1580 Birth of Italian composer, singer and organist Baldassare DONATO.
Cantor St. Marks Seminary, Venice.
1615 Death of German cantor and composer Melchior Vulpius in Weimar.
1802 Death of Henri Larrivee Baritone
Born 9 Jan 1737 Lyon Died 7 Aug 1802
Debut as Priest in Castor et Pollux (Rameau) 1755
Created Ubaldo in Armide (Gluck)
Hercules in Alceste (Gluck)
Agamemnon in Iphigenie en Aulide (Gluck)
Orestes in Iphigenie en Tauride (Gluck)
Danaus in Danaides (Salieri)
Ricimir in Ernelinde Princesse de Norvege (Philidor)
Orestes in Iphigenie en Tauride (Piccinni)
Orestes in Andromaque (Gretry)
Oreste in Electre (Lemoyne)
Sabinus in Sabinus (Gossec)
1804 FP of Boieldieu: "Abderkhan" St Petersburg (1804).
1815 Birth of Karl Formes Bass
Born 7 Aug 1815 Mulheim on Rhine Died 15 Dec 1889
Debut as Sarastro in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1841
Pupil :- Dennis O'Sullivan
Created Plunkett in Martha (Flotow)
Rossona in Pietro il Grande (Jullien)
1818 Birth of English composer Henry Charles LITOLFF in London. d-Bois-Colombes, France 5 AUG 1891.
1829 Mendelssohn visits Fingal's Cave in the Hebrides Islands west of
Scotland coast and starts composing the Hebrides Overture.
1835 Birth of Irish-American bass Allan James FOLEY in Tipperary. Sung
until his death in 1899.
1881 Birth of Romanian composer George ENESCU in Liveni-Virnav. d-Paris, 4 MAY 1955.
1883 Birth of American baritone Reinald WERRENRATH in Brooklyn, NY. d. Platts, NY, Sep. 12, 1953: MET: Début Feb. 19, 1919
[Silvio] Pagliacci, 3 seasons, (1918-21) 9 perf., 3 roles. Debut as Silvio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1919
Teachers:- David Bispham, Victor Maurel, F K Clark, Carl Dufft, A Mees
Percy Rector Stevens, George Werrenrath (father)
Herbert Witherspoon
1893 Death of Italian opera composer Alfredo Catalani at age 39, in Milan. b-Luca, 19 JUN 1854.
1896 Birth of Cuban composer of MalaguenaErnesto LECUONA in Havana. d-Canary Islands, 29 NOV 1963.
1902 Birth of Nino Martini Tenor
Born 7 Aug 1902 Verona Died 9 Dec 1976
Debut as Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1925
Teachers:- Maria Gay, Giovanni Zenatello
1903 Birth of Japanese composer Saburo MOROI in Tokyo. d-Tokyo, 24 MAR 1977.
1903 Birth of Ritchie, Margaret [Willard] Mabel (s) Eng. (62) b. Grimsby, Aug,
7, 1903; d. Ewelme, Oxfordshire, Feb. 7, 1969: She studied at the
Royal College of Music. She soon established a reputation as a
concert singer and as principal soprano of the Intimate Opera
Company. Ritchie joined Sadler's Wells Opera [Dorabella] Così Fan
Tutte (1944); Glyndebourne (1946-7); English Opera Group (1947).
She became a teacher and founded a singers' summer school in Oxford
(1960).
1903 Birth of Reining, Maria (s) (1903-1991) Austrian. (87) b. Vienna, Aug. 7,
1903; d. Vienna, Mar. 11, 1991. Debut 1931
Pupil :- Gabriele Fuchs
1912 FP of Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in Moscow. Prokofiev soloist.
1913 Death of Czech composer and cellist David Popper at age 69, in Baden, suburban Vienna. b-Prague, 9 DEC 1843.
1919 Birth of Finnish bass and composer Kim BORG in Helsinki. d.
Copenhagen, Apr. 28, 2000: MET: Début: Oct. 30, 1959 [Almaviva] Le
Nozze di Figaro, 3 seasons (1959-62) 39 perf., 7 roles. Debut as Colline in Boheme (Puccini) 1951
Teachers:- Magnus Anderson, Heikki Teittinen, Andryeva Von Skilondz
Sang in premiere of Visitation (Schuller)
1920 Birth of Gyorgy Radnai Baritone
Born 7 Aug 1920 Hungary
Debut as Tonio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1949
Teacher :- Geza Laszo
1921 Birth of Czech born, American composer and conductor Karel HUSA in Prague.
1925 Birth of Spanish-born American composer Julián ORBON, in Aviles. Raised in Cuba. d-Miami Beach, FL 20 MAY 1991.
1944 Death of Paraguayan composer Augustín Barrios Mangoré in San Salvador, El Salvador. b-San Bautista de las Misiones, 23 MAY 1885.
1945 Birth of Russian composer Alexander ZHURBIN in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
1946 Birth of Robinson, Gail (s) in Meridian, MS. Has sung with the Chicago
Lyric, New Orleans, and Orlando Opera. MET: Aug. 21, 1967
[Swallow] The Happy Prince, 19 seasons (1966-67, 69-73, 74-88) 214
perf., 28 roles, 26 works. Debut as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1967
Teachers:- Robley Lawson, J Norvell Taylor
1947 Death of Karl Seydel Tenor
Born 14 Dec 1879 Dresden-Blasewitz Died 7 Aug 1947
Debut 1907
Teacher :- Enid Pinks
Sang in premiere of Der Mond (Orff)
1948 Death of Runge, Gertrud (s) (1880-1948) Ger. b. Brandenburg, 1880; d.
Weimaborn, Aug. 7, 1948:
Mysz-Gmeiner, Lula [Gmeiner] (c) (1876-1948) Hun. (71) b. Kronstadt,
Transylvania, Aug. 16, 1876; d. Schwerin, Aug. 7, 1948;
1948 Death of Lula Mysz-Gmeiner Mezzo-Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 16 Aug 1876 Kronstadt Died 7 Aug 1948
Teachers:- Etelka Gerster, Emile Herzog, Ludwig Lassel, Lilli Lehmann
Raimund von zur Muhlen, Gustav Walter
Pupils :- Peter Anders, Carla Henius, Gerda Lammers,Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1949 Death of Emilio Sagi-Barba Bass-Baritone
Born 26 Mar 1876 Barcelona Died 7 Aug 1949
Sang in premiere of Golondrinas (Usandizaga)
Dogaresa (Millan)
1952 Birth of English pianist and conductor Ian HOBSON in Wolverhamton.
1954 Death of Curt Taucher Tenor
Born 25 Oct 1885 Nurnberg Died 7 Aug 1954
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1908
Teacher :- Heinrich Hermann
Created Menelaus in Aegyptische Helena (Strauss)
Aurelius Galba in Toten Augen (D'Albert)
1954 FP of FRANÇAIX: "Paris à nous deux" Fontainebleau (1954).
1959 Birth of Peeters, Harry (bs) b.Roermond, Aug. 7, 1959;
1961 FP of LOCKWOOD: "Early Dawn" Denver (1961).
1963 Death of Spanish composer Salvador Bacarisse in Paris. b-Madrid, 12 SEP 1898.
1965 Birth of English composer Francois EVANS in London.
1970 Death of German-born American composer Ingolf Dahl at age 58, in Bernem Switzerland.
1973 Death of Baromeo, Chase (bs) (1893-1973) U.S. (80) b. Augusta, 1893;
d. Birmingham, MI, Aug. 7, 1973: MET: Début: Dec. 20, 1935 [Ramfis]
Aida, 3 seasons (1935-38) 46 perf., 9 roles. Debut in Forza del Destino (Verdi) 1922
Teachers:- Carlo Schneider, Giuseppe Campanari
Pupils :- Edward Allen Baird, Thomas Tipton, Alan Crofoot
1975 Death of Ettore Bergamaschi Tenor
Born 10 Feb 1884 Bologna Died 7 Aug 1975
Debut as Alvaro in Forza del Destino (Verdi) 1912
1977 FP Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 7 at Interlochen.
1981 FP of John Harbison's Piano Quintet, with Edward Auer, piano;, Ani Kavafian, violin; Walter Trampler, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello, at the Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival in New Mexico.
1984 Death of Martin Ritzmann Tenor
Born 21 Feb 1919 Germany Died 7 Aug 1984
Debut as Postillion in Postillion von Longjumeau(Adam) 1951
1984 FP of BERIO's "Un Re in ascolto" Salzburg (1984); w/Thomas Moser (t) U.S.
1988 Death of Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi in Rome. b-8 JAN 1905.
1997 Death of American Marine Band conductor Col. Albert F. Schoepper in Alexandria VA, age 83.
1981 FP of Friedrich Cerha's opera Baal at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
1981 FP of John Harbison's Piano Quintet. Edward Auer, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Walter Trampler, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello. Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival in NM.
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