DESCRIPTION:
Jussi Bjorling Centennial Memorial Concert

3 September 2011
Broadcast by Swedish Television. All commentatory is in Swedish with no subtitles.

The programme is presented on stage by Birgitta Svendén, Director of The Royal Opera.

Malena Ernman is making comments from backstage.



Programme -- Part 1

Wennerberg: David's Psalm Nr 4
Members of Adolf Fredriks Gosskör

N. N.: Gånglåt och Polska från Stora Tun
Members of the Royal Court Orchestra

Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Lamplighter´s serenade
Klas Hedlund

Puccini, Tosca: È lucevan le stelle
Lars Cleveman

Verdi, Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell'amore
Lena Nordin, Katarina Leoson, Klas Hedlund, Jesper Taube

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: Ah. léve-toi, soleil
Charles Castronovo

Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint
Charles Castronovo, Jesper Taube

Mascagni,Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, quel vino è generoso
Jonas Kaufmann



Programme -- Part 2

Puccini: La Bohème: Che gelida manina, Mi chiamano Mimì (duet)
Paulina Pfeiffer, Charles Castronovo

Verdi, Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
Lars Cleveman

Wagner, Lohengrin: In fernem Land
Jonas Kaufmann

Puccini, Turandot: Nessun dorma
Yinjia Gong

R. Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
Jonas Kaufmann

Nordquist: Till Havs
Lars Cleveman, Jesper Taube, Klas Hedlund


Leoncavallo: La Mattinata
Jussi Bjoerling on the white screen
1950 (original 8mm video)


The Royal Court Orchestra

Conductor: Stefan Solyom