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Born: 5 February 1911
Died: 9 September 1960
Swedish Tenor

Johann Jonathan Björling, Jussi to opera lovers, the world over, was born into a family of great musical talent.
His father was a tenor, who had sung Rodolfo in la Boheme, at the Metropolitan Opera house at the turn of the century.
His mother, a pianist, and his two elder brothers, also tenors.

He received his first singing lessons at the age of five, and toured America from the age of six with his father and brothers, as a member of the Björling male voice quartet.

He studied at the Stockholm Royal Conservatory of music with Joseph Hislop and graduated with a comprehensive musical education and made his first stage appearance in Manolescu in July 1930, in a minor role.
His debut in a major role, was the following month as Donatello in Don Giovanni.

Carefully nurturing and husbanding his voice in these vital every stages, he sang only in Scandinavian until 1935, when he made his first important foreign visit, singing Radames in Aida, at the Vienna state opera, with Da Sabbatia conducting.
Although he sang in

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Nessun dorma! – Jussi Björling, 1944

Jussi Björling

1911-1960
Tenor

Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling (sometimes spelled as "Bjoerling" in English-language sources) (5 February 1911 – 9 September 1960) was a highly regarded Swedish operatic tenor. Björling was one of the few non-Latin tenors to rival the Italian dominance of the opera world at that time.

Björling was born in Borlänge, Sweden in February 1911. The midwife's register shows he was born on 5 February; however, the church baptism records erroneously show 2 February, and this was the day on which he celebrated his birthday throughout his life. [1] He was taught to sing by his father, David, an accomplished vocalist, and made his debut public appearance at the age of four with the Björling Male Quartet. The group performed in concerts throughout Sweden and the United States for eleven and a half years.

Björling made his professional operatic debut as the Lamplighter in Manon Lescaut at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm in 1930. This was soon followed by Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Arnoldo in Rossini's

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Jussi

Sweden has given many great singers to the lyric stage, but none so widely acclaimed and admired in this century as Jussi Bjorling. While many other tenors have been hailed as successors to Enrico Caruso, it was to Bjorling that Dorothy Caruso, the singer's widow, said in 1951, "You are the only one worthy to wear his mantle, bear Rico's crown!" Bjorling's exceptional voice, flawless technique, outstanding musicianship, and impeccable musical taste earned him critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences on three continents. These great gifts were combined with genuine humility and simplicity; he remained unspoiled and deeply devoted to his family. His tragically early death at the age of forty-nine ended a professional singing career that had started when he was only five, and he is perhaps unique among singers in having made recordings from the acoustic era through the advent of stereophonic sound. This book is the first English-language biography of Bjorling. In addition to the recollections of his widow and stage companion Anna-Lisa Bjorling, it incorporates informati