In addition to their heavyweight Wagnerian cousins, there was a plethora of baritones with more lyrical voices active in Germany and Austria during the period between the outbreak of WW1 in 1914 and the end of WW2 in 1945. Among them were , Heinrich Schlusnus, Herbert Janssen, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Karl Schmitt-Walter and Gerhard Hüsch. Their abundant inter-war Italian counterparts included, among others, Carlo Galeffi, Giuseppe Danise, Enrico Molinari, Umberto Urbano, Cesare Formichi, Luigi Montesanto, Apollo Granforte, Benvenuto Franci, Renato Zanelli (who switched to tenor roles in 1924), Mario Basiola, Giovanni Inghilleri, Carlo Morelli (the Chilean-born younger brother of Renato Zanelli) and Carlo Tagliabue, who retired as late as 1958.
In addition to their heavyweight Wagnerian cousins there was a plethora of baritones with more lyrical voices active in Germany and Austria during the period between the outbreak of WW1 in 1914 and the end of WW2 in 1945 Among them were  Heinrich Schlusnus Herbert Janssen Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender Karl Schmitt-Walter and Gerhard Hüsch Their abundant inter-war Italian counterparts included among others Carlo Galeffi Giuseppe Danise Enrico Molinari Umberto Urbano Cesare Formichi Luigi Montesanto Apollo Granforte Benvenuto Franci Renato Zanelli (who switched to tenor roles in 1924) Mario Basiola Giovanni Inghilleri Carlo Morelli (the Chilean-born younger brother of Renato Zanelli) and Carlo Tagliabue who retired as late as 1958