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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.〔(Cantor Louis Danto Bel Canto )〕 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. ==Biography== Hersh Leib Marczuk (later Louis Danto) was born in Suwałki, a town in eastern Poland.〔(Cantor remembered for musical talent and giving nature, Canadian Jewish News )〕 As a child, he sang at his synagogue and performed as an alto soloist in the choirs of Jacob Berman and David Moshe Steinberg. During the 1939 partition of Poland by Nazi Germany and the USSR, his family moved eastward into Belarus in the Soviet zone. Soon afterwards, he won first prize with a Hebrew song in a children's singing competition in Baranovich, Belarus. During the competition, the Nazis invaded his city and murdered his entire family. Louis was fortunate enough to escape to Minsk. There he studied voice and cello at the local conservatory from 1939-1941. When Germany invaded Russia, Danto was moved once more this time with a group of other talented children deep into Russia where he continued his musical studies. After the war, Danto moved to Rome to study voice with L. Samoshi. He caught the attention of world-renowned singers Beniamino Gigli and Tito Schipa, who heralded him as a major discovery in the tradition of the great bel canto tenors. Danto went on to New York to study with Dr. Puegell. Before his arrival in the United States in 1950 he performed in Russia and Italy. In the following years his repertoire expanded to include Italian, French and Russian Opera, and Yiddish songs.〔(The greatest cantorial voices of all times )〕 In 1954, Danto married Ada, with whom he had two daughters, Annette and Denise. After Ada's death, he married Rouhama, a native of Jerusalem, in 1969. They had a son, David.〔(Cantor remembered for musical talent and giving nature, Canadian Jewish News )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis Danto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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