Leonard Warren

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Leonard Warren (April 21, 1911 – March 4, 1960) was an American opera tenor. He was a leading artist for many years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Biography Born Leonard Warenoff in New York to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Warren was first employed in his father's fur business. In 1935, he joined the chorus at Radio City Music Hall. In 1938, he entered the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air. Despite the fact Warren was obviously a novice, his natural gifts were apparent, and he was immediately given a contract. The Met sent him to Italy that summer with a stipend to study. Returning to America, Warren made his concert debut at the Metropolitan Opera in excerpts from La traviata and Pagliacci during a concert in New York in November 1938. His formal operatic debut took place there in January 1939, when he sang Paolo in Simon Boccanegra. A recording contract with RCA Victor soon followed. Warren later sang in San Francisco, Chicago, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires, he appeared at La Scala in Milan in 1953, and in 1958, he made a highly successful tour of the Soviet Union, but for most of his career he remained in New York and sang at the Met. Sometime during that period, he converted to Roman Catholicism, the faith of his wife Agatha, and became extremely devout. Although he sang Tonio in Pagliacci, Escamillo in Carmen, and Scarpia in Tosca, he was particularly acclaimed as one of the finest interpreters of the great Verdi baritone roles, above all the ti

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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren (Vol.2)

Warren: Verdi Arias and Popular Songs

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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren

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Sea Shanties

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Warren, Leonard: Sea Shanties - Kipling Songs - Songs for Everyone (1947-1951)

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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren (Vol.4)

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Verdi: Macbeth

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Leonard Warren, Blow the Man Down

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A Tribute to Giuseppe Verdi

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Classical Masterpieces as Heard in Horror Movies

On The Road To Mandalay

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Giuseppe Verdi : Rigoletto

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