Lauritz Melchior Web (original) (raw)
Welcome to heroictenor.com, the domain dedicated to Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), the preeminent heldentenor (heroic tenor) of the 1920's-1940's.
Some resources available are a short biographical essay, The Song of the Skald (under construction), a selected discography (under construction) and filmography, and an essay/list of repertoire pertaining to Lauritz Melchior's concerts and recitals (under _permanent_construction).
For quick reference, there is a mini-timeline of Melchior's life. For more in-depth information, one may peruse the annotated chronicle of Lauritz Melchior's performances in all media (under _permanent_construction), currently divided into sixteen pages:1890-1920, 1920-1924, 1924-1926, 1926-1929, 1929-1931, 1931-1933, 1933-1935,1935-1936, 1937-1938, 1938-1939,1939-1941, 1941-1945, 1945-1947,1948-1950, 1950-1955, and 1956-1973.
This site will be updated frequently.