Actually these are my three favourites, Caruso kind of goes without saying, and I do think Gigli owns Mi Par D'udir Ancora, his 1928 recording is incredible, but Jussi just has it all. Perfection.
@@immanuelkant7176 Bjoerling en lo único en que podría estar detrás de ellos, sería tal vez en el volumen de su voz. Pero ese es sólo un parámetro, en cuanto a la perfección de su técnica, la facilidad en todo su rango, los armónicos que le daban ese tono dorado Jussi era muy superior, podía cantar casi cualquier tipo de aria, de hecho cantó muchos más papeles que Corelli, quién encajaba más en los papeles mas heroicos, pero para otros estilos más sutiles, no servía, por otro lado, siempre buscaba las notas agudas desde más abajo. Corelli era fabuloso, pero no mejor, por su técnica fue perdiendo su calidad vocal además. Bjoerling fue elegido por 100 criticos de Opera como el tenor más influyente en su generación, por algo sería.
Thank you Nigel Douglas and all behind this production. As a REAL Bass singer I generally have scant regard for the wobbly, warbbly, voices of lesser mortals than Caruso, Gigly and Bjorling!!! However in this record of their lives and voices I come away in true humble admiration for their remarkable tenor voices and personalities to go with them! Thank you for a spell-binding historical production which I will hope to come back to often. ❤❤❤❤❤
This is a treasure, not only about these three superior tenors, but also for us opera lovers, and music lovers, and I mean that it is such a fantastic - this documentary. Thank you so much.
I am an 89year old Singapore born. I had the good fortune to hear Gigli three times, once in the Verdi Requiem and Bjorling once. Lucky man. Steve Houghton😅 50:42 😊
Thank you so much! Oddly, I was introduced to Gigli and Björling at the same time by my then partner via a publically shown film When I heard Björling, I fell into a heavenly trance.
What a wonderful, rich life we have, being able to able to experience this wonderful world without having been there. I was born at the right time. Thank you for this marvelous film.
This was a wonderful documentary of tenors I grew up hearing (and their soprano counterparts) in the 1950s on my parents' 78s. I now have a collection of Bjorling vinyls and the cd of these 3 tenors. It still moves me deeply which modern singers do not. My father would reel off many names such as Pertile, Gallicurci etc, what they sang and where. How I treasure those times. Thank you.
Thanks you Nigel Douglas. I admire the tenors here but my favourite one is Enrico Caruso I was at the programme you gave about him at NIMBUS in 2002. A wonderful time and one I will never forget.
Fabulous! Some of the greatest voices ever! Am in a trance! Will such voices grace our lives ever again? The presenter, Nigel Douglas, deserves the highest praise for bringing this glorious video to global audiences! Thank you for the post! Jamshed K Delvadavala Mumbai.
My Father was entertained by the great Gigli in Italy towards the end of WW2. It seems that he gave concerts for the Allied soldiers who were chasing Hitler's lot North from out of Italy. After his return to New Zealand my Father bought a recording of Gigli which as a youngster stirred my interest in the wonderful Neapolitan and operatic songs to this day. Grazi Beniamino Gigi. My continued musicianship was stirred by your soaring tenor.
I am an operatic tenor .... prefessionally, I sang with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Someone once told me that I had a voice that rivalled some of the operatic greats of the past. However, I refuse to accept this. I simply can't accept this. I am happy to have sang with a great opera company and with some of the greats of the past. At 72 years of age, I am happy to have sang with the Lyric and the fine voices, there.
Beautiful. Masterfully done. Since I discovered these singers 50 years ago, they still move me and inspire me. There is something about their voices that reaches deep into my heart and awakens something nothing else in this world can touch. Thank you for this journey down a very vital and treasurable part of our cultural history, and making it most memorable as it should be in a world where beauty and soul have practically become anachronisms.
I came across this wonderful video recently and was so impressed by it, I knew my friend Norman White living nr Ross on Wye would also feel the same, when Norman called on me I showed it to him and he immediately said he knew all about it already and was involved in this video being a contributor to the production of the music and editing the imperfections of recordings etc. Norman has a vast library of records, so many in fact that storage is a problem! He has so much knowledge about anything opera that I’m trying to get him recorded too, imparting it to us all! It’s a bit like herding cats but I will keep trying! 😂
Thank you for this absolutely amazing documentary. It's been a long time since I last devoted significant time to listening to operatic music or singing. It's a reflection of how my life has progressed in my later years, not on my love of opera. I came to love in my teens thanks to the Turnau Opera Company and their winter season performed in Woodstock New York. They performed opera buffa in English, and this allowed me to hear the words and music with fairly complete comprehension. As I was always interested in the stories of the Opera particularly of the rhinegold ring and other Germanic and Scandinavian operas I gradually moved into the realm of dramatic Opera. My abiding interest in Opera persisted through my 3 years of college, however, my musical interests became redirected as I entered graduate school the following semester. A dozen years after I left graduate school, I made a transition from perceiving myself as a male to perceiving myself as a woman. I just turned 70 and I've lived as a woman for the last 32 years. I noticed today an interesting difference in the way I heard these three wonderful tenors. What was new for me today, listening to this as a 70-year-old woman, rather than as a 17-year-old young man, is that today I experienced shivers going down my spine. This is a phrase familiar to all of us, but which I never experienced prior to today. And of course, of course it was my favorite, Enrico Caruso. Prior to today, the most wonderful period of listening to recordings was an evening with Al Scuduto, the late cartoonist who drew Hatlow's hazy history for over 60 years.I was lucky enough to spend an evening with him in his office where he did all his drawing, and one entire wall of that office was nothing but operatic records. He treated me to all the arias he loved best, one of which was an album entitled 50 High C's. It was totally amazing. It was 25 tenors singing the same aria with two high C's in it. I think it's the last time that I heard all three of these tenors in a single sitting. It's been 52 years since that very special night with Al Scaduto,😊 a very special friend, and also a friend of the family. He visited the home that my family built in the Catskill Mountains in Woodstock, New York, which is where we spent our weekends and summer and winter vacations. Having seen what we were doing in the course of building the house, Al, of course, did a cartoon panel of They'll Do It Every Time, showing me, my father, and my mother as we worked on the chimney for the fireplace. Remembering this still makes me smile, and that very special evening, listening to all those different singers with him in his office. That was my personal tour of the operatic world from an experienced adult, giving me an introduction which I had never previously experienced. So I will mention that I just discovered that he passed in, I think it was 2008. You will find a brief description of him and his work in Wikipedia. hudsonvalleyone.com/2012/09/16/when-the-turnau-opera-players-reigned-in-woodstock/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Scaduto
Fantastic thanks you they don't make them like that anymore i was lucky i heard jussi beorling her in person in tosca what a voice what an artist genius God bless his memories forever he is now with his friends caruso and gili
There voices are magical! Shirring every emotion in the human body! They were all such disciplined vocalists employing all the wonderful techniques their teacher's passed onto them! Simply put "They are amazing"! 😀❤ This is such a great video that I decided to subscribe to your channel!
For the post WW2 era Bjorling is a no contest winner. ❤. That’s not to denigrate any of the so-called “3 tenors” of modern times of course who were all superb. I also feel that Caruso is possibly a no contest winner as the finest tenor in history.
Bjorling was not a good actor on stage, he could be sometimes like a piece of wood, also not interested, having heard him live a number of times, I was also surprised that the voice was not large, he was quite a small man, but I will say that the Voice was of great Beauty, leave out the problems just sit and admire. But Caruso was from another Universe to all other singers, my Grandfather appeared with him Gigli and Bjorling at Covent Garden, he was a leading Tenor in the Chorus from 1909 till 1940, my Grandmother also was on the staff at the Garden, she worked as piano accompanist in rehearsals for many years, she also saw these Tenors and Accompanied them, also Martinelli Lauri Volpi Pertile Franz Slezak Melchior and many more. I have met Nigel Douglas a few times when I was with my Father at Glyndebourne when I was in my twenties, a very distinguished Tenor and a really nice person. Nos da , Hwyl fawr.
@@Garwfechan-ry5lk From what I’ve seen on film clips of famous singers of the past, the majority were not good at acting. In many cases their style reflected exaggerated gestures somewhat like the movie stars of the silent era. Contrary to that as you mention about Bjorling, others just stood with little attempt and sang their role.
@@paullewis2413 I am 88 years old I have seen many Great Singers and Many Great singers who could not act, Corelli was not a good actor on stage same to Filipeschi, but Del Monaco was an exception he was a fine actor and he is very much like Martinelli, who was a very fine and believable actor, look at the Vitaphone Films often done after a performance Certainly his Pagliacci of 1926, was a case in fact, Caruso Slezak Zenatello were also great actors, often forgot is Melchior even with his Large Bulk was in fact also a fine actor and he was Athletic with it, my Grandfather told me, when he did Siegfried he moved like a Bear around the stage he was always moving. Gigli and Bjorling both were not good actors, sadly Bjorling it is often forgot, was also an alcoholic and did do performances whilst tipsy as they say, I saw him in Denmark not long before he died in Concert , I made a Comment to my wife and Father that he is looking very ill. Looking years older than his true age. Pertile was a good actor, Lauri Volpi was at times, Ponselle was a fine actress and Tibbett was in a class of his own, Like Chaliapin and Ruffo also. I take your point about the 19th Century, Tenors just come on stage did an Aria and walked off, but the advent of Wagner and Verdi meant that acting became a requirement, but today Singers like Kaufmann Vogt Florez are literally taking the Urine as they say, they are Fake and even if they could act, it would not make me want to see them again, Domingo hid behind his Acting ability because of his flaws, he often had trouble with anything above A Sharp, that is why he can sing Baritone , because he always was a Light Baritone.. Pavarotti could NOT act!
My favorit is Jussi, but there is another his name was Frits Wunderlisch. He died also very young. He fell and ( I belive) broked his neck in a staire. A very cleare voice of a good singer.
when I was a young man , many years ago, I heard that Gigli was going to give a "farewell performance" in London and since I had only heard him on records, I decided to go. I was so disappointed. He was about sixty years old - ancient to a twenty-year-old like me, and his voice was thin and reedy. Just listening to "bella figlia del amore" - this was one of the records we had.
My mother loved Caruso, especially his ‘Celeste Aida…’ Personally, I have always felt that Bjorling had the edge on the others. IMO, there was no aria, no style that he didn’t master. There was a rounder, fuller timbre to his voice. I’ve often wondered whether the Italian language, which has created so many great tenors, does deliver a slightly thinner, more shrill or sharp a timbre. I hear that same quality in Pavarotti’s voice, as distinct from, say, Domingo’s slightly rounder sound. Just saying. Anyway, comments most welcome, whether or not they’re in agreement!
Well, bjorling did have the advantage of far better recording technology. I think what makes Caruso stand apart from all others, was the combination of immense power and beauty, and the colour range that could encompass every emotion without ever sounding tawdry or melodramatic. And we can only imagine what it would have have really sounded like under better recording conditions. I’ve always loved listening to Bjorling singing his own native songs - haunting. Best wishes from the UK. Ed
My singing teacher in Calgary, Alberta, Elgar Higgins, studied under Enrico Caruso in Italy. My father used to love to come to my singing lessons with me and I remember the first musical that Mr. Higgins put on at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary fiddler on the roof. The boy who had his singing classes before me played the part that topo played in fiddler. My father and I attended the performance and my father, who was slightly deaf sang “if I were a Rich Man” at the top of his lungs, sending me down in my seat, so as not to be seen. But dad had a blast. There are some memories that just don’t quit.
@@salpatalano2306 ...and honest! Björling was the great role model for Pavarotti. When Pavarotti would rehearse a new opera, he always listened to how Björling performed it.
In my opinion,I think Mario Lanza would have been part of the trio had he proceeded to seriously train and participate in more Operas. It was his intention but death came too quickly.
Todos muy buenos, pero creo que el mejor tenor que ha existido fue Miguel Fleta. Seguro que Toscanini pensaba igual.th-cam.com/video/xjSjjw-vKyk/w-d-xo.html
TENORITIS Ув., о первых двух тенорах говорить не буду,у них нет полноценных записей,а вот о бьоерлинге, который является современником ФРАНКО КОРЕЛЛИ говорить стоит, зачем вы делаете провокационную передачу, Вы ,безусловно, знаете, какой тип голоса был у Ф. Корелли и какой был у Бьерлинга, сравнивать невозможно.Вам должно быть стыдно, мне Вас искренне жаль.
Sorry I'm most strongly disagree. Jussi Bjorling, to these ears, constitutes perhaps the most overrated tenor of the 20th century. A small voice possessing a pretty silver equality with little amplitude and even less interpretive ability. That he should be named as part of a trio with two gods success Caruso, the greatest singer we know of, and Gigli . . . ASSURDO !!
Not absurd, but it is true that many recordings let him down. This is what Victoria de los Angeles had to say, and she worked with him: "In spite 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".
Also, Caruso's widow said that Bjorling was her husband's true successor, and Pavarotti said: "I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi Björling. That's how I'm striving to sing."
Ha, ha..."overrated tenor of the 20th century". You spread that dung here and there. Your knowledge of statistics is also non-existent. How can one be overrated if large parts of the opera audience considered Jussi Björling to be the best tenor of the 20th century???
The GREAT GREAT BJORLING!!!
I cannot endorse your comment more strongly. I idolise the great Jussi Bjorling.
@@PippaAT I also ! many thanks
Actually these are my three favourites, Caruso kind of goes without saying, and I do think Gigli owns Mi Par D'udir Ancora, his 1928 recording is incredible, but Jussi just has it all. Perfection.
@@pauldeanifyCaruso or Corelli are the greatest. Bjorling It's after them.
@@immanuelkant7176 Bjoerling en lo único en que podría estar detrás de ellos, sería tal vez en el volumen de su voz. Pero ese es sólo un parámetro, en cuanto a la perfección de su técnica, la facilidad en todo su rango, los armónicos que le daban ese tono dorado Jussi era muy superior, podía cantar casi cualquier tipo de aria, de hecho cantó muchos más papeles que Corelli, quién encajaba más en los papeles mas heroicos, pero para otros estilos más sutiles, no servía, por otro lado, siempre buscaba las notas agudas desde más abajo. Corelli era fabuloso, pero no mejor, por su técnica fue perdiendo su calidad vocal además. Bjoerling fue elegido por 100 criticos de Opera como el tenor más influyente en su generación, por algo sería.
Thank you I have tried to find this documentary everywhere ❤💛💚💜💙
Thank you Nigel Douglas and all behind this production. As a REAL Bass singer I generally have scant regard for the wobbly, warbbly, voices of lesser mortals than Caruso, Gigly and Bjorling!!!
However in this record of their lives and voices I come away in true humble admiration for their remarkable tenor voices and personalities to go with them!
Thank you for a spell-binding historical production which I will hope to come back to often. ❤❤❤❤❤
Bjorling’s voice was really special. His breath control was so effortless - amazing.
Fascinating documentary about my three favourite singers.
The expressiveness and quality of these singers is unrivaled
Absolutely no doubt about that.
This is a treasure, not only about these three superior tenors, but also for us opera lovers, and music lovers, and I mean that it is such a fantastic - this documentary. Thank you so much.
Quite so.
What a trio of spectacular singers! Deservedly world super stars, and I must admit that I prefer them even to Domingo/Pavarotti/Carreras......
So do I
Yes.
Me too ❤
I am an 89year old Singapore born. I had the good fortune to hear Gigli three times, once in the Verdi Requiem and Bjorling once. Lucky man. Steve Houghton😅 50:42 😊
Just my opinion, but only Pavarotti should be thought of in their class.
unglaubliche Schönheit...
Was für ein wundervoller Abend dank Ihrer herrlichen Erzählung über die weltbesten Tenöre, Mr. Douglas ❤ es war ein Ereignis 🙏👌
Thank you so much! Oddly, I was introduced to Gigli and Björling at the same time by my then partner via a publically shown film When I heard Björling, I fell into a heavenly trance.
Grew up in England & heard them daily even my Grandfather loved opera & their records.
What a privilege to hear these three most excellent singers -- thank you so much -- so inspiring!
What a wonderful, rich life we have, being able to able to experience this wonderful world without having been there. I was born at the right time. Thank you for this marvelous film.
This was a wonderful documentary of tenors I grew up hearing (and their soprano counterparts) in the 1950s on my parents' 78s. I now have a collection of Bjorling vinyls and the cd of these 3 tenors. It still moves me deeply which modern singers do not. My father would reel off many names such as Pertile, Gallicurci etc, what they sang and where. How I treasure those times. Thank you.
Thanks you Nigel Douglas. I admire the tenors here but my favourite one is Enrico Caruso I was at the programme you gave about him at NIMBUS in 2002. A wonderful time and one I will never forget.
Wow, what a great, wonderful, exquisite piece of art.
Fabulous! Some of the greatest voices ever!
Am in a trance!
Will such voices grace our lives ever again?
The presenter, Nigel Douglas, deserves the highest praise for bringing this glorious video to global audiences!
Thank you for the post!
Jamshed K Delvadavala
Mumbai.
Yes I agree, at 77 How lucky was I to come across this. !!!
My Father was entertained by the great Gigli in Italy towards the end of WW2. It seems that he gave concerts for the Allied soldiers who were chasing Hitler's lot North from out of Italy. After his return to New Zealand my Father bought a recording of Gigli which as a youngster stirred my interest in the wonderful Neapolitan and operatic songs to this day. Grazi Beniamino Gigi. My continued musicianship was stirred by your soaring tenor.
What a wonderful film! So delightful and educational.
An intelligent and illuminating documentary featuring 3 legends of the operatic stage.
I am an operatic tenor .... prefessionally, I sang with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Someone once told me that I had a voice that rivalled some of the operatic greats of the past. However, I refuse to accept this. I simply can't accept this. I am happy to have sang with a great opera company and with some of the greats of the past. At 72 years of age, I am happy to have sang with the Lyric and the fine voices, there.
Thank you for such a fantastic video. The speaker is so clear. I've really enjoyed the comparison of the vocal textures..
Beautiful. Masterfully done. Since I discovered these singers 50 years ago, they still move me and inspire me. There is something about their voices that reaches deep into my heart and awakens something nothing else in this world can touch. Thank you for this journey down a very vital and treasurable part of our cultural history, and making it most memorable as it should be in a world where beauty and soul have practically become anachronisms.
Its about the warmth in the voice. Bjorling certainly has it.
Caruso even more so!
Che bellezza !
Grazie !
❤
I came across this wonderful video recently and was so impressed by it, I knew my friend Norman White living nr Ross on Wye would also feel the same, when Norman called on me I showed it to him and he immediately said he knew all about it already and was involved in this video being a contributor to the production of the music and editing the imperfections of recordings etc. Norman has a vast library of records, so many in fact that storage is a problem! He has so much knowledge about anything opera that I’m trying to get him recorded too, imparting it to us all! It’s a bit like herding cats but I will keep trying! 😂
Thank You so much for this Wonderful/Beautiful/Very Informative Documentary❣
How have I missed this. Brilliant!
Genius feel. 😂jan Olov A. Aaaaaa!!! Bye
Gracias,por la oportunidad de escuchar esta maravillosa grabacion
Thank you for this absolutely amazing documentary. It's been a long time since I last devoted significant time to listening to operatic music or singing. It's a reflection of how my life has progressed in my later years, not on my love of opera. I came to love in my teens thanks to the Turnau Opera Company and their winter season performed in Woodstock New York. They performed opera buffa in English, and this allowed me to hear the words and music with fairly complete comprehension. As I was always interested in the stories of the Opera particularly of the rhinegold ring and other Germanic and Scandinavian operas I gradually moved into the realm of dramatic Opera. My abiding interest in Opera persisted through my 3 years of college, however, my musical interests became redirected as I entered graduate school the following semester.
A dozen years after I left graduate school, I made a transition from perceiving myself as a male to perceiving myself as a woman. I just turned 70 and I've lived as a woman for the last 32 years. I noticed today an interesting difference in the way I heard these three wonderful tenors. What was new for me today, listening to this as a 70-year-old woman, rather than as a 17-year-old young man, is that today I experienced shivers going down my spine. This is a phrase familiar to all of us, but which I never experienced prior to today. And of course, of course it was my favorite, Enrico Caruso.
Prior to today, the most wonderful period of listening to recordings was an evening with Al Scuduto, the late cartoonist who drew Hatlow's hazy history for over 60 years.I was lucky enough to spend an evening with him in his office where he did all his drawing, and one entire wall of that office was nothing but operatic records. He treated me to all the arias he loved best, one of which was an album entitled 50 High C's. It was totally amazing. It was 25 tenors singing the same aria with two high C's in it. I think it's the last time that I heard all three of these tenors in a single sitting.
It's been 52 years since that very special night with Al Scaduto,😊 a very special friend, and also a friend of the family. He visited the home that my family built in the Catskill Mountains in Woodstock, New York, which is where we spent our weekends and summer and winter vacations. Having seen what we were doing in the course of building the house, Al, of course, did a cartoon panel of They'll Do It Every Time, showing me, my father, and my mother as we worked on the chimney for the fireplace. Remembering this still makes me smile, and that very special evening, listening to all those different singers with him in his office. That was my personal tour of the operatic world from an experienced adult, giving me an introduction which I had never previously experienced. So I will mention that I just discovered that he passed in, I think it was 2008. You will find a brief description of him and his work in Wikipedia.
hudsonvalleyone.com/2012/09/16/when-the-turnau-opera-players-reigned-in-woodstock/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Scaduto
OH... THIS IS SO GREAT.. SUCH A GIFT... SUCH THRILLS.... SUCH THRILLS....
Fantastic thanks you they don't make them like that anymore i was lucky i heard jussi beorling her in person in tosca what a voice what an artist genius God bless his memories forever he is now with his friends caruso and gili
Indeed Gigli was also a great singer. What a beauty voice.
Amazing documentary, i had the pleasure to listen to an orignial record of Caruso's " Una furtima lagrima", i still get goosebumps
Björling in Don Jose sounds almost like Caruso! OMG Same darkness!
Simply great!! Thanks a thousand times!
There voices are magical! Shirring every emotion in the human body! They were all such disciplined vocalists employing all the wonderful techniques their teacher's passed onto them! Simply put "They are amazing"! 😀❤ This is such a great video that I decided to subscribe to your channel!
Delicious documentary, like a fine dinner at a fine restaurant.
Oh gosh this has been such a treat to see and such a learning experience. Thanks so
Bjørling performed each summer i Copenhagens Tivoligardens. He never let his Danish audience down. Never heard of Tivoligardens in Stockholm.
It´s Gröna Lund in Stockholm. A tivoli garden.
For the post WW2 era Bjorling is a no contest winner. ❤. That’s not to denigrate any of the so-called “3 tenors” of modern times of course who were all superb. I also feel that Caruso is possibly a no contest winner as the finest tenor in history.
Bjorling was not a good actor on stage, he could be sometimes like a piece of wood, also not interested, having heard him live a number of times, I was also surprised that the voice was not large, he was quite a small man, but I will say that the Voice was of great Beauty, leave out the problems just sit and admire. But Caruso was from another Universe to all other singers, my Grandfather appeared with him Gigli and Bjorling at Covent Garden, he was a leading Tenor in the Chorus from 1909 till 1940, my Grandmother also was on the staff at the Garden, she worked as piano accompanist in rehearsals for many years, she also saw these Tenors and Accompanied them, also Martinelli Lauri Volpi Pertile Franz Slezak Melchior and many more.
I have met Nigel Douglas a few times when I was with my Father at Glyndebourne when I was in my twenties, a very distinguished Tenor and a really nice person.
Nos da , Hwyl fawr.
@@Garwfechan-ry5lk From what I’ve seen on film clips of famous singers of the past, the majority were not good at acting. In many cases their style reflected exaggerated gestures somewhat like the movie stars of the silent era. Contrary to that as you mention about Bjorling, others just stood with little attempt and sang their role.
@@paullewis2413 I am 88 years old I have seen many Great Singers and Many Great singers who could not act, Corelli was not a good actor on stage same to Filipeschi, but Del Monaco was an exception he was a fine actor and he is very much like Martinelli, who was a very fine and believable actor, look at the Vitaphone Films often done after a performance Certainly his Pagliacci of 1926, was a case in fact, Caruso Slezak Zenatello were also great actors, often forgot is Melchior even with his Large Bulk was in fact also a fine actor and he was Athletic with it, my Grandfather told me, when he did Siegfried he moved like a Bear around the stage he was always moving.
Gigli and Bjorling both were not good actors, sadly Bjorling it is often forgot, was also an alcoholic and did do performances whilst tipsy as they say, I saw him in Denmark not long before he died in Concert , I made a Comment to my wife and Father that he is looking very ill. Looking years older than his true age.
Pertile was a good actor, Lauri Volpi was at times, Ponselle was a fine actress and Tibbett was in a class of his own, Like Chaliapin and Ruffo also.
I take your point about the 19th Century, Tenors just come on stage did an Aria and walked off, but the advent of Wagner and Verdi meant that acting became a requirement, but today Singers like Kaufmann Vogt Florez are literally taking the Urine as they say, they are Fake and even if they could act, it would not make me want to see them again, Domingo hid behind his Acting ability because of his flaws, he often had trouble with anything above A Sharp, that is why he can sing Baritone , because he always was a Light Baritone.. Pavarotti could NOT act!
Yes, Björling is a no contest winner!
Listen to Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Caius Animam with Jussi Bjorling. He could sing!
Masterfully done, Bravo!
My favorit is Jussi, but there is another his name was Frits Wunderlisch. He died also very young. He fell and ( I belive) broked his neck in a staire. A very cleare voice of a good singer.
My Favorite is Beniamino Gigli i have many of his Records 78s LPs and CDs
when I was a young man , many years ago, I heard that Gigli was going to give a "farewell performance" in London and since I had only heard him on records, I decided to go. I was so disappointed. He was about sixty years old - ancient to a twenty-year-old like me, and his voice was thin and reedy. Just listening to "bella figlia del amore" - this was one of the records we had.
Beautiful
Bravo! Thanks for this.
I heard Gigli at the Albert Hall in 1950. Even he was great
All fantastic tenors, but listen to Caruso in those technically miserable recordings. Devine.
My mother loved Caruso, especially his ‘Celeste Aida…’ Personally, I have always felt that Bjorling had the edge on the others. IMO, there was no aria, no style that he didn’t master. There was a rounder, fuller timbre to his voice. I’ve often wondered whether the Italian language, which has created so many great tenors, does deliver a slightly thinner, more shrill or sharp a timbre. I hear that same quality in Pavarotti’s voice, as distinct from, say, Domingo’s slightly rounder sound. Just saying. Anyway, comments most welcome, whether or not they’re in agreement!
Well, bjorling did have the advantage of far better recording technology. I think what makes Caruso stand apart from all others, was the combination of immense power and beauty, and the colour range that could encompass every emotion without ever sounding tawdry or melodramatic. And we can only imagine what it would have have really sounded like under better recording conditions. I’ve always loved listening to Bjorling singing his own native songs - haunting. Best wishes from the UK. Ed
Três vozes puras de tenor. Timbres reais do registro.
Why did you cut out the beginning of the film? There is very interesting information about Björling there!
Good now it’s complete thanks!
My favourite is Beniamino Gigli.His voice is like honey.•♫♪ ॐ¸¸.•*¨*•♫
Nas músicas sacras ninguém igual ao Gigli. Na Opera Aida também é o melhor.
björling and caruso have the same vibrato
My singing teacher in Calgary, Alberta, Elgar Higgins, studied under Enrico Caruso in Italy. My father used to love to come to my singing lessons with me and I remember the first musical that Mr. Higgins put on at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary fiddler on the roof. The boy who had his singing classes before me played the part that topo played in fiddler. My father and I attended the performance and my father, who was slightly deaf sang “if I were a Rich Man” at the top of his lungs, sending me down in my seat, so as not to be seen. But dad had a blast. There are some memories that just don’t quit.
1:14 About Enrico Caruso , 12:45 About Beniamino Gigli , 21:18 About Jussi Björling
Caruso - okay
Gigili - meh
Jussi - YES
These 3 (and others) are great. My favourite is Richard Tauber.
No mention of the best of tenors Fritz Wunderlich! Why not??
In thee end Caruso sounds BEST in Donna non vidi mai... Listen to Sabbatini, singing Pour mon ame... LIVE. Great tenor of later time...
In terms of perfection, There is only Pavarotti, then there is everybody else……
According to Pavarotti himself, Björling was the perfection...
@@suffes1 he was being humble…..once, Gregory Hines, knelt down and kissed Sammy Davis’ shoes….as a sign of humble respect….Luciano❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@salpatalano2306 ...and honest! Björling was the great role model for Pavarotti. When Pavarotti would rehearse a new opera, he always listened to how Björling performed it.
Gigli, Corelli, Björling, Caruso were honestly better than Pav
@@quercingtime totally disagree……Only Pavarotti then all the REST…..sorry
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Tivoli is in DENMARK not Stockholm
Where is Kari Kanto from Mikkeli, Finland?
Totally agree
Remember the recordings were not advanced like today. Caruso was the best of them all. The others were great also, but Caruso a bit better.
No one was ”a bit better” than Björling!
In my opinion,I think Mario Lanza would have been part of the trio had he proceeded to seriously train and participate in more Operas. It was his intention but death came too quickly.
I wonder one of you doesn't remember TITO SCHIPA..!
You speak very well. Caruso has a vabrato
Franco Corelli?
My favorite is Mario Lanza
Hmm
Le Marche is not a province. It is a “regione”.
Tenoritis means...inflammation of the tenor ! ????
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Todos muy buenos, pero creo que el mejor tenor que ha existido fue Miguel Fleta. Seguro que Toscanini pensaba igual.th-cam.com/video/xjSjjw-vKyk/w-d-xo.html
TENORITIS Ув., о первых двух тенорах говорить не буду,у них нет полноценных записей,а вот о бьоерлинге, который является современником ФРАНКО КОРЕЛЛИ говорить стоит, зачем вы делаете провокационную передачу, Вы ,безусловно, знаете, какой тип голоса был у Ф. Корелли и какой был у Бьерлинга, сравнивать невозможно.Вам должно быть стыдно, мне Вас искренне жаль.
Sorry I'm most strongly disagree.
Jussi Bjorling, to these ears, constitutes perhaps the most overrated tenor of the 20th century.
A small voice possessing a pretty silver equality with little amplitude and even less interpretive ability.
That he should be named as part of a trio with two gods success Caruso, the greatest singer we know of, and Gigli . . .
ASSURDO !!
Ha, ha...it´s time for you to seek out your brain shrink again.
Not absurd, but it is true that many recordings let him down. This is what Victoria de los Angeles had to say, and she worked with him: "In spite 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".
Also, Caruso's widow said that Bjorling was her husband's true successor, and Pavarotti said: "I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi Björling. That's how I'm striving to sing."
Ha, ha..."overrated tenor of the 20th century". You spread that dung here and there. Your knowledge of statistics is also non-existent.
How can one be overrated if large parts of the opera audience considered Jussi Björling to be the best tenor of the 20th century???
Yes yes he was just a shrimp of a man and should’ve been tossed into a chipper shredder, not celebrated
trash compared to Dimash.
Dimash is polite. You are unpolite.