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Mordekhai Hershman
… comparable to those showered on the greatest starts of the opera and concert stage, including quotations from critics … on the other Shabbatot. In concert he often sang operatic arias and appeared as soloist, twice, with the …
Jacques Offenbach
… acclaim, particularly in Vienna, where his romantic opera Die Rheinnixen was performed at the Hofoper Theater … his efforts were focused on finishing the score for his opera Les contes d’Hoffmann. Offenbach died in October of …
Jan Peerce
… recognition as a gifted performer of classical songs and operatic arias. He made his operatic debut in May of 1938 in Philadelphia as the Duke of … Symphony Orchestra. This engagement catapulted Peerce’s operatic career, and in 1941 he landed the leading tenor …
Richard Tucker
… to his work as Hazzan, he was a highly regarded American opera tenor. … Opera tenor and cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors … … Singer … Opera … Tenor … Cantor … Richard Tucker …
Joseph Shlisky
… were typic. To showcase his vocal versatility, he performed operatic arias from a variety of schools—Italian, Russian, … Shlisky was signed up to appear with the San Carlo Opera Company but, like many other outstanding hazzanim. …
Isadore Freed
… he was commissioned by the Harrt Foundation to write the opera, “The Princess and the Vagabond,” which was premiered on May 13, 1948 by the Foundation's Opera Department. In the early years of Freed’s tenure …
Hans Krása
… lessons for him with the concertmaster of the German opera house in Prague . Krása’s father, a prosperous Czech … Erde ist des Herrn . In 1932, Krása also finished his first opera, Verlobung im Traum (Betrothal in a Dream), based on … , for which he received a Czechoslovak State Prize. The opera premiered on Prague Radio in March 1933, and then …
Rafael Schächter
… graduating, Schächter formed a successful Chamber Music Opera, and was a sought after vocal coach. Schächter arrived … to organizing choral activities, Schächter produced several Operas for performance in Terezín, including Smetana's The … Terezín; he performed in many recitals of lied, songs, and operatic excerpts. He also offered private lessons to …
Mordekhai Zeira
… his childhood, Zeira listened to classical music in both Operas that he went to with his mother, and through his … song, the duo sat in 'Mo'adon Hameltsarim' Café that was operated by H ezkel. The time was two in the morning, and …
Yosef Hadar
… Yafa and his father Yehiel were both members of the Israeli Opera under Golinkin, and of the Tel Aviv Choir under Joel Engel . Hadar absorbed both classical/operatic repertoire and contemporary Israeli repertoire from … Independence he participated in the Battle of Latrun and in Operation Hiram, as well as serving as a culture officer and …