Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK
Keywords
Carl-Gunnar Ahlen, Faust, Opera House
Abstract
One of the highpoints of the Congress's first day, at the Gold Foyer of the Opera House, occurred after Stefan Johansson's lecture - he turned over his microphone to Stockholm music-critic Carl-Gunnar Ahlen, who had a surprise recording whose existence was totally unknown: 8 minutes from the first act of Faust on January 4, 1936, Jussi singing with Joel Berglund. the sound was excellent and the singing was especially sublime when Mephisto shows Faust a vision of Marguerite, Jussi sings "o Merveille!" in a truly marvelous way.
Recommended Citation
(2004)
"New Broadcast Material from a 1936 Faust Surfaces at Congress,"
Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jussibjorlingsocietynl/vol8/iss1/12