Neil Shicoff

Neil Shicoff is a widely-known American tenor. He has a strong, sweet lyric voice and an intensely dramatic stage presence. His father was Sidney Shicoff, one of the most famous cantors in New York. Neil first sang in public at a wedding in his father's synagogue when he was eight, but severe panic attacks led him to stop making such appearances. When he was fourteen, yelling at the umpire at a New York Mets baseball game, Neil realized how strong his voice was when the ump yelled back at him to shut up. He started taking lessons with his father, who died two years later. Ne...