Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- A Biographical Note
- Introduction
- 1 Adam
- 2 Alfvén
- 3 Atterberg
- 4 Beethoven
- 5 Bizet
- 6 Borodin
- 7 Brahms
- 8 Donizetti
- 9 Gounod
- 10 Grieg
- 11 Handel
- 12 Leoncavallo
- 13 Mascagni
- 14 Massenet
- 15 Meyerbeer
- 16 Mozart
- 17 Puccini
- 18 Rangström
- 19 Rossini
- 20 Schubert
- 21 Sibelius
- 22 Richard Strauss
- 23 Verdi
- 24 Wagner
- 25 Björling's Remaining Recordings: A Survey of the Best (1920–60)
- 26 Evolution and Influence
- Notes
- Discography
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Leoncavallo
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- A Biographical Note
- Introduction
- 1 Adam
- 2 Alfvén
- 3 Atterberg
- 4 Beethoven
- 5 Bizet
- 6 Borodin
- 7 Brahms
- 8 Donizetti
- 9 Gounod
- 10 Grieg
- 11 Handel
- 12 Leoncavallo
- 13 Mascagni
- 14 Massenet
- 15 Meyerbeer
- 16 Mozart
- 17 Puccini
- 18 Rangström
- 19 Rossini
- 20 Schubert
- 21 Sibelius
- 22 Richard Strauss
- 23 Verdi
- 24 Wagner
- 25 Björling's Remaining Recordings: A Survey of the Best (1920–60)
- 26 Evolution and Influence
- Notes
- Discography
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Pagliacci
Complete Recordings
January 10, 1953: New York, Manhattan Center
Jussi Björling (Canio), Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda), Leonard Warren
(Tonio), Robert Merrill (Silvio), Paul Franke (Beppe); Robert Shaw Chorale, Columbus Boy Choir, RCA Victor Orchestra, cond. Renato Cellini
EMI 5 66778 2
December 8, 1954: Stockholm, Royal Opera House
Jussi Björling (Canio), Ruth Moberg (Nedda), Erik Sundquist (Tonio), Carl-Axel Hallgren (Silvio), Arne Ohlson (Beppe); Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Royal Court Orchestra, cond. Lamberto Gardelli
Bluebell ABCD 085
Excerpts
March 12, 1937: Vienna, Staatsoper
Jussi Björling (Canio), Margit Bokor (Nedda), Friedrich Ginrod (Silvio);
Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Karl Alwin
Koch Schwann 3-1454-2
“Il Prologo”
September 4, 1950: Virum, Denmark
unaccompanied party performance
“Vesti la giubba”
December 20, 1933: Stockholm, Concert Hall
Unspecified orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius
Naxos 8.110722
March 27–30, 1944: Stockholm, Concert Hall
Unspecified orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius
Naxos 8.110701
February 16, 1951: New York, NBC Studio
Unspecified orchestra and conductor
WHRA-6036
March 9, 1951: New York, Manhattan Center
RCA Victor Orchestra, cond. Renato Cellini
RCA 88697748922
March 12, 1951: New York, Carnegie Hall
Bell Telephone Orchestra, cond. Donald Voorhees
WHRA-6036
November 19, 1951: New York, Carnegie Hall
Firestone Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Howard Barlow
Kultur DVD D2424
“O Colombina”
July 6, 1950: Stockholm, Gröna Lund
Harry Ebert, pf.
Bluebell ABCD 114
Pagliacci was the only opera in Björling's repertoire that required him to play the role of a performing artist.
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- The Bjorling SoundA Recorded Legacy, pp. 87 - 100Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012