Richard Mohr

Richard Mohr (June 13, 1919 in Springfield, Ohio – November 23, 2002 in West Milford, New Jersey) was one of RCA Victor’s most prominent producers of classical and operatic music recordings from 1943 through 1977.

His producing credits included [1] recording the casts of the world premieres of Samuel Barber's Vanessa and Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, as well as the first LP recordings of Ernani, Luisa Miller and Lucrezia Borgia and three versions each of Rigoletto, Aida, La Traviata and Il Trovatore.

The recorded legacy he left behind contains more than 80 complete opera recordings, including the landmark, La Bohème with Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Bjoerling, conducted by Thomas Beecham.

Other operas featured many of the glorious voices of the era including Leontyne Price, Montserrat Caballé, Martina Arroyo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ruggero Raimondi, Leonard Warren, Risë Stevens, Licia Albanese, Robert Merrill, Roberta Peters, Zinka Milanov, Jan Peerce, Richard Tucker, Fernando Corena, Nan Merriman, Renata Scotto, Rosalind Elias, Shirley Verrett, Anna Moffo, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Carlo Bergonzi, Alfredo Kraus, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Flagello, Gabriel Bacquier, Nicolai Gedda, Giuseppe di Stefano, Cesare Valletti, Judith Blegen and Mirella Freni.

Writing of Mohr, Martin Bernheimer, former music critic of the Los Angeles Times, said: [2] "He had a great eye and ear for talent and for putting important people together for projects that had lasting value to the music lover.