The Jussi Björling Museum
Annual performance statistics
Jussi Björling's total number of performances
3003 singing performances by Jussi Björling are known and dated (July 2010). He gave 955 of these as a child together with his brothers Olle and Gösta and (up to 1926) also with his father David, 2048 as a tenor. For annual numbers, including information about the museum's holdings connected with the performances, see details under "More information" to the right.
The numbers include opera performances (Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci on the same evening being counted as two performances), concerts, recitals, radio programs and singing contributions of various kinds. Of the total number, 931 are complete opera performances.
The Jussi Björling Museum is continuously trying to establish a complete chronology of Björling's performances and to collect information about them. All such information is made easily available to the visitors. Please mail us if you have something to tell!