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Franceschina Becker Verdi Stern Fritzi Jokl Richard Tucker Robert Merrill Jan Peerce Sidor Belarsky Judith Raskin Mozart Rachmaninov Hutchinson Rabinovich 1866 1908 1912 1931 1938 2007 2008
FRANCESCHINA PREVOSTI (1866 Livorno - 1938 Camogli) was a famous Italian soprano who was celebrated as one of the greatest Violettas of her day and as such admired by Verdi himself. Her career which lasted until 1912 took her all over Europe and to Mexico. After 1912 she became a voice teacher in Berlin where she taught at the Stern'sches Conservatory. It was there that Mascha Benya studied with her. Another student was the soprano Beate Malkin. MASCHA BENYA (born Lithuania 15 October 1908 / Died NY-Queens 4 November 2007) Mascha Benya was a lyrical soprano whose operatic career was cut short because of the horrors of World War II. Born Mascha Benyakonsky she originated from Virbalis and headed off to Berlin in 1931 to study at the then renowned "Stern'sches" conservatory where she was a student of the legendary Franceschina Prevosti. The advent of Hitler made a career impossible save for appearances at the Jewish Cultural League. Here she sang the lead parts in Don Pasquale (alternating with Fritzi Jokl), Rigoletto and Si j'étais Roi besides appearing in concerts and recitals. After the Kristalnacht she left Germany and managed to get to the States. She still wanted to continue and pursue a career in opera and the classical field. Yet as in the cases of Fritzi Jokl and Gitta Alpar this was quasi impossible due to the amount of competition in the lyrical-coloratura range amongst other factors. As the Holocaust took her entire family away from her she took it as an incentive to devote her career to the music of her people. A busy concert career developed in which she appeared along such other celebrities as Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Jan Peerce, Moshe Koussevitksy and Sidor Belarsky to name but a few. As an expert in all matters Yiddish she later coached (Judith Raskin amongst others) in the interpretation of Yiddish music in which she had established herself as one of the greatest authorities worldwide. Thanks to Barry Serota of Chicago a great part of her recorded legacy has been preserved. Several cassettes and an LP were issued by Musique Internationale and Artistic Enterprises issued a record of her radio b'casts with Sidor Belarsky on WEVD. The Serota productions include mainly Yiddish song repertoire but also Mozart, Rachmaninov and Hutchinson. Jewish life in Eastern Europe is no more. Yet the melodies of old were thus preserved by Mascha Benya and her contribution to Jewish artistic song is enormous and should not be underestimated. Her vocal delivery had great artistry wedded to a superb singing instrument. Her tone, enunciation and interpretation were all that one could wish for. She never attempted to overpower the listener with decibels. Rather she used the sheer beauty of tone, sincerity and artistry in her interpretation. Critic Israel Rabinovich wrote about her "Mascha Benya is a singer with great taste and deep feeling. She demonstrates pathos and solemnity in her serious songs, while her lighter humorous songs are playful and charming. Her warmth touches the listener's heart." Mascha Benya had just celebrated her 99th birthday. She died at her home on Sunday November 4th 2007 and will be sorely missed. You can listen to an acetate disc of Mascha Benya sining 'Vaylu' a song by Itzik Manger. ROSALIE BECKER was an American soprano who tragically died much too young from breast cancer in 2008. She was married to the tenor Franck Hagendorf. Rosalie had quite an important concert career and specialised in Yiddish songs. She recorded and sang for Radio France .She was a student of Mascha Benya. Rosalie Becker sings a Viglied.
Sidor Belarsky Arturo Toscanini Beethoven 1900 1944 1975
Сидор Беларский (Исидор Лифшиц) 1900 - 1975 Ария Рокко Опера "Фиделио" Бетховен Дир.- Артуро Тосканини 1944 Sidor Belarsky - Rocco Fidelio Beethoven "Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben" NBC Orchestra & Chorus Dir.- Arturo Toscanini 1944
Sidor Belarsky Arturo Toscanini Fritz Busch Goldsmith Garner Einstein Chicago Civic Opera San Francisco Opera American Opera Company Teatro Colon Carnegie Hall 1898 1930 1931 1961 1975
Sidor Belarsky, master singer of the Jewish people, was born Isidor Livshitz in Kryzhopol, Ukraine, 1898. He graduated from the State Conservatory in Leningrad, and soon became a leading basso at the Leningrad State Opera Company. In his song recitals from coast to coast and as a soloist with eminent conductors such as Arturo Toscanini, Fritz Busch, Arturo Rodzinksi, his success was overwhelming. In opera, as well, Sidor Belarsky, was triumphantly received. He was leading basso of The Chicago Civic Opera Company, the San Francisco Opera Company, The American Opera Company Of Los Angeles, the New York City Center Company, Teatro Municipal in Rio De Janeiro and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. One of his many concerts in Moscow was attended by a large group of American visitors, including, Dr. Franklin S. Harris, President of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Dr. Harris, impressed with the power and beauty of Belarsky's voice, asked him to join his faculty as professor of music. On February 8, 1930, Belarsky finally arrived in New York on the Aquitania with his wife Clarunia and his only child, Isabel, age 9. For his daughter, Isabel, he wrote the song "Ven Ich Volt Geven A Shnaider". In this song a young man sings to his tiny daughter, "If I were a tailor, I would sew a regal gown for you. If I were a goldsmith, I would make a beautiful golden wedding ring for you. If I were a garner, I would plant the prettiest flowers for you. Being only a singer, I will sing my songs of love to you." His daughter has made it her life's mission to preserve her father's name and music since his death in 1975, making sure that her father's work including this great tribute would not be forgotten. "My father's uncle had a turkey business in Utah and arranged for him to come and teach singing at Brigham Young University," says his daughter Isabel, who now lives in Brooklyn's "Little Russia" neighborhood of Brighton Beach. "He sang opera in San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York," Isabel continues. "Then Toscanini heard him and he sang Fidelio on NBC Radio." He also performed with other eminent conductors and orchestras throughout the world, and gave over 22 solo concerts at Carnegie Hall between 1931 and 1961. After singing at an event where Albert Einstein was the guest speaker, Einstein insisted that Belarsky sing at all his speaking engagements. "They became great friends and Einstein took him everywhere," says Isabel. "Little by little he sang the Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian Jewish songs that he knew from childhood, and he became very popular with the Jewish community." Isabel Belarsky's apartment overlooking the Atlantic Ocean is filled with her father's recordings, photographs and other memorabilia. At this time, however, she's most proud of an expanding file of press clippings that make mention of her father's contribution to A Serious Man. She gives the Coens complete credit for choosing her father's music. "They opened a new life for me," she says, her eyes moistening. "Nobody really picked up on it like they did—from that one song. To me it's a miracle!"
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