Leonard Warren (1911-1960) was an American baritone, one of the great Verdi singers of the twentieth century. He was a central figure at the Metropolitan Opera.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Mascagni/Leoncavallo repertory, often alongside Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov and other major Met artists.

Warren’s singing combined bronze tone, breadth and Verdian authority, with a line that could sound both noble and dangerous.

His page is essential. Warren gives the opera shelf a baritone column big enough to hold up the Met’s roof.