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Bjoerling

American  
[byœr-ling] / ˈbyœr lɪŋ /
Or Björling

noun

  1. Jussi 1911–60, Swedish tenor.


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And Paris Opera Conductor Georges Sebastian throttled the tempo to a crawl, once even goaded Tenor Bjoerling into striking out for several bars at a brisk clip all his own.

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With the Queen Mother in the audience, Bjoerling insisted on completing the performance after only a 30-minute break.

From Time Magazine Archive

At home he chimed in with the likes of Gigli, Tito Scinpa, Bjoerling and Di Stefano on the records collected by his father, a baker and gifted amateur tenor.

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Mr. Tucker is a good tenor, but Jussi Bjoerling is better.

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Today, Birgit Nilsson is the archetypal Wagnerian Soprano, just as Jussi Bjoerling was the ultimate Italian Tenor during the 1940s and '50s.

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