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Jussi Björling, Stockholm Opera
Abstract
As readers of this journal may know Jussi Björling’s first role in opera was the tiny part of the Lamplighter in Manon Lescaut, a role which is only 18 bars long – but most of them solo – in that opera’s third act. That was on 21 July 1930, and the venue was of course the Stockholm Opera, or as it says on the poster “Kungl. Teatern” — an abbreviation for “Kungliga Teatern” — The Royal Theatre. If you can master rudimentary Swedish you can find it and much of the data that I will cite in this article on https://www.operan.se/en/ archives/. Jussi’s landlords, Mr. and Mrs. Svedelius, attended the performance, but he missed Jussi’s appearance as it lasted only about one minute.
Recommended Citation
Olve, Nils-Göran
(2020)
"Jussi’s Three Debuts at the Stockholm Opera,"
Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK: Vol. 28:
No.
28, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jussibjorlingsociety/vol28/iss28/3