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Posted on 12/24/2015 1:44:49 PM PST by Paisan
As my late, opera loving father taught me
Caruso - Power
Gigli - Passion
Bjoerling - Perfection
Enjoy !
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‘O Holy Night’ also happens to be the very first piece of music ever heard over broadcast radio, on the night of Christmas Eve, December 24th, 1906. Professor Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor living in Brant Rock, Massachusetts, made the first broadcast of voice and music over radio on that night. He played ‘O Holy Night’ on his violin.
Bjorling! One of my faves. What a voice.
Interesting. Thanks.
Merry Christmas
Pavarotti:
It is clear that Jussi Björling was his idol. ‘When I’m about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi Björling did it. His voice was unique and it’s his path that I want to follow. I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi Björling. It’s like so I’m striving to sing.’”
What a voice indeed.
Both had very sweet tenor voices. And masters of their craft. We lost Pavarotti - so charismatic, funny, and populist - way too early, don’t you think?
The Pearl Fishers - I cut my teeth on that recording! My husband adores Franco Corelli - who I call “The Big Mouth”!!
Oh wow....you and your father REALLY knew who the GREATS were!
BRAVO and Merry Christmas to you and yours from another opera lover, who admires that trio too.
The BEST always go early.
Corelli is on my list of the GREATS too...
Funny thing, every generation has their opinion of the best.
For my Dad, it was Caruso & Joe Louis.
For me, Bjoerling & Muhammed Ali
Oh, the arguments...
:-)
But I also love Caruso !
But I also love Caruso !
My grandfather went to many Caruso performances. He told me that he could feel the vibrations of Caruso’s powerful voice through the armrests of his seat.
He also told me that he was at one of Caruso’s final performances, when blood came forth from his mouth, and the audience was screaming and pleading for him to stop.
How can one ignore La Voce, when you hear such tales, as a child...
I have many of my grandparents' records...Caruso, Gigli, Chaliapin, and others. Sadly, they won't play on modern record players, so I haven't heard them for many decades.
My parents lived a floor below Renata Tebaldi and you could hear her practicing in the guest bathroom. The first time I heard her, I was freaked out; it was truly weird.
I have many of my grandparents’ records
I am the youngest son. As the only one who appreciated my father’s choice in music, I inherited my father’s collection. I even have a recording of Caruso doing “The Coat Song”, which my father treasured. Reanta Tebaldi was one of the few sopranos that graced the old man’s collection.
You are right, they are from the distant past, and will not play again...
BTW, my father had a Wilcox-Gay recording machine and was able to record The Met during the late 30’s on phonograph discs. On many a weekend, he would make me record these records on reel-to-reel tapes, and he would send them off to Francis Robinson. Robinson had a show during intermission, and he would sometimes play excerpts from these tape. For many years my father and Robinson would exchange letters.
Opera Lovers....
OUTSTANDING and fascinating. My mom loved Caruso. Jussi Bjorling - I’d never heard of or knew anything about until now.
Thanks.
http://www.diarci.com/2013/07/28/bjorling/
I'm the eldest grandchild and the only one an opera fan, so I got the records.
I grew up with LIVE FROM THE MET on the radio, on weekends and have always loved opera; just the old war chestnuts though. I don't like new ones.
I've always liked Tebaldi.....just NOT hearing her doing scales, whilst in the bathroom!
I like quite a few of the Sopranos of old. :-)
As a hobby, by grandfather was a "super" in his young adult days. He was a basso profundo and a glorious one.
I'm glad that you've found out about him now. :-)
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