1724 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 81 Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? performed on the 4th Sunday following Epiphany was part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1723-24.
1735 FP of Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 14 Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit performed on the 4th Sunday following Epiphany, in Leipzig.
1766 Death of mezzo-soprano Susanna Cibber. Born Feb 1714 in London. Died 30 Jan 1766
Debut as Amalie in Amelie (Lampe)
Teacher, Thomas Arne (brother)
Created Micah in Samson (Handel)
Lichas in Hercules (Handel).
1833 Birth of soprano Marie Wilt in Vienna. Died 24 Sep 1891
Debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1865
Teachers, Desiree Artot de Padilla, Joseph Gausbacher, Wolf
Pupil, Alfred Oberlander
Created Sulamith in Queen of Sheba (Goldmark).
1841 Birth of baritone Giuseppe Del Puente in Naples. Died 25 May 1900
Pupil, Joseph Carl Breil.
1847 Birth of tenor Joseph Maas in Dartford. Died 16 Jan 1886
Debut as Phassilis in Babil & Bijou (Herve / Clay)
Teachers, Mme Bodda-Pyne, J L Hopkins, Antonio San Giovanni.
1874 Death of soprano Adelaide Comelli-Rubini. Born 1798 in Paris. Teacher, Davide Banderali
Created Aline in Alina Regina di Golconda (Donizetti)
Metilde in Gianni di Calais (Donizetti)
Nina in Giovedi Grasso (Donizetti)
Cocismano in Italici e Gl'Indiani (M E Carafa)
Edita in Talismano (Pacini)
Anaide in Anacreonte in Samo (Mercadante)
Indatir in Sciti (Mercadante)
Clementina in Abate Dell'Epee (G Mosca)
Sang in premiere of La Sposa Indiana (Generali).
1876 Birth of bass-baritone Emil Stiebel in Stockholm. Died 15 Jul 1950
Debut 1902
Teachers, Julius Gunther, Gillis Bratt
Sang in premiere Domedagsprofeterna (Peterson-Berger)
Resa till Amerika (Rosenberg)
Judith (Berg N)
Marionetter (Rosenberger)
Singoalla (De Frumerie).
1879 Birth of soprano Jeanne Hatto in St Amour, France. Died Mar 1958
Debut as Brunehild in Sigurd (Reyer)
Sang in premiere of Barbares (Saint-Saens)
Astarte(Leroux)
Roi Arthus (Chausson)
La Voila du Bonheur (Pons).
1885 Birth of tenor Valentin Sindler in Cholina. Died 21 Jan 1957
Debut as Hoffmann in Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) 6 Jan 1909
Teachers, Adolf Robinson
Pupil, Vladimir Jedenactik.
1893 FP of Johannes Brahms's Fantasies for piano Nos. 1-3, from Op. 117; Intermezzo No. 2, from Op. 117, in Vienna. CD-Wilhelm Kempff.
1895 ('97?) Birth of bass-baritone Georg Hann in Vienna. Died 9 Dec 1950
Debut 1927
Teacher, Theodor Lierhammer
Created Sergeant in Friedenstag (Strauss)
La Roche in Capriccio (Strauss)
Sang in premiere of Lucedia (Giannini).
1897 Death of German composer Karl Gramman in Dresden. b-Lubeck, 3 JUN 1844.
1897 Death of bass Mikhail Koryakin. Born 31 Mar 1850 in Kochtka. Debut 1878
Teacher, Alexandra Alexandrova-Kochetov
Created Thibault in Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky)
Konchak in Prince Igor (Borodin)
Bermate in Snow Maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Kitschiga in Zauberin (Tchaikovsky)
Sang in premiere of Pique Dame (Tchaikovsky).
1916 Birth of soprano Rina Gigli in Naples. Died 22 Aug 2000
Debut as Suzel in Amico Fritz (Mascagni) 1936
Teacher, Beniamino Gigli
Sang in premiere of Jura (Gabriel).
1916 Death of baritone William Samuell. Born 1885 in Swansea. Debut as Dapertutto in Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) 1911
Teacher, Frederick King.
1919 Death of baritone Friedrich Weidemann. Born 1 Jan 1871 in Ratzeberg. Debut 1896
Teachers, Wilhelm Vilmar, Conrad Muschler
San in premiere of Der Musikant (Bittner).
1921 FP of Carl Nielsen's incidental music to The Mother in Copenhagen.
1924 Birth of mezzo-soprano Helen Vanni in Davenport, Iowa. Debut as Page in Rigoletto 1956
Teachers, Marinka Gurewich, Martin Rich, Edyth Walker
Pupil, Dolora Zajick.
1934 Death of tenor Louis Morrison. Born 11 May 1888 in Antwerp. Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1 Oct 1909
Teacher, Edmond Delit, Desire Pauwels, Edgar Tinel
Created Bassiono in Shylock (Alpeartz).
1939 Death of tenor Giuseppe Radaelli. Born 1885. Debut as Enzo in Gioconda (Ponchielli) 1915
Teacher, Vincenzo Manni
Sang in premiere of Grazia (Richetti)
Ivania (Pizzi).
1940 Birth of American composer David Carl JOHNSON.
1954 Birth of counter-tenor Jochem Kowalski in Wachow. Teacher, Marianne Fischer-Kupfer
Created Creon in Freispruch fur Medea (Liebermann)
Farinelli in Farinelli (Matthus)
Sang in premiere of Antigonae (Katzer).
1954 Death of tenor Ferdinando Ciniselli. Born 14 Mar 1893 in Mortara. Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1919
Pupil, Primo Zambruno
Created Renato in Via della Finestra (Zandonai).
1959 Death of mezzo-soprano Therese Schnabel-Behr. Born 14 Sep 1876 Teachers, Etelka Gerster, Julius Stockhausen, Schulz-Dornburg
Franz Wullner
Pupils, Signe Rappe, Maria Stader, Peter Pears, Lotte Leonard.
1960 Birth of soprano Yvonne Barclay in Ayrshire. Debut as 1st Boy in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1983
Teachers, Dell'Acqua, Neilson Taylor
Created Woman in Panic (Sawer)
Aphrodite / Cow 1 in Judgement of Paris (Woolrich).
1960 Birth of baritone Gerald Finlay in Montreal, Canada. Debut as Figaro in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1986
Teachers, Gary Relyea, John York Skinner, Lyndon van der Pump
Created Harry Heegan in Silver Tassle (Turnage)
Mr Fox in Fantastic Mister Fox (Picker).
1968 Death of soprano Gladys Axman Taylor. Born 1895 in Boston. Debut in Oiseau Bleu (Wolff) 27 Dec 1917.
1969 Death of tenor Giovanni Martinelli. Born 22 Oct 1880 in Padua. Debut as Ernani in Ernani (Verdi) 29 Dec 1910
Teacher, Giuseppe Mandolini
Pupils, David Thaw, Jack Harrold, Carol Fox
Created Don Fernando in Goyescas (Granados)
Lefebvre in Madame Sans Gene (Giordano)
Sang in premiere of Melenis (Zandonai)
Mori di Valenzia (Ponchielli).
1969 Death of soprano Fritzi Massary. Born 31 Mar 1882 in Vienna. Sang in premiere of Perlen der Cleopatra (O Straus)
Letzte Walzer (O Straus)
Tanz um die Liebe (O Straus)
Teresina (O Straus)
Konigen (O Straus)
Frau die Weiss was sie Will (O Straus)
Liebe Augusten (Fall)
Kaiserin (Fall)
Spanische Nachtigall (Fall)
Madame Pompadour (Fall).
1969 Birth of Canadian composer Keith DENNING in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
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