Reinald Werrenrath

Reinald Werrenrath (August 7, 1883 – September 12, 1953) was an American baritone opera singer, who also recorded popular songs and appeared regularly on radio in the early decades of the twentieth century.

[3] Werrenrath made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1919, in Pagliacci, in a cast that also included Enrico Caruso.

[5] In 1932, he became a member of NBC's music staff, and in later years devoted himself mainly to teaching, predominantly at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.

He died on September 12, 1953, in Plattsburgh, New York, after suffering a heart attack while at Chazy Lake.

[1] His home on Chazy Lake, Werrenrath Camp, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Werrenrath in 1917 at his piano