Lauritz Melchior

Lauritz Melchior was born on Mar 20, 1890 in Denmark. Lauritz Melchior's big-screen debut came with Thrill of a Romance directed by Richard Thorpe in 1945, strarring Mr. Nils Knudsen.

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1890, Lauritz Melchior was a prominent opera singer who was a latecomer to the silver screen. From the 1920s through the 1940s, he was a leading opera singer across Europe. From 1924-1939, he excelled in Wagnerian roles in Covent Garden at the Royal Opera House in London. He also sang with the Chicago Opera and the San Francisco Opera, both from 1934-1945. During his long career, he sang in most of the concert halls of Europe and the Americas.