Barry Morell (March 30, 1927 - December 4, 2003) was an American operatic tenor particularly associated with the Italian and French repertoire.
He was born in New York City and studied at the Juilliard School with Giuseppe Danise. He made his debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the New York City Opera in 1955, and again as Pinkerton, at the Metropolitan Opera in 1958, where he was to sing regurlarly for twenty years, mostly in lyric roles such as Edgardo, Macduff, Duke of Mantua, Alfredo, Rodolfo, Faust, Hoffmann, Turridu, Lensky, Matteo.
He also sang regularly at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Opera, and in 1968, began appearing abroad, notably in Rome, Barcelona, London, Berlin, Vienna, Buenos Aires, Santiago, etc.
In the 1970s, as his voice darkened and widened, he successfully moved to heavier roles such as Riccardo, Alvaro, Enzo, Cavaradossi.
Morell retired from the stage in the mid 1980s. He died in Sandwich, Massachusetts on December 4, 2003, aged 76.