Stars of David

This CD-ROM was produced by Harold Byrnes and Mike Richter. It contains an immense wealth of singers of every categories, including many rarities. First the non tenor singers included are the following:

Irene Abendroth, soprano, Georgy Abramov, baritone, Rose Ader, soprano, Cantor Richard Allen, baritone, Gitta Alpar, soprano, Mario Ancona, baritone, Rosette Anday, alto, Raphael Arië, bass, Giuseppina Baldassare-Tedeschi, soprano, Mordechai Bauman, baritone, Lola Beeth, soprano, Sidor Belarsky, bass, Lillian Blauvelt, soprano, Margit Bokor, soprano, Hermine Bosetti, soprano, Sophie Braslau, alto, Richard Breitenfeld, baritone, Marcello Cortis, baritone, Julia Culp, alto, Natania Davrath, soprano, Leopold Demuth, baritone, Elda Di Veroli, soprano, Pauline Donalda, soprano, Irene Eisinger, soprano, Artur Eizen, bass, Elise Elizza, soprano, Dezső Ernszter, bass, Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini, soprano, Efrem Flaks, bass, Rita Fornia, mezzo, Grete Forst, soprano, Arnold Gábor, baritone, Inessa Galante, soprano, Marisa Galvany, soprano, Alma Gluck, soprano, Igor Gorin, baritone, Paolo Gorin, baritone, Henrietta Gottlieb, soprano, Reynaldo Hahn, baritone, Melitta Heim, soprano, Georg Henschel, baritone, Maria Ivogün, soprano, Josephine Jacoby, alto, Dorothy Jardon, soprano, Irene Jessner, soprano, Fritzi Jokl, soprano, Bertha Kalich, mezzo, Sabine Kalter, alto, Oskar Kamionsky, baritone, Cantor Adolf Katchko, bass-baritone, Lucy Kelston, soprano, Alexander Kipnis, bass, Marina Koshetz, soprano, Nina Koshetz, soprano, Isa Kremer, soprano, Melanie Kurt, soprano, Cantor Sophie Kurtzer, soprano, Selma Kurz, soprano, Cantor Sawel Kwartin, baritone, Edward Lankow, bass, Hulda Lashanska, soprano, Jean Lassalle, baritone, Theodor Lattermann, bass, Evelyn Lear, soprano, Andor Lendvai, baritone, Lotte Leonard, soprano, Alexej Levitskij, bass, Cantor Manfred Lewandowski, baritone, Adolf Lieban, bass, Eva Liebenberg, mezzo, Martha Lipton, alto, Emanuel List, bass, George London, bass-baritone, Eugenia Lopez-Nunes, alto, Juan Luria, baritone, Maksimilian Maksakov, baritone, Beate Malkin, soprano, Fritzi Massary, soprano, Margarete Matzenauer, mezzo, Anna Meitschik, alto, Léon Melchissedec, baritone, Robert Merrill, baritone, Ottilie Metzger, alto, Mildred Miller, mezzo, Michael Minsky, baritone, Norman Mittelman, baritone, Berta Morena, soprano, Dávid Ney, bass, Rosa Olitzka, alto, Bernardo Olshansky, baritone, Rose Pauly, soprano, Gerhard Pechner, baritone, Roberta Peters, soprano, Frantz Rabinowitz, baritone, Rosa Raisa, soprano, Marie Rappold, soprano, Heinz Rehfuss, baritone, Mark Reizen, bass, Maurice Renaud, baritone, Regina Resnik, mezzo, Gertrude Ribla, soprano, Giacomo Rimini, baritone, Cantor Henry Rosenblatt, bass-baritone, Elinor Ross, soprano, Marko Rothmüller, baritone, Cantor Moishe Rudinow, baritone, Bianca Sauler, soprano, Hermann Schey, baritone, Lotte Schöne, soprano, Friedrich Schorr, baritone, Cantor Mayer Schorr, baritone, Josef Schwarz, baritone,J Josef E. Schwarz, baritone, Vera Schwarz, soprano, Natalija Shpiller, soprano, Lev Sibiriakov, bass, Beverly Sills, soprano, Margarethe Slezak, soprano, Oda Slobodskaya, soprano, Franz Steiner, baritone, Suzanne Sten, alto, Alexander (Sándor) Svéd, baritone, Ioakim Tartakov, baritone, Jennie Tourel, mezzo, Mikhail Vavitch, baritone, Leonard Warren, baritone, Hermann Weil, baritone, Josef Winogradoff, baritone, Hilde Zadek, soprano, Benno Ziegler, baritone.

As for the tenors, the details are as follows:

  • Alberti, Werner Halévy: La Juive "Rachel quand du Seigneur " in German (1906) Kienzl: Der Evangelimann "Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden " (1906) Puccini: Tosca "E lucevan le stelle" in German
  • Alexandrovitch, Mikhail Bizanu: "Lo teida milchoma" in Hebrew live (1972) Calleja: Emigrantes "Granadinas" live (1972) Ippolitov-Ivanov: Treachery "Erekle's aria" Secunda : "Dos yiddische lied" live (1972) Tagliaferro: "Mandulinata" in Russian (1949) De Curtis: Carmé live (1972)
  • Altglass, Max Meyerbeer: L'Africaine "Ô paradis" in German Mozart: Così fan tutte "Un'aura amorosa" in German
  • Althouse, Paul Lehman: "Ah! Moon of my delight " Mussorgskij: Boris Godunov "Dmitrij! Tsarevich!" w. Margarethe Arndt-Ober in Italian
  • Arányi, Desider Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor "Verranno a te" w. Margarethe Siems in German Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana "Addio alla madre" in German Meyerbeer Les huguenots "Duet" w. Margarethe Siems in German Rossini: Guillaume Tell "Trio" w. Erich Hunold & Mathieu Frank in German Verdi: Il trovatore "Deserto sulla terra" in German
  • Baum, Kurt Liszt: "Liebestraum" in English (1941) Rossini: Guillaume Tell "Amis, amis" in Italian
  • Berger, Rudolf Meyerbeer: Prophète "Versez" (1908) in German Wagner: Lohengrin "Ansprache des Telramund" (as baritone) (1903) Wagner: Lohengrin "Nun sei bedankt" (1908) Wagner: Walküre "Siegmund heiß' ich" (1909)
  • Bloch, Max, alias Martino Brefelli Hummel: "Hallelujah" Leoncavallo: Pagliacci "Vesti la giubba" Lortzing: Undine "Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder" Schubert: "Ständchen" Wagner: Lohengrin "In fernem Land" Wagner: Rienzi "Gebet" Weber: Freischütz "Durch die Wälder"
  • Cerini, Selmar (Cantor) Dessauer: "Mach' auf" (1905) Ries: "Alt-Heidelberg, du Feine" (1905) Rossini: Barbiere di Siviglia "Ecco ridente" in German (1905) Rossini: Guillaume Tell "Asile héréditaire" in German (1905) Verdi: Aida "Celeste Aida" in German (1905)
  • Chagy, Berel (Cantor) traditional: "Mi sheoso nisim"
  • Da Costa, Albert Meyerbeer: Prophète "Pour Bertha" (1955) Verdi: Otello "Esultate" (1955)
  • Dalmorès, Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette "Ah! lêve-toi soleil " Tosti "Ninon" Verdi: Il trovatore "Ah sì, ben mio" (1904) Wagner: Lohengrin "Atmest du nicht"
  • Danto, Louis (Cantor) Durante: "Danza, danza, fanciulla " Händel: Tolomeo "Non lo dirò con labbro" Rimskij-Korsakov: Majskaja noch "Levko's aria " traditional: "Bella bocca" Russian folk song: "The peddler" (1960)
  • Davydov, Aleksandr Davydov: "I am not speaking to you" in Russian (electric) Leoncavallo: Pagliacci "Un tal gioco" in Russian Chaikovskij: Evgenij Onegin "Lenskij's aria " Verdi: Aida "Celeste Aida" in Russsian
  • Dobkin, Dmitrij Arenskij: Rafael "Serenade" in Russian Pergament: Skazka o czare Achromele "Prologue" in Russian
  • Dornay, Louis or Louis Goldsteen Leoncavallo: Pagliacci "Vesti la giubba" in Dutch Verdi: Rigoletto "La donna è mobile" in Dutch Verdi: Il trovatore "Trio" with Barbara Kemp & Emma Vilmar (1915)
  • Dovenman, Mikhail Rakhmaninov: The bells "Silver bells"
  • Fagoaga, Isidoro Wagner: Parsifal "Amfortas! Die Wunde" in Italian (1930)
  • Fehér, Pál Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann "Kleinzack " in Hungarian (1949)
  • Gafni, Miklos Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore "Una furtiva lagrima" Belarsky/Goldfaden: "A pastuch'l"
  • Gari, Giulio Strauss: Salome "Wie schön ist die Prinzessin Salome" (1958) Verdi: Aida "Celeste Aida"
  • Georgievskij, Arnold Pennino: "Pecché?" Puccini: Tosca "E lucevan le stelle" Serrano: "Jota" Grechaninov: "Over the steppe" in Russian Steinberg: "And I will caress you" in Russian acoustic traditional: "Kol nidre" traditional: "I want to be bold (?)" in Russian acoustic
  • Hershman, Mordechai (Cantor) Berditchev: "A dudele" Zilbertz: "Havdolo" acoustic Belarsky/Goldfaden: "A pastuch'l" electric
  • Ilosfalvy, Róbert Puccini: La bohème "Che gelida manina" (1970?) Puccini: Turandot "Nessun dorma" in Hungarian (1964) Puccini: Turandot "Nessun dorma" (1970?)
  • Jadlowker, Hermann Campana: "Guarda che bianca luna" w. Josef Schwarz Gounod: Roméo et Juliette "Ah! lêve-toi soleil" Mozart: Idomeneo "Fuor del mar" in German Rossini: Barbiere di Siviglia "Ecco ridente" Wagner: Rienzi "Gebet"
  • Katz, Sholom (Cantor) traditional: "El mule rachamim" (Prayer for those who perished) (1951)
  • Khromchenko, Solomon Arenskij: Rafael "Serenade" in Russian Denza: "Occhi turchini" in Russian Rakhmaninov: Aleko "Song of the Young Gypsy" in Russian (1936) Rubinstein: "A dream" in Russian (1945) Tosti "Ritorna" in Russian Krein: "Afn oichn barg" (1948) Krein: "Afn oichn barg" (rec. 1987 at 80 yrs. of age) traditional: "Bagleiten, zainen mir gegangen" (1948)
  • Kiepura, Jan Bizet: Carmen "La fleur" Marczewski: "On your lips of coral" in Polish Spoliansky: "Sweet melody of night" Stolz: "Ob blond, ob braun" Verdi: Trovatore "Di quella pira" (1939) radio
  • Kiepura, Wladysław Massenet: Manon "Ah! fuyez, douce image" in German Massenet: Manon "Le rêve" in German
  • Konigsberg, Jacob (Cantor) traditional: "Ribono shel olom" (1960) private recording/live
  • Koussevitzky, David (Cantor) traditional: "Ano avodo"
  • Koussevitzky, Moshe (Cantor) traditional: "Ad heino asorunu"
  • Kuttner, Max Thiele: Unsere Marine "Stolz weht die Flagge" (1912)
  • Lázaro, Hipólito Bellini: I puritani "A te o cara" acoustic Giordano: Andrea Chénier "Improvviso" electric Puccini: Fanciulla del West "Ch'ella mi creda" electric Sandler: "Eili, eili" in Yiddish acoustic
  • Levinsky, Ilya Glinka: "Hebrew song" in Russian (1995) Chaikovskij: "Legends" in Russian
  • Lieban, Julius Lortzing: Undine "Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder" (1906) Swedish folk song: "Der Schweinehirt" in German (1906)
  • Malamood, Herman traditional: "Kol Nidrei"
  • Mann, Jozef Moniuszko: Halka "Jontek's aria" in Polish Schillings: Mona Lisa "Love duet" w. Barbara Kemp Verdi: Otello "Ora e per sempre addio" in German Verdi: Il trovatore "Ah sì, ben mio" in German
  • Morell, Barry Puccini: Madama Butterfly "Addio fiorito asil" (1970) live Puccini: Le villi "Torna ai felici dì" Verdi: La traviata "Un dì felice" w. Victoria de los Angeles, television
  • Nadolovitch, Jean Massenet: Manon "Ah fuyez, douce image" in German Thomas: Mignon "Adieu, Mignon" in German
  • Peerce, Jan Handel: Judas Maccabaeus "Sound an alarm" (1944) live Leoncavallo: Pagliacci "Vesti la giubba" (1956) television Olshanetsky: "The rabbi's daughter" in Yiddish Rodgers: "My romance" (1936)
  • Reiss, Albert Millöcker: Gasparone "Er soll dein Herr sein"
  • Ritch, Theodore Massenet: Manon: "Le rêve" Puccini: Tosca "E lucevan le stelle"
  • Robyn, William Rumshinsky: Klige frauen "Liebe gesang" w. Lucy Finkle in Yiddish
  • Rosenblatt, Josef (Cantor) Sandler: "Eili, eili" in Yiddish electric Rosenblatt: "Yhi Rozon – Part II " acoustic
  • Rosing, Vladimir Cui: "Famine" in Russian Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre" Chaikovskij: Pikovaja dama "Prosti, nebesnoe sozdanye" acoustic traditional English ballad: "Lord Randall" acoustic
  • Rozanov, Alexander Halévy: La Juive "Rachel, quand du Seigneur" in Russian Meyerbeer: L'Africaine "Ô paradis " Ponchielli: Gioconda "Cielo e mar"
  • Schmidt, Joseph Bürger: "Zigeunerliebe" Buzzi-Peccia: "Lolita" Buzzi-Peccia: "Mal d'amore" Lehar: Land des Lächelns "Vom Apfelblüten einen Kranz" Lehar: Land des Lächelns "Wer hat die Liebe" w. Irene Eisinger Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana "Addio alla madre" in German Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana "Siciliana" in German Pergolesi: "Nina" traditional: "Prayer before Hallel" cantorial
  • Schramm, Hermann Lortzing: Undine "Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder" Wagner: Fliegender Holländer "Steuermannslied"
  • Schwarz, Paul Verdi: Trovatore "Deserto sulla terra"
  • Senius, Felix Beethoven "Adelaide" (1908) Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore "Una furtiva lagrima" (1908) Mozart: Così fan tutte "Un'aura amorosa" (1908)
  • Sergi, Arturo Strauss: Elektra "Lichter! Lichter!" with Astrid Varnay (1960)
  • Shicoff, Neil Bizet: Carmen "Finale" w. Emily Golden & Robert Cowan (1991) live Gounod: Faust "Salut, demeure" (1990) live Gounod: Roméo et Juliette "Finale act III" (1986) live Puccini: Madama Butterfly "Love duet" w. Leona Mitchell (1980)
  • Shicoff, Sidney (Cantor) traditional: "V'tov b'einecha"
  • Shlisky, Joseph (Cantor) Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles "Je crois entendre encore" in Yiddish Halevy: La Juive "Rachel, quand du Seigneur" in Yiddish traditional: "Haben yakir li" cantorial
  • Sirota, Gershon (Cantor) Meyerbeer: Les huguenots "Plus blanche" in Italian Puccini: Tosca "E lucevan le stelle" Fétis: "Pietà, Signore" electric in Hebrew Verdi: Il trovatore "Ah sì, ben mio" Weber: Euryanthe "Unter blüh'nden Mandelbäumen" in Hebrew traditional: "Ki khol pe" cantorial electric
  • Spivak, Juan Leoncavallo: Pagliacci "Un tal gioco" in German Puccini: Manon Lescaut "Tu, tu, amore" w. Maria Jeritza in German (1908) Verdi: Il trovatore "Trio" w. Juan Luria and Aline Sanden in German
  • Tauber, Richard Franz: "Im Herbst" Lehár: Giuditta "So wie um den Sonnenball " CREATOR cond. by Lehár Lehár: Land des Lächelns "Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz gesenkt" w. Vera Schwarz cond. by Lehár Love: "Das alte Lied" [whispering record] self-accompanied Puccini: Turandot "Non piangere, Liù" in German Strauss: "Ruhe, meine Seele" acoustic Verdi: Aida "Già i sacerdoti" w. Sabine Kalter in German acoustic Wagner: Meistersinger "Preislied"
  • Tucker, Richard De Curtis: "Non ti scordar di me" Geehl: "For you alone" live from Democratic National Convention (1948) Malotte: "The Lord's prayer" live from Democratic National Convention (1948) Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana "Addio alla madre" Puccini: La fanciulla del West "Or son sei mesi" Speaks: "Morning" live from Democratic National Convention (1948) Verdi: Luisa Miller "Quando le sere al placido" traditional: "L'eil boruch" cantorial
  • Vinogradov, Georgij Glinka: "Spanish serenade" in Russian Ippolitov-Ivanov: Ole the Norseman "Ole's aria" in Russian (1945) Rubinstein: Demon "Sinodal's aria" in Russian (1945) Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin "?" (must be either Ungeduld or Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust) in Russian (1950) Chaikovskij: Evgenij Onegin "Lenskij's aria" (1945)

The compilation is impressive and there is something for everybody's taste. Every singer has a short biographical information. Like Men of Empire, this is recommended.

Please go to the House of Opera website for details on how to get the CD-ROM.


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