Pagliacci

Complete Recordings

January 10, 1953: New York, Manhattan Center

Jussi Björling (Canio), Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda), Leonard Warren

(Tonio), Robert Merrill (Silvio), Paul Franke (Beppe); Robert Shaw Chorale, Columbus Boy Choir, RCA Victor Orchestra, cond. Renato Cellini

EMI 5 66778 2

December 8, 1954: Stockholm, Royal Opera House

Jussi Björling (Canio), Ruth Moberg (Nedda), Erik Sundquist (Tonio), Carl-Axel Hallgren (Silvio), Arne Ohlson (Beppe); Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Royal Court Orchestra, cond. Lamberto Gardelli

Bluebell ABCD 085

Excerpts

March 12, 1937: Vienna, Staatsoper

Jussi Björling (Canio), Margit Bokor (Nedda), Friedrich Ginrod (Silvio);

Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Karl Alwin

Koch Schwann 3-1454-2

“Il Prologo”

September 4, 1950: Virum, Denmark

unaccompanied party performance

“Vesti la giubba”

December 20, 1933: Stockholm, Concert Hall

Unspecified orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius

Naxos 8.110722

March 27–30, 1944: Stockholm, Concert Hall

Unspecified orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius

Naxos 8.110701

February 16, 1951: New York, NBC Studio

Unspecified orchestra and conductor

WHRA-6036

March 9, 1951: New York, Manhattan Center

RCA Victor Orchestra, cond. Renato Cellini

RCA 88697748922

March 12, 1951: New York, Carnegie Hall

Bell Telephone Orchestra, cond. Donald Voorhees

WHRA-6036

November 19, 1951: New York, Carnegie Hall

Firestone Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Howard Barlow

Kultur DVD D2424

“O Colombina”

July 6, 1950: Stockholm, Gröna Lund

Harry Ebert, pf.

Bluebell ABCD 114

Pagliacci was the only opera in Björling's repertoire that required him to play the role of a performing artist.