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Lauritz Melchior (20 March 1890 – 18 March 1973) was a Danish-American opera singer. He was the preeminent Wagnerian heldentenor of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s and has come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type.
Lauritz Melchior (born March 20, 1890, Copenhagen, Den.—died March 18, 1973, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S.) was a Danish-U.S. tenor. He debuted as a baritone in 1913 but further study extended his range upward, and he made his tenor debut as Tannhäuser in 1918.
Mar 19, 1973 · Lauritz Melchior, one of the era's greatest Wagnerian tenors, died yesterday afternoon of complications following an emergency gall bladder operation at St. John's Hospital in Santa...
Mar 20, 2019 · Lauritz Melchior remains one of the greatest Wagner tenors ever to perform. Born on March 20, 1890 in Copenhagen, he was a boy soprano and amateur singer in his youth. However, he would study at the Royal Opera School in Copenhagen and made his professional debut in 1913, as a baritone.
Mar 20, 1973 · Lauritz Melchoir, the supreme Wagnerian tenor of his era, died Sunday of a liver tumor in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 82 years old and had lived for many years at his nearby hilltop...
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1890, Lauritz Melchior was a prominent opera singer who was a latecomer to the silver screen. From the 1920s through the 1940s, he was a leading opera singer across Europe. From 1924-1939, he excelled in Wagnerian roles in Covent Garden at the Royal Opera House in London.
Lauritz Melchior. Soundtrack: The Lost City of Z. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1890, Lauritz Melchior was a prominent opera singer who was a latecomer to the silver screen. From the 1920s through the 1940s, he was a leading opera singer across Europe.
