Lauritz Melchior "In fernem Land" Lohengrin

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Music

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• Opera
• Wagner
• Lohengrin
• Lauritz
• Melchior

[CarmenMirandasHat]

He displays incredible technique, remains completely still throughout and yet he can communicate a beautiful, passionate performance.

His crystal clear diction, superb legato phrasing, and a powerful emotionally moving clarion-like voice projects through even older recordings.

This man created real vocal art.

[1Victorinus]

Although he was a very undisciplined artist, Melchior possessed the prototypical helden tenor voice - baritonal, trumpet-like, and with easy access to the unfettered high register. Only Leo Slezak and the great Max Lorenz are his vocal equals in this repertoire. What a pleasure it is to listen to this video. Thanks for posting it.

Joe Carbia, Miami, Florida

[paulostroff99]

@alberez1957 Volker and Lorenz were certainly his equals. Perhaps Volker was the greatest Wagnerian tenor of all time.

[paulostroff99]

@1Victorinus -my sentiments dear sir if we could add Lauritz Melchior to this awesome mix.

[alberez1957]

The greatest Wagnerian tenor of all time. Melchior, Jussi Björling and Elizabeth Schwarzkopf are my all time vocal heroes. There's a lot of other tenors that have performed wonderfully in several vocal arenas, like King, Windgassen, Domingo, Pavarotti, etc., but Melchior was, in Wagner's dramas, the very best. Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[tenorschofield]

He is a "singing master class"!!!!...who cares from where he came from,he is simply great!!! A brilliant and warmth sound at the same time. Probably his voice was better for other wagnerian roles, but he surely does a great interpretation of Lohengrin aria!!!!..BRAVOOO!!!

[sophiah88]

@atomkraftteddy Time magazine for June 27, 1938 features an article about the Nazi Music Index of Jewish Composers and Performers, 3rd edition, that had just reached U.S. shores. Melchior was listed there as Jewish. The Time magazine reporter writes: “Famed tenor Melchior, informed of his nomination: ‘I am a Dane, without a drop of Jewish blood in me, and I am determined to seek redress.’

The Melchior family had been Lutheran ministers, doctors, teachers since the seventeenth century.

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[atomkraftteddy]

Lauritz Melchior's real name was Lebrecht Hommel, and was jewesh indeed.

[paulostroff99]

@meltzerboy -In several Wagner operas he was not quite up there wth Max Lorenz or Franz Volker. His voice was more suited to different operas and not Lohengrin nor Tannhauser.No doubt that the above mentioned owned those.Max Lorenz -Hitler's favourite tenor did not have any love for hitler whose S.S. attempted to deal with his Jewish wife and mother in law.He saved them with a phone call to Goering's sistere and got a promise from the S.S. that they would never again be put through this ordeal.

[SFsuperforte]

@1Victorinus what about Rene Kollo?

[1055otto]

Lauritz Melchior was a freemason and former member of the Royal Guard in Denmark