Jussi Björling Society-USA to Present ‘Björling and Bergonzi: A Comparative Study’

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The Jussi Björling Society-USA (JBS-USA) will present “Björling and Bergonzi: A Comparative Study.” The event will take place over Zoom on Oct. 22, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. EDT. Stephen Hastings, author of “The Björling Sound,” will host the event and will be joined by Stefan Johansson, a long-time chief dramaturg of the Swedish Royal Opera, and JBS-USA Board Member Sue {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

High Definition Tape Transfers Releases Jussi Björling’s ‘Golden Trovatore’

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The 1952 RCA recording of Verdi’s “Il trovatore” starring Jussi Björling can now be heard at a higher quality than ever before thanks to High Definition Tape Transfers and Harmony Restorations’ newest release. This celebrated recording features Björling along with Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Leonard Warren, Nicola Moscon, Margaret Roggero, and Paul Franke. Renato Cellini is heard leading the RCA {…}

Opera Wiki

Artist Profile: Tenor Jussi Björling, The ‘Swedish Caruso’

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Jussi Björling was one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century. Born on Feb. 5, 1911 in Sweden, first started learning to sing from his father, who also taught his two brothers. The family often engaged in performances as the Björling Male Quartet and the tenor made his debut public appearance at age five. The group would perform actively {…}

On This Day, Special Features

On This Day: An Extensive Look at Jussi Björling’s Career At the Metropolitan Opera

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On Feb. 5, 1911, the world was given the great gift that was Jussi Björling. The Swedish tenor became an icon throughout his career, his perfect vocal control a defining feature of his extensive career. Björling is in many ways synonymous with the Metropolitan Opera, becoming one of the company’s principal artists throughout the 1940’s and 50’s singing a wide {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Finnish National Opera 2025-26 Review: The Morning Star

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(Credit: © Ilkka Saastamoinen) Sebastian Fagerlund‘s new opera, based on Karl Ove Knausgård’s novel “Morgenstjernen” in Swedish or “The Morning Star” in English, inhabits that rare territory where literature, music, and visual spectacle converge to create something genuinely original — unsettling and beautiful at the same time. Gunilla Hemming’s libretto doesn’t so much adapt Knausgård’s labyrinthine 666-page narrative as distill {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Jason Duika on Being a Verdian Baritone & His Upcoming ‘Rigoletto’ Debut

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(Photo: @MontePhoteaux) Jason Duika has been steadily making a name for himself as an up-and-coming American Verdi Baritone, having sung with over ten companies in the US to critical acclaim. He has sung over 20 operatic roles professionally, including the title role of Verdi’s “Nabucco,” in October of 2019 with West Bay Opera, in California, where the reviews said, “Baritone {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Roberto Alagna on Making Waves at 62, Singing ‘Turandot’ at the Royal Opera House & Career Highlights

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(Credit: Slawek Przerwa) Legendary tenor Roberto Alagna is celebrating 43 years in the business. Considered to be the least talented in a large family of musicians, he nonetheless spent his youth busking around Paris cabarets, singing pop music accompanied with his guitar. But his passion, fired by Mario Lanza films, was opera and, largely self-taught, he pursued that dream. That {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Review: Aida

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(Credit: Bernd Uhlig) “Aida,” as we know, was supposed to be Giuseppe Verdi’s last opera. At least, he thought so. Along with his powerful “Requiem,” and all its operatic overtones, his very final work to come, the moving and gentle “Quattro Pezzi Sacri” – “Aida” was supposedly the prolific master’s operatic swan song. But, well, that is certainly not what {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Swedish Opera 2024-25 Review: Die Walküre

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(Photo: © Royal Swedish Opera) On March 29, the Royal Swedish Opera performed Wagner’s second opera, “Die Walküre,” from the four-opera epic, “Der Ring des Nibelungen.” Mixing interiors, epochs, and styles, the evening’s production featured (surprisingly sterile) 16th to 17th century Medieval great hall interiors for the first half and 18th to 19th century French fine art lined salon-meets 18th {…}

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Jussi Björling Society-USA to Present ‘Björling and Bergonzi: A Comparative Study’

High Definition Tape Transfers Releases Jussi Björling’s ‘Golden Trovatore’

Artist Profile: Tenor Jussi Björling, The ‘Swedish Caruso’

On This Day: An Extensive Look at Jussi Björling’s Career At the Metropolitan Opera

Finnish National Opera 2025-26 Review: The Morning Star

Q & A: Jason Duika on Being a Verdian Baritone & His Upcoming ‘Rigoletto’ Debut

Q & A: Roberto Alagna on Making Waves at 62, Singing ‘Turandot’ at the Royal Opera House & Career Highlights

Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Review: Aida

Royal Swedish Opera 2024-25 Review: Die Walküre