Robert Leonhardt

Austrian baritone (born 1877 in Linz, Austria – died 1923 in New York, NY, USA) Leonhardt sang opera in Linz, Prague, Brno, and Vienna, specializing in Wagnerian roles. In late 1913, he joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York. As an enemy alien, he was dropped from the Met in April 1918, but allowed to return by 1920. In February 1923, he died of an illness. Between 1900 and 1922, Leonhardt recorded widely for both European and American labels.