1686 Birth in Naples of Opera and Oratorio composer Niccolo PORPORA.
Teacher of Haydn. d-1766.
1750 (18th)Birth of Italian composer Antonio SALIERI nr. Venice, who taught Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt. Depicted by actor F. Murray Abraham in the film
Amadeus. Won oscar (tm) as a nemisis of Mozart but there is no evidence of any intrigues
in the life of Mozart. Still photos from film. d-Vienna, 7 MAY 1825.
1809 Birth of Sabine Heinefetter Soprano
Born 19 Aug 1809 Mainz Died 18 Nov 1872
Debut in Mandarin (Ritter)
Teachers:- Giovanni Tadolini, Davide Banderali
Created Adina in Elisir D'Amore (Donizetti)
1820 FP of SCHUBERT: "Der Zauberharfe" Vienna (1820).
1824 Birth of German cellist, conductor and composer Georg GOLTERMANN in Hanover. d-Frankfurt am Main, 29 DEC 1898. Was Frankfurt Stadttheater's director. His cello concertos were popular in the 19th century. He is sometimes confused with Popper's teacher Julius Goltermann (1825-1876).
1827 FP of DONIZETTI: "Il Borgomastro di Sardan" Opera buffa, Naples (1827).
1854 Birth of German lieder singer Ludwig WULLER.
1873 Birth of Jane Marignan Soprano
Born 19 Aug 1873 Nimes Died 1924
Teachers:- Lehrer, Mangin, Leon Melchissedec
Sang in premiere of Chevalier D'Harmental (Messager)
1881 Birth of Rumanian composer, violinist, conductor, pianist and teacher
Georges ENESCU in Liveni-Virnaz. A misspelling of his name on a Spanish concert
poster was not corrected leading to his desire to leave his name misspelled in the future as 'Enesco'. d-Paris, 4 MAY 1955. Opera, "Oedipe"
(Paris, 1931).
1881 Birth of Osten, Eva von der (s) (1881-1936) Ger. b. Heligoland, Aug. 19,
1881; d. Dresden, May 5, 1936: Married chamber singer Friedrich
Plaschke (bs/b) (1875-1951) Bohemian. She made her début in
Dresden (1902), where she spent the majority of her entire career.
She was beloved at the Dresden Royal Opera where she created the
role of [Octavian] Der Rosenkavalier, in the world premiere
(1911). She also appeared in the world premiere, of Hollische Gold
(1916). She was the first [Kundry] in the English premiere of
Parsifal at CG (1914). She later was the manager at the Dresden
State Opera, and managed the production of the world premiere of
Arabella (1933). Debut Urbain in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) 1902
Teachers:- August Iffert, Sohle
Created Octavian in Rosenkavalier (Strauss)
1881 Death of Czech composer and conductor Joseph Labitsky in Karlsbad, Germany. b-Schoenfeld, Czechoslovakia, 4 JUL 1802.
1882 Birth of Schipper, Emil (bs/b) (1882-1957) Austrian. b. Aug. 19, 1882; MET:
Début: Jan. 16, 1933 [Brangăna] Tristan und Isolde, 3 seasons (1932-
35) 57 perf., 12 roles, 11 works.
1883 Birth of American composer Adaline SHEPHERD in Algona, Iowa. d-12 MAR 1950.
1886 Birth of Austrian-born, German conductor and composer Robert HEGER in Strasbourg. d-Munich, 14 JAN 1978. Operas "Ein Fest aug Haderslen" (Nuremberg,
1919); "Der Bettler Namenlos" (Munich, 1932); "Der verlorene Sohn"
(Dresden, 1951); "Lady Hamilton" (Nuremberg, 1951).
1892 Birth of Baromeo, Chase (Sikes) (bs/b) (1892-1973) U.S. b. Augusta, GA, Aug.
19, 1892; d. Birmingham, MI., Aug. 7, 1973: MET: Début: Dec. 20,
1935 [Ramfis] Aida, 3 seasons (1935-38) 46 perf., 9 works.
Debut in Forza del Destino (Verdi) 1922
Teachers:- Carlo Schneider, Giuseppe Campanari
Pupils :- Edward Allen Baird, Thomas Tipton, Alan Crofoot
1895 Death of English pianist and teacher Clara Angela Macirone in London. b-London, 20 JAN 1821.
1902 Birth of American writer Ogden NASH in Rye, NY. d-Baltimore, MD 19 MAY 1971.
Nash wrote the lyrics for One Touch of Venus with Kurt Weill. He and She, Sweet Bye and Bye, Two's Company, The Littlest Review. He wrote the verses to accompany Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals at the urging of Andre Kostelanetz who also had Nash write verses for Ravel's Mother Goose Suite and Peter and the Wolf.
1905 Birth of Austrian composer Jacques de Menasce in Bad Ischl. d-Gstaad, Switzerland, 1960.
1906 Birth of Hellwig, Judith (s) (1906-1993) Bohemian. (86) b. Neusohl, Aug. 19,
1906; d. Vienna, Jan. 25, 1993: Début [Countess] Le Nozze di Figaro
(1928). Debut as Countess in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1928
Pupil :- Ruthilde Boesch
Sang in premiere of Mathis der Maler (Hindemith)
1915 Birth of American composer and arranger Herman STEIN in Philadelphia, PA.
1922 First radio broadcast of a full length concert, Sheffield
England.
1927 FP of Schonberg's String Quartet #3. By the Kolisch
Quartet, in Vienna.
1928 FP of LEVY: "Escorial" New York (1958).
1929 Death of German soprano Meta Seinemeyer in Dresden at age
33. b-Berlin-5 SEP 1895.
1929 Death of Russian dance master Sergei Pavlovich DIAGHILEV, in Vienna age 57. b-Gruzino, 31 MAR 1872.
1935 Birth of Shadur, Lawrence (b) (1935-1991) U.S. (56) b. Aug. 19, 1935; d.
Aug. 23, 1991: MET: Début: Dec. 1, 1971 [Paolo] Simon Boccanegra,
3 seasons (73-75, 76-77) 21 perf., 5 roles.
1933 Birth of Schroter, Gisela (m/s) Ger. b. Sardehnen.
Debut 1959
Created Fieta in Nightrider (Meyer)
1936 Death of Harry Plunkett Greene Bass-Baritone
Born 24 June 1865 Dublin Died 19 Aug 1936
Debut as Commendatore in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1890
Teachers:- Barraclough, Alfred Blume, Goetschius, Anton Hromeda
Luigi Vannuccini, J B Welch
Pupils :- Robert Easton, Keith Falkner, Margaret Ritchie
Muriel Kistner, Sydney MacEwan
1942 Birth of Allan Monk Bass-Baritone
Born 18 Aug 1942 Mission City B C
Debut Bob in Old Maid & Thief 1967
Teachers:- Boris Goldovsky, Elgar Higgin
Created Abelard in Heloise and Abelard (Wilson)
1943 FP of John Moeran's Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra in London.
1944 Birth of Vernon, Lyn (m/s) Can. b. Aug. 18, 1944;
1944 Death of English conductor Sir Henry Wood, in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Was conductor of the Proms
concerts 1895-1944. b-London, 3 MAR 1869.
1947 Birth of American conductor and trumpeter Gerard SCHWARZ, in Weehawkin, NJ. Became music director of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in 1978 and Seattle Symphony in 1983.
1952 FP of Alberto Ginastera's ballet Estancia in Buenos Aires.
1957 FP of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story in Washington D.C.
1988 FP of Lutoslawski's Piano Concerto, at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
1990 Last concert appearance before death of Leonard Bernstein. He conducts the Boston Symphony in Britten's Three Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Also at this Tanglewood concert, Carl St. Clair conducted a performance of Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles orchestrated by Bright Sheng.
1995 Death of French composer Pierre Schaeffer in Les Milles. b-Nancy, 14 AUG 1910.
1997 Death of Frederic Anspach Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 25 Jun 1908 Belgium Died 19 Aug 1977
Pupils :- Jules Bastin, Julien Haas, Jose Van Dam
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