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Metropolitan Star
30 Jewish Operatic Stars
on Metropolitan's Roster
Lechner came to America in
1937, a victim of Hitler's poli-
tics. He was engaged at once
as cantor by the Central Syna-
gogue in New York where he
attracted much attention. His
appearances as a soloist with
the Philharmonic Orchestra in
Boston and in New York soon
won a name for him as a
gifted singer.
Included Are Jan Pearce, Kurt Baum
and Brooklyn's Own Regina Resnick
very beginning, Jewish singing
maestros often filled the most
EVEN IN THE VERY early important roles in the opera.
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days of their existence as
people, the musical art among PRODUCED COMPOSERS
Jews held a prominent place. It
BUT JEWISH CONTRIBU-
developed and passed as a TIONS to the development and
treasured heritage from genera- colossal success of the opera
tion to generation.
were not confined only to sup-
There are at present about 30 plying talented singers. They
Jewish artists in the Metropol- also gave the opera immortal
itan Opera alone. More, many composers. We need only men-
more, artists are affiliated with tion the names of Mendelssohn,
her companies or find expres- Meyerbeer, Bizet, Halevy, Ru-
n for their part at concerts binstein and Bloch, whose great
in various operatic theatres. musical works were presented
successfully for many years on
Jewish artists were among the the opera stages of all civilized
first to show great interest in people, many of which are re-
the opera, as early as 100 years vived from time to time.
ago. And even a little less than
Jews also lent financial sup-
300 years ago, , when renowned port to opera in all countries,
musicians, Italians and others, just as they did to other musical
met, in the home of Giovanni enterprises. Even the "Aryan"
Bardi in Florence to experiment Richard Wagner, who became
with the production . of opera, Hitler's god, because of his re-
Jews. had . already shown deep pudiation, in his later years, of
interest in this form of art.
Jewish contributions to world
Many lowish artists .trans- music, was supported generously
planted the religious choral mu- by Taussig, a Jew, when he first
sic of their people into opera began to organize his renowned
and in this ..alone their con- annual musical Beyrouth festi-
tribution is significant..-From.the vals. 'Taussig gave the trentend-
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FAMILY OF CANTORS
TO THE GENRE of profes-
sional cantors might also be
added Friedrich Schorr, who for
a long time held a prominent
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artists of the famed opera com-
pany. Schorr hails from a fam-
ily of renowned cantors. His
father, Meier Schorr, was chief
cantor of the large Polish Syn-
agogue in Vienna. His uncle,
Baruch Schorr was the Chief
Cantor of Lemberg and one of
the best known of his day.
Kurt Baum, one of the young-
est, but already recognized and
successful artists of the Metro-
politan, also comes from a fam-
ily of cantors. His father, an
orthodox Jew, was a cantor in
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AMONG THE ' PROMINENT
Jewish artists in the Metropoli-
tan, there are certainly some in
whose tone experienced listeners
and observers discover Jewish
sentiment. We hold this to be
especially true of the two broth-
ers-in-Iaw Jan Pearce and
Eugene Tucker, whose orthodox
Jewish background has imbued
them with the feeling for Jewish
trouble and affliction from their
very childhood.
Does this then reduce their
great talent or does it rather
lend grace and poise to their
voices? Ask the true profes-
sional, the true connoisseur of
music and you will be told that
it is that very Jewish sentiment
which enhances their artistic
ability.
Another professional cantor,
who attained success on the stage
of the Metropolitan Company
before Tucker is Friedrich Lech-
ner, a German refugee. Lechner
was born of religious Jewish
parents in Stettin, a German
port city on the Baltic Sea.
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