Leonard Warren
Leonard Warren (born April 21, 1911 in New York City , † March 4, 1960 ibid) was an American opera singer ( baritone ).
Life
Warren was born in the United States , but was descended from Russian ancestors whose surname Warenoff was Americanized when Leonard Warren's father moved to the United States. Warren was a member of the Radio City Musical Choir from 1935; In 1938 he received a scholarship that enabled him to study in Italy . In the same year he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera with excerpts from the operas La traviata and Pagliacci ; his first real operatic role was Paolo in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in 1939 .
In 1944, Leonard Warren sang two compositions by the composer Ernest Ball in the musical film Irish Eyes Are Smiling . The singer quickly became a crowd favorite and performed in many American opera houses, as well as at Scala in Milan (1953) and on a tour of the USSR in 1958 In New York he completed his training with Giuseppe De Luca .
Warren was considered an excellent Verdi interpreter. He celebrated successes a. a. as Tonio in Pagliacci , as Escamillo in Carmen and as Scarpia in Tosca . To characterize him, a colleague said that Warren caused pain - by insisting on his own will in all artistic matters that he forced on those around him - but that his great voice made up for it.
In 1960, Leonard Warren collapsed on stage in New York when - irony of fate - he was singing the aria Urna fatale dal mio destino in the opera La forza del destino , and died of a cerebral hemorrhage . The opera singer was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery in Greenwich (Connecticut)
Web links
- Leonard Warren at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
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| SURNAME | Warren, Leonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1960 |
| Place of death | New York City |