Jussi Bjorling - US Television Appearances - Restored in HD & Digital Stereo Audio - 2023.

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  • These are from some of the old "Voice of Firestone" telecasts of the early 1950s which I have upscaled to HD and 60 fps and restored the audio in Digitally Extracted Stereo. The last item is a colorized clip of Jussi with the incomparable Renata Tebaldi singing "O soave fanciulla" from Puccini's La Boheme.
    Color & B. & W.
    Enjoy!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 103

  • @vickiw3335
    @vickiw3335 5 місяців тому +14

    Jussi Bjorling is a magnificent tenor. I joined the Jussi Bjorling Society so I could share this love with others who revere him

  • @ballaratboy1
    @ballaratboy1  Рік тому +67

    My goodness, look at the size of the huge audience! One thing is for sure, people back then may not have had the technology we have today such as 4K HD televisions and Dolby Digital Stereo but they certainly had 1st class entertainment, unlike the crap dished out to us today.

    • @martinstremlow2997
      @martinstremlow2997 10 місяців тому +6

      100% agreed

    • @andreaseriksson8803
      @andreaseriksson8803 9 місяців тому +4

      Hear, hear!

    • @randymagnuson9452
      @randymagnuson9452 7 місяців тому +2

      Music is about unobstructed heart to heart communication. When technique and performance reach the highest level, the means dissappear and complete freedom rules. Kudos to the audio processing. Absolutely top shelf given the gear of the day. But make no mistake: some of the vocal microphones of the day were as good as they ever got. Love to know what was used.

  • @MarioMio
    @MarioMio 8 місяців тому +27

    Bjoerling had one of the most beautiful voices of all times.

    • @antonhallergren588
      @antonhallergren588 3 місяці тому

      *the
      I know people who have heard him live they say recordings arent even close to doing him justice.
      At night he would sometimes go out on the beach to sing by himself and people would gather in crowds just to listen.

  • @bomadsen2392
    @bomadsen2392 5 місяців тому +9

    A fantastic piece of music history. Makes my swedish heart tick prouder.

  • @allan6554
    @allan6554 10 місяців тому +40

    I like Bjorling's humility and appearance. Outstanding performances every time. There is not the slightest misstep. Self-discipline and talent to the extreme. Who is at that level? No one.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose 9 місяців тому +7

      He had lifelong routine of course, he had almost grown up on stage, and his father had also been touring in the US early in the 20th century, albeit not as the big star his son was destined to become. Jussi is a global and Swedish icon in the world of singing, more than sixty years after he passed away

  • @eddiefrench6921
    @eddiefrench6921 11 місяців тому +27

    Heard him in Dublin in either 1951 or 1952. He gave a recital in the Theatre Royal - beautiful! Eddie

    • @shicoff1398
      @shicoff1398 2 місяці тому

      Nov. 29th, 1952. Recital, Dublin.

  • @paddyrafter5214
    @paddyrafter5214 Рік тому +30

    It is done so well that it's almost as if one is there in person.. I have loved your Jussi björling singing since I was a small boy. I always felt there was something super natural about him. You have done it so well I can actually hear where he makes mistakes especially with the words in salut. It makes it more human and more admirable. As somebody once said 'the supreme singing of a very shy man.

  • @kelvinpipe4339
    @kelvinpipe4339 10 місяців тому +19

    Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing, have loved his voice for years

  • @rnnyhoff
    @rnnyhoff 9 місяців тому +13

    What a voice ... always moved by his artistry even if the song is schmaltzy, he has a singular tone that radiates utter beauty that speaks to the sincere humanity in each of us. Thank you for posting this wonderful video. I knew the voice but had never seen a live performance of Jussi Bjoerling or his wife.

  • @NutmegConservative
    @NutmegConservative 9 місяців тому +7

    When asked how he compared to Jussi Björling, the great Oavarotti said “Please, I’m only human.”

  • @peterwylliejohnston
    @peterwylliejohnston 10 місяців тому +21

    How wonderful to see and hear the era of great Western culture being celebrated by presenting the most beautiful tenor voice of all - Jussi Bjorling. His artistry - along with that of Renata Tebaldi and others - is a reminder of an era when artistry was not only celebrated but communicated en masse in the hope that our society as a whole would be elevated.

  • @натальяворонова-с3и
    @натальяворонова-с3и 11 місяців тому +14

    Спасибо за возможность слышать этого певца !

  • @Situnadei
    @Situnadei 11 місяців тому +19

    WONDERFUL ,Jussi for ever !

  • @jefolson6989
    @jefolson6989 7 місяців тому +4

    He sang the theme aong better than any one. Good English. ( there are a few radio interviews. Only a slight accent.)

  • @patdoyle3686
    @patdoyle3686 28 днів тому +3

    Magnificent piece of history🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 of an outstanding singer🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @TessMArt
    @TessMArt 10 місяців тому +19

    What a joy to see Bjorling singing with his beautiful and talented wife. Thank you so much for posting this gem.

  • @kerstinej
    @kerstinej Рік тому +14

    Thank you! This is fantastic!

  • @paragod333
    @paragod333 10 місяців тому +13

    Thank your for your work in restore the great Jussi.

  • @paddyrafter5214
    @paddyrafter5214 Рік тому +14

    Great stuff. Thank you

  • @andrewcarney3926
    @andrewcarney3926 9 місяців тому +15

    I first heard this great voice as a child. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to hear it again as a trained musician and former vocalist. This man had all the goods.

  • @didierjouanny5236
    @didierjouanny5236 8 місяців тому +10

    Merci pour ces restaurations et l'ensemble des vidéos ! Jussi , LE modèle de la voix naturelle.

    • @AlbertoGallo-q9p
      @AlbertoGallo-q9p 21 день тому

      Único,fue la voz de tenor mas hermosa del siglo xx .

  • @entornohumano7945
    @entornohumano7945 9 місяців тому +4

    Pavarotti said that he was the best singer of Nessum dorma, and he was right. His technique (Björling's) was flawless. Great voices 🌻💖

  • @MUSICALLAN
    @MUSICALLAN Рік тому +12

    The audio is very impressive! Can you tell us what program you are using to achieve this? Does Audacity have an option for DES?

    • @ballaratboy1
      @ballaratboy1  10 місяців тому +3

      I use "Adobe Audition" to clean up any background noise and then split the mono audio into 4 stems using "Spleeter GUI", finally, I mix it all with "Audacity". It takes a while but the results mostly are good.

  • @peterbrewster7028
    @peterbrewster7028 11 місяців тому +10

    Great historical music achievement, congratulations

  • @briancastles-onion5249
    @briancastles-onion5249 Рік тому +19

    Wonderful !!

  • @Caruso_is_king
    @Caruso_is_king 9 місяців тому +12

    His voice simply sailed to the top, seemingly effortless. Grande Maestro

  • @lawrenceallen6508
    @lawrenceallen6508 Рік тому +22

    Excellent work as always Steve. The last great duet with Tebaldi is such a gem ❤

    • @ballaratboy1
      @ballaratboy1  Рік тому +2

      Thanks Lawrence, it is a gem indeed.

    • @lawrenceallen6508
      @lawrenceallen6508 Рік тому +4

      @@ballaratboy1 The whole segment is tops Steve and so wonderful that you have honoured Jussi in this way. Other than Caruso, he is the greatest of the tenors for me; so easy to listen too.

  • @wayneallington2920
    @wayneallington2920 Рік тому +15

    fantastic work. well done!

  • @AnaLuiza-rl9ee
    @AnaLuiza-rl9ee 7 місяців тому +5

    Melhor de todos...❤ Deus o tenha em paz.

  • @jerkerhallin394
    @jerkerhallin394 10 місяців тому +26

    The most haunting and beautiful voice ever. Those high silver notes vibrates and melts in your soul.
    Very good restauration of the material.

  • @ChabukaSurmanidze-sn4hj
    @ChabukaSurmanidze-sn4hj 10 місяців тому +31

    The greatest tenor among the greatest of all time.❤👏👏👏

  • @photo161
    @photo161 9 місяців тому +12

    What a treasure! So much masterful singing. And has there ever been a more beautiful voice? I think not...

    • @antonhallergren588
      @antonhallergren588 3 місяці тому

      People can disagree... or... well... yeah only until they hear it...
      No one has ever had the range from the sweetest of sweet to the most subtle yet absolutley soul crushing sadness in their voice.

  • @barrybernstein9049
    @barrybernstein9049 10 місяців тому +15

    A voice of unshed tears .

    • @antonhallergren588
      @antonhallergren588 3 місяці тому

      Jussis voice was God showing off. I know people of the muslim and jewish faiths who celebrate christmas here in sweden and the peak of the whole celebration is hearing Jussi's O helga natt. Tell me another voice that can bring people closer to the Lord and Savior in that way...

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 11 місяців тому +11

    Strange, though, to see a classical orchestra without women. These days, thank heavens, it's a rare sight. Hard won, though.

  • @paulaedwards7067
    @paulaedwards7067 2 місяці тому +1

    I am beginning to realize the extent to which Pavarotti and others copied his technique, but could not fully emulate his sound. It leads me to wonder whether Pavarotti's career would have taken off in the 60's the way it did had Bjorling not died.

  • @veneziola
    @veneziola 9 місяців тому +5

    grandioso tenor. Excepcional en todos los sentidos

  • @Mark_Dyer
    @Mark_Dyer 9 місяців тому +12

    Jussi Bjorling has always been my favourite tenor; but I think Josef Calleja captures some of the Bjorling magic today. Thank you so much for taking the trouble to restore these old recordings.

  • @ML-rm3vk
    @ML-rm3vk 9 місяців тому +6

    Thank you for this new years gift
    To us all to hear this man's voice.

  • @roberthardy47
    @roberthardy47 9 місяців тому +5

    1957 I purchased a 2 Vinyl recording of Verdi's Il Trovatore with Jussi as Manrico Zinka Milanov as Azucena and Leonard Warren singing the Count D'Luna. Just heavenly.

    • @RM-tc9pu
      @RM-tc9pu 8 місяців тому +1

      Wonderful recording, yes. I have listened to it so often, still one of my favourites.

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 11 місяців тому +17

    Mon dieu. What an amazing voice Jussi Bjourling had. We must not forget the pleasure he has given the opera audience. I wish You Tube would present for TV audiences an entire opera, such as Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, Aida, any really, in which Maestro Bjourling sang.

    • @sananton2821
      @sananton2821 10 місяців тому

      Björling

    • @JoePalau
      @JoePalau 9 місяців тому +1

      My first LP of Jussi was with de Los Angeles - Butterfly. As a kid, I watched Omnibus with Dad. The was even before Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts. It was a Golden Era.
      As a side note, Jussi’s knowledge of languages is stunning, contributing to his amazing diction in everything he sang.

    • @sylviarienzo6955
      @sylviarienzo6955 Місяць тому

      I wish tv programming would include talented classical singers and expose this generation to the beauty of the human voice.

  • @geraldscott6042
    @geraldscott6042 10 місяців тому +17

    Thanks for posting this. In my humble opinion Bjorling is, if not the best, one of the best tenors ever.

  • @mino7520
    @mino7520 10 місяців тому +10

    The best ténor with caruso.

    • @sananton2821
      @sananton2821 10 місяців тому +1

      tenor

    • @eugeniogentili1048
      @eugeniogentili1048 9 місяців тому

      Beniamino Gigli Franco Corelli Mario Del Monaco Aureliano Pertile Galliano Masini Miguel Fleta Richard Tucker George Thill Enrico Caruso Francesco Merli Helge Rosvaenge Ramon Vinay Ferruccio Tagliavini Set Svanholm Leonid Sobinov Sergej Lemeshev Antonio Cortis Giuseppe Di Stefano John McCormack

  • @malakai651
    @malakai651 10 місяців тому +16

    One of the greatest tenors of the 20th century. The pearl fishers duet has always been a particularly favourite of mine.

    • @davidpearn5925
      @davidpearn5925 9 місяців тому +2

      With Robert Merrill .

    • @malakai651
      @malakai651 9 місяців тому

      @@davidpearn5925 Marvellous combination!

  • @BastarB
    @BastarB 7 місяців тому +4

    At 10.40 I started crying😭

  • @wildliferox2
    @wildliferox2 9 місяців тому +5

    Getting things ready for Christmas, bread about to go in the oven, thinking about making mince pies, Chicken Liver Pate to make, and thought ok what about a bit of Jussi Bjorling, one of my all time favourite Greats tenor-wise, things were going so well, and then got to @12.25 and I lost it...
    Wishing you all here, a Merry Christmas. that despite all that's going on, you find a moment of Peace and Happiness, in whatever way it presents.

  • @donaldross109
    @donaldross109 5 місяців тому +2

    Some very few voices bring tears to the eyes simply because of their divine nature. Björling is God's gift.

  • @Zifa4
    @Zifa4 10 місяців тому +19

    The greatest.

  • @rodgerraubach2753
    @rodgerraubach2753 9 місяців тому +9

    Even the great Luciano Pavarotti hoped to be able to sing as well as Jussi Bjorling! My first opera I purchased was La Boheme with Jussi Bjorling and Renate Tebaldi.

    • @kable321
      @kable321 9 місяців тому +1

      Bjoerling didn't record Boheme with Tebaldi.

    • @janerikgranberg3611
      @janerikgranberg3611 2 місяці тому

      @@kable321Why do you think we need to know which opera recording was your first one, especially since we do not know each other. And especially since the information seems false. Björling recorded La bohème with de los Angeles.

  • @francoisduchamp570
    @francoisduchamp570 9 місяців тому +3

    voila le seul tenor... face a corelli.. pour moi ...

  • @asahallberg-vonde2029
    @asahallberg-vonde2029 7 місяців тому +2

    I did nt know that Anna-Lisa Björling was a opernstar to. Thanks.

  • @SpiritintheSky.
    @SpiritintheSky. 9 місяців тому +3

    What a godsend. Thank you so much for making this available.

  • @ricardobedini5345
    @ricardobedini5345 9 місяців тому +4

    Hermosísima VOZ !!!!! Dominio PERFECTO DEL AIRE * * * * * !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @edwardarckless3112
    @edwardarckless3112 9 місяців тому +2

    He was just fantastique and a wonderfull artiste Edward Arckless ex Royal Oper Ballet Covent Garden London and conservatoire de Ville de Paris France

  • @moishemillerr
    @moishemillerr 11 місяців тому +7

    Thank you!

  • @pearl2910
    @pearl2910 11 днів тому

    My Dad would have loved this ! The Pearl
    Fishers with Robert Merrill was a favourite we played at his funeral
    Beautiful voice ✨

  • @afritimm
    @afritimm 2 місяці тому

    Beautiful, but he always had a tendency to sing sharp. Like Domingo.

  • @michaelmcgee8543
    @michaelmcgee8543 8 місяців тому +4

    That was great!

  • @williammorris584
    @williammorris584 8 місяців тому +3

    That ring. Heavenly.

  • @amandajean7738
    @amandajean7738 2 місяці тому

    Ladies get a man that looks at you the way Bjorling looks at his wife.

  • @susanflaster8900
    @susanflaster8900 9 місяців тому +3

    Terrific! And thank you for not adding extraneous applause and the like. The quality of this work is really remarkable.

  • @jefolson6989
    @jefolson6989 7 місяців тому +1

    Jussi always looked scared on these tv shows!

  • @felicedisanto2927
    @felicedisanto2927 27 днів тому

    Un tenore meraviglioso ❤

  • @ottofagerstedt369
    @ottofagerstedt369 29 днів тому

    incredibel!!

  • @janne3902
    @janne3902 9 місяців тому +2

    ❤❤❤

  • @galinathomas5263
    @galinathomas5263 6 місяців тому +1

    Браво. Супер Юсси

  • @19ycr
    @19ycr 11 місяців тому +5

    10:24

    • @kipponi
      @kipponi 9 місяців тому +4

      Crystal clear high note voice like glass❤😮.
      Amazing🧐

  • @michaelmcgee8543
    @michaelmcgee8543 8 місяців тому

    Early experiment in stereo sound t.v. though FM radio combine t.v. and the recreation of it for this show.

  • @SidEvans-f7w
    @SidEvans-f7w 2 місяці тому

    What a voice Gift from God brought tears 😢 😭 heavenly ❤

  • @sananton2821
    @sananton2821 10 місяців тому +4

    beautiful!!!

  • @ewajohansson8398
    @ewajohansson8398 9 місяців тому

    🎵❤🎶🌟🎶❤️
    👏🇸🇪

  • @michaelmcgee8543
    @michaelmcgee8543 8 місяців тому

    I might of been wrong the simulation on am FM radio may not of combine it to t.v.

  • @leszekklein988
    @leszekklein988 20 днів тому

    A real "bell canto", something beautiful...

  • @rob81915
    @rob81915 Місяць тому

    Died in an interment camp to satisfy Hitler....such a loss to the world. May he rest in peace.

  • @inboxmail2053
    @inboxmail2053 9 місяців тому +3

    Bjorling and Tebaldi are superb in La Boheme. If ony Bjorling has recored the full opera with her rather than the rather limp De Los Angeles that would have been a TRUE classic.

    • @godlessthefree2880
      @godlessthefree2880 7 місяців тому +3

      Tebaldi's voice was far too large to play the frailty of Mimi. She was a great soloist but always tried to outsing anyone she sang with. Victoria de los Angeles was perfect for the role, and was an integral part of the great trio that made their Boheme the benchmark recording, which is where it still stands to this day. That's my opinion anyway.

    • @ferguszade5594
      @ferguszade5594 7 місяців тому +1

      I respect your opinion

    • @godlessthefree2880
      @godlessthefree2880 7 місяців тому

      ​@@ferguszade5594Thank you for your comment