Jussi Björling reaction - Nessun Dorma (Remastered) INCREDIBLE SWEDISH TENOR! TEACHER PAUL REACTS

[@carolestephens3132]

I am now 80 yes old and first heard this gentleman when I was about 4 yes old. With no electricity we only had a windup gramophone and thanks to my father , heaps of records. This is one of my favorites along with O,Helga Natt. I listen to a lot of tenors but 8n my opinion Noone comes close to,Jussi Bjorling. Was very upset when I heard of his passing.

[@stephenVocalist9480]

As a Voice Student, I realize that Jussi Bjoerling is the only Tenor who consistently makes me cry 😢.

[@goranomarbockman4604]

Same here❣️

[@addaleonne]

❤

[@davidglzhangzhang1049]

Everyday I am listening Jossi Bjorling , I am never felling tired

[@caseycolvin358]

LOVE!:)❤🎉

[@marthienel2190]

The BEST. Never to be surpassed.

[@anndonnelly7747]

He is the greatest ever!! Pavarotti famously said "don't compare me to Bjorling. I am only human!"

[@larsgsanger3105]

🙏❤️🇸🇪

[@ivanscotton6163]

Para mim Pavarotti está longe dos dez melhores tenores. Tenor gritao com ao til sem nuancias e falta de tempero com a orquestra.

[@ivanscotton6163]

O timbre de sua voz casa perfeitamente com a orquestra. Eles está entre as raridades que usam as vezes apenas 30 por cento da voz. Voz puríssima de tenor. Gosto de todas as Cavallerias Rusticana. Mas aquela gravação com dele com a Tebaldi e o grande barítono famoso supera as demais. E seu Lá Dona Mobile em Sueco...

[@larsgsanger3105]

@@ivanscotton6163 🙏❤️

[@lucafamea2053]

Ivan non sai cosa dici !!!!

[@marthienel2190]

Greetings from South Africa. Sweden's best gift to the world. I count myself privileged to be able to listen to this divine voice. The power, the beauty, none, none better. As Pavarotti himself said: A Pavarotti is born every decade. A Bjorling is born once a century.

[@miafranlund6982]

From my Swedish heart..thank you ever so much for giving Jussi the cred he deserves. He was the ONE that Pavarotti looked up to...

[@tomt5745]

Jussi blows ones socks off

[@Spacedancer747]

Yup. Close your eyes. He takes you on a journey… And the rest of us tenors as well. My father had his records & he took operatic singing to another level. Not just booming, but the softest tones that ever will be heard. The ultimate lyric tenor.

[@marthienel2190]

Once when someone made a comment to Pavarotti that he sounds like or is nearly as good as Bjorling, I can't remember what, Pavarotti replied, very seriously: No please, I am only mortal. Such was his adulation of Bjorling. Many in the opera world believe that Bjorling was the greatest tenor who ever lived.

[@sugarbist]

@@Spacedancer747 Dear Spacedancer. Bjorling had a beautiful voice and was an impeccable singer, but his voice was never''BOOMING'' UNLESS YOU TURNED THE VOLUME UP

[@MikaelMurstam]

@@sugarbist because he lived way back before good audio quality

[@davidnewton9496]

This is so evocative for me. I'm nearly 80 years old now, and I first heard Jussi's voice singing just the thrilling end of this aria when I was about 11 or 12. That moment is seared in my memory. Still my fav singer. Thanks for posting this. (Just so you know, this was recorded about a year before he passed away in 1960. There are a couple of other renditions, including his famous 1944 recording. They are also priceless).

[@maplelon7029]

Exactly the same for me. I just turned 79 and at around 10 yrs old I started playing my parents opera records. When I heard Jussi Bjorling I was blown away and kept playing it over and over. I was heavily into the birth of rock n roll but Jussi and Giuseppi Disteffano were my favorites. Can't leave out Mario Lanza either.. Jussi Bjorling's voice still sends a cold chill up my spine.

[@davidnewton9496]

@@maplelon7029 You phrased it very well. Funny thing, I've spoken to several Italian opera lovers over the years, and to a person, they're sort of dismissive of Bjoerling. Not enough Italian passion they've said. I just think they are jealous that he could sing 'their' music more beautifully than most of their singers. Anyway, thanks for the reply.

[@howardjones7370]

@@davidnewton9496 : That criticism of Jussi is levelled at him, sadly because Italian was not his mother tongue, but these same critics overlook the fact that Bjorling spoke, and sang 5 languages! Much as I love many of the great Italian tenors, I would also love to hear how they would cope singing in Swedish, for me, Jussi had such clarity and purity, never strained or forced, always in control and always beautifully delivered

[@howardjones7370]

@@garynilsson416 His rendition of the ' slow ' version of Nessun Dorma is also a joy to behold and a thing of great beauty

[@howardjones7370]

@@garynilsson416 I believe we are thinking of the same recording actually, as the slower rendition was recorded live in 1944! So I concur Gary, it is a wonderful delivery of such a great aria 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@Spacedancer747]

His overtones in his high notes are absolutely unmatched, no one ever and no one since.

[@kaarlosaario525]

His Grandmother was Finnish, so we Finns also hold him dear to our hearts

[@DerRealLoewe]

Sweden and Finland is intermingled in so many ways from personal and cultural connections.

[@Congaman41]

Finland and Sweden was One for 600 years.

[@fanny5105]

@@Congaman41 That's why I love their music so much----

[@mattias5157]

Hyvä Päivä! Finland is always close to our Swedish hearts, I hope you know that. Especially in Dalarna from where Jussi Björling came there are some interesting connections. Also Dan Andersson, one of our most beloved poets came from a place called Luossa and had Finnish inheritage too.

[@camillanilsson853]

An old neighbour, who's not with us anymore, used to tell me about her childhood growing up with a father that was an opera singer at Stockholm Opera. Jussi was a friend of the family and used to come for dinner at their house. She discribed him so vividly. I just loved having coffee and listening to her memories and her recordings of her father. And Jussi.

[@andreasv9472]

I think I should start attend this opera, maybe some of the legacy has endured

[@mattias5157]

So was he as gentle as a person as he was like a singer? Because gentleness is perhaps the first word that I´d use for to describe him.

[@alisonanthony1228]

His voice is so pure and powerful it actually hurts, but you crave the pain. Wonderful, sublime Jussi!

[@sugarbist]

Bjorling's voice was pure, beautiful, and heartfelt, but ''NEVER''described by critics as ''POWERFUL''

[@lenaengell8528]

Thank you so much for your wonderful reaction of Jussi Björling. He really deserves all good remarks that he can get. Much love from Sweden

[@sasha_sash9660]

Seriously...no disrespect but so much better then Pavarotti.Its not even comparable.Chills in my arms again !! Best tenor ive ever heard .And to think i discoveredJ ussi Bjorling just like 2 weeks ago on this channel.Thank you so much for uploading and reacting! 👌

[@Gretchluver1]

Pavarotti would have agreed.

[@kenjohan]

The most brilliant tenor of all times!

[@larsgsanger3105]

👍🇸🇪

[@addaleonne]

❤

[@freja5985]

You know, they say that Jussi Björling sang with a tear in his voice. He is greatly admired by tenors, operasingers and musicians all over the world. It has been said, there is none greater than this man. None! Pavarottis biggest idol and inspiration. He always tried to think how Jussi would sing in his own work. Trained by his father since he was a child. We in Sweden should celebrate this extraordinary and amazing man more than we do. And we should realize how huge he actually is on operastages across the world. Im very proud of Jussi Björling, being from Sweden and all.

[@northbreeze0198]

Indeed, we play his rendition of o helga natt on Christmas but apart from that it's not much more. But he is is far from forgotten. I'm only 30 and I will listen to his works the rest of my life.

[@StephanieSwift-jt3hz]

I believe the original remark was that he had a voice "heavy with unshed tears". I am not Swedish, but just as a human being who loves music, I'm also proud of him. No other tenor can eclipse him, not even my other favourite, Tauber.

[@sugarbist]

Much of your statement is accurate, but Pavarotti's biggest Idol was Giuseppe Di Stefano. There is not one word mentioned in Pavarotti's book about Bjorling.

[@PippaAT]

It is a crying shame that his museum has been closed.

[@petternilsson4393]

I am proud to. Maybe the biggest swede ever.

[@albertjanik8532]

He IS the greatest tenor ever! Otherwise has yet to be proven.

[@user-mv6he6gl8m]

It's always debatable. For sure he's up there in the top 5. Caruso (no good recordings), Domingo I personally place very high (first recipient of the Birgit Nilsson prize), Pavarotti - a force of nature. Why not love them all?:)

[@colinhiggins4779]

And the recordings are in mono --can you imagine what this would sound like in remastered stereo? I grew up listening to Jussi (and singing). He was an absolute god

[@johnhoie1]

Actually, that was recorded in stereo, and if you hear this on a good system with a vinyl recording, it’s amazing.

[@Jussitheonlyone]

Verdis Requiem recorded spring 1960 is stereo, and so is Madama Butterfly - full opera - from 1959. Best recordings ever🙂

[@ingmariohman8242]

In Sweden we love his rendition of 'Till havs '! It will blow you away!

[@PippaAT]

Till Havs is my 'happy place'. I share dear Jussi's joy in this piece.😊

[@frankdetrano311]

No other operatic voice sends chills up my spine like Jussi Bjoerling

[@addaleonne]

❤

[@ann-charlotteericsson4286]

💗

[@millybgt5665]

C'est vraiment magnifique j'ai toujours la chair de poule quand je l'ecoute

[@ybor20]

I started to love Jussi more than 70 years ago. My father song opera and on Sunday we we're listening to opera and Belcanto. When i was a bit older I went to see everytime there was an other opera in the Antwerp opera house. My first record I bought was O Paradiso song by Jussi and I still love it, even i discoveret Jimi Hendrix and so many others. In my opinion only Pavarotti comes close to him, all the others... well you mentioned Bocelli, he's nice, but nothing special. Paul Pott is something special, I like his version when seeing him singing it for the first time. I guess because what he was doing was exact what he was singing ... it was very pure. But Jussi.... interesting is that also from Skandanavia is Kirsten Flagstad, When you want to listen to Wagner, find a recording of her. Especial with Wilhelm Furtwängler...that's the best you can get!

[@sara2th]

I can highly recommend his duet with Robert Merrill - Pearl Fishers duet. It is so so beautiful!

[@dennisking7872]

Excellent choice!

[@frankrowland]

That is probably the most fantastic classical duet ever,I must be honest I do struggle to listen now as my wife requested it at her funeral ,which she had.x

[@mikeprevost8650]

That is the platinum standard of that duet. Their voices blend perfectly

[@raymondede8388]

On the BBC radio program, Desert Island Discs, Jose Carreras said that in the business, Bjorling was known as " the voice".

[@crazyface919]

Jussi Björling was Pavarottis idol. When Pavarotti was asked how he would compare himself to Jussi Björling he simply said. Oh please.. I´m only human.

[@sugarbist]

No, Crazy face. If you do some research, you should know that Pavarotti held Bjorling in high esteem, but Giuseppe Di Stefano was Pavarotti's favorite tenor. There is not one word written in Pavarotti's book about Bjorling.

[@larslovqvist7483]

You will never hear a better Nessum Dorma!!!

[@mikeprevost8650]

Actually, you will. It's the "slow" version of this by Bjorling. He holds the high B for a full 9 seconds. The only other tenor who I've heard hold it for longer than 5 seconds was Corelli, who I timed at 5-6 seconds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/roWTaoZ_ZbF0oMk

[@campbellfulton5602]

Try his La Boheme with Beecham conducting

[@barbaragaona7785]

What a glorious voice. My favorite aria. The only thing I wish you would let it play through, instead of interjecting, and wait to comment till it's over. That's just my opinion, of course. Thank you for this video.

[@elisabethandersson7483]

Absolut en av världens genom tiderna största tenor!! Jussi Björling is absolutely one of the worlds greatest tenors. Probobly the best 🎼🎵🎶🎶🎵

[@sonofvision6664]

Jussis resonance is pure fire.

[@beewilson922]

Jussi Björling, perfect pronunciation Paul! He toured the US with his Dad and brothers at the age of 9. All good singers. So glad he lived long enough to make good recordings. Museum in Stora Tuna, Dalarna (Dalecarlia), Sweden. His homestead as grown up. Born in southern Sweden.

[@johnroberts4078]

I never saw him yet miss him every time I hear him sing....

Eu também não sou expert em ópera, mas você e eu temos a capacidade de perceber as nuances perfeitas, afinadas e pungentes que esse tenor incrível conseguia realizar. Sua alma flui seguindo a exata intenção do compositor e com um brilhantismo único, consegue transformar a voz humana num instrumento perfeito, raro e inigualável. Isso é incrível. Parabéns pelo vídeo.

[@gbrinch]

Absolutely sterling!

[@lindaeklund4582]

Hello! I am from the town where he was born. Borlänge. I am so proud. We have him as a statue in the Square, a street named after him, a Jussi museum and his childhood house is preserved.

[@sugarbist]

The Bjorling museum did close.

[@lucianasalis9216]

Questo grandissimo Artista è incredibile!!!

[@Dennis-o8g]

Paul, you must hear the slow version from 1944, unbelievable. Only one Jussi Bjorling.

[@ThomasHathaway-ft9fu]

Agreed.no disrespect to Luciano's.jussi has that depth,power,emotion,clarity,pureness.overwhelming my soul.pushinge to a heavenly place.my god! How could that voice come out of a human being?

[@oller7113]

I am a good friend of Jussi´s grandson Raymond; a singer himself with the famous Björling colour to his voice.

[@rodgerraubach2753]

In my humble opinion, only Jussi Bjoerling and Luciano Pavarotti sing this perfectly. Placido Domingo is also a great performer of this work as is Franco Corelli. But Jussi is my absolute FAVE!😃

[@DenisLehane]

He was born in 1911 and died in 1960. He was only 49. What a great loss.

[@mikeprevost8650]

Unfortunately, he didn't have the healthiest lifestyle. He was a heavy drinker.

[@johnpage4581]

Total class,no one comes near.

[@lonestar6709]

_"Please don't compare me, to Jussi. I'm only Human."_ -Luciano Pavarotti.

[@Pilutta100]

Wonderful reaction, I love that ppl do reactions to this old stuff. Superhugs from Sweden.

[@johnhoie1]

Bjorling is my favorite, but you should listen to Pavarotti and especially Corelli as well.

[@davidricart1395]

Bjorling is the Tiger Woods of opera, where both nature and nurture are maxed out, and the result is something extraordinary. It's a shame he died so young, I think he paid for his greatness..

[@johnroberts4078]

The Italians said 'how could a man from the North have the passion to sing our opera?' Bjorling said 'sorry I wasn't listening, I was busy singing circles around your stars.' "Vincero. VINCERO. VINCEROOOOOO.

[@goranomarbockman806]

Jussi too had a favorite that he took after, and that was an Italian.... Anybody know who?

[@perakojot6524]

@@goranomarbockman806 Caruso ofc.

[@sugarbist]

On the contrary. Bjorling was a great lyric tenor, but the made up stories only hurt his reputation. News Flash. Bjorling was not very well received at La Scala

[@ann-charlotteericsson4286]

you must listen to Jussi and Robert Merrill in Pearl Fisher duet. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it ❤❤❤

[@paalbrudevoll6330]

this was recorded almost 75 years ago.

[@louisjordaan8266]

You will enjoy Mario Lanza. Great rendition.

[@susannechickenmom5621]

Goosebumps

[@carlklein3806]

The version he recorded in 1944 was even better. His silvery resonance has never been duplicated. His style makes a musical and dramatic statement which is unforgettable. He left a treasury of great recordings, most still available. Many videos too.

[@AnaLuiza-rl9ee]

Melhor que Pavarotti...misericórdia...achei que esse feito seria impossível..

[@Dennis-o8g]

Please listen to the Slow Version of Nessun Dorma by Bjorling sung in 1944. It will blow you away. Notice how long he holds the last note.

[@TrishVidal]

This sounds like Andrea? Holy shit! This is the greatest tenor that ever lived, Andrea is an amateur next to him!

[@shirleyyell7564]

Jussi singing Che Gelida Menina is fantastic

[@michaelsoder2402]

No one touches Jussi he was and is the Best ever

[@dvdgrog]

Incomparable!

[@emirramos990]

Brilliant!

[@johnsavage-f7i]

Listen to “Che galida manina “ from La Boheme… it will illustrate to you why he is the greatest singer of all time

[@kennethradberg3067]

Lyssna på ”pank & fågelfri” av Jussi Björling ❤

[@246zxc12]

the pearl fishers duet with bjorling and robert merrill

[@GaryPlotke]

perfect the best vibrato that is absolutely consistent and energized throughout the range; his voice has the same basic tone and beauty throughout the range. The resonances and overtones of the high B at the end is spectacular. the same chest sounds come through that was present in the lower notes, but his mixing with his head voice seems undetectable. But all the technical stuff doesn't mean anything because his voice just feels and sounds so gorgeous. Gigli is the only other tenor that compares to him and unfortunately his recordings aren't very good because of the age. Why did he have to die at age 49 in 1960? if he had lived so many more people could have heard him live including myself!!

[@kaarlosaario525]

Please react to Jussi singing Recondita Armonia. Beautiful

[@thebaldchemist]

Well apart from Jussi, Sweden has another World class tenor (well he passed away few years ago) but Listen to the great Nicolai Gedda also. Thanks for your posts by the way.

[@opaulsrud]

When I pressed play on this video, auto generated subtitles were on. Jussi Björling was spelled "juicy yodeling". That caught me off guard. 😊

[@azynkron]

Unfortunately he was an alcoholic diabetic and didn't take car of himself at all. I also read that he often didn't warm up properly but still did stuff like this. Truly remarkable.

[@robertsheridan8126]

My favorite Jussi Bjorling version of this aria is the slow version which is amazing.

[@mulhamtaibani8157]

That version was just unbelivable!

[@luisbizzocchi374]

It seems incredible and an irony of fate with the Italians, that the best tenor of all time is Swedish!

[@goranomarbockman806]

How have you been able to hear so much opera, yet having missed out on the One&Only Super star Jussi Björling?! ♥️😁 Pls also listen to "Donna non vidi Mai!

[@marysquillacote7076]

Beautyful, just beautyful.

[@terjeohrdegard4385]

No one beats Jussi

[@AbraCadabraRootsReggae]

Jussi, I've never heard anyone express it so. He's the man.

[@piadrira2975]

Try his "till havs" and "ack, värmeland du sköna" with Jussi both in swedish

[@MaryConnolly-s6o]

Jussi Bjorling is the best even Pavarotti loved him .No2 is Franco Corelliand maybePavarotti no3 in my humble opinion .

[@jefolson6989]

He was a true tenor. Perfect technique (although he tended to be a hair sharp) . He didnt have trouble with high notes. His voice was the same at the end as it was in the begining. Better in fact. I like to see a reaction to Fritz Wunderlich

[@trilobit4]

Nicolai Gedda ... "je crois entendre encore" Moscow 1980, The whole Moscow recital is simply stunning. Gedda was one of the best. You can choose whatever you want.

[@larsgsanger3105]

God of technique🇸🇪

[@Paladino774]

You need to listen to his La Boheme albulm!

[@kelbatt7729]

Mate - got to check the 1944 slow version - even better

[@mattejohansson6724]

Imposible

[@mervynbent7262]

These recordings are 70 + years old. So does not have todays technology His PearL Fishers with Robert Merrill Is ouystanding

[@MrMakahano]

Listen to Jusii singing "Lamento di Federico" , an aria sung by a desperate young man. Please don't compare Björling to Andrea Bocelli or Paul Potts

[@coralbricks]

Paul Potts isn't bad, despite not being a real opera singer as far as I know. But I can see how it's best not to compare them, though I like Andrea Bocelli for the uniqueness of his voice.

[@MrMakahano]

@@coralbricks All voices are unique. Andrea Bocelii has created his own music and every peace is made for his voice. There he is outstanding. I don't understand at all the faiblesse for Paul Potts! Many tenors sing "Nessun dorma" better. And it seems he does not know so many other songs. Tito Beltrán is worth listening to!

[@eileenhetherington3704]

Bocelli is a pop singer with some opera repertoire and a nice voice. Paul Potts?????? People, the best tenors are dead.

[@MrMakahano]

​@@eileenhetherington3704 I heard Bocelli the other day on the radio "performing" Nessun dorma, with choir and all. He did the unthinkable: he repeated three times the second part of the aria to get the possibility to sing the high notes. It is like putting beard and moustache on Leonardo's Mona Lisa. He obviously has little respect for Puccini. I don't think that all great tenors are dead, the "climate" in the opera world is bent on making money, nothing else. (A person like Paul Potts is an easy victim.) There is no time to let great talents become great singers. I remember very well when Jussi Björling died. He was a singer people listened to even if they never saw an opera. JUSSI DÖD was all the newspapers wrote, we all knew who he was. Sweden has had two great singers after Jussi: Birgit Nilsson and Nicolai Gedda. Listen to them!

[@kapinnn]

I died when i heard that

[@barbarahamilton3561]

Heja Sverige 🇸🇪

[@jensclarberg6419]

Paul Potts is an above amateur by the way, he can never be mentioned in the same sentence as Björling lol

[@cidie1]

There's no stopping him his voice just grows and grows!

[@vincekerrigan8300]

Another great tenor you should listen to, is the American Jan Peerce. A contemporary of Bjoerling, they were at the Met at the same period. Try the aria 'Ella mi fu rapita- parmi veder le lagrime' from Rigoletto by Verdi - tho sound is astonishing. Or his performance of 'Thine Alone' from the musical play 'Kathleen' - a masterpiece of controlled singing.

[@johanmolin3213]

One of the amazing things - among many - of Jussi Björling is that he never NEEDED to use a glissando to hit the right note when he was singing. Het just hit it, right on. So, every glissando that you find is quite intentional. I haven't heard any other opera singer being able to pull that off. It's rather telling that when Caruso died, his widow gave Björling all of her husband's scene clothes.

[@sugarbist]

When Caruso died, Bjorling was 10 years old. It's highly unlikely that Caruso's wife gave a 10 year old his costumes.

[@johanmolin3213]

@@sugarbist Ok, she gave them to Jussi in the 1940's, not exactly when he died then apparently. But still, she chose him.

[@sugarbist]

@@johanmolin3213 Dorothy Caruso did NOT give Bjorling all of Caruso’s costumes. She gave Richard Tucker Caruso’s I Pagliacci Costume around 1955

[@andreafasoli8186]

The most beautiful voice of all time. As italian, is the only voice with the voice of Di Stefano that put Me in full commotion.

[@williammcenaney1331]

Try this one from La Boheme. It's probably the performance from the La Boheme I described below the video where Mr. Bjorling sang O Holy Night in Swedish. This Italian aria, Che gelid marina.is probably his signature aria. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZCUg6xqabBgg68 Tragically, he died in 1960 at about 49. He was an alcoholic, too, because drinking "stopped the music." I would have felt privileged to know him. But he died about a year before my birth. I can't think of a 21st-century singer I'd rather hear, though I love Juan Diego Florez's work.

[@tomostrom4320]

absolutely perfect...🙏

[@miminmintarsih9624]

Amazing

[@tohe0000]

Juicy Björling was new to me, Jussi I know

[@bjornsoderstedt2068]

Pavarotti said once. Are you as good as jussi, and the reply was " I am only human"

[@bjornsoderstedt2068]

Pavarri said "I am only human"

[@gyorgyhernadi5695]

Thank You! Today: Joseph Vallja.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Jussi Bjorling is the greatest tenor who ever lived. He is incredible. Followed closely by Franco Corelli. Listen to Corelli as well. He is amazing. None of the other tenors impress me like they do.

[@lennartforsman2553]

You should then find Boheme with Jussi and Victoria de los Angeles, where he executes one tone that made me cry out loud when I heard it the first time. In Che gelida marina he tells about himself as the poet Rudolfo and he sings: Scrivo, y como vivo? I write, and how do I live? Vivo! I live. Listen to how he sings Vivo, like nobody else has been able to do since. I have listen to maybe ten world tenors trying to sing Vivo! with his whole heart and with full power and conviction. Pavarotti, Domingo, Kaufmann, Kraus, nobody manages do come near Jussi'a full life, heart and soul. (This recording was not planned to take place; a producer noticed Björling and los Angeles happen to be in New York at the same time, and had nothing scheduled for a day or two, and he manage to engage them both at once and no recording since has reached it's heights).

[@gazc7684]

Have a listen to Jussi's version of Vesti La Giubba. Also, Pavarotti's version of Nessun Dorma brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it.

[@vickiw3335]

Pronounced “You see”! Anyway check out the Jussi Bjorling Society USA!

[@eileenhetherington3704]

This is not his best version of Nessun Dorma. Find his slow version on KZbin, recorded in 1944. So much better. I am a coloratura soprano and have sung for decades. This man is the best lyric tenor God ever created. Tenderness, power, perfect vibrato and breath control, undetectable passagio, the tones so perfectly shaped, each song soulfully interpreted and expertly phrased.. Here are some jewels in his repertoire that will stun you with their beauty and vulnerability. E Lucevan Le Stelle, Una Furtiva Lagrima, Adelaide, I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair, Ingemisco, The Flower Song from Carmen, The Pearl Fisher's Duet. I have been unable to listen to any other operatic lyric tenor as Jussi is perfection. Many experts who have studied his body of work , which is extensive, rate him the greatest tenor ever recorded. There is a documentary made by his children about his life, his vocal training beginning at age 3, the tragic loss of his mother at 6. his debut at the Met at age 20(youngest ever),he holds the record for the most curtain calls there. Pavarotti studied his breath technique and when asked if he was as good as Jussi, Pavarotti simply replied, "I am not God".

[@chrisquinn11218]

I was scanning the comments to see if someone had noted this already. Not by a long shot is this his best recording of Nessun Dorma and that 1944 recording is spectactular. I never heard anything like that, even from Jussi.

[@chrisquinn11218]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/naXRoYB6jsqNetE this one!

[@johnhoie1]

I have to disagree. Maybe he was (slightly) better in 1944, but this is much better recording technically. If you hear it on vinyl and a high end system, it is amazing - the whole opera.

[@patrikcarlsson2908]

Yes I'm from sweden. I will in the same breath say that if its tenor you're looking for this is the top. If it is the best voice/singer it has to be Dimash, he has it all in terms of notes, not kidding

[@ifluvinguiswrong]

@Patrick Carlsson, many would disagree about Dimash. Many would say Gabriel Henrique from Brazil is the world's best male vocalist. Dimash had years of classical training. Gabriel just sang in church and his whistle register allows him to go as high if not higher than Dimash. And his voice sounds more soothing and angelic to the ears.

[@spartybob1]

Tops ever

[@mattias5157]

More voice gold, since you are asking for it: Juan Gabriel at Bellas Artes, Hasta que se conocí or Amor eterno. Or both!