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Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… of Tal’s over 100 works are orchestral and stage works (operas, oratorios). Only a dozen of his works that he … stage works. Tal composed extensively for the stage - 18 operas, oratorios, cantatas and dramas – mostly based on … with librettist Israel Eliraz for five of his eight operas, written between 1957 and 1995: Ashmedai, Massada …
Michele Bolaffi
… synagogue. Bolafi also composed secular music, including an opera Saul, a Misere for three voices and orchestra (1802), …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… producing a corpus of 70 orchestral works and several Operas, including The Merchant of Venice (1961). In the last …
Mikhail Gnesin
… distinguished work from his “Jewish” period includes: the operas, The Youth of Abraham (1921-23) and The Maccabees …
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 …