Editing Jussi Björling (section)

==Recordings==
In 1951, [[RCA Victor Red Seal|RCA Victor]] recorded a series of duets with Björling and baritone [[Robert Merrill]] including a noted performance of "[[Au fond du temple saint]]" from the opera ''[[The Pearl Fishers]]'' by [[Georges Bizet]]. Among the first complete opera recordings to be issued on LP by RCA Victor was a 1952 studio recording of ''[[Il Trovatore]]'', with  Björling, [[Zinka Milanov]] and [[Leonard Warren]]. In 1953, Björling recorded the roles of Turiddu and Canio in complete versions of ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' and ''[[Pagliacci]]'' also for RCA Victor.
[[File:Jussi Björling av Pieter de Monchy.jpg|thumb|left|Bust of Björling in Stockholm]]

In the summer of 1954, Björling recorded Puccini's ''[[Manon Lescaut]]'' with [[Licia Albanese]] and Robert Merrill in Rome for RCA Victor followed by ''[[Aida (opera)|Aida]]'' opposite Milanov and Warren in 1955. Björling, [[Victoria de los Ángeles]] and Merrill, made a widely admired recording of Puccini's ''[[La Bohème]]'' conducted by [[Thomas Beecham|Sir Thomas Beecham]] in 1956. Björling's 1959 [[EMI Records|EMI]] recording of ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'', with de los Angeles in the title role and conducted by [[Gabriele Santini]], is also widely celebrated. In Victoria de los Angeles's biography by Peter Roberts (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982), de los Angeles noted that "In spite of technical developments, none of the Jussi Björling recordings give you the true sound of his voice. It was a far, far more beautiful voice than you can hear on the recordings he left".

In 1957, Björling, Milanov and Warren made a complete stereo recording of ''[[Tosca]]'', for RCA Victor in Rome with [[Erich Leinsdorf]] conducting. The tenor was awarded the 1959 [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance|Best Classical Performance – Vocal Soloist (With Or Without Orchestra)]] for his RCA Victor recital album, ''Björling in Opera''.

In 1956, Björling appeared in the [[NBC]] television anthology ''[[Producers' Showcase]]'' in two programs entitled ''Festival of Music'' hosted by [[Charles Laughton]], followed by [[José Ferrer]]. Björling can be seen with soprano [[Renata Tebaldi]] in excerpts from ''La Bohème''. Both ''Festival of Music'' programs, originally broadcast in color, have since been released on black-and-white kinescopes on DVD.

One of Björling's final recordings was the Verdi ''[[Requiem (Verdi)|Requiem]]'' conducted by [[Fritz Reiner]] for RCA Victor in June, 1960 with [[Leontyne Price]], [[Rosalind Elias]], [[Giorgio Tozzi]], the [[Vienna Philharmonic]], and the chorus of the [[Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde]].

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