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Viktor Ullmann
… Two years later, Ullmann received the same prize for his opera Der Sturz des Antichrist , but after serval failed attempts to debute the work in Vienna and Prague the opera was left unstaged. On September 8, 1942, Ullmann, … his opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis , scored for five singers and a thirteen-member orchestra. The premier was to …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… leader). He was a descendant of a family of cantors and singers associated with Hassidic courts in Poland, most … probably counted on the collaboration of Hans (Chanan) Schlesinger (1893-1976), a key figure in the Hebrew music section … a clear consciousness of his superiority—as one who operates in the actual “battlefield” of Hebrew music—in …
Samuel Naumbourg
… of his arrangements mimic the style of Parisian grand opera, a genre that was a pervasive force in the cultural … Cantiques de Salamon Rossi. … Composer, Synagogue singer, Musicologist, French Jewish reformer of synagogue …
Abraham Goldfaden
… to Jassy, Rumania where he came in contact with the Broder Singers, who were active in Yiddish folk song performance. … European folk and popular music, and Italian and French opera arias. Many of the songs arranged for his plays were … with simple storylines and European musical theater and operatic forms, to create a theatrical style that was easily …
Myer Leoni
… Myer Leoni began his musical career as an opera singer in England . In 1767 he took a position as cantor of … the Great Synagogue in London , but continued performing in Operas, providing they didn’t conflict with his Synagogue …
Gershon Sirota
… Kolbuss, Sirota studied music theory, vocal technique, and opera. Although Sirota excelled in his secular music … arriving in Vienna , Sirota made the acquaintance of Joseph Singer , the successor of Salomon Sulzer at the … Judge Neuberger, and the famous star of the Metropolitan Opera, Alma Gluck.' This concert cemented Sirota’s standing …
Michele Bolaffi
… director to the Duke of Cambridge; toured in Germany with singer Angelica Catalani; and was in the service if Louis … synagogue. Bolafi also composed secular music, including an opera Saul, a Misere for three voices and orchestra (1802), …
Mordekhai Hershman
… Relief Fund'. From an early age Hershman was a child singer in several synagogue choirs accompanying … 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 …
Jan Peerce
… band. In 1933, he was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure … 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 …
Richard Tucker
… to his work as Hazzan, he was a highly regarded American opera tenor. … Opera tenor and cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors … – Hazzanim,Chazzanut,Chazzan,Hazzan,Hazzanim,Cantors … Singer … Opera … Tenor … Cantor … Richard Tucker …