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Louis Danto (born 2 May 1929, Suwałki , Poland) is a lyric tenor and cantor who has won acclaim across the world for his concert appearances and recordings of Italian, Russian, and French opera repertoire, as well as in the Yiddish (Jewish) and cantorial music of which he is one of the world's leading exponents. He performed extensively throughout North America, Europe and Israel, and has recorded 24 solo albums for RCA , DaCamera, Musical Heritage Society, and Cadenza. Numerous contemporary composers have written for, and dedicated their works to Louis Danto.1 He became recognized for the "rare beauty and purity of his voice, its mastery, power and control, and for his breathtaking emotional expressivity." After a performance at Carnegie Hall , Alan Rich of the New York Times wrote, "a voice of great beauty, clear and true — breathtaking, radiant, as though from another world." George Jellinek , broadcaster and music critic for Stereo Review magazine (USA), wrote of Louis Danto: "No other tenor under contract to a major U.S. opera company today can duplicate such technique and overall control." He became cantor at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda synagogue ( Toronto , Canada) in 1973 until his retirement in 1998. An avid collector and scholar, in 2005, he donated one of the world's largest and most important historical collections of Jewish music – rare sheet music, recordings, and books – to Beth Emeth synagogue.2
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Louis Harry Danto (May 2, 1929 - July 23, 2010) was a lyric tenor and cantor .He was acclaimed for his cantorial music, concert appearances and recordings of Italian, Russian, and French opera repertoire.Danto performed throughout North America, Europe and Israel, and recorded 24 solo albums. Danto was recognized for the "rare beauty and purity of his voice, its mastery, power and control, and for his breathtaking emotional expressivity." After a performance at Carnegie Hall , Alan Rich of the New York Times wrote, "a voice of great beauty, clear and true — breathtaking, radiant, as though from another world." George Jellinek , broadcaster and music critic for Stereo Review magazine (USA), wrote of Louis Danto: "No other tenor under contract to a major U.S. opera company today can duplicate such technique and overall control." Danto served as cantor at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda synagogue ( Toronto , Canada) from 1973 until his retirement in 1998. In 2005, he donated his historical collection of Jewish sheet music, recordings and books to the synagogue.
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Louis Harry Danto (May 2, 1929 - July 23, 2010) was a lyric tenor and cantor . He was acclaimed for his cantorial music, concert appearances and recordings of Italian, Russian, and French opera repertoire. Danto performed throughout North America, Europe and Israel, and recorded 24 solo albums. Danto was recognized for the "rare beauty and purity of his voice, its mastery, power and control, and for his breathtaking emotional expressivity." After a performance at Carnegie Hall , Alan Rich of the New York Times wrote, "a voice of great beauty, clear and true — breathtaking, radiant, as though from another world." George Jellinek , broadcaster and music critic for Stereo Review magazine (USA), wrote of Louis Danto: "No other tenor under contract to a major U.S. opera company today can duplicate such technique and overall control." Danto served as cantor at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda synagogue ( Toronto, Ontario , Canada) from 1973 until his retirement in 1998. In 2005, he donated his historical collection of Jewish sheet music, recordings and books to the synagogue.
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lyric tenor and cantor
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