Sidi L'vovna Tal' (russian: Сиди Львовна Таль) or Sidy Thal (born yi, Sorele Birkental ''(Сореле Биркенталь)'' on 8 September 1912 – died 17 August 1983) was a prominent, popular

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singer and actress in the Yiddish language, born in

Czernowitz Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the ...

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(now

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). She worked in

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and in the

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. She and her husband, Pinkus Falik (producer of

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), encouraged and helped the start of the career of the Ukrainian pop singer

Sofia Rotaru Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (born 7 August 1947), known as Sofia Rotaru ( uk, Софія Михайлівна Ротару ; russian: link=no, Софи́я Миха́йловна Рота́ру; ro, Sofia Rotaru), is a former Ukrainia ...

. Sidi Tal worked at the

Chernivtsi Philharmonic Chernivtsi Philharmonic Hall (from Ukrainian, literally: Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic - ''Чернівецька обласна філармонія'') is part of the network of state philharmonic halls in Ukraine located in the central part o ...

until the late 1970s, singing and performing comical, dramatic, and satiric scenes, monologues, and sketches. She also worked with young non-Jewish actors in the Philharmonic, teaching them movement and staging. Some of her students later became superstars of the Soviet popular stage. Throughout her career at the Philharmonic, Sidi Tal and her group toured all over the country and traveled to

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and Romania. Her repertoire included works of such Chernivtsi authors as

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and Motl Saktsier. The music to some of the songs she sang was written by Chernivtsi composers Leibu Levin and Leonid Zatulovskiy.

References

External links

* Asya Vaisman
Sidi Tal and Yiddish Culture in Czernowitz in the 1940s-1980s
* Moisei Goikhberg

1912 births 1983 deaths Bukovina Jews Jewish actresses Jewish singers Actors from Chernivtsi Soviet women singers Soviet Jews Yiddish-language singers Yiddish theatre performers 20th-century Ukrainian actresses Jewish Ukrainian musicians Jewish Ukrainian actors Musicians from Chernivtsi {{Ukraine-singer-stub