我歌飞扬 Ein Lied geht um die Welt

Few tenors of his era evoked as much affection as Joseph Schmidt, the tiny tenor who in spite of his diminuitive stature, became a beloved figure in both German opera and cinema. Born in 1904 in the small Romanian provincial town of Davidende, his first vocal training was as a classic Hebrew singer in the local synagogue in Cernowitz. At twenty he was sent to Berlin where he st...