Editing Lauritz Melchior (section)

{{short description|Danish opera singer (1890–1973)}}
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[[File:LauritzMelchior.jpg|thumb|Lauritz Melchior]]

'''Lauritz Melchior''' (20 March 1890 – 18 March 1973)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/20/archives/lauritz-melchior-is-dead-wagnerian-tenor-was-82-concealed-criticism.html|title=Lauritz Melchior Is Dead; Wagnerian Tenor Was 82|date=20 March 1973|author=Ey Alden Whitman|website=New York Times|access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> was a Danish-American opera singer. He was the preeminent [[Richard Wagner|Wagnerian]] [[heldentenor]] of the 1920s through the 1940s and has come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type. Late in his career, Melchior appeared in [[Musical film|movie musicals]] and on radio and television. He also made numerous recordings.