NEW CD SONG AND PRAYER
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NEW BOOK CHASSIDIC ECSTASY IN MUSIC
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Pressestimmen:

Teodor  Popovic, Novi Sad, Serbia 7.3.2007
Shmuel Barzilai has a rich tenor voice, lirico-spinto, ideal for tenor roles in Puccini’s Operas, technically excellent and well balanced at all stops. With pleasant appearance, charming and musically gifted, Barzilai moves free and naturally on stage. Barzilai has the undisputed quality for a successful career as opera or operetta singer....

Austria, Hohenems,  “Vorarlberger Nachrichten” 18.10.2004
The audience came to a highlight when Shmuel Barzilai, Chief Cantor of Vienna’s Jewish Community, (and successor of Salomon Sulzer) asked to join him to sing a lovely song of peace....

Austria, Vienna, “Die Presse” 16.2.2003
In the “Theater Akzent” the jewish entertainment music offered a powerful sign of life with Shmuel Barzilai. Vienna’s Chief Cantor Shmuel Barzilai, a lyrical Tenor, easily passed over the boarder between liturgical coloratura and entertainment art....

Poland, Slowo Polskie 27.5.2000
Barzilai is magnificant. Barzilai sings indeed in the synagogue but he could make an appearance on any world stage, singing jewish as well as neapolitan, greek songs, traditional or rock music, as well as opera arias. Barzilai is master of interpretation....

Poland, Gazeta 27-28.5.2000
The Chief Cantor of Vienna’s Jewish Community, Shmuel Barzilai, gave a concert on Thursday. The audience rewarded him with standing ovations. This time one of the best cantors of the world was on stage. The expressive performances of the viennese soloist and the creative coloratura of his voice harmonized wunderful with the ensemble....

Israel, Jerusalem Post 15.2.2000
...Jerusalem born Shmuel Barzilai, Vienna’s Chief Cantor, sang a true cantorial style, with a beautiful lyric tenor, sometimes squeezed into a tighter rhythmic frame than the usually heard in the improvisatory melos of the synagogue.....