• 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...
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  • photographer Lauritz Melchior, Danish operatic tenor, especially Wagnerian roles Marcus Melchior (1897–1969), chief rabbi of Denmark Michael Melchior (born 1954)...
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    by American International Pictures. Melchior was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of Lauritz Melchior, an opera singer. He served in the...
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  • Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Johnnie Johnston and opera singer Lauritz Melchior. Produced by MGM, it is about a soldier, returning home from war, who...
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  • directed by Henry Koster and starring Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante and Peter Lawford. The film features songs by Sammy...
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  • Lauritz Lauritzen (1910–80), German politician Lauritz Melchior (1890–1973), Danish-born operatic baritone and tenor who relocated to America Lauritz...
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    Flagstad got involved in a long-running feud with tenor co-star Lauritz Melchior after Melchior took offense to some comments Flagstad made about "stupid publicity...
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  • musical performances by Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra and opera singer Lauritz Melchior. The film was directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Richard Connell...
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  • Maria Alberghetti, and Lauritz Melchior. Clooney performs her hit song "Come On-a My House" and Danish tenor Lauritz Melchior sings "Vesti la giubba"...
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  • Kristensen (racing driver) (born 1967), Danish sportscar racing driver Lauritz Melchior (1890–1973), Danish-American operatic tenor Nils Middelboe (1887–1976)...
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    Palace in nearly 18 years. The Palace also attracted acts including Lauritz Melchior, José Greco, Betty Hutton, Danny Kaye, Dick Shawn, and Phil Spitalny...
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  • George Brent as Captain Jeremy Bradford Jane Powell as Polly Bradford Lauritz Melchior as Olaf Eriksen Frances Gifford as Laura Dene Marina Koshetz as Zita...
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  • Melachrino Recording 1625 Vine Street (1960-02-08)February 8, 1960 Lauritz Melchior Recording 1718 Vine Street (1960-02-08)February 8, 1960 James Melton...
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  • composer (d. 1964) March 20 Beniamino Gigli, operatic tenor (d. 1957) Lauritz Melchior, operatic tenor (d. 1973) March 28 – Paul Whiteman, bandleader (d....
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    Louella Parsons (September 30, 1946) Ray Milland (April 17, 1947) Lauritz Melchior (November 17, 1947) James Stewart (February 13, 1948) Van Johnson (March...
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  • Francisco Opera as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre on October 9, 1945, with Lauritz Melchior as Siegmund, Margaret Harshaw as Fricka, and William Steinberg conducting;...
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    Urlus, Giovanni Martinelli, Beniamino Gigli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, and Lauritz Melchior; baritones Titta Ruffo, Giuseppe De Luca, Pasquale Amato, and Lawrence...
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    following year she returned to singing and recorded Siegfried with Lauritz Melchior at Covent Garden. Between 1932 and 1935 she sang at Covent Garden,...
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  • co-authored 4 books on the art of singing, penned a biography on tenor Lauritz Melchior, and also contributed articles to numerous music publications. Born...
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    footage shows Nelson Eddy as the last person to exit the church, with Lauritz Melchior and other celebrities offering him condolences. MacDonald was interred...
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  • de los baritones, Ediciones Ayer y Hoy de la Opera, 1977), Lauritz Melchior (Lauritz Melchior, el coloso wagneriano, Ars Lyrica, 1994), Claudia Muzio (Claudia...
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  • Welles Two Sisters from Boston, starring Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante and Peter Lawford. Utamaro and His Five Women (Utamaro...
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  • forty years. He went to Paris and studied with Jean de Reszke in 1911. Lauritz Melchior was Hansen's understudy at the Danish Metropolitan Opera for a little...
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    fish-out-of-water TV series had a Danish father and Latvian mother. Lauritz Melchior was a Danish and later American opera singer. He was the pre-eminent...
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  • leading tenors, famously performing Mime in Siegfried (opera) alongside Lauritz Melchior. Other roles sung during his time at the company include: Vashek in...
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    from The Ring (1962–68) Tannhäuser, Helen Traubel, Alexander Kipnis, Lauritz Melchior, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, live (1942, Music & Arts) William...
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    heard in live recordings later in her career of Lohengrin opposite Lauritz Melchior, Otello opposite Giovanni Martinelli and Lawrence Tibbett, and Simon...
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    (Once Upon a Time). His students included the Danish opera singers Lauritz Melchior and Vilhelm Herold. Jerndoff died in Copenhagen, the city of his birth...
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    Metropolitan Opera. In the years before World War II, Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior were considered to be the prime interpreters of the lead roles, and...
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    mein ganzes Herz" 1929 Richard Tauber – recorded October 3, 1929 1946 Lauritz Melchior 1990 Plácido Domingo – included in the live album The Three Tenors...
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