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A Musical Weekend in Washington a Musical Weekend in Washington WALTER B Lundgren,: A Musical Weekend in Washington A Musical Weekend in Washington WALTER B. RUDOLPH B. WALTER By Janel E. Lundgren, Editor WALTER B. RUDOLPH B. WALTER MARILYN RUDOLPH MARILYN Members and friends at one of the JBS tables in the Roof Terrace Restaurant, Kennedy Center “It was a wonderful idea to bring JB Society members together for an outstanding performance with the National Symphony Orchestra with such great singers. The dinner at the Kennedy Center was quite enjoyable, met some interesting people and had a good time. “The Jussi Björling Society USA is quite a wonder. Its activities and discoveries and publications preserve our cherished memories of the great Jussi, and I hope it will continue to thrive.” —JBS Member Robert Schreiber November, 2019 embers of the Board of JBS-USA event, and in the end, we arranged for a enjoyed another weekend in block of 25 seats for the Friday, November Washington D.C.. November 15 15th concert performance of Act II, Tristan Mto 17, 2019, devoted to an annual board und Isolde, by the National Symphony meeting, musical events, and friendship. An Orchestra. open invitation was extended to JBS mem- The evening started with dinner reser- bers and friends, board members of Vocal vations for all in the Roof Terrace Restau- Arts DC, and representatives of the Swedish rant of the Kennedy Center. At dinner, it Embassy to join us for a Friday evening was an extra treat to have the opportunity 28 v February 2020 Journal of the Jussi Björling Society – USA, Inc. www.jussibjorlingsociety.org Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020 1 Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK, Vol. 28 [2020], No. 28, Art. 12 < < JBS Board Members in conference: Left to right: Neal Cooper (Melot), Ekaterina Gubanova left to right, Dan Shea, Walter (Brangäne), Günther Groissböck (King Marke), Gianandrea Rudolph, Peter Hammond, new Noseda (conductor & music director), Hunter Enoch member Matt Mancini, guest Maija (Kurwenal), Christine Goerke (Isolde), and Stephen Budow, Janel Lundgren, Steve Gould (Tristan) take a bow with members of the National Fischman, new member Karen Symphony Orchestra following the concert performance of Messenger, and Ken Svengalis. Act II Tristan und Isolde, Kennedy Center. (not attending, Allan Buchalter) lights dimmed! And of course the concert completion of their massive Lively-Fulcher was phenomenal. The music of Tristan with Organ, and featuring the Catholic Universi- the orchestra seated onstage rather than in ty Symphony Orchestra and Harp Ensem- an orchestra pit was glorious and almost ble. Truly an embarrassment of musical overwhelming. Fortunately, the fine cast of riches! singers was equally stunning, and all were Sunday mornng, the riches turned rewarded with a lengthy and boisterous scrumptious. Life Member Carol Pozefsky standing ovation at the evening’s end. invited us all to the renowned Sunday The next morning, the Board met for morning Champagne Brunch at the Army a four-hour in-depth session, working on and Navy Club on Farragut Square. Carol current and future policies, projects, and was indeed a wonderful hostess, the buffet events, including plans for increased use of was lavish, and again we lingered long in social media, and for a 2021 conference. happy conversation. We are grateful to Saturday evening was free, but three Carol for giving us such a perfect way to end to get to know other members, guests, musical events attracted most of us. Some another JBS weekend! n and friends, some of whom had never met returned to the Kennedy Center for the before. Conversations were extended, and Washington National Opera’s production some of us just managed to get downstairs of Otello. Others chose instead to attend Il to the Concert Hall on time. Postino, a 2010 opera by Daniel Cartán, pre- Cameras were stationed throughout the sented by Virginia Opera at George Mason Hall, as the concert was being livestreamed University’s concert hall. And a third group on medici.com, — so it was a good thing that attended a celebratory organ concert at St. we all did manage to be seated as the house Matthews Cathedral, on the occasion of the www.jussibjorlingsociety.org February 2020 Journal of the Jussi Björling Society – USA, Inc. v 29 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jussibjorlingsociety/vol28/iss28/12 2 Lundgren,: A Musical Weekend in Washington Jussi’s Three Debuts continued from page 8 After these five Don Ottavios during and even more challenging. Don Ottavio his first operatic season 1930/31 Jussi may be a long role, but most of it is safely in only ever sang the role five more times: the middle register. Even though Mozart’s when Forsell was 65 in 1933; on tours to music requires much from musicians, most Copenhagen, Oslo, and Riga; and a final singers find it friendly for the voice. Now time in 1937 when Ezio Pinza made a guest it was time for Rossini’s Guillaume Tell appearance as Don Giovanni. Did Jussi get (played in Swedish as Wilhelm Tell) which a chance to talk to the distinguished guest, received its ”Repris-Premiär” 27 December who was the Metropolitan Opera’s admired 1930 and then was played eight times until Don Giovanni — also outside the stage, it spring – a success for those days. Then there was rumoured — and from 1934 also the were two follow-up performances during Salzburg Festival’s? Two months later Jussi the season 1931/32. Jussi sang the tenor would himself travel to the US for the first hero Arnold in all of them. After that, Guil- time since he was a child, so he could ben- laume Tell only returned to the Stockholm efit from some advice. Don Juan was oth- Opera for the season 1967/68. erwise not performed in those years, and The latest performances of Wilhelm Tell when there finally was a new production in had been in 1919. Since the work had first 1941 Jussi was an international singer who been given by the Opera in 1856 it had never performed more grateful roles when he been away for more than three seasons, so returned to the Stockholm Opera. it was an old repertory piece they now tried When Jussi a quarter-century after his to give new life through a newly studied debut sang the aria at his famous Carnegie production where scenery and costumes had Hall concert 24 September 1955, issued on been renewed “almost completely,” accord- LP not much later, he did so in Italian. He ing to one press review. In 1919 nothing may have studied at least parts of the opera on the playbill tells us about director or again in its original language in preparation designer; now in 1930 we are told that “dec- Jussi as Arnold 27 December 1930 for a Don Giovanni production in Los An- orations” were new (by the signature Jon- geles 1948 which was announced but never And), while the costumes “from the theatre’s happened. If it had, we would have been ateliers” may not all have been newly made. able to hear more of Jussi in this part than Now a director is mentioned: Gunnar Klint- just “Il mio tesoro.” berg (1870–1936) who for some years did The situation was similar in the rest of But now I am getting ahead of events. several productions at the Opera and had the world. From 1931 some fragments of After his first debut Jussi had to go through the title of “förste regissör.” We can guess broadcast music survive; from 1932 some two more debuts. that it was a totally traditional production. complete works. There are actually some Klintberg had attended the school of the recordings of broadcasts made for experi- Second debut: Arnold Royal Dramatic Theatre in the 1890s, and mental purposes starting already in 1923, Following the debut in August 1930 Jussi after finishing his own career as an actor he but those are exceptions. could concentrate on his studies. One more was now functioning as a director. Later during the season Jussi sang Don Ottavio followed on 25 September, but We will come back to how much re- his Don Ottavio a few more times. On 25 otherwise his only role that autumn was the newal there may have been on the musical September 1930 it was a normal perfor- small part of the “chansonnier” in Gustave side. But all leading parts were newly cast mance, so the regular Don Juan Carl Richter Charpentier’s Louise. This was a fairly suc- and considerably rejuvenated. The con- returned to his role. Otherwise the cast was cessful novelty (although it had been played ductor was also new: 28-year old Herbert as on Jussi’s debut 20 August. Jussi sang regularly in Paris since 1900), which was Sandberg who with one small interruption Don Ottavio for the third time in yet anoth- given seven times during the 1930/31 sea- would remain with the Stockholm Opera er “festive performance”, now for Mozart’s son. The playbill can be seen on the Internet until his death in 1966, from 1946 as Court 175th birthday on 27 January 1931. John and lists 36 singers — a major part of the Conductor. He had come to the Opera Forsell of course again sang Don Juan on ensemble — so even the student and opera from Berlin where he had been an assistant this occasion, as he did for two performanc- stipendiary Mr Björling was needed. conductor, in particular to Leo Blech. Blech es in Helsinki in May 1931 — Jussi’s first During this period Jussi prepared for was the chief conductor at several among foreign tour with the Royal Opera.
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