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==Biography==
{{ external media|width=280px|audio1=You may hear Sidor Belarsky performing Judaic songs [https://rsa.fau.edu/sidor-belarsky '''Here on fau.edu'''] |audio2= You may hear Sidor Belarsky performing in [https://soundcloud.com/nationallibrary-of-israel/sets/seder-nights-with-sidor "Seder Nights with Sidor Belarsky" '''Here on soundcloud.com''']}}
Sidor Belarsky was Born to a [[Jewish]] family in [[Kryzhopil]], Ukraine.<ref>[http://www.sidorbelarsky.com/history.html Belarsky History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529043551/http://www.sidorbelarsky.com/history.html |date=2011-05-29 }}</ref> He emigrated with his wife Clarunia and daughter Isabel to the United States in February 1930<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/historyculture/this-month-in-history-february.htm National Park Service - Ellis island - This Month In History February 8-14 Sidor Belarsky enters Ellis Island in 1930 on nps.gov]</ref><ref name="google.com">[https://
Belarsky first pursued musical studies at the [[Odessa Conservatory]] and in Berlin.<ref>[http://archives.lib.byu.edu/agents/people/2213 Bringham Young University Special Collections - Biography of Sidor Belarsky on lib.byu]</ref> He later graduated from the [[St. Petersburg Conservatory|State Conservatory at Leningrad]] in 1929 and soon emerged as a soloist with the [[Kirov Opera]] company as well as a leading basso with the Leningrad State Opera Company.<ref>[https://rsa.fau.edu/sidor-belarsky Biography of Sidor Belarsky at Florida Atlantic University]</ref><ref name="archives.lib.byu.edu">[http://archives.lib.byu.edu/agents/people/2213 Brigham Young University Special Collections - Biography of Sidor Belarsky on lib.byu]</ref><ref name="PA268 p. 268">[https://
After arriving in the United States in 1930 while on a concert tour, he was invited by [[Franklin S. Harris]] to join the faculty at [[Brigham Young University]], where taught vocal music from 1930-1933.<ref name="archives.lib.byu.edu"/> He was also on the faculty at the [[University of Utah]].<ref name="yivoarchives.org">[http://www.yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=33069 YIVO Institute for Jewish Music - Biography of Sidor Belarsky on yivoarchives]</ref><ref name="archives.lib.byu.edu"/> He soon established residency in Los Angeles from 1932-1936 where he concertized with the Los Angeles Symphony at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] in productions of ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' and ''[[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugene Onegin]]''.<ref name="savethemusic.com">[https://savethemusic.com/artist/sidor-belarsky/ Savethemusic.com Biography of Sidor Belarsky]</ref><ref name="rsa.fau.edu">[https://rsa.fau.edu/sidor-belarsky Biography of Sidor Belarsky - Florida Atlantic University]</ref> While in Los Angeles he also founded the American Opera Company.<ref name="savethemusic.com"/><ref name="rsa.fau.edu"/> He later acquired a faculty position as Professor of Music at the Jewish Teachers Seminary - Herzliah Institute in New York City while continuing to concertize in Europe, the Middle East, Canada and South America.<ref name="rsa.fau.edu"/><ref name="yivoarchives.org"/>
Throughout his career, Belarsky concertized extensively in the United States as a leading basso with several operatic companies including: [[Chicago Civic Opera]], [[San Francisco Opera]], the American Opera Company of Los Angeles and the [[New York City Center]] Opera iin a production of ''[[Tosca]]'' in 1944.<ref name="archives.lib.byu.edu"/><ref name="PA268 p. 268"/> In South America, he also appeared at Teatro Municipal in Rio De Janeiro and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.<ref name="archives.lib.byu.edu"/> During the 1949-1950 concert season, Belarsky also toured extensively in South Africa and Israel performing a repertoire of Jewish folk music.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23604623 Edelman, Marsha Bryan. "Exploring the Rich Tradition of Jewish Music", ''Music Educators Journal,'' Vol 77, No. 1, (Sept. 1990) p.185 JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/23604623 Sidor Belarsky on JSTOR]</ref>[[File:Carnegie-hall-isaac-stern.jpg|thumb|upright=.70|left|[[Carnegie Hall]]]]He appeared as a concert soloist at New York City's [[Carnegie Hall]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1941/12/28/archives/jewish-songs-sung-by-sidor-belarsky-basso-cantantes-carnegie-hall.html The New York Times, December 28, 1941 p. 31 "Jewish Songs Sung by Sidor Belarsky; Basso Cantante's Carnegie Hall Program Composed Entirely of Hebrew Selections" on Google Books]</ref> in over 22 solo performances between 1931 and 1961 and also appeared with the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] under the direction of [[Arturo Toscannini]] in a performance of Beethoven's opera ''[[Fidelio]].'' <ref name="archives.lib.byu.edu"/><ref name="PA268 p. 268"/><ref>[https://
Along with many leading cantors of his time, Belarsky concertized in an effort to raise funds for the Zionist cause as the oppression of the Nazi regime in Germany accelerated in the 1930s.<ref>[https://
{{ external media|width=200px|audio1= Your may hear Sidor Belarsky with the Mischa Borr Orchestra and John Serry on the album "Songs of the Steppes" in 1947 [https://archive.org/details/78_songs-of-the-steppes_sidor-belarsky-mischa-borr-and-his-orchestra-hy-zaret_gbia8005669/06+-+DARK+NIGHT+-+Sidor+Belarsky+-+Mischa+Borr+and+his+Orchestra.flac <br/>'''Here on archive.org'''] }}
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Belarsky's recordings of Judaic folk songs were made on several labels including RCA Victor, Artistic Enterprises and Besa Records.<ref>[https://rsa.fau.edu/sidor-belarsky Recordings by Sidor Belarsky at Florida Atlantic University]</ref><ref name="soundcloud.com">[https://soundcloud.com/nationallibrary-of-israel/sets/seder-nights-with-sidor "Seder Nights with Sidor Belarsky" National Library of Israel: "Seder Nights With Sidor Belarsky" - Record album by Sidor Belarsky on soundcloud.com]</ref>
Along with [[Jan Peerce]] and [[Richard Tucker]], Sidor Belodsky has been credited with helping to keep Yiddish folk songs alive both onstage and in recordings during the 20th century.<ref>[https://
==Death==
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==Performance style==
Sidor Belarsky received critical acclaim for his performances as an operatic basso baritone. The [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] magazine noted that his performance with the Mischa Borr Orchestra exemplified a resonant, exhilarating voice within a wide tonal range which reflected a true expression of Russian folk music.<ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=WkUEAAAAMBAJ
It has also been observed that Belarsky utilized his classical training as an operatic basso to interpret Yiddhish folk songs and Jewish art music with a finely controlled approach.<ref name="schoolofmusic.ucla.edu">[https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/anthony-russell-echoes-of-sidor-belarsky/ UCLA Herb Albert School of Music Anthony Russell: Echos of Sidor Belarsky. April 20,2022 Interview by Jeremiah Lockwood with the operatic vocalist Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell at the UCLA Herb Albert School of Music on scholofmusic.ucla.edu]</ref> This seriousness of tone and classical formality differentiates his work from performances typically found in the traditional Yiddhish musical theater and the synagogue.<ref name="schoolofmusic.ucla.edu"/> His vocal warmth and musicality is said to have struck a chord with American Jews of multiple generations.<ref name="schoolofmusic.ucla.edu"/>
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