Lauritz Melchior

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What Wikipedia says

Lauritz Melchior (born Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior, 20 March 1890 – 18 March 1973) was a Danish-American opera singer. He was the preeminent Wagnerian heldentenor of the 1920s through the 1940s and has come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type.

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