Actor
Born Mar 20, 1890 · Copenhague, Danemark
Active 1945–1973 · Awards: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Order of the Dannebrog, Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Ingenio et arti
Lauritz Melchior 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.