1619 Birth of Italian composer and singer Barbara STROZZI in Venice. d-Venice, c.1665.
1765 FP of HASSE: "Romolo ed Ersilia" Innsbruck (1765).
1810 Birth of Giorgio Ronconi Baritone
Born 6 Aug 1810 Milan Died 8 Jan 1890
Debut as Valdeburgo in Straniera (Bellini) 1831
Teachers:- Domenico Ronconi (father)
Pupils :- Catherine Hayes, Ferdinand Sieber, Lorenzo Abrunedo
Created Nabucco in Nabucco (Verdi)
Don Pedro in Maria Padilla (Donizetti)
Cardenio in Furioso all'Isola di San Domingo (Donizetti)
Torquato Tasso in Torquato Tasso (Donizetti)
Enrico in Campanello di Notte (Donizetti)
Nello in Pia di Tolomei (Donizetti)
Corrado di Waldorff in Maria Rudenz (Donizetti)
Enrico of Chevreuse in Maria di Rohan (Donizetti)
Memmo in Francesca Donato (Donizetti)
1816 Death of Carl Frieberth Tenor
Born 7 Jun 1736 Wullersdorf Austria Died 6 Aug 1816
Pupil :- Benedikt Schack
Sang in premiere of Infedelta Delusa (Haydn) 1773
1848 Death of Nicola Vaccai Composer / Teacher of Singing
Born 15 Mar 1790 Tolentino Died 6 Aug 1848
Pupils :- Marianna Barbieri-Nini, Eliza Biscaccianti
Sang in premiere in Pietro il Grande (Vaccai)
1860 Birth of FRONTINI: Francesco Paolo (com/opera) (1860-1939) It. b. Catania,
Aug. 6, 1860; d. Catania, July 28, 1939:
1873 Birth of American composer Mary Louise CARR in Memphis, TN. d-Inglewood, CA 9 JAN 1957.
1876 Birth of Bok, Mary Louise Curtis (Patroness of music) (1876-1970) U.S. b.
Boston, Aug. 6, 1876; d. Philadelphia, Jan. 4. 1970; Established in
Philadelphia the Curtis Inst. of Music (1943), she married Efrem
Zimbalist (violinist/com/opera) (1889-1985) Russ-born/U.S. cit.
1886 Birth of American composer Edward BALLANTINE. d-1971. Taught Walter Piston. Works list.
1888 Birth of Schlusnus, Heinrich (b) (1888-1952) Ger. (64) b. Braubach, Aug. 6,
1888; d. Frankfurt, June 18, 1952. Debut as Herald in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1915
Teacher :- Louis Bachner
Pupil :- Kurt Gerster
1889 Birth of Berthon, Mireille (s) b. Aug. 6, 1889; d-16 Jan 1955
Debut as Thais in Thais (Massenet) 1917
Teachers:- Louise Grand-Jean, Hettich, Angelica Pandolfini, Albert Saleza
1891 Death of French composer and pianist Henry Charles Litolff in Colombes. b-London, 6 FEB 1818.
1892 Death of Benedetto Rosamunda Pisaroni Mezzo-Soprano
Born 16 May 1793 Piacenza Died 6 Aug 1892
Debut in Rosa Bianca (Mayr) 1811
Teachers:- Lodovico Marchesi, Moschini, Gasparo Pacchiarotti, Pino
Giovanni Battista Vellutti
Created Romilda in Romilda e Costanza (Meyerbeer)
Almanzor in Esule di Granata (Meyerbeer)
Malcolm in Donna del Lago (Rossini)
Andromache in Ermione (Rossini)
Zomira in Ricciardo e Zoraide (Rossini)
Lotario in Eufemio di Messina (Carafa)
Adolfo in Sonnambula (Carafa)
Lauso in Antigona e Lauso (Pacini)
Serse in Temistocle (Pacini)
Dejanira in Apoteosi D'Ercole (Mercadante)
Argire in Amici di Saracusa (Mercadante)
Sang in premiere of Romito di Provenza (Generali)
Nozze di Lammermoor (Carafa)
1892 Death of Hans Heinz Teacher / Teacher of Singing
Born 1904 Vienna Died 6 Aug 1892
Pupils :- Richard Cassily, Clamma Dale, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Leo Goeke
Gwendolyn Killebrew, John Sandor, Arthur Thompson, Alan Titus
Tatiana Troyanos, Patricia Wells, Rosalind Elias, Evelyn Mandac
Shakeh Vartenissian, Sheri Greenawald
1902 Birth of Klose, Margarete (m/s) (1902-1968) Ger. (66) b. Berlin, Aug. 6,
1902; d. Berlin, Dec. 14, 1968: She studied in Berlin, her debut was as the gypsy girl
[Manja] Gräfin Maritza, Ulm (1927); Klose was engaged by the
operawher she sang an astonishing variety of roles, including
operetta. Mannheim 1928-31; she sang the big mezzo and contralto
roles; Berlin [Azucena]. (1931-49); CG, 1935, 1937; San Francisco.
(1953). In 1936, she made her début at the Bayreuth
Festival where she sang all the great roles of her vocal category.
She also sang the Italian repertoire [Eboli, Amneris, Ulrica]. In
1961, she made her farewell appearance and started giving vocal
tuition. She held master classes every summer in the Salzburg
Mozarteum.
1905 Birth of Allers, Franz (con/opera) (90) b. 1905; d. Jan. 26, 1995: MET:
Début: Nov. 30, 1963, Die Fledermaus, 9 seasons (1963-69, 70-72, 75-
76) 72 perf., 7 works.
1911 Birth of Mascherini, Enzo (b) (1911-1981) It. (70) b. Florence, Aug. 6, 1911;
d. July 29, 1981: MET: Début: Dec. 7, 1949 [Marcello] La Bohème,
1season (1949-50) 7 perf., 5 works.
1914 Birth of Peter, Albrecht (bs) Ger. Nuremberg. Sang in premiere of Sim Tjong (Yun Isang)
1922 Death of Virginia Boccabadati Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 29 Apr 1828 Died 6 Aug 1922
Debut as Linda in Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti) 1847
Pupils :- Celestina Boninsegna, Maria De Macchi, Giulio Grisi, Elisa Petri
Sofia Scalchi, Maria Farneti
Sang in premiere of Demente (Marchetti)
1925 Birth of American composer Leland C. SMITH.
1929 Birth of Warfield, Sandra (m/s) U.S. b. Kansas City, Aug. 6, 1929; MET:
Début: Nov. 20, 1953 [Peasant] Le Nozze di Figaro, 7 seasons (1953-
57, 65-66, 67-68, 71-72) 173 perf., 21 roles, 18 works.
Debut as Marcellina in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1955
Teachers:- Marcello Conati, Joyce McLean, Elsa Seyfert
Created Katerina in Greek Passion (Martinu)
1930 Birth of Wilson, Dolores (s) b. Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 1930; Created Baby Doe
Central City. MET: Début Feb. 8, 1954 [Lucia] Lucia di Lammermoor,
6 seasons (1953-59) 26 perf., 6 works.
1935 Birth of James Benjamin Davis Bass
Born 6 Aug 1935 Louisville Kentucky
Debut as Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1961
Teachers:- Franz Proschowski, Ruth Pinkerton, John Harris
1938 Birth of Antigone Sgourda Soprano
Born 6 Aug 1938 Athens
Teacher :- Josef Witt
1940 Birth of Claude Meloni Baritone
Born 6 Aug 1940 Marseille
Debut as Nicklausse in Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach)
Sang in premiere of H.H. Ulysee (Prodromides)
Comme il vous plaira (Hasquenoph)
1941 Birth of American multimedia composer Sorell HAYS in Memphis, TN.
1946 FP in USAmerica of B. Britten's opera Peter Grimes at Berkshire Music Center, Tangelwood. Leonard Bernstein conducting.
1947 FP of H. Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8. Conducted by the composer in Rome.
1947 FP of Von Einem's opera Dantons Tod 'The Death of Danton' at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
1948 Birth of Esham, Faith (m/s/s) U.S. b. Vanceburg, KY, Aug. 6, 1948: MET: Dec.
27, 1986 [Marzelline] Fidelio, 1 season (1986-87) 1 perf., 1 work.
Debut as Cherubino in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1977
Teachers:- Adele Addison, Beverley Johnson, Jennie Tourel, Vasile Venettozzi
Created Otane in Joruri (Miki)
1962 Death of Marthe Nespoulous Soprano
Born 1 May 1894 Died 6 Aug 1962
Debut as Babylonian in Herodaide (Massenet) 1923
Teacher :- Mme Billa-Azema
Pupils :- Jean-Louis Soumagnas, Claude Cales
1966 Death of Francesco Cigada Baritone
Born 1878 Bergamo Died 6 Aug 1966
Debut as Germont in Traviata (Verdi) 1900
Teacher :- Vincenzo Sabatini
Created Giovanni Lo Sciancato in Francesco da Rimini (Zandonai)
Sang in premiere of Nave (Montemezzi)
Ghismonda (Bianchi)
Urania (Faverin)
1966 FP of H. W. Henze's Die Bassariden based on Euripides' play The Bacchae, at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
1967 FP of W. Piston's Clarinet Concerto, at the Fifth Congregation of the Arts at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
1970 Death of German-born American composer Ingolf Dahl, at age 68, in Frutigen, Switzerland.
1974 Death of Robert Rounseville Tenor
Born 25 Mar 1914 Attleboro Mass Died 6 Aug 1974
Debut as Pelleas as Pelleas et Melisande (Debussy) 1948
Teacher :- William Hermann
Created Tom Rakewell in Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Channon in Dybbuk (Tamkin)
1980 Birth of American composer Matthew LOGAN in Jacksonville, FL.
1988 FP of Ned Rorem's Bright Music for flute, two violins, cello and piano, by the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates
at Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY.
2000 FP of Joan Tower's Big Sky for piano trio, at a SummerFest concert featuring Chee-Yun, violin; David Finckel, cello; and Wu Han, piano, in LaJolla, CA.
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