1686 Birth of Italian composer and singing teacher Nicola PORPORA in Naples. Teacher of Benegetta Emilia Agricola. Pupils were Giuseppe Appianino, Gaetano Caffarelli, Domenico Corri, Farinelli, Caterina Gabrielli, Regina Mingotti, Antonio Montagnana, Venanzio Rauzzini, Felice Salimboni, Antonio Umberti, Francesco Bernardi(Senesino), Benedetta E Agricola. Biography. d-Naples, 3 MAR 1768. He composed about
50 operas. He also taught Haydn in Vienna. Was a rival of Handel in London.
1752 English newspaper General Advertiser reports blindness of Handel.
1786 Death of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, flute player and amateur composer at age 74, in Potsdam. b-Berlin, 24 JAN 1712.
1806 Birth of composer Johann Kaspar MERTZ in Pressburg, Bratislava Slovak Republic. d-Prague, 14 OCT 1856.
1822 Birth of Louis Gueymard Tenor
Born 17 Aug 1822 Chapponay Died July 1880
Debut as Robert in Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer) 1848
Created Jonas in Prophete (Meyerbeer)
Adoniram in Reine de Saba (Gounod)
Arrigo in Vespri Siciliennes (Verdi)
Phaon in Sapho (Gounod)
Rodolphe in Nonne Sanglante (Gounod)
Roland in Roland a Recevaux (Mermet)
Pierre in Pierre de Medicis (Poniatowski)
Rene in Magicienne (Halevy)
Rodolphe in Maitre Chanteur (Limnander)
Sang in premiere of Hamlet (Thomas)
Herculanum (David)
1822 FP of CARAFA: "Le Solitaire" Paris (1822).
1828 Birth of American composer George William WARREN in Albany, NY. d-NYC, 17 MAR 1902.
1832 FP of RICCI: F. "Un duello sotto Richelieu" Milan (1839).
1935 Birth of Zabers, Janis (t) (1935-1973) Latvian. (39) b. Aug. 17, 1935; d. May
25, 1973:
1834 Birth of BENOIT: Peter (com/opera) (1834-1901) Belgian. b. Harlebeke, Aug.
17, 1834; d. Antwerp, Mar. 8, 1901:
1835 Birth of Belgian composer Peter BENOIT in Harelbeke. d-Antwerp, 8 MAR 1901.
1838 138 singing teachers traveled to Boston, MA to attend the first music
convention in US.
1839 Birth of American composer Hubert Platt MAIN in Ridgefield, CT. d-Newark, NJ 7 OCT 1925.
1846 Birth of French pianist and teacher Marie Trautmann JAËLL in
Steinseltz, Alsace. d-Paris, 4 FEB 1925.
She also studied composition under both Saint-Saëns and César Franck. m-1866
to Austrian pianist Alfred Jaëll.
1852 FP of JULLIEN: "Pietro il Grande" London, CG (1852).
1857 Birth of Rumanian musicologist Eusebius MANDYCZEWSKI in Czernowitz. Edited Haydn
symphonies and Schubert songs. d-Vienna, 13 JUL 1929. Photo.
1876 FP of Wagner's Die Gotterdammerung as part of the first Ring Cycle performance at Bayreuth.
1880 Death of Norwegian composer Ole Bull in Lysø. b-Bergen, 5 FEB 1810.
1898 Death of Austrian composer Carl Zeller in Baden. b-St. Peter, 19 JUN 1842.
1901 Birth of French composer Henri TOMASI in Marseilles. d-Paris, 13 JAN 1971.
1902 FP of Saint-Saëns: "Parysatis" Béziers (1902).
1903 Birth of American pianist, composer, writer, WQXR commentator and teacher Abram CHASINS in NYC. d-NYC, 21 JUN 1987.
1903 Birth of Johnston, James (t) (1903-1991) Irish. (88) b. Belfast, Aug. 17,
1903; d. Belfast, Oct. 17, 1991. Debut as Duke in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1940
Created Hector de Florac in Olympians (Bliss)
1905 Birth of Guilford, Nanette (s)
1912 Birth of James Atkins Bass-Baritone
Born 17 Aug 1912 Hinchley Leicester Died 15 Aug 1990
Debut 1949
Created Alcinous in Castaway (Berkeley)
1913 Birth of Miliza Korjus Soprano
Born 17 Aug 1913 Warsaw Died Aug 1980
Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1934
1912 FP of Armen Tigranian's Anush in Alexandropol.
1913 Birth of Pantscheff, Ljubomir (bs) (1913-2002) Bulg. (89) b. Sofia, Aug. 17,
1913; d. 2002:
1926 Birth of English singer and music writer George MELLY.
1928 Birth of American composer
T. J. ANDERSON
in Coatesville, PA. 1990, he became Austin
Fletcher Professor of Music. Operetta: "The shell Fairy"
(1977); "Soldier Boy, Soldier" (Bloomington, 1982).
1928 Death of Emma Carelli Soprano
Born 12 May 1877 Naples Died 17 Aug 1928
Debut in Vestale (Mercadante)
Teacher :- Beniamino Carelli
Created Stella in Stella (De Nardis)
Sang in premiere of Collana di Pasqua (Luporini)
Felma (Smareglia)
Anton (Galeotti)
1928 Composer Kurt Atterberg wins Schubert Centenary Prize for his Symphony in
C.
1930 FP of FRIML: "Luana" New York (1930).
1932 Birth of Andreozzi, Robert (t) Fr. b. Aug. 17, 1932;
1932 FP of GAITO: "La Sangre de las Guitarras" Buenos Aires (1932).
1934 Birth of McCue, Bill (bs) (1934-1999) Scot (65) b. Allanton, Aug. 17, 1934;
d. Sep. 10, 1999: Died of cancer. Created Gordon in Mary Queen of Scots (Musgrave)
Crassus in Catiline Consptacy (Hamilton)
1936 Birth of Nikolai Ghiuselev Bass
Born 17 Aug 1936 Pavlikeni Bulgaria
Debut as Timur in Turandot (Puccini) 1960
Teacher :- Christa Brambarov
1936 Death of French composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud in Debrecen, Hungary. b-Chasseley, nr Lyon, 6 JAN 1900.
1936 Birth of Ghiuselev, Nicola (bs) Bulg. b. Pavlikeni, Aug. 17, 1936; MET: Dec.
29, 1965 [Ramfis] Aida, 4 seasons (1965-67, 90-92) 24 perf., 6 works.
1937 FP of John Ireland's A London Overture at a Proms Concert conducted by Sir Henry Wood at Royal Albert Hall in London.
1941 Birth of Eckert, Gertraud (m/s) Ger. b. Aug. 17, 1941;
1943 Birth of English composer and conductor Edward COWIE in Birmingham.
1946 FP of Arthur Honegger's Symphonie Liturgique No. 3, conducted by Charles Munch, dedicatee, in Zürich.
1948 Birth of American baritone John CHEEK in Greenville, SC. MET:
Début: June 6, 1977 [Fernando] Il Trovatore, 20 seasons (1976-93, 95-
96, 97-99) 324 perf., 28 works.
1949 Birth of Zoghby, Linda (s) U.S. b. Mobile, Alabama, Aug, 17, 1949; MET:
Début: Jan. 19, 1982 [Mimi] La Bohème, 4 seasons (1981-83, 84-86) 18
perf., 2 works.
1950 Birth of American composer and guitarist Anton Del FORNO in NJ.
1951 Birth of Sweet, Sharon [Sharon Abel] (s) U.S. b. Gloversville, NY, Aug 17,
1951; MET: Apr. 27, 1990 [Leonora] Il Trovatore, 10 seasons (1989-
90, 91-2000) 88 perf., 8 works.
1953 Birth of Thierry Dran Tenor
Born 17 Aug 1953 Paris
Debut in Mamelles de Tiresias (Poulenc) 1981
Teacher :- Michel Senechal
Created Colin in Ecume des Jours (Denisov)
1953 FP of von Einem's opera Der Prozess 'The Trial' at the Salzburg Festival in Austria. Based on the novel by Franz Kafka.
1954 FP of Liebermann: "Penelope" Salzburg (1954); w/Max Lorenz (t) (1901-
1975) Ger; Theo Bayle (b) (1912-1971) Dutch. Rudolf Schock (t)
(1915-1986) Ger.
1955 FP of Werner Egk's opera Irische Legende 'Irish Legend', at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
1958 Death of French composer Florent Schmitt at age 87, in Neuilly-sur-Seine. b-Blamont, 28 SEP 1870.
1961 Death of French-American harpist and composer Carlos Salzedo in Waterville, ME at age 76. b-Arcachon, 6 APR 1885.
1968 Birth of Portugese pianist Arthur PIZARRO.
1973 Death of French composer Jean Barraqué in Paris. b-Paris, 17 JAN 1928.
1974 FP of K. Penderecki's Magnificat for bass solo, chorus, and orchestra, in Salzburg, Austria.
1981 Death of American composer, arranger and orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett in NYC. b-Kansas City, 15 JUN 1894.
1983 Death of American lyricist Ira Gershwin in Beverly Hills, CA at age 86. b-NYC, 6 DEC 1896.
1984 Death of Mostyn Thomas Baritone
Born 14 Jan 1896 Blaina Wales Died 17 Aug 1984
Teacher :- Marie Rosing
2000 Death of Italian composer Franco Donatoni in Milan. b-Verona, 9 JUN 1927. Ricordi Publisher.
2001 Death of Vlachopoulos, Zoe (s) (1917-2001) Grk. (84) b. Athens, 1917.
2004 Death of French baritone Gerard SOUZAY (Gerard Marcel Tisserand). b-Angers, 8 DEC 1918.
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