1745 Birth of Ludwig Fischer Bass
Born 18 Aug 1745 Mainz Died 10 July 1825
Debut in Fiera di Venezia (Salieri) 1772
Teacher :- Anton Raaff
Created Osmin in Entfuhrung (Wagner)
Brennus in Brenno (Reichardt)
Rudolf II in Gunther von Schwarzburg (Holzbauer)
Goffredo in Gerusalemme Liberata (Righini)
Her von Bar in Rauchfangkehrer (Salieri)
1750 (19th)Birth of Italian composer and conductor Antonio SALIERI nr. Verona. d-7 MAY 1825.
1785 Birth of German piano teacher Friedrich WIECK in Saxony, taught daughter Clara, Hans Von Bulow and Robert Schumann. d-Nr. Dresden, 6 OCT 1873.
1786 FP by the Paris Conservatory Orchestra.
1820 FP of Schubert's opera Die Zauberharfe in Vienna. Only the overture
is performed today under the new title Rosamunde.
1838 Birth of Angelo Neumann Baritone
Born 18 Aug 1838 Vienna Died 20 Dec 1910
Debut 1859
Teacher :- Therese Stilke-Sessi
Pupils :- Gertrude Forstel, Werner Alberti
1842 Death of Portugese composer Joăo Domingos Bomtempo in Lisbon. b-Lisbon, 28 DEC 1775.
1849 Birth of French composer Benjamin GODARD (go DAHR') in Paris. d-Cannes, 10 JAN 1895.
1859 Birth of Aranyi, Desider (t) (1859-1923) Hun. b. Aug. 18, 1859 or 1850; d.
June 21, 1923:
1864 Birth of Italian singer Gemma BELLINCIONI at Como, Monza. d-Naples, 23 APR 1950. Photo.
Debut in Segreto della Duchessa (Orefice) May 1879
Teachers:- Giovanni Corsi, Luigia Ponti Dell'Armi, Carlotta Soroldoni
Roberto Stagno
Pupils :- Bianca Bellincioni, Desma De Cecco
Created Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana
Fedora in Fedora
Marcella in Marcella (Giordano)
Moina in Moina (De Lara)
Cabrera in Cabrera (Dupont)
Cristina in Mala Vita (Giordano)
1866 Birth of Martina Petrini Soprano
Born 18 Aug 1866 Falun Sweden Died 2 July 1932
Debut as Lakme in Lakme (Delibes)
Teachers:- A Bax, Mathilde Machesi
1868 Birth of Desider Aranyi Tenor
Born 18 Aug 1868 Szathmar Hungary Died 21 June 1923
Debut as Raoul in Huguenots 1890
Teacher :- Emmerich Bellovicz
1869 Birth of Ellison Van Hoose Tenor
Born 18 Aug 1869 Murfreesboro Tenn Died 28 Mar 1936
Debut as Tannhauser in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1897
Teachers:- Perry Averill, Antonio Cotogni, Jean De Reszke, Fidel Konig
Isadora Luckstone
1873 Birth of Austrian tenor Leo SLEZAK in Maehrisch-Schoenberg, Moravia. d-Bavaria, 1 JUN 1946. After 1932, he began a
new career in motion pictures, appearing in forty-three films. In
1943, he settled at Rottach-Egern, Germany, and published three
lighthearted books of an autobiographical character, and his final
unfinished book was completed after 1946 by his daughter, Margarete
(1901-1953), also a singer. ("Mein Lebensmärchen"). MET: Début: Nov. 17, 1909
[Otello] Otello, 4 seasons (1909-13) 112 perf., 10 roles. Debut as Lohengrin in Lohengrin (Wagner)
Teachers:- Jean de Reszke, Adolf Robinson. Father of actor Walter Slezak. Grandfather of TV actress, `One Life To Live', Erika Slezak.
1873 Birth of American popular music composer Otto HARBACH in Salt Lake City. d-NYC, 24 JUN 1963.
1881 Birth of German composer Hermann ZILCHER in Frankfurt-am-Main. d-Wurzburg, 1 JAN 1948.
1884 Birth of English conductor Basil CAMERON in Reading. d-Leominster, 26 JUN 1975.
1892 Death of Italian singer and actress Zelia Trebelli in Etretat. b-Paris, 1838. She was a leading operatic contralto of the day who sang for members of the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace on 11 May 1870. Photo.
Debut as Rosina in Barbiere di Siviglia 1859
Teacher :- Pierre-Francois Wartel
Pupil :- Anna Norrie
1893 Birth of Canadian conductor and composer Ernest C. MACMILLAN in Mimico, Ontario. d-Toronto, 6 MAY 1973.
1897 Birth of Vogel, Adolf (bs) (1897-1969) Ger. (72) b. Munich, Aug. 18, 1897; d.
Dec. 20, 1969: Début [Daland] Flying Dutchman (1923). MET: Début:
Dec. 3, 1937 [Algerich] Siegfried, 2 seasons (1937-39) 41 perf., 6
works. Debut as Daland in Flying Dutchman (Wagner) 1923
Teachers:- Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, J Kiechle
Pupils :- Norman Bailey, Rudolf Christ, Kurt Equiluz, Peter Wimberger
Regine Lang-Hitzelberger, Einojuhani Rautawaara
1906 Gustav Mahler conducts Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro in Salzburg. Mozart Festival included Mozart's Cosi fan tutte conducted by Richard Strauss.
1907 Birth of American composer Howard SWANSON in Atlanta, Georgia. d-NYC, 12 NOV 1978.
1907 Birth of Dillon, Irwin (t) (1907-2003) Can. (95) Can. b. Toronto, Aug. 18,
1907; d. Mission Viejo, CA, Jan 13, 2003:
1909 Birth of Korjus, Miliza (s) (1909-1980) Pol. (73) b. Aug. 18, 1909; d. Aug.
26, 1980:
1919 Birth of Papp, Gustav (t ) (1919-1994) Slovak. (74) b. Aug. 18, 1919; d. Feb.
17, 1994.
1920 Birth of Ercolani, Renato (t) (1920-2000) It. (79) b. Perugia, Aug. 18, 1920;
d. Milan, Apr. 5, 2002.
1933 Birth of Bastin, Jules (bs) (1933-1996) Belgian. (63) b. Bridge-Ligneuville,
Aug. 18, 1933; d. 1996. Debut as Caronte in Orfeo (Monteverdi) 1960
Teacher :- Frederic Anspach
Pupil :- Daniel Ottevaere
1933 Birth of Bela Roudenko Soprano
Born 18 Aug 1933 Ukraine
Debut 1955
Teacher :- Olga Blagovidova
Created Yolan in Milana (Mayboroda)
Yarana in Arsenal (Mayboroda)
1937 Death of Georgian composer Heraclius Djabadary in Nice. b-Tbilissi, 17 OCT 1891. Works list.
1937 The first FM radio construction permit was issued. It went to W1X0J (later to become WGTR) in Boston, MA. The station went on the air two years later.
1938 FP of B. Britten's Piano Concerto, composer was soloist, at a Proms Concert conducted by Sir Henry Wood at Royal Albert Hall in London.
1940 Birth of Davidson, Joy (m/s) b. Fort Collins, CO, Aug. 18, 1940; Has sung in
Vancouver, and New Orleans. MET: Début: Apr. 19, 1976 [Adalgisa]
Norma 1 season (1975-76) 2 perf., 1 work.
1942 Birth of Monk, Allen (b) Can. b. Calgary, Aug. 18, 1942; MET Début Mar. 27,
1976 [Schaunard] La Bohčme, 10 seasons (1975-84, 85-86) 272 perf.,
23 roles.
1942 Death of Austrian composer Erwin Schulhoff at age 48, in a German concentration camp in Wülzburg. b-Praha, Czech Republic, 8 JUN 1894.
1943 Birth of English composer and conductor Edward COWIE in Birmingham.
1944 Birth of Vernon, Lyn (m/s) Can. b. Aug. 18, 1944;
1946 Birth of Busse, Barry (Lee) (t) U.S. b. Gloversville, NY, Aug. 18, 1946. Teachers:- Ellen Rapp, Marlena Malas, Ted Taylor
Created Louis Sullivan in Shining Brow (Hagen)
Nosferatu in Nosferatu (Peters)
1946 Sir Eugene Goossens conducted FP of John Antill's ballet suite Corroboree in Sydney, Australia.
1947 Death of Karl August Neumann Baritone
Born 1897 Died 18 Aug 1947
Created 2nd Shopper in Peer Gynt (Egk)
1st Beggar in Rembrandt van Rijn (Von Klenau)
1950 Birth of Argentinian composer Carlos MICHáNS in Buenos Aires.
1956 FP of Henry Brant's On the Nature of Things for spatially grouped instruments and strings, in Bennington, VT.
1957 Birth of Chinese-born American composer
Tan DUN (Tahn Doon) in Hunan, China.
1966 FP of Ulysseys Kay's Markings dedicated to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, at the Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester, MI.
1972 Birth of American composer and writer Raymond J. LUSTIG.
1975 Death of Luigi Borgonovo Baritone
Born 19 Jan 1899 Milan Died 18 Aug 1975
Debut 1925
Pupil :- Don Garrard
Created Polinnesse in Ariodante (Rota)
1978 Birth of Russian composer Lev ZHURBIN in Moscow.
1994 Death of Rodolfo Moraro Tenor
Born 22 Dec 1908 Capodistria Died 18 Aug 1994
Debut in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1939
Created Doctor in Sasso Pagano (Viozzi)
1994 Death of Gottlob Frick Bass
Born 28 July1906 Oldbrunn Wurttemburg Died 18 Aug 1994
Debut as Daland in Flying Dutchman (Wagner) 1927
Teachers:- Neudorfer-Opitz, Fritz Windgassen
Created Caliban in Zauberinsel (Sutermeister)
Tischlermeister in Hochzeit des Jobs (Haas)
Sang in premiere of Irische Legend (Egk)
2004 Death of American film music composer Elmer BERNSTEIN in Ojai, CA. Academy Award-winning composer of film scores: Thoroughly
Modern Millie [1967]; Sudden Fear, The Man with the Golden Arm, Ten Commandments, Sweet Smell of Success, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Walk on the Wild Side, and The Magnificent Seven. Studied with Roger Sessions. He began his career as a concert pianist. 2001 marked his 50th anniversary as a feature film composer who has written the music for over 200 major film and television scores.
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