Leo Monosson (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Лев Исаакович Моносзон, lit. Lev Isaakovich Monoisson) (1897–1967) was a

tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...

singer born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, who found fame in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

in the years 1928-1933. He spoke eleven languages and produced over 1400 records, one of his best-known being ''"Liebling, mein Herz lässt dich grüßen"'' with the Ben Berlin Orchestra. He was also an actor, appearing in films such as the musical '' The Three From the Filling Station''. As a

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

, he had to leave Germany in 1933, moving first to France and then the United States. In New York, he started a new career as a stamp trader.

References

Leo Monosson returns... with his true history!

Cabaret-Berlin

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(German)
''Liebling, mein Herz lässt dich grüßen''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monosson, Leo 1897 births 1967 deaths Musicians from Moscow Russian Jews Russian tenors Weimar culture 20th-century German male singers 20th-century Russian male singers Soviet emigrants to Germany