Jussi Bjorling on stage, radio and TV (1) : 6 performances : new restorations : colourized photos

This is a varied selection from Jussi's great performances on stage, radio and TV and I hope to post more selections in the future. I have quite a few CDs featuring Jussi's live performances from the 1930s to 1960 and I thought it might be a good idea to post them in short videos with a mix of songs and arias and piano and orchestral accompaniments. By the way, the first few photos end with a short animation done by some free software that I'm trying out. If you want to watch all the "Live Performances" videos that I have uploaded, I have created a playlist and the link to it is    • Jussi Bjorling live performances   I have also created a playlist with all Jussi's great performances (studio and live) that I have restored/remastered and if ever you want to watch it the link to it is    • Jussi Bjorling (Michael McGrail restorations)   The pieces on this video are all from stage concerts/operas and are as follows; 0:00 Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon (Die Zauberflote) (Mozart) Recorded 15th Oct 1959 at the Falkoner Centret, Copengagen. The pianist is Bertil Bokstedt. 4:11 A casa, a casa, amici/Viva il vino spumeggiante (Cavalleria Rusticana) (Mascagni). Rec 8th Dec 1954, Stockholm. Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Cond Kurt Bendix. 8:20 I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair (Foster) Rec 24th Sept 1955 at Carnegie Hall. The pianist is Frederick Schauwecker. 11:52 No Pagliaccio non son (I Pagliacci) (Leoncavallo) Rec 12th March 1937, Wien (Vienna) Orchesterder Wiener Staatsoper, Cond Karl Alwin 15:13 Ingemisco (Requiem) (Verdi). Rec Carnegie Hall 2nd March 1958. The pianist is Frederick Schauwecker. 19:02 Mamma! Quel vino e generoso (Cavalleria Rusticana) (Mascagni). Rec 8th Dec 1954, Stockholm, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Cond Kurt Bendix. SOME TRANSLATIONS TO ENGLISH (1) Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon This image is enchantingly lovely, Like no eye has ever beheld! I feel it as this divine picture, Fills my heart with new emotion. I cannot name my feeling, Though I feel it burn like fire within me, Could this feeling be love? Yes! Yes! It is love alone. Oh, if only I could find her, Oh, if only she were already standing in front of me, I'd become, become, warm and pure. What would I do? Upon this heart, Full of rapture, I would press her to this glowing bosom, And then she would be mine forever! (2) Viva il vino spumeggiante TURIDDUAll come to the inn table and take winecups. Hurrah for the sparkling wine bubbling in the glass, bringing happiness like a lover's smile! Hurrah for friendly wine that livens every thought and banishes melancholy in cheerful drinking! CHORUS Hurrah! TURIDDU to Lola To your love! He drinks. LOLA to Turiddu To your good fortune! She drinks. TURIDDU Drink up! CHORUS, TURIDDU and LOLA Hurrah! Drink up! Continue the tournament! CHORUS Hurrah for the sparkling wine, etc. (3) No Pagliaccio non son (No, I'm not a clown) No! I'm not a clown! If my face is pale its from shame and from craving for revenge. The man is taking back his rights and the heart that bleeds wants blood to wash away the shame, oh, accursed woman! No, I'm not a clown! I'm the one who, stupid, picked up you, a little orphan on the street, almost dead of hunger and offered you a name and a crazy feverish love. (Godmother, it makes me cry!, this scene seems so real. Be quite there. this scene seems so real. Be quite there. I hoped so much that this madness had agreed with me. If not love pity, mercy. And my heart happily accepted every sacrifice and faithfully believed more than in God himself in you. But only vice is harbored in you your neglected spirit! There's nothing in you, your only rule is your own feelings. Go, you're not worth my sorrow, despicable harlot, in my contempt for you I want to crush you under my feet. (4) Ingemisco I groan as one guilty, and my face blushes with guilt. spare the suppliant, O God. Thou who didst absolve Mary [Magdalene] and hear the prayer of the thief, hast given me hope as well. My prayers are not worthy, but Thou, O good one, show mercy, lest I burn in everlasting fire. Give me a place among the sheep, and separate me from the goats, placing me on Thy right hand. (5) Mamma! Quel vino e generoso See https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mamma-quel-...