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. Late i
Lauritz Melchior
The Royal Danish Theatre, where Melchior made his operatic debut
Melchior with his children
Helen Francesca Traubel was an American opera and concert singer. A dramatic soprano, she was best known for her Wagnerian roles, especially those of Brünnhilde and Isolde.
Traubel in a 1945 publicity photograph for Columbia Records
Helen Traubel at Chitose Air Base, 1952