ArtistInfo
Lauritz Melchior
voc, 1890-1973 US
Classical
A.k.a. Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior
Danish-American operatic tenor. He was born 20 March 1890 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died 18 March 1973 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Genres
Plays With
| The Metropolitan Opera |
Popular Tracks 
Deep In My Heart, Dear - Original 1950 Recording on The Merry Widow by Various Artists Flaget (The Flag) on Lauritz Melchior - Skandinavian Songs by Lauritz Melchior, Johan Hye-Knudsen & Georgie Stoll Schwanengesang, D957: Ständchen (Serenade) [Text: Ludwg Rellstab]; on Lauritz Melchior in Concert 1944 - 1949 by Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera House, Concert Hall Orchestra, Donald Voorhees, Eugene Ormandy & Alfred Wallenstein Danish Hunting Song on Lauritz Melchior in Concert 1944 - 1949 by Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera House, Concert Hall Orchestra, Donald Voorhees, Eugene Ormandy & Alfred Wallenstein Die Walküre on Lauritz Melchior Anthology Vol. 5 by Richard Wagner & Lauritz Melchior Helan gar (Swedish Drinking Song) on Lauritz Melchior: The Danish Lieder, Vol. 9 by Lauritz Melchior, Johan Hye-Knudsen & Georgie Stoll Die Walküre, WWV 86b, IRW 52, Act I: "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater" (Siegmund) on WAGNER: DIE WALKÜRE by Richard Wagner, Bruno Walter & Wiener Philharmoniker Die Walküre, Act 1: Winterstürme Wichen Dem Wonnemond on Richard Wagner: Portrait, Vol. 4 by Richard Wagner, Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior & Emanuel List Siegfried: Prelude on Wagner, R.: Siegfried by Richard Wagner & Artur Bodanzky Die Walküre, Act 1: Prelude on Richard Wagner: Portrait, Vol. 4 by Richard Wagner, Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior & Emanuel ListTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Götterdämmerung (Excerpts) • Siegfried: Forest Murmurs | Richard Wagner / Helen Traubel • Lauritz Melchior • Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra | 2017 | Album |
| Die Walküre • Tristan Und Isolde (Excerpts) • Siegfried Idyll | Richard Wagner / Helen Traubel • Lauritz Melchior • Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra | 2017 | Album |
| Götterdämmerung & Walküre Excerpts | Arturo Toscanini, Richard Wagner, Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior, NBC Symphony Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 2017 | Compil. |
| American Recordings 1946 - 1947 | Lauritz Melchior | 2007 | Album |
| Die Walküre Act II | Richard Wagner - Kirsten Flagstad, Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Fritz Reiner | 2003 | Album |
| The Merry Widow/The Student Prince | Franz Lehár, Sigmund Romberg, Kitty Carlisle, Lauritz Melchior | 2002 | Album |
| Scenes From Wagner Operas By The Heroic Tenor Lauritz Melchior | Richard Wagner, Lauritz Melchior | 2002 | Album |
| Tristan & Yseult | Richard Wagner, Lauritz Melchior, Sabine Kalter, Kirsten Flagstad, Herbert Janssen, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Fritz Reiner | 2001 | Album |
| Great Tenors Of The Century | Enrico Caruso, Tito Schipa, Beniamino Gigli, Richard Tauber, Helge Roswaenge, Marcel Wittrisch, John McCormack, Heddle Nash, Lauritz Melchior, Jussi Björling, Georges Thill | 1999 | Compil. |
| Tristan Und Isolde | Richard Wagner - Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Metropolitan Opera Chorus And The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf | 1997 | Album |
| Szenen aus "Götterdämmerung" | Richard Wagner - Frida Leider, Kerstin Thorborg, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List, Sir Thomas Beecham | 1996 | Album |
| Flagstad And Melchior Sing Wagner (The Classic 1935-40 Victor Recordings) | Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior | 1993 | Compil. |
| Tannhäuser | Richard Wagner - Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Astrid Varnay, Herbert Janssen, Mihály Székely, Fritz Stiedry | 1993 | Album |
| Lohengrin | Richard Wagner - Astrid Varnay, Lauritz Melchior, Kerstin Thorborg, Sándor Svéd, Erich Leinsdorf | 1992 | Album |
| Die Walküre: 2.Akt / Acte 2 / Act 2 | Richard Wagner - Marta Fuchs, Hans Hotter, Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Margarete Klose, Emanuel List, Bruno Walter / Bruno Seidler-Winkler | 1992 | Album |
| Tristan Und Isolde | Richard Wagner, Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Margarete Klose, Herbert Janssen, Sven Nilsson, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham | 1991 | Album |
| Die Walküre | Richard Wagner - Astrid Varnay, Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Kerstin Thorborg, Alexander Kipnis, Erich Leinsdorf | 1991 | Album |
| The Met Centenarians | Lauritz Melchior | 1990 | Compil. |
| Prima Voce | Lauritz Melchior | 1990 | Album |
| Arias / Duets With Fagstad & Lehmann | Lauritz Melchior / Richard Wagner / Robert Schumann | 1990 | Compil. |
| Airs D'Operas - Opera Arias - Opern-Arien | Richard Wagner - Lauritz Melchior | 1989 | Compil. |
| Excerpts From Tannhäuser – Siegfried – Götterdämmerung | Lauritz Melchior, Albert Coates With Albert Reiss, Nora Gruhn, Rudolf Bockelmann | 1989 | Compil. |
| Tannhauser | Richard Wagner, Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Kerstin Thorborg, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List, Mack Harrell, Emery Darcy, John Gurney, Maxine Stellman, The Metropolitan Opera | 1985 | Album |
| The Lighter Side Of Lauritz Melchior | Lauritz Melchior | 1984 | Album |
| Lauritz Melchior | Lauritz Melchior | 1984 | Single |
| Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lauritz Melchior | Lauritz Melchior | 1984 | Compil. |
| The First Recordings · Baritone 1913-15, Early Tenor 1920-21, Melchior Anthology Vol. 1 | Lauritz Melchior | 1983 | Compil. |
| Tannhauser (1942) | Richard Wagner, Alexander Kipnis, Lauritz Melchior, George Szell, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus | 1981 | Album |
| Tristan Und Isolde | Richard Wagner, Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Fritz Reiner | 1978 | Album |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler Conducts Wagner's Die Gotterdammerung | Richard Wagner, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen | 1978 | Album |
| Die Walküre (Excerpts) · Siegfried Idyll | Richard Wagner / Bruno Walter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lauritz Melchior, Lotte Lehmann | 1978 | Album |
| "Il Mio Wagner" L'età D'oro Del Belcanto - Lohengrin, Sigfrido, Tannhäuser, Parsifal La Walkiria, I Maestri Cantori, Il Vascello Fantama, Schmerzen, Träume | Lauritz Melchior | 1977 | Album |
| Das Lauritz Melchior Album | Lauritz Melchior | 1973 | Album |
| The Incomparable Wagnerian Duo | Kirsten Flagstad And Lauritz Melchior | 1972 | Compil. |
| Heldentenor Of The Century | Lauritz Melchior | 1972 | Compil. |
| Lauritz Melchior / Wagner | Lauritz Melchior / Richard Wagner | 1970 | Compil. |
| Five Treasured Recordings From The Heritage Of Greatness On RCA Red Seal | Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra With Fritz Kreisler, Marian Anderson, Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel Feuermann, Kirsten Flagstad | 1969 | Compil. |
| Great Scenes From Wagner: Götterdämmerung | Arturo Toscanini, Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior | 1968 | Album |
| Wagner: Tristan And Isolde | Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel | 1967 | Compil. |
| Flagstad/ Melchior Wagner | Kirsten Flagstad And Lauritz Melchior | 1962 | Compil. |
| Die Walküre, Act I | Richard Wagner - Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel List, Wiener Philharmoniker | 1962 | Album |
| Préface Aux Voix Illustres | Lauritz Melchior, Lotte Lehmann Et Georges Thill | 1962 | Single |
| O, Holy Night / Ave Maria / Silent Night / The Rosary | Lauritz Melchior | 1957 | Single |
| The Student Prince | Lauritz Melchior | 1954 | Album |
| Arabian Nights (A New Musical Extravaganza) | Guy Lombardo Presents Lauritz Melchior | 1954 | Single |
| Parsifal / Lohengrin | Richard Wagner - Kirsten Flagstad And Lauritz Melchior With The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Edwin McArthur | 1952 | Album |
| For You Alone / Without A Song | Lauritz Melchior | 1948 | Album |
| Agnus Dei / Danish Children's Song | Lauritz Melchior | 1948 | Album |
| O, Holy Night / Silent Night | Lauritz Melchior | 1947 | Album |
| Emperor Waltz / The Kiss In Your Eyes | Lauritz Melchior | 1947 | Album |
| Danish Songs | Lauritz Melchior | 1943 | Album |
| There Shall Be Music When You Come / The Star, Come You Mary | Lauritz Melchior | 1942 | Album |
| Because / The House I Live In | Lauritz Melchior | 1942 | Album |
| Three Famous Scenes From Wagner | Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior And San Francisco Opera Orchestra | 1942 | Album |
| Die Walküre: Act I | Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel List, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter - Richard Wagner | 1940 | Album |
| Nothung ! Nothung ! Neidliches Schwert ! | Lauritz Melchior | 1933 | Album |
| Ave Maria / The Rosary | Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| Lauritz Melchior III | Lauritz Melchior | Compil. | |
| The Lauritz Melchior Album | Lauritz Melchior, Das Orchester Der Staatsoper Berlin, The London Symphony Orchestra, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London | Album | |
| Lohengrin | Emmy Bettendorf, Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| La Walkyrie | Lauritz Melchior, Lotte Lehmann | Album | |
| Thrill Of A Romance | Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| Wagner And Schumann Duet | Kirsten Flagstad • Lauritz Melchior • Lotte Lehmann | Album | |
| Great Voiices Of The Opera | Lauritz Melchior, Helge Roswaenge | Compil. | |
| Lauritz Melchior: 50th Anniversary 1911-1961 | Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| Les Grandes Voix Du Canada / Great Voices Of Canada Volume 1 | Jeanne Gordon, Edward Johnson, Joseph Saucier, Florence Easton, Sarah Fischer, Rodolphe Plamondon, Emma Albani, Éva Gauthier, Paul Dufault, Marie-Louise Edvina, Pauline Donalda, Lauritz Melchior, Raoul Jobin, Percival Price | Compil. | |
| Unvergänglich - Unvergessen Folge 122 | Frida Leider, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr | Album | |
| Mime Hiess Ein Mürrischer Zwerg / In Leid Zu Den Wipfeln | Richard Wagner, Lauritz Melchior & Otto Helgers Mit Dem The London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Heger | Album | |
| O Sink Hernieder, Nacht Der Liebe / Soll Ich Lauschen? | Richard Wagner - Frida Leider & Lauritz Melchior Mit Dem The London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates | Album | |
| Wie End' Ich Die Furcht? / Wohin Nun Tristan Scheidet | Richard Wagner - Lauritz Melchior Und Das The London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Heger | Album | |
| Serenade / Vive L'Amour | Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| Dir Töne Lob! / Allmächt´ger Vater, blick herab! | Richard Wagner, Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| The Student Prince | Lauritz Melchior With Jane Wilson, Lee Sweetland, Gloria Lane | Album | |
| Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lauritz Melchior II | Lauritz Melchior | Compil. | |
| Wagner Lohengrin: Act III Bridal Chamber Scene - Parsifal: Act II Duet | Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| Please Dont Say No/I Want What I Want When I Want It | Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| Isolde! Tristan! Geliebter! / Doch Es Rächte Sich Der Verscheuchte Tag | Frida Leider, Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| Historische Aufnahmen 1941 | Richard Wagner - Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior, Arturo Toscanini | Album | |
| Brunnhilde! Heilige Braut! / Wie Sie Selig | Richard Wagner, Lauritz Melchior Und Das The London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Heger | Album | |
| Operatic Scenes And Arias | Frida Leider With Lauritz Melchior | Album | |
| Berlin Damals - Lauritz Melchior Singt Wagner | Lauritz Melchior, Richard Wagner | Album | |
| Wagner: Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung | Frida Leider, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Otto Helgers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Heger, Leo Blech, Staatskapelle Berlin | Album | |
| Lebendige Vergangenheit (Große Bühnenerfolge) | Lauritz Melchior / Richard Wagner • Giuseppe Verdi • Giacomo Meyerbeer • Ruggiero Leoncavallo | Compil. | |
| Wagner Concert - Previously Unpublished | Richard Wagner, Eugene Ormandy, Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior | Compil. | |
| Voix Immortelles | Lauritz Melchior | Album |
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