Myer Lyon
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Myer Lyon, better known by his stage name Michael Leoni, was a hazzan at the Great Synagogue of London who achieved fame as a tenor opera singer in London and Dublin, and as the mentor of the singer J
Myer Lyon (Leoni) in the role of Carlos in Sheridan's The Duenna.
As Don Carlos in The Duenna, circa 1775
Hazzan
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A hazzan or chazzan is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who leads the congregation in songful Jewish prayer. In English, a hazzan is often referred to as a cantor, a term also
Myer Lyon
…Myer Lyon (c. 1750, Germany – 1797, Kingston, Jamaica), better known by his stage name Michael Leoni, was a hazzan at the Great Synagogue of London who achieved fame as a tenor opera singer in London and Dublin, and as the mentor of the singer John Braham. Myer Lyon…
Cantorial concert in the Vienna Stadttempel synagogue
Hazzan Mayer Schorr in 1902, wearing a traditional Ashkenazi Hazzan hat
Yossele Rosenblatt, widely regarded as the greatest cantor of his time, in 1923