Renata Tebaldi & Jussi Bjorling 'O soave fanciulla' television in color

US television broadcast from 1956
colorized using DeOldify
digital audio restoration using Audacity.
stereo.

[@Theartofevolutie-x9h]

Bjorling was one of the best tenors who ever lived..👌🏻

[@burebista76]

The best....

[@michaelkohl6463]

What a beautiful record! Seems to be life sung on stage. This two voices perfectly match! And the acting is wonderful! Great!

[@giuseppinaconsalvo1800]

Due voci..due capolavori di madre natura.. strepitosi!❤️❤️

[@peterleitner-z4i]

Two of the greatest voices in history of music!!!

[@russellnoland3355]

And God said Let there be a tenor and there was Björling. And it was good.

[@bruceseaman6592]

And he made a compliment for him and called her Tebaldi

[@carolvogelman5261]

Beautiful! His Duet from the Pearl Fishers always gives me chills! I was an avid skater and always wanted to see two fine male skaters skate to it! But I do get chills from Jussi I am Swedish, German and Native American! I consider myself perfectly appointed to adore Jussi! I heard Jussi coming out of a VW I called out Jussi Bjürling! And the driver called back “He taught me”!

[@JamesCourtney-yu6vc]

Absolutely love that comment ❤

[@carlogalbiati2448]

You won it all.

[@Stabu]

and no we know why God decided to rest thereafter. What's the point in continue to create people after you've made Björling...

[@silverfox633]

the best version of any

[@silvioivanbendanamora1682]

You are wrong! You need to hear a lot of other versions to compare them.

[@elainelotcpeich]

I was fortunate to see them both at the Met many times. There are no voices like those anymore.

[@pederlettstroem980]

Lucka u!😅

[@SteveL2012]

Indeed you are lucky! I often think about which historic performances I would like to time transport for. Tebaldi, Bjoerling, Nillson (!), Callas in the first five years of her career . . . it's a long list.

[@ramonavandermerwe1159]

You were very lucky!

[@amyung7874]

Very lucky. Today all push push push

[@SymphonyBrahms]

There are no voices like that today. All we have is NetrebCow screeching like a cat on a fence and tenors who should be singing in saloons instead of in an opera house.

[@terjoe6643]

To my mind, Bjorling is untouchable: the greatest tenor of them all. Tebaldi's voice was effortlessly beautiful and powerful.

[@vickiw3335]

He is the paragon!

[@brianenglish2333]

Bjoerling for the voice, Tauber for the musicianship and Hvorostovski for the stage-presence …. And of course so many others.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Glorious! There are no voices like that today.

[@sandrotrois6959]

Una evidente empatia tra i due grandi artisti ,Tebaldi , straordinaria , non solo per la sua inestimabile voce ma per il suo immedesimarsi nel personaggio , un grande ringraziamento a Puccini , e al suoi illaca e Giacosa ! E al grande svedese dall' impeccabile dizione italiana !

[@laprimmadonna2341]

Madre mía...maravillosoooooo!!!!!

[@randalcolucci6833]

Makes a grown man cry.

[@philjerwil7]

I had to keep saying to myself, "DON'T CRY! NO! DON'T CRY!".

[@terrycreagh4103]

Does a grown man good to cry!

[@donaldross109]

Agreed! I have shed tears listening to Björling. Simply heavenly.

[@mtnstrand2819]

Same here my friend. ❤ and respect from South Africa.

[@randalcolucci6833]

@@mtnstrand2819 Greetings from Ohio, USA. Be well.

[@angelpaz55]

This IS "THE STANDARD REFERENCE RECORDING IN HISTORY" for this unbelievable Piece of Art. Bravi !!!

[@shicoff1398]

I saw both these singers in the late 1950's in the opera house, but saw them not together, saw Di Stefano with Tebaldi as Tosca in 1959 and in 1958 saw Bjoerling with Moffo in Chicago in Rigoletto, those where the days of many great voices, but gone today.

[@Mooseman327]

Wow. Four great singers.

[@juliebrookfield2967]

You lucky guy, jussi is the greatest ever singer ❤

[@shicoff1398]

​Lucky because of my age and interest back then, also the fact I lived in a city that had a very good opera company and I attended so many performances as a teenager, of course so many different opinions you see on you tube but everyone has their favorites, no wrong or right, today at age 83 I don't argue with them, but one thing is for sure, today we don't have the great singers we had back then.

[@karenlorentz5048]

I'm weeping. I saw Tebaldi as Mimi at the old Met -- her first performance after her mother died. And Bjorling was my mother's fave.

[@stevenburton7922]

Wow...that is really cool...thanks for sharing!

[@manuelakorossy7659]

How was her sound live? 😍 Must have been a lifetime experience, wish I had the chance to hear her live… born too late for that 😬

[@karenlorentz5048]

@@manuelakorossy7659 Well, it was half a century ago, and I was a child. I'm not sure I could say.

[@ramonavandermerwe1159]

Was there ever a more beautiful sound than these two together? ❤❤❤Jussi Bjorling that so many claimed could not act? Here he does an amazing job of proving that he was more than capable of acting the passionate lover Rudolfo to Renata's enchanting Mimi!

[@cjb5228]

Mine too.

[@voro5527]

I have no words

[@maguffintop2596]

Exactly. Just tears - so beautiful.

[@merrybilgere]

I'm speechless.

[@vladimirsolodovnikov945]

В далекие Времена люди собирали "золотые слитки" и любовались их сиянием..!.С течением времени "Золота" становилось всё меньше и меньше и наконец оно вовсе исчезло , оставив лишь неизгладимые следы, подобные солнечному сиянию ! Слава Богу, человечество сумело сохранить эти" следы" и память о них! Дуэт Бьёрлинг и Тебальди - что может быть прекраснее и блистательней в оперном Искустве ! Спасибо !

[@carolynjones6524]

Jussi the best tenor ever

[@mrrkdino]

My God, what stunning voices.

[@maryjokittle6534]

The best soprano and the best tenor!

[@roberteconnolly1156]

Beautiful!

[@AlbertoCruz-x2d]

RENATA TEBALDI E JUSSI BJOERLING NO DUETO O SOAVE FANCIULLA. DOIS IMENSOS ÍCONES DO CANTO LÍRICO. DOIS GIGANTES DA ÉPOCA DE OURO DO CANTO LÍRICO. QUE ESTÃO IMORTALIZADOS ATRAVÉS DE GRAVAÇÔES DE LPS , CDS E DVDS.

[@michaelbarry8513]

two of the greatest voices ever

[@ramonavandermerwe1159]

To anyone who claimed that these two could not act, I beg to differ! This clip proves that both of them were more than adequate in their acting skills! Jussi, passionate, charmingly seductive and Oh my word that voice would have sent any woman into a swoon! Renata herself, sweet and elegant with a voice to match! They are both out of this world! What a pity we have noone quite like these two anymore!

[@SteveL2012]

Too many people think that acting in opera means "chewing up the scenery." Often, I find that singers who do that are trying to distract from their poor singing, abilities or technique. This is a great example of two fabulous singers expressing the text with stunning voices, expressive musicality and natural acting. When performers sing this exceptionally (it is so rare), I don't need (or want) to see them throwing themselves in paroxysms around the stage. Lol!

[@samricher]

Everyone is actually right. Jusi could never act and he is extremely boring to watch despite having the incredible voice. But don’t forget that he is getting compared to his own era of giants like Corelli, Del monoco, Lanza, Callas

[@deanronson6331]

These are the names and voices I often heard on the radio in my childhood and youth.

[@PeterKanduth-yj4xl]

It's just perfect!

[@johnvoyce]

Everyone's praising Bjorling (and rightly so) but Tebaldi was the greatest of her time. La voce.

[@ВладимирМастер-ч8к]

Она в любое время величайшая

[@akenorlen7020]

You mean…Tebaldi was also the greatest during ger time?

[@johnvoyce]

@@akenorlen7020 I'm sorry I don't understand your commet.

[@akenorlen7020]

@@johnvoyce ”also” the greatest of ger time. Just as Björling.

[@lanfrancogiannini9887]

Che meraviglia riascoltarli un toccasana per l'anima.Due big❤

[@manuelcarvajal9514]

Stupendous, marvelous!!! Etc, etc!!!!!

[@АркадийХаритонов-ъ5ц]

фантастический дуэт голоса идеально подходят к ролям

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

MARAVILLOSOS

[@emmanuelferradura8060]

Maravilloso, maravilloso registro Tebaldi, voce d'angelo y el gran Jussi, qué más se puede pedir? Una pareja extraordinaria y aquí están maravillosos! Y, en color! Fantástico. Gracias.

[@donaldross109]

Jussi Björling - a voice on loan from Heaven.

[@ivanscotton6163]

Quantas duplas. Tenho Di Stefano com Callas. Com todas as duplas famosas a Cavalleria Rusticana é espetacular. Mas a com Bjorling e Tebaldi é a melhor. Nós não podemos reclamar pois a Internet mostra todos. Não esqueço que a melhor Aída é a gravação entre outros componentes estão duas grandes sopranos, Dino Bechi e o Grande Beniamino Gigle. Para mim é insuperável. Tem muita coisa boa que falta tempo para ouvirmos e assistir.

[@ivanscotton6163]

É vero!

[@plentymusic2022]

For me brought up with Bjorling's singing albeit on LP's this is just an amazing experience and the girl singer to be fair ain't bad. Wow I need to discover more.

[@salvoferraro6976]

Semplicemente meravigliosi, l' ingresso della Tebaldi nella romanza e devastante quasi a schiacciare al muro un Bjorling dalla voce incantevole.

[@danilo22uk]

Perfection!

[@eziomarotta513]

Splendidi e meravigliosi, perfetti nei rispettivi ruoli,sia vocalmente che nella recitazione!!!!Evviva il BEL CANTO!!!!

[@Ramon34able]

A colori, finalmente, il primo approccio televisivo di Renata Tebaldi a New York nel 1955, a ruota col leggendario sui debutto al Met, in felice partnership col celebrato Jussie Bioerling. Entrambi gli interpreti appaiono in forma splendida .

[@Huineng10]

Glorious!

[@marilynjensen5409]

The very best voices l have ever heard sing. Charming and both champions

[@robertopelizzi2199]

the italian pronounciation of Mr Bjorling is perfect, and his voice too

[@tedmccarthy7333]

Beautiful. So. Many of those lovely singers were borne 50 years too soon. Think what 2000 electronics could have done with their voices and the music.

[@stevenburton7922]

Very true. The fact that they sound so good on the junk they were recorded on is a testament to their beautiful talents.

[@richtomasek9308]

Many of the early stereo recordings are wonderful. The engineers didn't fiddle around with the controls. Microphones were placed in the best spots and not too many were used. Some mono recordings still sound good, too.

[@shicoff1398]

@@richtomasek9308 yes some old Mono ones are high quality and not enhanced fake sound.

[@BastarB]

Old mono recordings was done by tube-microphones and amplifiers. While good for their time they tend to color the recordings and make everything sound warmer than what it is in reality, thats the reason why so many audiophiles today love those old analogue tube sound gear, because of the warm sound of it. Modern recordings of these singers would have showed more genuinely how they really sounded in reality.

[@stege9979]

Björling is God. His voice and technique-...... You just heard himmmn. Her Majesty wolfhound love him-.

[@astrasfo]

No thoughts or feelings - just tears...

[@kristijaas4711]

Jussi was The Greatest!

[@georgjasinski2928]

No. Mario del Monaco-

[@Angharad329]

Great tenor Jűssy Bjoerling. Really beautiful voice

[@MariaDobreva-ky5pi]

Неземно красивата музика на Пучини в дуета на двама велики изпилнители.... елексир за душата!!!

[@markkerr7348]

Tebaldi on that last note...Oh My!!!!

[@brentmarshall928]

Just fabulous.

[@BastarB]

There truly cant be any better than this!!!!

[@Alma-1000]

La voz de Renata Tebaldi sencillamemte es la de una Diosa. Suena a la más iluminada, poderosa y excelsa divinidad.

[@christianroider118]

Unico bjoerling❤eterno

[@johnhoglund2171]

Fantanstic

[@carloschico723]

Maravilloso, dos de las voces mas bellas del siglo XX.

[@Orfeus80]

beautiful restoration, definitive Mimi by Tebaldi.

[@ballaratboy1]

Thank you!

[@izzyci]

probably the best version of O Soave fanciulla

[@lluissatorrasfransi7586]

Tebaldi hace vibrar el Universo...!!!

[@angelaknebel4156]

Thank you!!!! This is operatic gold!!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@howardbills2532]

Wonderful

[@vickiw3335]

Bjorling’s voice was the most beautiful I have ever heard.

[@johnhoie1]

I’ve always been told Bjorling had a small voice, but he sounds as loud as Tebaldi here. I know she had a huge voice because I heard her live.

[@JoePalau]

Wrong about Bjorling. Powerful. For me, his diction is flawless, no matter the language.

[@tita4359]

He did have a small voice. In recordings like these he was positioned closer to the recording microphones

[@johnhoie1]

@@tita4359 But this is a live performance on a stage and he’s moving around. It seems unlikely he would always be closer to the microphone.

[@tita4359]

@@johnhoie1 and her voice is perceived to be roughly twice as loud at 3:36, rendering his voice nearly inaudible. The science of “loudness” is actually a psychological phenomenon due to how the human brain perceives sound. The human ear perceives high pitches and brighter sounds to be louder when at an equal decibel level. Short statured men like boring typically have lower decibel output than average due to smaller respiratory systems, and added to the fact that his voice was on the darker/mellower side for timbre doesn’t help either. His voice also didn’t have the strength in the upper harmonics of Caruso, despite bjorlings timbre being similar to Caruso. Bjorlings voice was simply not biologically designed to be the loudest, which isn’t a flaw. That said, his voice could have been better produced. There’s almost always a minor strain in his voice and his vibrato is also negatively affected

[@johnhoie1]

@@tita4359 Where to begin? Bjorling had a barrel chest, stocky build and thick neck. His breath control was excellent. In those ways, he was very similar to Caruso. But he did have a smaller voice than Caruso. For me, his vocal technique was outstanding. His vibrato was an indication of a lack of tension in the voice, not a lack of control. Admittedly he was only 49 when he died, but even at the very end, the sound was not diminished by use, alcoholism or a bad heart. He may have lost a little volume the last year, but that was after a major heart attack. Bad technique would have produced an ending like di Stefano experienced.

[@paulmurphy1750]

Magic!

[@gemmadestate3216]

Gorgeous duetto....

[@giovanniarioli2971]

Oh mio Dio che meraviglia

[@jeaninemahieu5164]

Merveilleuse et inégalable Renata Tebaldi !!! La plus grande soprano lyrico-spinto du monde.

[@Paolo-x4e]

Bjorling era un grande tenore, peccato la sua carriera è stata molto breve

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

Dos glorias de la lírica de todos los tiempos

[@mariaisabellopezgarzon9252]

Oh my God!!!! Rodolfo and Mimi, played by Bjorling and Tebaldi, can you ask for more?? Absolutely glorious. It seems to be recorded live. It must be very old. Thank you for sharing one of these jewels so rare, unfortunately, for the opera lovers.

[@MrGranfield]

1956

[@shicoff1398]

Jan 30, 1956 (producer's showcase) "Festival of Music" with Tebaldi, Bjoerling and other artists, and also Tebaldi and Bjoerling sang their act one Boheme solo arias, before this ending with this act one duet, I was 15 and saw it then, at home on our old B&W TV. Brdcst. from NY. Rockefeller Center.

[@josewasi9588]

No hayben la actualidad estos grandes cantantes,!!!

[@germanquintero10121946]

magnifico

[@vietrus7815]

Incredible level of art

[@random22026]

❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣These Two!

[@cjb5228]

THE FINEST AND GREATEST TWO EVER IN HISTORY ❤

[@backho12]

EXQUISITE PERFORMANCE!!!!

[@rinaldoeliovalsecchi8246]

Jussie grandissimo tenore grandissima Renata 👏👏👏👏

[@mikejohnston3504]

wow💖💖💖💖💖

[@luisabini1884]

Che duetto! Che imparino i giovani cantanti!

[@ronaldo190172]

Lovely restoration, thank you so much for posting. Two of the finest voices of all time x

[@JWP452]

OMG! Stunning!

[@fredobatista4367]

Beautiful singers ⭐⭐, lovely duet.💚💚 What a way to magnificently finish act l.

[@radames5855]

entrambi fenomeni!!!

[@germanquintero10121946]

UN MARAVILLOSO DUO

[@Bobrogers99]

A faultless performance from two superstars of their era.

[@giholdaway]

Wonderful. Well done. From another bloke who tears up just as easily. Sometimes wish I didn’t, but … there you go. Also love the use of the C. macrocarpa.

[@ronaldo190172]

Hahaha, I do too, mate!

[@gesualdodavenosa8550]

They both sing seemingly effortlessly! So beautiful. Far different from many singers of today who seem to strain their voices.Thank you for uploading,

[@verenamaharajah6082]

So inexpressibly beautiful.

[@karifrid]

Bjorling is one of my favourites... I hope I am a little bit like him, I sing on KZbin as "karifrid" O soave fanciulla and Che gelida marina in the same video, (Use headphones)

[@jamessotomayer2581]

The Greatest ever!! They now sing to God!

[@ofiammasoave]

Stupendi entrambi, che meraviglia 🤩😍

[@calaf121]

Bravo!!!

[@eugeniogentili1048]

La voce d'Angelo Tebaldi e la voce di velluto Bjorling, non poteva che venir fuori un capolavoro.

[@florencevinit648]

EXTRAORDINAIRES. cela...n'existe plus.

[@angelpaz55]

What a Wonderful Miracle

[@terryhammond1253]

🎹 Magnificent! Even if they did suddenly modulate down a step so they could both hit the high note at the end. 👏 😢

[@СпайкСпайк-д8ф]

Ideally!

[@naililnosslin]

You can't believe it's true. These voices.🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏👏👏🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶

[@antonioschiavi6870]

Grandi cantanti ed anche grandi attori!

[@daboky2737]

Aria who loves so much is touching.

[@revellife9787]

Thank you for posting