Guide to the Lauritz Melchior Concert Program MSS.3381
Lauritz Melchior Concert Program
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
April 2011
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Lauritz Melchior Concert Program
- Unit ID:
MSS.3381
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 program)
- Dates:
Circa 1950
- Abstract:
This collection contains one program from the Montgomery Concert Courses presentation of Lauritz Melchior, tenor, with the Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, New York.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Lauritz Melchior Concert Program, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Processed by Erin Schmidt 2011
- Access Restrictions:
Restrictions
None
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall 2008
Biographical/Historical note
Lauritz Melchior was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 20, 1890. Melchior's opera career began in 1913 as a member of the Royal Danish Opera. His intention was to base his career in Germany but with the onset of World War II, he travelled to the United States, where he became a citizen in 1947. Melchior gave concerts throughout the United States, appeared in four motion pictures, and numerous radio broadcasts. Lauritz Melchior passed away at the age of 82 on March 18, 1973. (http://heroictenor.com/, accessed 4/13/11)
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains one program from the Montgomery Concert Courses presentation of Lauritz Melchior, tenor, with the Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, New York. The concert was given at the Sidney Lanier Auditorium in Montgomery, Alabama, on Monday, February 27.
Lauritz Melchior Program Box SC0069 Folder 3381.01