Jussi Björling (full name Juhan Yunatan Björling ( Swede. Johan Jonatan Björling ; February 2, 1911 , Borlänge , Sweden - September 9, 1960 , Stockholm , Sweden ) is a Swedish opera singer (lyric and drama tenor ), one of the largest opera singers of the 20th century [ 1] .
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| Full name | Johan Yunatan Björling |
| Date of Birth | February 2, 1911 |
| Place of Birth | Borlange , Sweden |
| Date of death | September 9, 1960 (49 years) |
| Place of death | Stockholm , Sweden |
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| A country |  Sweden |
| Professions | Opera singer |
| Years of activity | - |
| Singing voice | tenor |
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| Collectives | Swedish Royal Opera |
| Awards | Medal of Literature and Arts ( 1945 ) |
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Biography
Björling's first teacher was his father, tenor David Björling. Together with him and his two brothers, Jussi Björling participated in the family vocal quartet. In 1928 - 1930 he studied at the Stockholm Conservatory (class of Jon Forcell ), after which from 1930 to 1933 he was a soloist of the Swedish Royal Opera [2] .
Beginning in 1931 , after a concert in Copenhagen , Björling’s fame spreads beyond Sweden. Since 1936, Björling’s lengthy concert tours of Central Europe ( Czechoslovakia , Austria , Germany , Hungary ) began. In 1938, he first performed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera , where he sang mostly since the second half of the 1940s .
In 1944 he won the Swedish honorary title " Court Singer " ( hovsångare ).
Since 1957, the singer began to have heart problems, but he did not stop the performances, making the last entry ( Verdi's “ Requiem ”) in June 1960, several months before his death.
Björling's wife, Anna-Lisa, with whom they married in 1935, was also an opera singer.
Jussi Björling Museum is open in the city of Borlange.
Awards and prizes
- 1944 - honorary title "Court singer" (Sweden)
- 1960 - Grammy Award
Introduced into the Hall of Fame Gramophone magazine [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Concise musical dictionary (inaccessible link) (inaccessible link from 14-06-2016 [1143 days])
- ↑ Great Russian Encyclopedia: 30 tons. / Chairman of the Scientific-Ed. Council Yu. S. Osipov. Ed. Ed. S. L. Kravets. T. 4. Greater Caucasus - the Grand Canal. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2006. - 751 pp .: ill .: maps. (p. 465)
- ↑ Gramophone Hall of Fame (English) . Gramophone. The appeal date is January 2, 2016.