1856 Deathy of bass Henri Etienne Derivis. Born 2 Aug 1780 Alby. Debut as Sarastro in Zauberflote (Mozart) 11 Feb 1803
Teachers, Richer, Leonard Hermann-Leon
Created Mahomet II in Siege of Corinth (Rossini)
Antigone in Olympie (Spontini)
Pontifex Maximus in Vestale (Spontini)
High Priest in Fernando Cortez (Spontini)
Alemar in Abencerages (Cherubini)
Sang in premiere of La Xacarilla (Marliani)
Macbeth (Chelard)
La Belle au Bois dormant (Carafa)
Virginie (Berton)
Aristippe (Kreutzer)
La Mort d'Adam (LeSueur)
Les Amazones (Mehul)
Vendome en Espagne (Auber).
1866 Birth of bass Henri Albers in Amsterdam. Died 12 Sep 1925
Debut as Mephistopheles in Faust (Gounod) 1889
Teacher, Jean Baptiste Faure
Pupils, Mark Raphael, Jane Laval
Created Arthus in Roi Arthus (Chausson)
Macbeth in Macbeth (Bloch)
Etranger in Etranger (D'Indy)
Sang in premiere of Lorenzaccio (Moret).
1856 Death of bass Henri Etienne Derivis.
1869 Birth of American popular music composer Kerry MILLS. d-1948.
1869 (GC, JC=20 JAN) Birth of Russian composer and violinist Julius CONUS aka Yuly Konyus, in Moscow. d-Malenki, District of Ivanov, 3 JAN 1942. 1869-1942 Russia, Moscow. Brother of Georgi, father of Sergei. Composed Violin concerto premiered in Moscow in 1898, popular in Russian repertoire. Search Julius CONUS.
1872 Birth of English contralto Clara BUTT in Southwick Sussex.
First to sing Elgar's Sea Pictures, Norwich Festival in 1899. d-North Stoke, Oxfordshire, 13 JUL 1936. CD-Dame Clara Butt: Britain's Queen of Song. Teachers, J H Blower, Jacques Bouhy, Etelka Gerster, Dan Rootham
Clara Novello Davies.
1876 Birth of soprano Lucette Korsoff in Genoa. Died 14 Feb 1955
Debut in Serva Padrona (Pergolesi) 1892
Teachers, Teresa Arkel, Frederic Boyer, Rosine Laborde
Pupils, Gina Cigna, Tadeusz Wierzbicki, Konstantin Youkovitch
Constantin Jankowitsch, Joseph Rogatschevsky
Created Orlinde in Amadis (Massenet).
1877 Birth of English composer and teacher Thomas Frederick DUNHILL in London. d-London, 13 MAR 1946. He studied under Charles Stanford and taught at the Royal College of Music. Composer of chamber works, songs, and the light opera Tantivy Towers, 1931, words by A. P. Herbert. Search Thomas Frederick DUNHILL.
1889 (31 JAN?)Death of Hungarian composer, oboist and bandmaster Joseph Gungl, at 78 in Weimar. b-Zsambek, 1810. Uncle of Johann.
1890 Birth of soprano Germaine Lubin in Paris. Died 27 Oct 1979
Debut as Antonia in Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach) 1912
Teachers, Jacques Isnardon, Lilli Lehmann, Felia Litvinne, Martini
Pupils :- Nadine Denize, Jocelyne Tailon, Rachel Yakar, Chloe Owens
Regine Crespin, Udo Reinemann, Emile Belcourt, Pierre Fleta
Created Charlotte in Maximilian (Milhaud)
Nicea in Legende of St Christopher (D'Indy)
Gina in Chartreuse de Parme (Sauguet)
Sang in premiere of Le Pays (Ropartz).
1902 Birth of Cuban composer Carlo BORBOLLA. d-1990.
1902 Death of German composer Salomon Jadassohn, at age 70, in Leipzig. b-Breslau, 1831.
1904 Enrico Caruso records his first music for Victor Records. Ten
songs, paid $4,000.
1906 Birth of French composer and conductor Pierre CAPDEVIELLE. A pupil of Vincent d' Indy and directed the chamber music orchestra of the ORTF in 1944. d-1969.
1907 Birth of Brazilian composer and conductor Mozart Camargo GUARNIERI in Tiete. d-São Paulo, 13 JAN 1993.
1907 Birth of Hungarian-Swiss composer and pianist Sandor VERESS in Kolozsvar. d-Bern, Switzerland, 4 MAR 1992.
1908 Death of baritone Dennis O'Sullivan. Born 25 Apr 1868 in San Francisco. Debut as Ferrando in Trovatore (Verdi) 25 Aug 1895
Teachers, Karl Formes, Charles Santley, Giovanni Sbriglia
William Shakespeare, Luigi Vannuccini, Ugo Talbo
Created Shamus O'Brien in Shamus O'Brien (Stanford)
Marquise of Saint-Andre in Little Corporal (Englander).
1919 Birth of soprano Philine Fischer in Leipzig. Died Jan 2001
Debut as Micaela in Carmen (Bizet) 1944
Teachers, Fritz Polster, Erna Westenberger, Else Helling-Rosenthal.
1927 Birth of tenor Flaviano Labo in Piacenza. Died 13 Feb 1991
Debut as Cavaradossi in Tosca (Puccini) 1954
Teachers, Ettore Campogalliani, Valentino Metti, Renato Pastorino.
1927 (21 FEB?)Birth of Canadian composer Pierre MERCURE. d-Avallon, France 29 JAN 1966.
1928 Birth of German-American composer Ursula MAMLOK in Berlin.
1934 Birth of baritone Andrei Fedoseyev in Tiraspol. Debut as Onegin in Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 1962
Teacher, A A Solovjova.
1935 Death of tenor Adolphe Marechal. Born 26 Sep 1867 in Liege. Debut 1891
Created Alain in Griseldis (Massenet)
Jean in Jongleur de Notre Dame (Massenet)
Julian in Louise (Charpentier)
Danielo in Reine Fiamette (Leroux)
Sang in premiere of Princess Osra (Bunning)
L'Ouragan (Bruneau)
Le Chemineau (Leroux).
1936 Birth of bass-baritone Max van Egmond in Java. Teacher, Tine van Willingen.
1940 Death of tenor Julius Lieban Tenor. Born 19 Feb 1857 in Lundenburg. Debut 1877
Teacher,Joseph Gansbacher
Pupils, Peter Cornelius, Einar Forchammer, Albert Reiss
Mafalda Salvatini
Sang in premiere Der Improvisitor(D'Albert)
Die Heirat wider Willem (Humperdinck)
Der Rastenfanger von Hameln (Nessler)
Boabdil (Moszkowski)
Ronald von Berlin (Leoncavallo).
1944 Birth of bass Aage Haugland in Copenhagen. Died 24 Dec 2000
Debut as Brewer in Comedy on Bridge (Martinu) 1968
Teachers, Kristian Riis, Mogens Woeldike
Created Jason in Freispruch fur Medea (Liebermann)
Commander in Handmaiden's Tale (Ruders)
Sang in premiere of Pergolesi Heimservice (Lorentzen).
1946 Birth of soprano Carol NEBLETT in Modesto California. Debut as Musetta in Boheme (Puccini) 1969
Teachers, Pierre Bernac, Lotte Lehmann, William Vennard.
1946 Death of tenor Jose Palet. Born 7 Jun 1877 in Martorell, Barcelona. Debut as Fernando in Favorita (Donizetti)
Teachers, Paredes, Juan Goula
Sang in premiere of Eidelberga Mia (Pacchierotti)
Marianela (Pahissa)
Anna Karenina (Robbiani).
1946 Death of soprano Tina Poli-Randaccio. Born 13 Apr 1879 in Ferrara. Debut as Amelia in Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) 1901
Teacher, Gaetano Ortisi
Pupils, Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Stella Roman,
Simone Dall'Argine
Sang in premiere of Parisina (Mascagni)
Abisso (Smeraglia)
Madama di Challant (Guarino)
Ombre di Don Giovanni(Alfano).
1947 FP of Paul Hindemith's Sinfonia Serena by the Dallas Symphony, Antal Dorati conducting.
1947 Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovitch named professor at music
conservatory of Leningrad.
1949 RCA Victor Records releases it's first small 7" plastic recording with a big hole in the center. Plays at 45rpm speed and wipes out 78 rpm single
releases in six months.
1961 Death of bass Charles Gillig. Born 29 Oct 1906 in Bischheim. Created Lejeune in Leonore 40/45 (Liebermann)
Sang in premiere of Moses und Aron (Schoenberg).
1962 Death of soprano Ida Quaiatti. Born 1887 in Trieste. Debut as Frasquita in Carmen (Bizet) 1907
Teacher, Fortunato Cantoni
Sang in premiere of Canossa (Malipiero).
1965 Death of mezzo-soprano Anna Gramegna. Born 1880 in Naples. Debut as Ulrica in Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) 1902
Created Mara in Debora e Jaele (Pizzetti)
Sang in premiere of Belfagor (Respighi)
Dafni (Mule).
1975 Death of bass Pierre Froumenty. Born 14 June 1897 in Agen. Debut as Retz in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) 4 Jul 1930
Sang in premiere of Fou (Landowski)
Virginie (Bruneau)
Bolivar (Milhaud).
1981 Death of German composer Ernst Pepping, at age 79, in Berlin. b-Duisburg, 12 SEP 1901.
1981 Death of Norwegian composer Nils Geirr Tveitt, at age 72, in Norheimsund, Oslo. b-Bergen, 19 OCT 1908.
1984 FP of John Harbison's chamber orchestra version of Mirabai Songs to poems of Mirabai, translated by Robert Bly. Mezzo-soprano Janice Felty and the Ensemble Collage, Gunther Schuller conducting at Sanders Theater in Cambridge, MA. CD-Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
1996 FP of George Walker's Lilacs for voice and orchestra. Soprano Faye Robinson and the Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa conducting. Won the Pulitzer Prize for music. CD-Lilacs: The Music of George Walker.
1999 Death of mezzo-soprano Joann Grillo. Born 14 May 1936 in New York. Debut as Gertrude in Louise (Charpentier) 1962
Teachers, Samuel Margolis, Marinka Gurewich, Anton Guadagno
Clemens Kaiser-Breme.
2001 Death of Dutch composer Willem Strietman in Amstelveen. b-Amsterdam, 1918.
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