Word: tannhã
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Unheralded by front-page stories, Lauritz Melchior, Danish baritone turned tenor, made his U. S. début last week at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, as Tannh??user in the first of six Wagner matinées. His performance was not flawless. He was not always faithful to pitch. His high tones, many of them, revealed all too plainly his baritone past. But on the whole he acquitted himself admirably, went in one afternoon to the head of the Metropolitan's class of availables for German tenor roles. An audience whose faith in German tenors has been badly shaken, took...