1618 Death of Italian singer and composer Giulio Caccini in Florence. b-Tivoli, 1545. Teacher :- Giovanni Animuccia, Scipione Delle Pane Pupils :- Giovanni Magli, Francesco Rasi, Settimia Caccini (daughter) Francesca Caccini (daughter). Search: Giulio Caccini
1826 Death of tenor and composer Benedikt Emanuel Schack, at 68. Born 7 Feb 1758 Mirotice Died 10 Dec 1826 Debut in Frascatana (Paisiello) 1786 Teacher :- Carl Frieberth Created Tamino in Zauberflote (Mozart).
1899 Death of Austrian baritone Hans Feodor Von Milde. Born 13 April 1821 in Petronell. Debut 1845 Teachers:- Manuel Garcia Jnr, Franz Hauser Created Telramund in Lohengrin (Wagner).
1901 Birth of Scottish soprano Noel Eadie in Paisley. d- 11 Apr 1950, Debut as Woglinde in Ring (Wagner) Teacher :- Esta D'Argo.
1908 FP of Alexander Scriabin's Symphony No. 4 Poem of Ecstacy. Also on program, with Russian Symphony Orchestra, violinist Mischa Elman making his debut playing Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, in NYC. CD-Scriabin: Symphonies 2, 3 and 4 (Poem of Ecstasy)
1909 Birth of Czech baritone Otakar Kraus in Prague. Died 28 July 1980, Debut as Amonasro in Aida (Verdi) 1935 Teachers:- Fernando Carpi, Konrad Wallerstein Pupils :- Marco Bakker, Matthew Best, Roger Bryson, Ian Caddy Ian Comboy, Elisabeth Connell, Stafford Dean, Christian Du Plessis, Roderick Earle, Clifford Grant David Hillman, Gwynne Howell, Neil Howlett, Anthony James Roderick Kennedy, Malcolm King, John Kitchiner Michael Langdon, Robert Lloyd, Lois McDonall, Barry Mora Geoffrey Moses, Terence Sharpe, John Rawnsley Donald Stephenson, Jonathan Summers, John Tomlinson Norman Welsby, Peter Coleman Wright, Christopher Lackner Created Nick Shadow in Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) King Fisher in Midsummer Marriage (Tippett) Sheriff in Martin's Lie (Menotti) Tarquinius in Rape of Lucretia (Britten).
1910 Death of composer Pablo Hernandez Salces, at 76. b-25 JAN 1834.
1910 FP of Puccini's opera Girl of the Golden West, at the MET in NYC with Toscanini conducting and Caruso, Destinn and Amato. CD-Puccini: La fanciulla del West
1913 Birth of American composer Morton GOULD in Richmond Hill, NY. Also a pianist, conductor and ASCAP president. d-Orlando, FL 21 FEB 1996. Search Morton GOULD
1918 First appearance in America by S. Prokofiev. Played his Second Piano Concerto with Russian Symphony Orchestra, in NYC.
1919 Birth of Italian baritone Sesto Bruscantini in Civitanova. Debut as Colline in La Boheme (Puccini) 8 Aug 1946 Teacher :- Luigi Ricci Pupils :- Alfonso Antoniozzi, Giampero Ruggeri.
1921 Death of Hungarian composer Viktor Jacobi, at 38 in NYC, USAmerica. b-Budapest, Hungary, 1883.
1922 Birth of Bulgarian tenor Dimiter Uzunov in Stara Zagori, Bulgaria. Died 11 Dec 1985, Debut as Werther in Werther (Massenet) 1947 Teachers:- L Prokopova, Christo Brambarov.
1922 Birth of American composer and professor emeritus and former dean of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Allen Dwight SAPP. d-Kenwood, Cincinnati, OH 4 JAN 1999. Obit.
1928 Birth of Ameican mezzo-soprano Vera Little in Memphis. Debut as Preziosilla in Forza Del Destino (Verdi) 1950 Created Beroe in Bassarids (Henze) Begonia in Junge Lord (Henze).
1930 Death of English bass-baritone Robert Watkin-Mills. Born 5 Mar 1856 in Gloucester. Debut 1885 Teacher :- Edwin Holland.
1938 Birth of English bass-baritone Michael Rippon in Coventry. Teacher :- Ralph Meanley Created Merlin in Lancelot (Hamilton) Blazes in Lighthouse (Maxwell Davies) Antipholus of Ephesus in Errors (Wilson-Dickson) Sang in premiere of Martyrdom of St Magnus (Maxwell Davies).
1950 FP of B.A. Zimmermann's Violin Concerto, in Baden-Baden, Germany.
1952 Birth of American soprano Julianne BAIRD in Stateville NC Debut in Pastor Fido (Handel) 1980 Teachers:- Walter Berry, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Maksak Ono Toribara. Search Julianne BAIRD.
1952 Birth of French mezzo-soprano Martine Dupuy in Marseilles. Debut as Eurydice in Carneval de Venise (Campra).
1959 Birth of Russian composer Zlata RAZDOLINA in St. Petersburg.
1959 Death of Italian baritone Giovanni Inghilleri. Born 9 Mar 1894 in Porto Empedocle. Debut as Valentin in Faust (Gounod) 1919 Pupils :- John Dobson, Franco Ghitti, Victoria Godfrey Created Demogorgon in Donna Serpente (Casella) Giulio Cesare in Giulio Cesare (Malipiero).
1959 Debut at MET Opera of Christa Ludwig in Marriage of Figaro.
1963 FP of Bernstein's Symphony No. 3 Kaddish at Frederic Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv. Israel Philharmonic and choirs conducted by the composer, speaker Hannah Rovina and mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel. CD-Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish".
1987 Death of Russian-American violinist Jascha Heifetz, at age 86, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. b-Vilnius, Lithuania, part of Russia, 2 FEB 1901. Search Jascha Heifetz.
1994 Death of Dutch pianist and music director George G. F. van Renesse, at 85. b-21 FEB 1909.
2012 Death of Swiss soprano Lisa DELLA CASA Debut as Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 1941 Teacher, Margarete Haeser Created Frauliein Burstner/ Leni/ Girl in Prozess (Von Einem) Sang in premiere of Die Schwarze Spinne (Burkhard W) Tic Tac (Burkhard P). CD-Strauss: Four last Songs, Arabella / Della Casa.
d-10 Dec 2012. OBIT. b-Bern, Switzerland 2 Feb 1919.
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