Werrenrath Reinald
Werrenrath Reinald
Werrenrath, Reinald, American baritone; b. Brooklyn, Aug. 7, 1883; d. Plattsburg, N.Y., Sept. 12, 1953. He was a pupil of his father, a tenor, then of David Bispham and Herbert Witherspoon. He began his career as a concert singer he was also in oratorio. He made his operatic debut on Feb. 19, 1919, at the Metropolitan Opera in N.Y., as Silvio in Pagliacci, and remained with the company until 1921; he then devoted himself to teaching and concert singing. He appeared in public for the last time at Carnegie Hall in N.Y. on Oct. 23, 1952. He ed. Modern Scandinavian Songs (2 vols., Boston, 1925-26).
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