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- catalog abstract ""Leonard Warren, the great American baritone, was born on 21 April 1911 in New York City in the Bronx, the first of three children of parents who came from Russia. A descendant of three generations of furriers, Warren turned his back on his family's trade and began a singing career that took him from the Radio City Music Hall Glee Club to pinnacles of achievement in celebrated theatres and halls in North and South America and Europe. He become an interpreter of Verdi; no baritone of his era made such a mark in the parts that became his signatures: the title roles in Rigoletto, Macbeth, and Simon Boccanegra, Count di Luna in Il trovatore, Amonasro in Aida, Iago in Otello, Barnaba in La Gioconda, Tonio in Pagliacci, and Scarpia in Tosca."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11627392.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Leonard Warren, the great American baritone, was born on 21 April 1911 in New York City in the Bronx, the first of three children of parents who came from Russia. A descendant of three generations of furriers, Warren turned his back on his family's trade and began a singing career that took him from the Radio City Music Hall Glee Club to pinnacles of achievement in celebrated theatres and halls in North and South America and Europe. He become an interpreter of Verdi; no baritone of his era made such a mark in the parts that became his signatures: the title roles in Rigoletto, Macbeth, and Simon Boccanegra, Count di Luna in Il trovatore, Amonasro in Aida, Iago in Otello, Barnaba in La Gioconda, Tonio in Pagliacci, and Scarpia in Tosca."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Discography: p. [305]-416.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Tony Randall -- From Russia to America -- A New York Way of Life -- Radio City Music Hall and the Rising Musical Star -- The Metropolitan Opera in Transition -- The Italian Experience -- A Novice at the Met -- Tending the Career -- Solid Ground -- Courtship and Marriage -- Star Status in South America -- The Struggle at Home -- The Waiting Game -- Art As a Work in Progress -- Leading-Artist Rank -- Ends and Beginnings: 1949-1950 -- Living With Bing -- Honors in Italy and at Home -- A Better Image -- The Singing Artist -- The Career Ends: 1959-1960 -- La forza del destino -- Discography / Barrett Crawford -- Chronology of Opera Performances / Barrett Crawford.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "471 p., [48] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "1574670530".
- catalog isPartOf "Opera biography series ; no. 13".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "782.1/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Baritones (Singers) United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "ML420.W188 P47 2000".
- catalog subject "Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Tony Randall -- From Russia to America -- A New York Way of Life -- Radio City Music Hall and the Rising Musical Star -- The Metropolitan Opera in Transition -- The Italian Experience -- A Novice at the Met -- Tending the Career -- Solid Ground -- Courtship and Marriage -- Star Status in South America -- The Struggle at Home -- The Waiting Game -- Art As a Work in Progress -- Leading-Artist Rank -- Ends and Beginnings: 1949-1950 -- Living With Bing -- Honors in Italy and at Home -- A Better Image -- The Singing Artist -- The Career Ends: 1959-1960 -- La forza del destino -- Discography / Barrett Crawford -- Chronology of Opera Performances / Barrett Crawford.".
- catalog title "Leonard Warren, American baritone / by Mary Jane Phillips-Matz ; foreword by Tony Randall ; discography and chronology by Barrett Crawford.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".