John Brownlee (1900-1969) was an Australian baritone, one of the important opera singers of the interwar and post-war periods. He was closely associated with the Metropolitan Opera and with French repertory.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Gounod and Johann Strauss, including Metropolitan Opera broadcasts with Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão and Lily Pons.

Brownlee’s singing combined elegance, verbal clarity and stage assurance, with a baritone style especially suited to French opera and urbane theatrical roles.

His page is essential. Brownlee brings cultivated baritone poise with a transatlantic opera-house sheen.