Doda Conrad (1905-1997) was a bass-baritone, born in Poland and active in French and international modern-music circles. He was closely associated with Igor Stravinsky and with twentieth-century vocal repertory.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Horenstein’s French radio performance of Janáček’s From the House of the Dead and the Sinfonietta.

Conrad’s importance lies in the specialist vocal world where modern music, language and character meet. Such singers needed intelligence and rhythmic bite as much as conventional operatic glamour.

His page deserves a note because his career reaches well beyond a single cast list. Conrad was one of those bass-baritones who carried modern repertory in a well-packed suitcase.