1857 Birth of American bass David Bispham in Philadelphia. Died 2 Oct 1921, Debut as Duke in Basoche (Messager) Nov 1891 Teachers:- Edward Giles, Giovanni Lamperti, Albert Randegger William Shakespeare, Luigi Vannuccini Pupils :- Nelson Eddy, Reinald Werrenrath Created Benedict in Much Ado About Nothing (Stanford) William in Harold (Cowen) Sang in premiere of Paoletta (Floridia).
1868 Birth of American bariton and coach Oscar Saenger in Brooklyn, N Y. Died 20 Apr 1926, Teachers:- Jacques Bouhy Pupils :- Paul Althouse, Rudolf Berger, Curtis, Bernice de Pasquali, Mabel Garrison, Orville Harrold, Allen Hinckley, Kathleen Howard Josephine Jacoby, Mary Jordan, Queena Mario, Leon Rains Marie Rappold, Lila P Robeson, Henry Scott, Warrum Joseph Regneas, Joseph Bernstein, Florence Hinkle, Elsie Baker Riccardo Martin, Sara Anderson.
1872 Birth of tenor Otakar Marak in Ostrihom, Hungary. Died 2 July 1939, Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1 Feb 1899 Teachers:- O Parsova-Zikesova, Zikes Created Gennaro in Jewels of Madonna (Wolf-Ferrari). Recitar! - Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci).
1873 Birth of tenor Karl Jorn in Riga, Latvia. Died 19 Dec 1947, Debut as Lionel in Martha (Flotow) 1896 Teachers:- Elizabeth Jacobs, Johannes Ress, Schutte-Harmsen, Lohse Eugen Robert Weiss.
1875 Birth of English baritone and coach Alberto Garcia in London. Died 10 Aug 1946, Teachers:- Bataille, Bucine, Gustave Garcia(father), Pauline Viardot-Garcia Pupils :- Keith Falkner, Leon Lishner, Oscar Natzke, Sameul Rabin Grace Mary Ball.
1881 Birth of Russian composer Nicolai ROSLAVETZ. d-23 AUG 1944. He is known as the Russian Schoenberg as he used his own system of 'Synthetic chords'.
1891 Death of American soprano Emma Abbott. Born 9 Dec 1850 in Chicago. Debut as Marie in Figlia del Reggimento (Donizetti) 2 May 1876 Teachers:- Seth Abbott(father), Enrico Delle Sedie, Achille Errani Mathilde Marchesi, Antonio Sangiovanni,Pier-Francoise Wartel.
1894 Birth of tenor Gaston Micheletti in Tavaco, Corsica. Died 20 May 1959, Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1922 Teachers:- Jacques Isnardon, Leon Melchissedec Sang in premiere of Joueur de Viole (Laparra) Chevalier de Mauleon (Fournier) Savati le Terrible (Bousquet) Angelo (Bruneau).
1904 Birth of mezzo-soprano Marie Pixova in Prague. Debut as Puck in Oberon (Weber) 9 Oct 1929
1915 Birth of Uta Graf Soprano Born 5 Jan 1915 Dusseldorf Died 17 Feb 1995 Debut 1938 Teachers:- Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Ria Ginster Pupils :- Barbara Blanchard. The Bartered Bride: Act III.
1915 Death of mezzo-soprano Jeanne Gerville-Reache. Born 26 Mar 1882, Orthez France. Debut as Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) 20 Dec 1849 Teachers:- Jean Criticos, Rosine Laborde, Pauline Viardot-Garcia Created Genevieve in Pelleas et Melisande (Debussy) Katherine in Juif Polonaise (Erlanger). Search Jeanne Gerville-Reache.
1924 Birth of American soprano Doris Jung in Centralia, Illinois. Debut as Vitellia in Clemenza di Tito (Mozart) 1955 Teachers:- Winifred Cecil, Julius Cohen, Luise Helletsgraber, Emma Zador.
1929 Birth of Italian conductor and composer Romulus FRANCESCHINI.
1932 Birth of tenor Franco Ghitti in Brescia. Debut 1959 Teachers:- Vladimiro Badiali, Giovanni Inghelleri, Domenico Malatesta Barra Caracciolo Gennaro Sang in premiere of Pozzo e il Pendolo (Bettinelli).
1954 Birth of mezzo-soprano Janine Roebuck in Barnsley. Debut as Manja in Countess Maritza (Kalman) 1984 Teachers:- Frederic Cox, Regine Crespin, Edgar Evans, David Harper Nicholas Powell. Something Wonderful.
1970 Death of Catalan-born British composer Roberto Gerhard, at age 73, in Cambridge, England. b-Valls, Catalonia, Spain, 25 SEP 1896. Search Roberto Gerhard.
1974 Death of baritone Wolfgang Anheisser. Born 1 Dec 1929 in Koln. Debut as Nardo in Finta Giardinieri (Mozart) 1961 Teacher :- Karl Schmitt-Walter Sang in premiere of De Temporum fine comoedia (Orff).
1976 Death of French composer Georges Mignot in Levallois, suburban Paris. b-Paris, 27 FEB 1891.
1984 Death of Spanish tenor Tino Folgar. Born 21 Jan 1892 in Barcelona. Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1923 Teacher :- Esteban Pasqual.
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