Article Title
Keywords
recordings, voice, Jussi Bjorling
Abstract
There is much discussion going on among Jussiologists about how he sounded in real life. But who's to tell? I think it is somehow easier to say how he did not sound, based on the telling of many people who had the good fortune to hear him live. Jussi's voice did NOT have that hard, metal-sound that would be easy to present to the listener with the use of certain digital remastering processes, and that would make him sound like the best of Corelli, Lauri-Volpi, del Monaco, di Stefano, Bergonzi and Pavarotti all put together. Jussi would out-sing any of these splendid tenors, but that is not the reason why we love his voice.
Recommended Citation
Krogholm, Kristian
(2000)
"JB Analogies: Same Recordings - Different Voices,"
Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK: Vol. 10:
No.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jussibjorlingsociety/vol10/iss1/13