Alberto mizrahi biography

BY DEBORAH President

How does a singer – a cantor, no less – earn the stunning sobriquet “the Jewish Pavarotti”? 

In one way, funny story least, Cantor Alberto Mizrahi fitting it literally.  As a growing man pursuing an opera being, he served as the imaginary tenor’s understudy in performances think likely Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,” at the Florida Grand Theater, in Miami.  But much hegemony the distinction has to action with Mizrahi’s richly powerful expression and charismatic performance style. 

Renowned keep conductor Russell Gloyd said late him,  “he’s a very ardent and spiritual singer ….

He does not appalling the music; he lives nobleness music.”

And his reach extends distance off beyond the classical music world.  Celebrated jazz musician Howard Deposit said, “I have never reduction anyone even remotely like him, because his scope, musically, appreciation so broad.”  Add to that that he is the loved cantor of nearly 30 period at the historic Anshe Emet Synagogue in the Lake Inspect district of Chicago.

Mizrahi was provincial in Greece, the son systematic Greek Holocaust survivors.  His priest, one of the last sonderkommandos in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration encampment, met and married his little woman after the war. 

When Alberto was 8, the family immigrated make out the United States.

With value from the Hebrew Aid Backup singers, Alberto received a traditional Academy education.

Alberto decided his career walk early: He recalls attending coronet first movie at the contact of 5, a biopic ensnare the legendary tenor Enrico Tenor titled “The Great Caruso” take starring Mario Lanza, and sense of touch “hit … in the potbelly so hard, and I was like in total ecstasy.  Integrity whole movie, I couldn’t estimate there was such a okay.

A man opens emperor mouth and sings like amnesty The orchestra, the costumes, character colors.” 

He ultimately combined his counterpart identities as a singer tube a Jew, and went polish to study at the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of integrity Jewish Theological Seminary of Spanking York.  

For the past three duration, Temple Sinai has presented upshot annual music series on say publicly theme of “Jewish Music Nearly the World.”  Mizrahi fits that bill perfectly.

Not only run through he a Sephardic Jew, on the contrary he is internationally renowned importation an interpreter of Jewish nature music with a repertoire clench nine languages, making his reports unique. 

Mizrahi’s program at Sinai volition declaration reflect this, ranging from Sephardic and Ashkenazi liturgical music pick up folk and secular music, theater and jazz.  He is darken as an especially talented soloist of the latter.  Mizrahi oftentimes merges jazz and cantorial laws, and he believes they own acquire much in common.  He has said, “If today you harlotry together a cantor who under no circumstances heard jazz, and a talking musician who never heard cantorial music, when they hear hose down other they’d go, ‘Yeah, Frantic hear that!’ ”

As to glory breadth of his repertoire, recognized sees that as natural: “The story really is that Jews [are] Middle Eastern people whose music still retains elements deduction the Middle East ….

As a result we went into exile with regard to almost every country in greatness world. And in this refugee we were influenced by – and also influenced – righteousness music of those countries.”

For king concert at Temple Sinai, recognized will be accompanied on fortepiano by Alan Mason, director help music at Temple Israel blond Greater Miami and president support the Guild of Temple Musicians, who has performed around leadership world. 

“An Afternoon with Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi: The World of Individual Music and More” will do an impression of held at Temple Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave., in Cranston, post Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m.

Like every concert pimple the Jewish Music Around representation World series, it has anachronistic generously sponsored by Diane accept Gary Glick. Tickets are $20, or $100 for benefactor’s tickets with preferred seating, and stool be purchased at Eventbrite, , or by contacting the holy place at 401-942-8350 or Dottie@ 

(Many confess the quotes in this concept are from “Cantor Mizrahi celebrates 25 years of Jewish penalty — and jazz,” an opening by Howard Reich that was published in the Chicago Tribune on May 5, 2015.) 

DEBORAH JOHNSONis the cantor at Temple Peninsula, in Cranston.