1696 Birth of English composer and organist Maurice GREENE in
London. d-London,
1 DEC 1755.
1760 Death of Annibale Po Fabri Tenor
Born 1697 Bologna Died 12 Aug 1760
Debut in Alarico Re Dei Gori (Bassani) 1697
Teacher :- Francesco Antonio Pistocchi
Created Emilio in Partenope (Handel)
Alessandro il Grande in Poro Re Dell'Indie (Handel)
Berengario in Lotario (Handel)
1818 FP of GENERALI: "Il servo padrone" Parma (1818).
1838 Birth of English organist, conductor and composer Joseph BARNBY in York. d-London, 28 JAN 1896.
1845 FP of G. Verdi's opera Alzira at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
1853 Birth of German pianist, conductor and composer Jean-Louis NICODE' nr Posnan. d-Langbruck, 5 OCT 1919.
1859 Birth of American author and instructor Katherine Lee BATES, professor of English Liturature at
Wellesley College. Author of the poem America The Beautiful.
1859 FP of Grisar: "Voyage autour de ma chambre" Paris, 1859.
1875 Birth of Argentinian composer Héctor (Ettore) PANIZZA in Buenos Aires. d-Milan, 27 NOV 1967. MET: Début:
Dec. 22, 1934, Aida, 8 seasons, 304 perf., 28 works.
1875 Birth of AGOSTINI: Mezio (con/com/opera) (1875-1944) It. b. Fano, Aug. 12,
1875; d. Apr. 22, 1944:
1877 Formal date of Thomas Alva Edison patent on a device called a gramophone that records
sound. It becomes popular as the phonograph.
1880 Death of Eugenie Garcia Soprano
Born 1818 Paris Died 12 Aug 1880
Teacher :- Manuel Garcia Jnr (husband)
Created Ester D'Engaddi in Ester D'Engaddi (Pacini)
1891 Birth of Cortis, Antonio [Antonio Tomás Montón Corts] (t) Sp. (60) b. Onboard
a sailing ship between Algiers and Alicante, Aug. 12, 1891: d.
Valencia, Apr. 2, 1952; His father had died a week previously.
Antonio entered the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, at the
age of 8, studying composition, violin and theory. In 1909, Cortis
entered the Municipal Conservatory and received vocal tuition. He
began with the chorus of the Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (1911). In
1917, he toured South America as
[Arlecchino] opposite Caruso's Canio, in Pagliacci) Cortis claimed
that Caruso, after the South American tour, invited him to return to
New York with him. Cortis declined because of the birth of his
daughter Carmencita. He never had a teacher, except for Caruso who gave him advice. Naples (1919); Rome (1920); Buenos Aires (1924); San Francisco
(1925); La Scala (1930); CG (1931); his final appearance took place
at Zaragoza; Puccini: Tosca (1951).
Debut as Cassio in Otello (Verdi) 1912
Teachers:- Nicolau, Daniel
Sang in the premiere of Petronio (Giovanetti)
Maruxa (Vives)
Avapies (Del Campo)
1892 Birth of Polish soprano Maria OLSZEWSKA in Augsburg, Aug. 12, 1892; d. Baden, Austria, May 17,
1969: MET: Début: Jan. 16, 1933 [Brangăna] Tristan und Isolde, 3
seasons (1932-35) 57 perf., 12 roles, 11 works. Debut as Page in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1915
Teacher :- Karl Erler
Pupils :- Josephine Veasey
Created Obscura in Prinzessin Auf Der Erbse (Fleck)
Brigitta in Tote Stadt (Korngold)
1897 Birth of Spanish, Catalan, composer Manuel BLANCAFORT in Barcelona. d-Barcelona, 1987.
1900 Birth of Coe Glade Mezzo-Soprano
Born 12 Aug 1900 Chicago Died 23 Sep 1985
Debut as Amneris in Aida (Verdi) 1926
Teacher :- Homer More
1900 Death of Franz Betz Bass-Baritone
Born 19 Mar 1835 Mainz Died 12 Aug 1900
Deb Heinrich in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1856
Pupil :- Johannes Bischoff
Created Hans Sachs in Meistersingers (Wagner)
Judah in Maccabees (Rubinstein)
Wotan in Siegfried (Wagner)
1901 Birth of American choral conductor Olaf C. CHRISTIANSEN in
Minneapolis. Son of Frederik Melius Christiansen, founder of St. Olaf Choir. d- Northfield MN, 12 APR 1984.
1910 Birth of Swiss composer Heinrich SUTERMEISTER in Feuerthalen. d-16 MAR 1995.
1910 Birth of Eipperle, Trude (s) Ger. b. Stuttgart, Aug. 12, 1910;
Glade, Coe (m/s) (1900-1985) U.S. (85) b. Chicago, Aug. 12, 1900;
d. New York, Sep. 23, 1985. Debut 1930
Pupil :- Catarina Ligendza
1910 Birth of Alexei Khrivchenya Bass
Born 12 Aug 1910 Odessa Died 10 Mar 1974
Teacher :- Selyavina
Created Vershinin in Armoured Train (Kabalevsky)
1911 Birth of American music critic, writer, and lecturer Edward Thomas DOWNES in Roxbury, Ma nr
Boston. d-NYC, 26 DEC 2001. Was best known as host of the "Texaco Opera Quiz" heard during live Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, 1958-96. Ph.D. Harvard, professorship
of music Queens College, author of the New York Philharmonic program
notes. Son of Edwin Olin Downes (music critic).
(Not to be confused with English conductor Edward Thomas Downes).
1919 Birth of choreographer, dancer (It’s Always Fair Weather, Smile)
Michael KIDD (aka Milton Greenwald).
1922 First live broadcast of a concert by the New York Philharmonic on New York radio station WJZ. Broadcast from Lewisohn Stadium during the orchestra's summer series. Music by Dvorák, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Rimksy-Korsakov, Brahms, and Gluck. Conducted by Willem van Hoogstraten, the orchestra's regular summer-event director.
1928 Death of Moravian (Czech) composer and folksong collector Leos Janacek in Ostrava,
Czechoslavakia at age 74. b-Moravia, 3 JUL 1854.
1934 Birth of Sooter, Edward (t) U.S. b. Salina, KS, Aug. 12, 1934: MET: Début:
May 25, 1979 [Tannhäuser] Tannhäuser, 9 seasons (1978-80, 81-88) 52
perf., 10 roles, 9 works.
1938 Birth of Tourangeau, Huguette (m/s) Can. b. Montreal, Aug. 12, 1938 MET:
Début: Nov. 29, 1973 [Nicklause] Les Contes d'Hoffmann, 4 seasons
(1973-74, 75-78) 48 perf., 6 roles, 5 works. Debut Cherubino in Nozze di Figaro(Mozart) 1964
Teacher :- Richard Bonynge, Ruzena Herlinger
1940 Birth of Chryst, Dorothea (s) b. Aug. 12, 1940;
1942 Birth of English early music specialist David MUNROE. d-Buckinghamshire, 15 MAY
1976, depression/suicide.
1942 Death of Pasquale Amato Baritone
Born 21 Mar 1878 Naples Died 12 Aug 1942
Debut as Germont in Traviata (Verdi) 1900
Teachers:- Beniamino Carelli, Vincenzo Lombardi
Created Jack Rance in Fanciulla del West (Puccini)
Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano (Damrosch)
Napoleon Bonaparte in Madame Sans Gene (Giordano)
1944 Birth of German tenor, who sings rock, Peter HOFMANN in Marienband
Debut as Tamino in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1972
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