If only:
Abstract
The idea is perpetual. It meanders through most of our noggins, yet remains welcome in its brain-draining manner. The Anna-Lisa Björling/ Andrew Farkas biography, Jussi, keeps reminding us of the likes of Il tabarro with Leontyne Price and George London (Amadeus Press, 1996, page 335). Elsewhere it is suggested that the RCA/Serafin Otello with Jon Vickers, Leonie Rysanek and Tito Gobbi was RCA’s means of salvaging what was to have been Jussi’s Otello recording. The facts and tales are out there. We salivate every time we read or re-read them. Since many others have had a hand in that creative process, why can’t we? Surely none of us will be any less successful than those who suggested Carmen, Ballo, Otello, Tabarro, and Lohengrin. And more songs and arias.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Musicology and Musical Analysis
Theater
Performance
and Music History
Literature
Musicology
and Cultural Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University)
- Publication date
- 4 March 2026
- Language
- EN