Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK
Article Title
Keywords
CD, Des Grieux, opera, Manon Lescaut
Abstract
One of the two operas that Björling learned and performed on stage after he left the Stockholm Opera to join the Metropolitan was Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. He seemed to have just the perfect vocal gears for this opera, encapsulating both lyric brilliance and dramatic intensity in that unique musical instrument for the role of the lovesick Des Grieux. He sang the role between 1949 and 1959 and there are four complete recordings of him as Des Grieux, including the 1954 studio take in Rome.
Recommended Citation
Krogholm, Kristian
(2019)
"Jussi Björling’s Des Grieux in NEW CD Editions,"
Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK: Vol. 34:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jussibjorlingsocietynl/vol34/iss1/3