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Georgi Belev (Bulgarian: Георги Белев) (April 13, 1908 – February 16, 1966) was a Bulgarian opera singer. He was born on 13 April 1908 in Tsaribrod, Bulgaria (today Dimitrovgrad in Serbia).
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In 1934 he took private vocal lessons from Sabcho Sabev. In 1942 he left for Salzburg to study with Moratti with Boris Christoff. In 1937 he sang at the Co-operative Theater in Sofia. His debut with the Sofia Opera in 1938 was Alfredo in Traviata. From 1938 to 1942 he was a leading soloist with the Sofia Opera. In 1942 he was invited as guest soloist by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. While performing there until 1944 he did many tours throughout Germany and Austria. In 1944 he returned to the Sofia Opera and sang many of the important tenor roles until 1954. Between 1954–56 he appeared with the Stara Zagora Opera. International appearances took him to Romania, Poland, Yugoslavia and the USSR. In addition to the roles of Manrico, Don Jose, Alfredo and Cavaradossi, he was very successful as a cantata and oratorio soloist.
