Jussi Bjorling

Twentieth-century Swedish opera singer. He performed numerous tenor roles at such world-famous venues as the Metropolitan Opera (New York), La Scala (Milan), and The Royal Opera House (London).

He made his operatic debut in a 1930 Royal Swedish Opera production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut.

His father, David Bjorling, was also a gifted singer. Recognizing his son's vocal talent, the elder Bjorling arranged for his four-year-old son to sing with the family's all-male quartet.

In the last year of his life, he performed with fellow opera singer Leontyne Price in a recording of the Verdi Requiem.