1521 Death of Flemish church music composer Josquin Des Prez age
81, in Valenciennes. b-Hainaut(?) c. 1440.
1611 (20th?)Death of Spanish organist and composer Tomas Luis de Victoria in Madrid. Known as the Palestrina of
Spain. b-Avila, 1548.
1680 Death of Spanish composer Joan Cererols in Montserrat. b-Martorell, 9 SEP 1618.
1734 (JC, GC=7 SEP)Handel and John Rich produce the next opera season of Handel's Royal Academy at Rich's Covent Garden Theater in London.
1739 Birth of French composer, singer and conductor Michel-Richard DELALANDE in LaFleche. d-Versailles, 18 JUN 1726.
1748 FP of J. P. Rameau's opera-ballet Pygmalion in Paris.
1827 Birth of Teresa Parodi Soprano
Born 27 Aug 1827 Genoa Died 1878
Debut in Gemma di Vergy (Donizetti) 1845
Teachers:- Giuditta Pasta, Felice Ronconi
1832 Birth of Louisa Payne Soprano
Born 27 Aug 1832 Died 20 Mar 1904
Debut as Amina in Sonnambula (Bellini) 1849
Teacher :- Smart
Created Lurline in Lurline (Wallace)
Bianca in Bianca (Balfe)
Satanella in Satanella (Balfe)
Fanny in Charles II (McFarren)
Sang in premiere of Rose of Castille (Balfe)
Puritan's Daughter (Balfe)
Armourer of Nantos (Balfe)
Lily of Killarney (Benedict)
Ruy Blas (Glover)
1866 Birth of Schmedes, Erik (b/t) (1868-1931) Dane. (53) b. Copenhagen, Aug. 27,
1866; d. 1931: MET: Début Nov. 18, 1908 [Siegmund] Die Walküre, 1
season, (1908-09) 15 perf. 5 roles.
1867 (28th?)Birth of Italian opera composer Umberto GIORDANO in Foggia. d-Milan, 12 NOV 1948.
1868 Birth of Erik Schmedes Tenor
Born 27 Aug 1868 Copenhagen Died 31 Mar 1931
Debut as Valentin in Faust (Gounod) 1891
Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, August Iffert, Mariano Padilla y Ramos
Luise Ress, Nikolaus Rothmuhl, Pauline Viardot-Garcia
Pupils :- Anny Konetzi, Maria Muller
1882 Birth of Czech composer Jaroslav KRICKA in Moravia. d-Prague, 23 JAN 1969.
1882 Birth of Hubert Martschka Tenor
Born 27 Aug 1882 Died 4 Dec 1959
Debut 1904
Sang in premiere of Geschiedene Frau (Fall)
Rose von Stambul (Fall)
Zigeunerliebe (Lehar)
Ideale Gattin (Lehar)
Endlich Allein (Lehar)
Blanc Mazur (Lehar)
Frasquita (Lehar)
Gelbe Jacke (Lehar)
Grafin Mariza (Kalman)
Zirkusprinzessin (Kalman)
Gold'ne Meisterin (Eysler)
1886 Birth of English composer of light music, Eric COATES in Hucknall,
Nottinghamshire. d-Chichester, 21 DEC 1957.
1886 Birth of English-American composer and violist Rebecca CLARK in Harrow, England,
d-NYC, 13 OCT
1979.
1892 The Metropolitan Opera House was destroyed by fire.
1900 FP of G. Fauré's Prométhée in Béziers, France.
1907 Birth of Derenne, Paul (t) (1907-1982) Fr. (74) b. Rennes, Aug, 27, 1907; d.
Paris, Apr. 18, 1982.
1914 Birth of Dragutin Bernardic Bass
Born 27 Aug 1914 Karlovac Yugoslavia
Created Kominije in Koriolan (Sulek)
1917 Birth of Kelly, Norman (t) U.S. b. Eddington, MA
1920 Birth of Jacques Loreau Tenor
Born 27 Aug 1920 Choisy-le-Eoi
Debut in Gypsy Princess (Kalman) 1950
Teachers:- Louis Musy, Victor Pujol
Sang in premiere of Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (Martin)
Premier Partout (Legay / Devevey)
Colombe (Damasne)
1920 Birth of Alexander Ognitsiev Bass
Born 27 Aug 1920 Voroschilovgrad
Debut 1949
Teacher :- Doliev
Created Nicholas 1 in Decembrist (Shaporin)
Leader in Optimisticheskaya Tragediya (Kholminov)
1922 Birth of American composer Rayburn WRIGHT. d-21 MAR 1990.
1923 Birth of Panni, Nicoletta (s) It. b. Rome, Aug. 27, 1933; She is a niece of
the famous baritone Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1960). She received her
training at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Her
professional début was on the stage at Triest [Blanche] Dialogues
Carmélites, Poulenc (1957). As a lyric soprano she appeared
successfully on the big Italian stages, including Milan's La Scala,
at which she made her début [Euridice] Orpheus, Gluck (1962). She
also performed at Opera di Roma, Fenice di Venezia, San Carlo di
Napoli, Verdi di Trieste, Comunale di Bologna and Firenze, New York,
Chicago, Baltimora, Philadelphia, Seattle, Lisbon, Brussels,
Luxembourg, Barcellona, Geneve, London, and at the Festival of Aix
en Provence. Panni also had important successes in the concert
hall. Her career as a singer came to an end toward the late
1970's. MET: Début: Nov. 9, 1963 [Mimi] La Bohème, 1 season 1963-
64) 4 perf., 2 works.
1924 Birth of HOLLINGSWORTH: Stanley (com/opera) (1924-2003) U.S. b. Berkeley, Aug
28, 1924; d. Rocklin, CA, Oct. 29, 2003
1930 Birth of French composer and pianist Colette BAILLY in Lyon.
1937 FP of Aaron Copland's El Salon Mexico, Carlos Chavez conducting in
Mexico City.
1940 FP of music man Meredith Willson's Symphony No. 2 The Missions of California. San Francisco Symphony concert on Treasure Island conducted by the composer. Also the premiere of Willson's Prelude to 'The Great Dictator' based on his film score for the Charlie Chapin film whose themes were composed by Chaplin.
1941 Birth of Cesare, Enzo di (t) (1941-2003) It. (61) b. Aug. 27, 1941; d. Rome,
Jun. 2003
1944 Birth of Australian composer Barry CONYNGHAM in Sydney.
1945 Birth of Reece, Arley (t) U.S. b. Yoakum, TX, Aug. 27, 1945;
1948 Death of Brazilian composer Oscar Lorenzo Fernández in Rio de Janeiro. b-Rio de Janeiro, 4 NOV 1897.
1949 Birth of Irish mezzo-soprano Ann MURRAY in Dublin. Debut as Alcestis in Alceste (Gluck) 1974
Teachers:- Denis Cox, Frederick Cox
1958 Death of Garelli, Nina (s) (1880-1958) It. (78) b. Cremona, 1880.
1959 Birth of English conductor Stan EDWARDS.
1961 Birth of Rose, Peter (bs) Eng b. Canterbury
1979 FP of Leonard Bernstein's song Piccola Serenata composed for the 81st birthday of conductor Karl Böhm at Salzburg Festival, with mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig and pianist James Levine.
1984 Death of Finnish choral conductor and composer Ahti Sonninen in Helsinki. b-Kuopio, 11 JUL 1914.
1994 Death of Thomas Hayward Tenor
Born 1915 Kansas City Died 27 Aug 1994
Debut 1944
Pupil :- Gary Lakes
Created Claudius in Hamlet (Kagan)
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