1772 Birth of Viennese music patron Prince Josef LOBKOWITZ in Roudnice nad Labem. Supported Beethoven who dedicated the Triple Concerto, the Eroica and fifth Symphony to the prince. d-Trcaron, ebo Ncaron, 15 Dec 1816.
1783 The Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London. To become the Royal Opera House.
1811 Death of Geramn composer Ignaz Spangler, at 54.
1820 Birth of German conductor, violinist and pianist Karl Anton ECKERT in Pottsdam. d-Berlin, 14 OCT 1879.
1823 Death of German composer Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, at 79.
1825 Birth of Danish soprano Malvina Garrigues in Copenhagen. Died 8 Feb 1904, Debut in Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer) 1841 Teacher :- Manuel Garcia Jnr Pupils :- Heinrich Gudehus, Rosalie Miller.
1849 Birth of German-American music publisher Carl FISCHER in Buttstadt. d- NYC 14 FEB 1923. Search FISCHER.
1857 Birth of composer Nicola van WESTERHOUT.
1858 Birth of music patron Carl STOECKEL in New Haven, CT. Sponsored Litchfield County festivals and build the music shed at Norfolk, CT. d-Norfolk, CT 1 NOV 1925. Carl Stoeckel - Pamphlet
1865 Birth of American soprano Sybil SANDERSON in Sacramento. Noted for wide vocal range. d-Paris, 15 MAY 1903. Debut as Manon in Manon (Massenet) 1888 Teachers:- Mathilde Marchesi, Jules Massenet, Giovanni Sbriglia, Anne De La Grange Created Thais in Thais (Massenet) Esclarmonde in Esclarmonde (Massenet) Phryne in Phyrne (Saint-Saens).
1871 Death of French bass Nicolas-Prosper Levasseur. Born 9 Mar 1791 in Bresles. Debut as Pasha in Caravane da Cairo (Gretry) 1813 Teacher :- Pierre-Jean Garat Pupil :- Leonard Hermann-Leon Created Zacharias in Prophete (Meyerbeer) Don Alvaro in Viaggo a Reims (Rossini) Carlo Belmonte in Margherita D'Anjou (Meyerbeer) Balthazar in Favorita (Donizetti) Marcel in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Cardinal Brogni in Juive (Halevy) Bertram in Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer) Walter Furst in William Tell (Rossini) Tutor in Comte Ory (Rossini) Dom Juan di Silva in Dom Sebastien de Portugal (Donizetti).
1879 [Groves 1980 edition] Birth of Bohemian-born American operetta composer Rudolf FRIML, in Prague. (Charles) Rudolf (Pseudonym Roderich Freeman). d-Los Angeles, CA 12 NOV 1972. 1879? Birth of Bohemian-American operetta composer is disputed, see below in this entry: Rudolf FRIML (Frimel) in Prague. d-Los Angeles, 12 NOV 1972. Search Amazon.com for Rudolf FRIML[NOTE two separate sources have Rudolph Friml as born on 7 Dec. The year, though, seems to be in dispute: Wikipedia lists 1879 while IMDb lists 1884.
Looking at some other links, it appears consensus puts the year as 1879.]
1879 FP of Hector Berlioz opera La Prise de Troie 'The Capture of Troy', Acts 1 & 2 of Les Troyens 'The Trojans', posthumously at the Théatre du Châtelet; in Paris.
1887 Birth of Austrian-American composer and pianist Ernst TOCH in Vienna. In Hollywood from 1937. d-Los Angeles, 1 OCT 1964. Search TOCH
1903 FP of the first Irish opera with Gaelic words, Muirgheis, in Dublin. Composer O'Brien Butler Whitehall, died in the sinking of the 'Lusitania'.
1906 Birth of German soprano Elisabeth HONGEN in Gevelsburg. Debut as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Verdi) 1933 Teachers:- Hermann Weissenborn, Ludwig Horth Created Bebett in Julietta (Erbse) Sang in premiere of Zauberinsel (Sutermeister).
1935 Birth of American bass Richard Cross in Faribault, Minnesota. Debut as Donato in Maria Golovin (Menotti) 1958 (World Premiere) Pupils :- Jonathan Hays, Ding Gao, John Kramar, Jochen Schmeckenbecher Created Postman in Scarf (Hoiby) Amery Dexter in Minutes to Midnight (Ward) De Hoffman in Madame Adare (Silverman) Jaggers in Miss Havisham's Fire (Argento) Mikhail Mikhailovitch in Natalia Petrovna (Hoiby).
1936 Birth of Yugoslavian soprano Breda Kalef in Belgrade. Debut as Mercedes in Carmen (Bizet) 1960 Teacher :- Maria Carbone, Zlata Gjungenac.
1937 Death of German pianist Adele Aus Der OHE in Berlin. b-Hanover, 11 DEC 1864.
1939 FP of William Walton's violin concerto, Artur Rodzinski conducting, Jascha Heifetz soloist with Cleveland Orchestra. CD-Barber/Walton/Bloch: Violin Concertos
1941 Death of composer Cecil Forsythe, at 71, in NYC.
1944 Death of German baritone Julius Von Raatz-Brockmann. Born 29 April 1870 in Hambourg. Pupils :- Paul Kotter, Hans Hermann Nissen Arno Schellenberg, Else Schurhoff. Der Nöck
1945 Birth of Mexican pianist and teacher Graciela Agudelo MURGUIA in Mexico City.
1948 Birth of American baritone Frederick Burchinal in Wichita. Teachers:- H John Lennon, Daniel Ferro, Joshua Hecht Created Gamba in Lord Byron (Thomson) Henri Gatz in Great Gatsby (Harbison).
1948 Death of composer Godfrey Turner, at 35.
1949 Birth of American computer music composer John BISCHOFF.
1950 Birth of American mezzo-soprano Kathleen KUHLMANN inSan Francisco Debut as Maddalena in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1979.
1960 Death of American mezzo-soprano Lila Robeson. Born 1880 in Cleveland. Debut as Ortrud in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1911 Teachers:- C S Burnham, S C Ford, Isadore Luckstone, Oscar Saenger Pupils :- Grace Hoffmann, Thelma Votipka, Kathryn Nussbaum.
1962 Death of Soprano Kirsten Flagstad in Oslo, age 67. See the Kirsten Flagstad Museum . Debut as Nuri in Tiefland (D'Albert) Teachers:- Gillis Bratt, Ellen Schytte-Jacobsen, Albert Westwang Inge Isene Pupils :- Nina Carina, Kari Lovaas. Search Flagstad
1965 Birth of composer Carlyle SHARPE in Brownsville, TX.
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