Saturday, March 20, 2021

March 20 - Lauritz Melchior (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

 [Previous posts for March 20th may be found here: Bernd Alois Zimmermann (2019) and Vera Lynn (2020)

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Lauritz Melchior (20 March 1890 – 18 March 1973) was a Danish-American Heldentenor, and one of the great Wagner tenors of all time.



Hero Worship

Lauritz Melchior, renowned

For making lots and lots of sound,

Had the perfect voice to sing

Tristan, Parsifal, the Ring.


He impressed the Wagner crowd

By singing long and singing loud --

And even if your seats weren’t near him

You could rest assured you’d hear him!

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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