He made his debut as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana in 1935 at Royal Swedish Opera. He specialized in Wagnerian roles, among them Wotan, Telramund, Amfortas, Hans Sachs and Kurwenal. His United States debut came on 3 October 1950 in San Francisco (as Kurwenal), and the following year he was the first postwar-Wotan at the Bayreuth Festival. On 15 November 1952 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, singing there for a full season. He sang his last performance in 1974.[2] He appeared in the 1979 film Kejsaren.
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^Sigurd Björling, Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish)
^Metropolitan Opera, Björling, Sigurd (Baritone), performance record on the MetOpera Database.
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sigurd, björling, november, 1907, april, 1983, swedish, operatic, baritone, made, debut, alfio, cavalleria, rusticana, 1935, royal, swedish, opera, specialized, wagnerian, roles, among, them, wotan, telramund, amfortas, hans, sachs, kurwenal, united, states, d. Sigurd Bjorling 2 November 1907 8 April 1983 was a Swedish operatic baritone 1 Sigurd Bjorling He made his debut as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana in 1935 at Royal Swedish Opera He specialized in Wagnerian roles among them Wotan Telramund Amfortas Hans Sachs and Kurwenal His United States debut came on 3 October 1950 in San Francisco as Kurwenal and the following year he was the first postwar Wotan at the Bayreuth Festival On 15 November 1952 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera singing there for a full season He sang his last performance in 1974 2 He appeared in the 1979 film Kejsaren References edit Sigurd Bjorling Nationalencyklopedin in Swedish Metropolitan Opera Bjorling Sigurd Baritone performance record on the MetOpera Database nbsp This article about a Swedish opera singer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sigurd Bjorling amp oldid 1192811439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
