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Baritone Leonard Warren dies on stage...
Baritone Leonard Warren dies on stage...
Item # 720454
March 05, 1960
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. March 5, 1960
* Leonard Warren death on live stage
* American operatic baritone singer
* Metropolitan Opera House - "Met"
Near the bottom of the front page has a four column heading: "Met Baritone Collapses and Dies" with lead-in: "Wife and Audience Watch" (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.
AI notes: Leonard Warren, a celebrated American baritone, tragically died on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on March 4, 1960, during a performance of Verdi’s La Forza del Destino. At 48 years old, Warren had just completed the aria “Urna fatale del mio destino” when he suddenly collapsed; some eyewitnesses reported he cried out for help, while others said he fell silently. The house physician, Dr. Adrian W. Zorgniotti, quickly attended him and diagnosed a massive cerebral hemorrhage, and Warren was pronounced dead shortly afterward at 10:15 p.m. His sudden death shocked the opera world, as Warren had been a leading baritone at the Met for more than twenty years, known for his powerful, resonant voice and commanding stage presence. The eerie coincidence of his final aria, which speaks of fatal destiny, added a haunting resonance to the performance, leaving a lasting mark on the history of opera and cementing Warren’s legacy as one of America’s greatest baritones.
Category: The 20th Century
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