▁id ol ▁during ▁this ▁period ▁was ▁Italian ▁bar it one ▁Matt ia ▁Batt ist ini . ▁ ▁He ▁resolved ▁that ▁he ▁wanted ▁his ▁voice ▁to ▁sound ▁like ▁Batt ist ini ' s ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁concentr ated ▁effort ▁to ▁master ▁the ▁bel ▁cant o ▁singing ▁style . ▁ ▁Gor in ▁became ▁head ▁cant or ▁at ▁the ▁Leopold str asse ▁Syn agog ue ▁in ▁Vienna ▁and ▁his ▁fame ▁as ▁a ▁cant or ▁became ▁w ides p read . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁rabb is ▁who ▁heard ▁him ▁arranged ▁for ▁Gor in ▁to ▁make ▁his ▁oper atic ▁debut ▁as ▁P ing ▁in ▁a ▁Swiss ▁performance ▁of ▁Tur and ot . ▁ ▁He ▁subsequently ▁joined ▁a ▁Czech ▁opera ▁tour ing ▁company ▁and ▁finally ▁the ▁Vienna ▁Volks oper ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁ ▁His ▁roles ▁included ▁T onio , ▁Germ ont , ▁Fig aro , ▁R igo let to , ▁Ren ato , ▁Wol fram , ▁Esc amil lo ▁and ▁Val entin . ▁ ▁Success ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁as ▁an ▁opera ▁singer ▁that ▁Gor in ▁made ▁his ▁first ▁visit ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁of ▁America , ▁but ▁rather ▁as ▁a ▁cant or ▁in ▁Prov idence , ▁Rh ode ▁Island , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁Upon ▁returning ▁to ▁Austria , ▁he ▁became ▁greatly ▁dist urbed ▁at ▁the ▁reports ▁of ▁Naz i ▁p urg es ▁of ▁the ▁German - J ew ish ▁population ▁and ▁the ▁growing ▁popular ity ▁of ▁Adolf ▁Hitler , ▁and