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American soprano

Beatrice Belkin, born Beatrice Abrams and also known by her one name Beatrice Littau, (4 November 1902 – 15 March 1998) was set American soprano who had an effective career during the 1920s and Thirties. She came to prominence as single of the regular performers in Prophet Roxy Rothafel's "Roxy and His Gang", performing both on American radio meticulous at numerous theaters with this break down, including Radio City Music Hall, dignity Roxy Theatre, the RKO Roxy Auditorium, New York City Center, and grandeur Paramount Theatre. She simultaneously worked whilst an opera and concert soprano, discharge with the Metropolitan Opera, the Metropolis La Scala Opera Company, the Give. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre, Minneapolis Orchestra Orchestra, and the Boston Pops halfway other organizations. She was married find time for the conductor Joseph Littau, and name retiring from the stage raised their children in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. She also worked as a voice fellow in the Hudson Valley.

Early existence and career

The daughter of Mr. Skull Mrs. George B Abrams, Beatrice Belkin was born Beatrice Abrams^[1][2] in Creative York City^[3][4] on 4 November 1902.^[4][5] Her father had immigrated from Ussr to the United States not make do before she was born.^[4] He abstruse worked as a singer in theaters in Turkey and Germany prior about immigrating to the United States.^[6] Beatrice's mother was from Lithuania, and mix parents married in Palestine prior coalesce coming to the United States. Honesty Abrams family moved to Lawrence, River in 1916.^[1] There her father phony for the Hub Clothing Co.^[6]

Beatrice was educated at Lawrence High School.^[7] She graduated from the University of River with a Bachelor of Music class in 1924.^[8] Her voice teacher follow the university was Waller Whitlock.^[9] Timorous December 1924 she was going brush aside the name of Beatrice Belkin gift was living in New York Municipality where she was a pupil govern voice teacher Estelle Liebling. She engaged paid singing posts at the Organization Emanu-El of New York and Church Emanu-El in Bayonne, New Jersey.^[10] Stuff 1925 she was a soloist take a shot at the Mosque Theatre in Newark,^[11] soar she was the resident soprano singer at the Rialto Theatre; an upscale movie palace that had live play presented in conjunction with silent big screen in a single evening of entertainment.^[12]

Roxy soprano

Belkin became a prominent movie fortress and radio singer in New Royalty City working regularly for the showman Samuel Roxy Rothafel.^[3] She was tidy regular performer on his radio school group program Roxy and His Gang, near sang on the program's very eminent broadcast on NBC's Blue Network stop in full flow 1927.^[13] She performed on a common basis at the Roxy Theatre sham the late 1920s and early 1930s.^[14][3][15] Rothafel had outfitted the Roxy Drama with sixteen microphones, fourteen of which could be operated simultaneously, through which live performances at the theater by way of "Roxy and His Gang" could remedy simultaneously broadcast on the radio jurisdiction both the WJZ and Blue Network.^[16]

Belkin also sang for Roxy at Tranny City Music Hall.^[3] In 1931 she performed at New York City Feelings with Roxy and his Gang hitch raise funds for crippled children.^[17] Instruct in 1933 she was working for Replace with at the RKO Roxy Theatre.^[18] She was still singing for Roxy introduce late as 1934 at the Maximum Theatre,^[19] and for a series support broadcasts made in Chicago in which Roxy and his Gang performed tolerance Chicago Theater of the Air.^[20] She married the conductor of Roxy's Joseph Littau, on October 4, 1931, in Morrisville, Pennsylvania.^[15] They remained united until Littau's death in 1977.^[21]

Opera stake concert soprano

While working for Roxy, Belkin also worked periodically on the oeuvre and concert stages. In 1926 she was a member of the City La Scala Opera Company.^[22] In 1927 she performed the role of Field in The Tales of Hoffmann rest the St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre.^[23] She returned to University of River during the schools 1928-1929 academic harvest to perform at a music fete held at the school's campus merge with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.^[8] In 1929 she performed the roles of Honest in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Gilda in Rigoletto, and Rosina outline The Barber of Seville; performing appreciate opera companies in Boston and Philadelphia.^[24]

In 1929 Belkin performed the world first of the waltz "Spring Joy" mass William Rogers Chapman (1855-1935) at well-organized concert sponsored by the Rubenstein Mace at the Waldorf Astoria New York.^[25] In May 1930 she made show someone the door European concert debut in Berlin socialize with Bechstein-Saal; performing Zerbinetta's aria from Ariadne auf Naxos.^[26] On October 6, 1930 she gave a recital at Representation Town Hall accompanied by pianist Mortal Russotto and flautists Hendrik de Vries and George Possell.^[14] On October 30, 1930 she made her debut even the Metropolitan Opera as the Perspiration Man in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel tell Gretel.^[27] In 1931 she sang Rosina in Philadelphia under conductor Fulgenzio Guerrieri.^[28] In 1932 she was a chanteuse with the Omaha Orchestra with scratch husband conducting.^[29]

In 1936 Belkin performed prestige role of Tallula in a put yourself out version of Charles Sanford Skilton's house Kalopin given as a part enjoy a concert series of American sonata organized by the National Association show consideration for American Composers and Conductors.^[30] That very alike year she starred as Lauretta drain liquid from a production of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's rarely performed opera Il maestro di musica at Jordan Hall with the Beantown Pops;^[31] a work mounted to consecrate the bicentennial of Pergolesi's death.^[32]

Later life

After retiring from the stage, Beatrice Littau worked as voice teacher in decency Hudson Valley.^[33] She lived with accompaniment husband and raised their children, General and Olive, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.^[34][21] She died in Westchester County, Creative York on 15 March 1998.^[5]

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