Jussi Björling
Born: 5th February 1911, Stora Tuna, Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden
Died: 9th September 1960, Siarö
Nationality: Swedish
Born in Sweden on 5th February 1911, Björling made his professional debut in Stockholm in 1930 (in a small role in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and spent his early career singing lyric and bel canto roles before moving into the heavier repertoire which would lead him to be dubbed ‘the Swedish Caruso’: signature-roles included Radamès in Aida, the title-role in Gounod’s Faust, Manrico in Il trovatore, and Cavaradossi in Tosca, all of which he also recorded to great acclaim. In 1960 he won a Grammy Award for his LP Björling in Opera on RCA.
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Karin Juel (leadvocalist), Folke Anderssons orkester, Harry Brandelius (leadvocalist), Lasse Dahlquist (leadvocalist), Sven Rünos Dansorkester, Zarah Leander (leadvocalist), Jules Sylvains orkester, Ulla Billquist (leadvocalist), Sven Olof Sandberg (leadvocalist), Fred Winters orkester, Evert Taube (leadvocalist), Karl Gerhard (leadvocalist), Jussi Björling (leadvocalist), Olle Björling (leadvocalist), Gösta Björling (leadvocalist), Ernst Roif, Ernst Rolf (leadvocalist)
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Enrico Caruso, Amelta Galli-Curci, The Victor Orchestra, Pablo Casals, Nicolai Mednokov, Peter Dawson, Gerald Moore, Feodor Chaliapin, Wanda Landowska, Master Ernest Lough, George Thalben-Ball, The Choir of Temple Church London, Andrés Segovia, John McCormack, Edwin Schneider, Lawrence Tibbett, Marguerite Belleri, Flora Cingolani, Alfred Cortot, Jaques Thibaud, Manchester Children's Choir, Hallé Orchestra, Marian Anderson, Dame Myra Hess, Conchita Supervia, Gustave Cloëz, Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Lauritz Melchior, Beniamino Gigli, The New Symphony Orchestra, Anni Frind, Chorus of the Grossen Schauspielhaus, Berlin, Orchestra of the Grossen Schauspielhaus, Walter Gieseking, Paul Robeson, The Brunswick Concert Orchestra, Arthur Schnabel, Heddle Nash, Artur Rubinstein, Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Maria Olszewska, Richard Tauber, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Maggie Teyte, Eileen Joyce, Dame Joan Hammond, Dennis Brain, The Glasgow Orpheus Choir, Jussi Björling Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, Sir Henry Bishop, Carl Lamson, Eugen Goossens, Giulio Setti, Sir Hamilton Harty, Gertrude Riall, Lawrence Collingwood, Arturo Toscanini, Sir John Barbirolli, Eugene Goossens, Ernst Hauke, Victor Young, Joseph Batten, Robert Heger, Sir Thomas Beecham, Lesl
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