Butterfly, also w Victoria. Anyway, he was probably long dead by then, but I became a blithering fan of v much alive de los Angeles & was present at just about every recital given by her in NYC for about 10 years. I have such sublime memories of these & quite a few anecdotes as well. It was a charmed era for me.
The tenor's final note is actually an E, not C, but yes, it is nice that he sings is this way.
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I really do agree
PUCCINI's DREAM COMES TRUE of his Rudolpho and Mimi duet. When the TOTAL of ALL the PARTS COME TOGETHER.
Beecham conducting helped things along and it all came together in these magnificent performances.
Jussi's voice has moved more people than United Airlines.
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louis J
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Best coment ever!
I was born in 1936 alas it has taken all these years to hear such beauty Alan
It's your reward for hanging around! Congratulations!!!
I too born in 1936..grade school every Thursday in the school library classical and opera music..we heard all of the tops in their field...along came Lanza what's to say..I recall the names to this day of the artists...along came Beverly Sills..each time she came to Los Angeles there I'd be near as I could...I thank the Denver school districts for the pleasure of music which lives forever..the favorite of the kids the "Lone Ranger" theme song..once a month we'd go to the Denver Opera House listen to the music in person..Saul Gaston symphony conductor of the Denver Operatic Orchestra..plus the movies of the 50's featuring Mario Lanza..I lived at perfect time.. from grade school to the present...orchestra music and opera yet remain in my daily life...along with the American classic gift to the world...big band music and jazz...
I will not hear a better rendition in my lifetime, Bjorling is wonderful , de los Angeles soars to heavenly planes. and Beecham directs the definitive performance
Oswald Wellman Merci de souligner l'importance de la contribution de Sir Thomas Beecham, d'une extraordinaire élégance !
Pavarotti/Freni/Karajan, takes some beating, in my humble opinion.
They cannot be compared in the realm of heavenly performances both are on the same level.Pavarotti admitted he was so impressed by Bjorling,that he considered him and Gigli his greatest inspirations when he studied. Freni was the most touching Mimi , having seen both several times in Bohème ( especially under Kleiber s baton) ,those live performances are the most exquisite memories ever.,
Kudos to the unsung hero here, the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, who gave such a light, delicate touch to the orchestral accompaniment, which gave the singers the chance to shine but also, I suspect, influenced that hauntingly beautiful fade-out finish.
Nicely observed! Thanks for posting.
Beecham has been accused of much lingering and maudlin expressiveness in this recording. It's true! And the surprising result is one of the greatest recordings of all time. He did have the (dream) cast, all with rock solid vocal technique to linger over phrases and be self-indulgent, yet still not sound taxed. A divine guilty pleasure.
@@hrh4961 Absolutely and fully in agreement. And if by "maudlin", those critics meant that this recording creates goosebumps and even moves listeners to tears, then I say three cheers for being maudlin.
So many people in other recordings sing this particular set of arias and closing duet with great vocal artistry but with a brashness that in my view is totally unsuited to the context. Even though we have glimmerings that Rodolfo is "on the make" here (blowing out his own candle, hiding the key, trying to convince Mimi to stay inside with him rather than going to the Cafe Momus), at the end of the day, this is a scene about a poet being raised to the heights of ecstasy by love at first sight, and a shy woman being coaxed out of her shell by the same sentiment, and the two lovers basking in their new-found love.
The delicate touch that Beecham gives to the orchestra is echoed by the beautiful warm tones of both Bjorling and de los Angeles, resulting in a genuine feeling of the flowering of first love, and ultimately foreshadowing its bittersweet outcome at the end of the opera, rather than, as in so many other recordings, an excuse to "showcase" the talents of the singers, resulting in a dual of fishwives hawking their wares.
It does not get better than this
always makes me cry my memory is lacking i forgot about the previous comment
Que el Señor te conceda estrecharlo de nuevo entre tus brazos.
Out of this world.
Just heard this for the first time. Completely blown away!
Unfortunately found opera later in life, primarily due to Pavoratti.
OMG, I just have to hear the first words in this and I'm a blubbering mess. No words. And then we get O Soave Fanciulla! I'm in heaven!
I heard Victoria de Los Angeles in recital in San Francisco in the 1990's when she was very old...but still sang marvelously. I went backstage to get her autograph. What a sweet, sweet lady and Grand Dame of opera!
Jussi's voice makes me weep always. There has not been and will never be any voice like his voice.
Agree
Agree
The voices during the 50-60 Wow!
I was converted to opera after a recommendation from a friend to listen to jussi singing in the Pearl fishers. Beautiful.
This got to be one of the best performances of "che gelida manina" ever. Also, Victoria de los Angeles sounds marvelous here. What a duo!
Ahhhh, try Pavarotti..not better. But equal
The strength, fullness, and clarity of his high notes are mindboggling.
I think this is the best duet I've ever heard. They are magnificent together.
It just doesn't get any better than that! Two of the greatest voices ever with Beecham. Fantastic.
This is my first time hearing De Los Angeles. Needless to say this has been a precious Discovery.
I discovered her here too and had never heard such a beautiful, strong yet delicate soprano opera voice, I didn't know this was humanly possible when you have to sing so often loud and long.
me too.. just now;)
And the picture in the video is wrong, she is algo spanish, mezzo Teresa Berganza.
@@jesusnuovo5346 The gods were smiling on you to have you discover their angel. Her voice is incomparable. To me she often sounds she is doubling her pure soprano with her mezzo. Callas is reputed to have remarked Bing should fire everyone and just let de los Angles sing.
If you can find her rendition of Butterfly, you'll be delighted! She is flawless on that role.
Absolutely soul-wrenching; opera the way it should be sung!
Yes, Lisina, this is what I meant by "Bel Canto" - a style rather than a voice; although neither of its own is sufficient to qualify. I believe that with tuition in a different environment you could have reached these heights.
Bjorling, Los Angeles, Beecham. A recording made in heaven.
My dad bought me this LP . Before this I was undecided about opera. I listened and was sold. It is so great with two of the greatest singers God put on the earth. What is there to say but “bravo”!
You owe your Dad a lot
I was enjoying your post and then you brought the imagined one into the discussion.
Jussi's voice is so pure.
Quando sento la sua voce penso ad un Angelo che canta per tutti noi. È la sensazione di essere in una nuvola paradisiaca di benessere, magnifico il suo declamato, armonici di bellezza eccezionali, all'occasione sugli acuti sa essere virile sempre vibrante e squillante. La D. L. Angeles è sicuramente la sua partners migliore per il repertorio lirico romantico. Beltà celeste entrambi.
This is arguably the best recording of La Boheme in the catalogues. No Puccini lover should be without this one, no matter how many Bohemes you already have.
I love it and also its polar opposite, Toscanini's. One is all urgency and in the moment, the other is lush and romantic. I wouldn't want to be without either one.
I have the 1956 version, pride of my collection😊
Modern tenors sound so strained. He makes it sound like a walk in the park.
Having listened to opera for 60 plus years I must say modern tenors including Pavarotti are not on the same planet at any stage of their careers, I deliberately avoid, them no matter who they are it is too demeaning.
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Pure, centered TONE!
Same Fritz Wunderlich.
One moment my wife says how much she likes my singing voice, then we come here and she says it's a pity i don't have a voice like Bjorling's! I point out that if i did i would be the most famous current opera singer in the world.
Nothing more beautiful than these two all-time greats of the opera singing two of the all-time great arias.
First time for me too....super voices...I came in late into the opera scene....I WAS a 60s kid..lovely ..lovely ..lovely...
my uncle saw Jussi Bjoring live at the albert hall back in 1947. he's never stopped talking about it till his death. he was so profoundly moved by his voice he said his recordings never did him real justice he was so overwhelmed . he was given (surprise surprise ) a standing ovation took a few curtain calls as well. boy am in Envious LOL
then I definitely have my year wrong... thanks for the info .. mind you it was a long time ago when he told me so time has addled my brain LOL
mike clar
Victoria de los Angeles - one of the true greats of opera - made many widely acclaimed recordings, including those of La vida breve, La bohème, Pagliacci, and Madama Butterfly. The last three paired her with the outstanding tenor Jussi Björling. She was particularly appreciative of Björling's unique talent. In de los Ángeles' biography by Peter Roberts, de los Ángeles noted that "in despite of technical developments, none of the Jussi Björling recordings give you the true sound of his voice. It was a far, far more beautiful voice than you can hear on the recordings he left".
Of course, the first time I heard his voice it was as a recording (The duet with a Canadian Baritone, name unfortunately escapes me, in the Pearl Fishers) and it was an experience I tried and was successful in repeating and now I realize that I missed so much. But still I thank you. I am lucky to have lived at a time when our lives overlapped..
Bjoerling's widow Anna-Lisa wrote in her bio about when Jussi sang the Verdi Requiem with Toscanini. After the first rehearsal of the Ingemisco, Toscanini stared at Jussi with mouth agape, completely speechless. After a moment, he could only shake his head in disbelief.
Absolutely Beautiful.
All I can say is that it doesn't get any better than this. I've had this recording with Beecham for many years and never get tired of hearing the complete opera with these singers.
Breathtaking. Chills from my scalp to my toes.
Jussi Bjorling - the Great One.
I was fortunate enough to see Victoria de Los Angeles perform in my home town in the mid-1960s. My music teacher in high school had two free tickets and, my friend and I grabbed the opportunity! I enjoyed every moment of her wonderful singing! RIP.
Lovely! Much more pleasing to the ear that Björling sang the last note as Puccini wrote it. Most tenors don't have the security to resist having a screaming match with Mimi. Björling showed that he was not only secure in his singing but that he also had class. Victoria de Los Angeles was equally enchanting. Bravi!!!
I could Not Agree More!!!
Thank you for saying that
😎😎😎
As far as the ending of the duet I don't think it's about security or lack thereof. Sometimes a tenor likes to sing the end the way Puccini wrote it and sometimes he likes to be loud and proud with his tessituras. You will hear another selection on CZcams where he sings the duet with Tebaldi and goes the other way. They change the key but Bjoerling is the only tenor I know sings the end both ways.
@@frankmaiorana66
Let's start with.....when he sings with Tebaldi, they key is changed because she had nothing reliable above a Bb ..... perhaps Bohème wasn't for her
Secondly- "Sometimes he likes to sing it the way Puccini wrote it"
What???
Do you understand that this is not bel Canto - Verismo (as all of Puccini's operas are) is meant to be sung As Written.
This isn't Traviata- oh, maybe I'll add a high Eb here.
I love Jussi - but, if you were correct, which I doubt, then that's musically INCORRECT.
MUCH more likely- due to Tebaldi's less than reliable top, he was asked to cover her
"Loud and Proud"? Seriously? This isn't a Pride Parade
In order to compare the de Los Angeles and Tebaldi versions, I'm posting them here. The former is only an audio while the latter is a video. The inaccurate picture of Teresa Berganza always bugged me so this video has the correct image:
czcams.com/video/PRHuqqEk3Bk/video.html
The video of the duet with Björling and Tebaldi begins at 57:14. czcams.com/video/ouRAEr-WooM/video.html
I couldn't find one with featured only the duet. Björling sounds a little less "beautiful" than in the previous version. Perhaps it's because of the different key or maybe he was sober in his performance with de Los Angeles ;-). Tebaldi's phrasing, intonation, and legato are unmatched! The video also reveals her to be be a great actress. Her mannerisms are every bit as demure and tentative as everyone imagines the character of Mimi to be. The beauty of her tone just melts my heart. My only critique would be: her voice, although unparalleled in its beauty, is just a bit too powerful for the role of Mimi. In my humble opinion, de Los Angeles pulls off the role of a women sick, and dying, of tuberculosis a little more convincingly. Nevertheless, her voice has a shimmering and brilliant quality which is a little more suitable for the role. God, I love Renata Tebaldi though!!!
Added the video link!
@@rugby8-Philadelphia Pride Parade? ;-) Oh honey. You have no idea!!!
czcams.com/video/cMIEuG5Ia6w/video.html
I wonder what happens to dead souls when they leave the fullness of their spiritual energy here on earth for us to relive over and over again, like these two magnificent singers?
They were not from this earth
Never heard a better tenor
imollerhli . You are right, there is no better tenor !
He is "THE VOICE"; gone too soon.
This "La Boheme" is a version of a rare beauty !
Tony Gomes if you say so Tony, it must be super accurate, as you set the standard through the years. After all you must have seen many great tenors live and in many performances, including Bjorling Caruso Gigli Di Stefano, Pavarotti, young Carreras, Aragall And Cortis. A poor unfortunate as myself can only state things, initiating, @In my opinion”
sugarbist . Touché !!! (Almost !)
I am not "running for office", so I fell free to express my enthusiasm without much circumspection or restrain.
I Attended few very good performances, but none with any of "The Great Ones", in fact, my first live performance was in
Torino, Italia; it was Il Barbiero di Siviglia, by Rossini. Magnificent!
I used to listen (sometimes I still do) to operas in vynyl (and CD's) with Jussi, Gedda, Corelli, Callas, de los Angeles, Bidú Sayão, Dietrich Dieskau-Fisher, Beverly Sills, Totti dal Monte,.......As a matter of fact, I have a very good and well chosen collection of operas (and now a broken stereo system).
I, once upon a time, was fluent in Italian and French (tested "in loco" many years ago) that allowed me to follow with ease the singing (few times with the score in hand). My wife and I also enjoyed the constant company of a tenor, a close friend of ours (has passed away) and we enjoyed listening together great performances and have some very long conversations about operas; I also enjoyed the company of audiophiles, opera lovers like myself.
But again, and my honest apologies for ramblings, I developed a great admiration for Jussi Bjorling and I do not apologize for it.
Best wishes.
@@tonygomes6306 Dear Tony, There's no doubt that you or anyone else on this page is more than entitled to their opinion,when it's prefaced, and your admiration for Bjorling is is very deserving. He was an excellent singer, a great lyric tenor, with a beautiful voice. It's the proclamations that don't sit well with me, like statements " no better tenor", "the greatest tenor the world has ever seen"etc. In My Opinion, Bjorling, Di Stefano, Gigli, Pavarortti, Corelli, Tucker & Del Monaco were all great tenors, but not in everything. Exam: Imo, Bjorling,Di Stefano, & Gigli could not do a heroic Turandot like Corelli, Del Monaco or Tucker, and Corelli, MDM and RT could not do a refined Boheme like Bjorling , Gigli, GDS OR Pav. BTW, where is Bjorling's Forza, Chenier, and where is Del Monaco's &Corelli's Elisir D' More?
Fritz Wunderlich is the best I have ever heard but I love Jussi too. NOT in Adelaide, tho'.
My father was an immigration officer in the Port of London back in the late 1950s and tells the story of the day that a Swede who had just disembarked from a ship presented his passport on the way into the UK. . The conversation wasn't riveting. "Good Morning Mr. Bjorling", was all that he could manage, but it was enough. He received a smile and a , "Thank You." in return. He claims to this day that he had met one of the greats.
Yes. You just feel those things. I am not at all surprised that your dad had the right instinct.
Shurely the sweetest tenor voice ever
It simply does not get better than this
There are NO ARTISTS of this calibre in the Metropolitan Opera
The first 2x I went to the Met,I heard Jussi: Nov.16th,1959,Cavalleria w/ Simionato and Sat.aft.,Nov.21st, Tosca w/ Curtis Verna. Amazingly, I have recordings of both performances. I have an audio tape of the Sat. Tosca as it was a broadcast and somebody backstage(?) made a house recording of Cavalleria which is available in Europe as a CD on the Myto label.After 60 yrs. of opera going, Jussi is still my favorite tenor, so beautiful w/ that instantly recognizable timbre.
These two great artists are unsurpasable when coupled with Beecham. I am hearing orchestral parts that I have never heard before. And I've listensed to Boheme for the last fifty-five years. Thank you for making this available.
Jussi Bjorling and Victoria Los Angeles are sublime here!
Madre de Dios. No puede existir nada mas perfecto. Bjorling no era de este mundo. Si pudieramos oir cantar a Dios seguro seria con la voz de este fenomeno vocal.
igualmente Victoria de Los Ángeles ¡Forman un equipo de ensueño! Son dos Voces del Cielo.✨❤️🙏🏻
Most beautiful version ever.
I was just last week able to find a CD recording of this famous pair of artists singing La Boheme. Back in the late 1960's I had a 33 rpm boxed set--alas, lost in all my moves over the years.
What sublime music. Pity it has taken me so long to discover.
A magnificent duo and a bliss for your soul to listen too!
I cannot recall the magical moment my ears tuned into opera but it was the 60s for sure. This passion hidden for many years just to comply with current trends back then. I have been free of that for many years now. Wonderful
This is from the 1956 recording ,which in my opinion has yet to be surpassed.Source it ,buy it and enjoy.
I never heard it sung better. This recording has never gone of print. Hoomeyow!!
Wonderful music.
Jussi and Victoria were such a great combination.
Simply a stunning performance by both artists. The best!
I think I've gone to heaven. Just wonderful, both of them.
Love Jussi! My favorite! Also Victoria! The photo is however Teresa Bergansa!
I see someone did 😂
Assolutamente grandi entrambi
My late father introduced me to the beautiful voice of Jussi Bjorling when I was just a little girl. For me no other can match him. You can't get any better than 'perfection'.
You can live 10 or 100 lives on this Planet,... and you will not hear better than this recording of 1956
He oído últimamente muchos comentarios alegando que a esta versión le falta italianidad por Björling especialmente. Para mí todos los Rodolfos más italianos han copiado su manera de cantar, esa forma noble de emitir la voz. Y la melancolía doliente de Victoria sigue siendo inalcanzable. Incluso Beecham estaba realmente inspirado. Sigue siendo mi versión de referencia. Mimí insuperable, entrañable, encantadora, delicada en cada pequeño detalle, conmovedora siempre. Y el timbre de Rodolfo... Sus voces empastaban a la perfección. Pura belleza.
It was reported that Caruso's widow said that Jussi's voice was the most like Enrico's.
Jussi Bjorling’s voice covered the full range of the operatic tenor. Victoria de Los Angeles on this recording is the perfect compliment. Her voice in a word, Breathtaking!!!
Canto facile e mai forzato (come in Pavarotti). Grande Bjorlin, averne oggi di tenori di quel calibro! La voce poi, sorretta da una grande tecnica (riconosciuta anche da Celletti), scorre facile e voluttuosa. Aggiungete poi uno dei più bei timbri tenorili di tutti i tempi ed avrete un tenore unico! Da brividi !!
Bjorling vale almeno 10 Pavarotti.
Very Beautiful
What a great recording! Victoria De Los Angeles supurb, with incomparable JB.
Yes, a great recording of this two sublime singers. I still remember in 1963, Liceo Barcelona the couple Jaume Aragall- Virginia Zeani in a marvellous representation of "La Boheme".
The best version of all
JUSSI BJORLING = THE VERY BEST
JUSSI BJORLING = UN-MATCHED (not a misspelling!)
VICTORIA de los ANGELES = AN ANGEL SINGING; EMOTION ENVELOPED IN A "GORGEOUS" VOICE, EFFORTLESS, UNFORGETTABLE; SHE "IS" MIMI !!!
LA BOHEME, THIS VERSION, conducted by Beecham is MY FAVORITE OPERA ABOVE ALL OPERAS; I LOVE IT. I know it all by "heart",.......
JUSSI BORLING, GONE TOO SOON !!!........
Tony Gomes It was my father's funeral last week. He chose O Suave Fanciulla and La Chelida Manina to be played as the congregation gathered, and Si Mi Chiamano Mini to be played as the coffin was carried in, from this recording specifically.
Yes. Love is for real and does happen. All is right with the world when I listen to such divine music.
The definitive recording! Nothing else comes close.
The world is truly blessed to have great pleasure in still being able to listen to such magnificent talent. One of the true benefits of modern technology.
Arnie R. I am 83 years young and have heard many tenors over my years of loving great opera BUT hearing Jussi Bjorling for the first time in Boheme and singing Nessin Dormra I regret that this great talent passed away too early but his voice lives on in the recordings I am enthralled to hear. Lasting mementos to one who had the voice of supreme clarity and pitch seldom duplicated by any of the great tenors from Caruso to Pavarotti. Libiamo.
I was in the merchant navy 1960/1975 I sailed with a fella who used to be crazy about Jussi and would play his records every night and sometimes sing his songs, now I am 75 and appreciate his voice as probably the best ever, wonderful wonderful voice
John, what a lovely story... thank you for sharing.
The greatest tenot !!!!!!!