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Film & TV
Stora Tuna, Dalarna, Sweden
Known for
- Resan till dej — Jussi Björling1953
- The Voice of Firestone — Self1949
- En svensk tiger — operasångare1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
- Art for Art's Sake — Tore Nilsson1938
- The Great John Ericsson1937
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jonatan
- Family name
- Björling
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Engelbrekt church parish
- Spouse
- Anna-Lisa Björling
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Educated at
- Royal College of Music in Stockholm
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Award
- Litteris et Artibus
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Red Seal
- Official website
- jussibjorlingsociety.org
- Image
- Jussi Björling 1953.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of burial or cremation
- 1960-09-19
- Commons category
- Jussi Björling
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1911-02-05
- date of death
- 1960-09-09
- pseudonym
- Erik Odde
- birth name
- Johan Jonatan Björling
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- end of work period
- 1960-00-00
- name in native language
- Jussi Björling
- social media followers
- 6450
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Encyclopedic overview
Jussi Björling in 1953
Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling (/ˈjuːsi ˈbjɔːrlɪŋ/ YOO-see BYOR-ling, Swedish: [ˈjɵ̌sːɪ ˈbjœ̂ːɭɪŋ]; 5 February 1911 – 9 September 1960) was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century, Björling appeared for many years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and less frequently at the major European opera houses, including the Royal Opera House in London and La Scala in Milan. He sang the Italian, French and Russian opera repertory with taste.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jussi Björling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.