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- 1610 Birth of Baldassare Ferri Castrato
Born 9 Dec 1610 Perugia Died 8 Sep 1680
Debut 1625
Teacher :- Vincenzo Ugolini
- 1621 Death of Francesco Rasi Tenor
Born 14 May 1574 Arezzo Died 9 Dec 1621
Debut as Amynter in Euridice (Peri) 1600 (Premiere)
Teacher :- Giulio Caccini
Created Ovid & Apollo in Dafne (Da Gagliano)
Orfeo in Orfeo (Monteverdi)
Sang in premiere of Rapimento di Cefalo (Caccini)
Arianna (Monteverdi)
- 1715 Birth of Danish composer Georg Gottfried PETRI.
- 1721 FP of Handel's opera Floridante in London.
1728 Birth of Italian composer Pietro GUGLIELMI in Tuscani. d-Rome, 1804.
1745 (19th?) Birth of Italian composer Giuseppe GIORDANI in Napoli. d-Fermo, 4 JAN 1798.
1745 Birth of Italian vocalist and violinist Maddalena Lombardi SIRMEN in Venice. d-Venice, 18 MAY 1818.
1752 Birth of Austrian music teacher Leopold KOZELUH. Followed Mozart as
court composer in Prague.
1754 Birth of German bassoonist, teacher and composer Etienne OZI.
1770 Death of composer Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, at 80.
1791 Birth of John Sinclair Tenor
Born 9 Dec 1791 Edinburgh 23 Sep 1857
Teachers:- Rossini, Banderali, Pellegrini
Created Idrenus in Semiramide (Rossini)
Sang in premiere of Guy Mannering (Bishop)
Slave (Bishop)
1791 Birth of composer Peter Joseph Von LINDPAINTNER. d-21 AUG 1856.
1796 Birth of French composer Prudent-Louis Aubery du BOULLEY.
1814 Death of composer Jose Angel Lamas, at 39.
1827 Death of composer Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, at 90.
1832 FP of Hector Berlioz Lélio, ou Le Retour ŕ la vie 'Lelio, or The Return to Life'. François-Antoine Habaneck conducting and Berlioz was an additional timpanist, in Paris. CD-Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Excerpts from Lélio
1836 FP of Mikhail Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar at the Main Theater in St. Petersburg. To be titled Ivan Susanin after its lead character, but as a tribute to the Tsar was retitled following the Russian Revolution. .CD-Glinka: Life for the Tsar
1837 Birth of French composer Charles Emile WALDTEUFEL (VALD' toy fel) in
Strasbourg, France. d-
12 FEB 1915.
1842 FP of Glinka's opera Russlan and Ludmilla at the Main Theater in St. Petesrburg.
1843 Birth of Bohemian-Czech cellist and composer David POPPER in Prague. m-pianist
Sophie Menter. d-Baden, 7 AUG
1913.
1847 Birth of George Grossmith Baritone
Born 9 Dec 1847 London 1 Mar 1912
Created John Wellington Wells in Sorcerer (Sullivan)
Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore (Sullivan)
Reginald Bunthorne in Patience (Sullivan)
Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe (Sullivan)
Gama in Princess Ida (Sullivan)
Ko-Ko in Mikado (Sullivan)
Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore (Sullivan)
Jack Point in Yeoman of the Guard (Sullivan)
1850 Birth of Emma Abbott Soprano
Born 9 Dec 1850 Chicago Died 5 Jan 1891
Debut as Marie in Figlia del Reggimento (Donizetti) 2 May 1876
Teachers:- Seth Abbott(father), Enrico Delle Sedie, Achille Errani
Mathilde Marchesi, Antonio Sangiovanni,
Pier-Francoise Wartel, Seth Abbott (father)
1854 Birth of Dutch composer Pekka HANNIKAINEN.
1859 Birth of composer Algernon ASHTON.
1862 Birth of Bohemian conductor and composer Karel KOVAROVIC. Conductor of the Prague
National Opera.
1864 Birth of composer Sidney HOMER.
1869 Birth of Anna Bartels Soprano
Born 9 Dec 1869 Gafle Sweden Died 17 Feb 1950
Debut as Harriet in Martha (Flotow) 1897
Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, Signe Hebbe
1882 Birth of Spanish composer Joaquin TURINA in Seville, Spain. d-Madrid, 14 JAN
1949. The catalan fan site has solid bio & nearly complete works list here.
1887 Birth of Louis Cazette Tenor
Born 9 Dec 1887 Nantes Died 30 April 1922
Debut as Noctambule in Louise (Charpentier) 14 Jun 1919
Teachers:- A Delpouget, Emile Engel, Jan Redev, Albert Saleza
1890 Birth of Emil Olsovsky Tenor
Born 9 Dec 1890 Brno Died 20 Apr 1945
Debut 1911
Created Filka Morozov in From House of the Dead (Janacek)
Sang in premiere of Makropulos Affair (Janacek)
1891 Birth of Kathe Herwig Soprano
Born 9 Dec 1891 Berlin Died 28 Oct 1953
Debut as Shepherd Boy in Tannhauser 1914
Teacher :- Ernst Grenzebach
Created Ghita in Zwerg (Zemlinsky)
1893 Death of English organist, teacher and composerGeorge Job Elvey, at age 77 in Windlesham, Surrey. b-Canterbury, 27 MAR 1816.
1899 Birth of Dutch choir conductor Frans van AMELSVOORT. d-25 AUG 1975.
1895 Birth of Spanish Mezzo-Soprano Conchita SUPERVIA. d-1936.
1900 FP of Debussy's Nuage and Fetes conducted by Camille Chevillard at a Lamoreux concert in
Paris.CD-Debussy: La Mer - Jeux - Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre
1905 Death of composer Henry Holmes, at 66.
1905 FP of R. Strauss one-act opera Salome from story by Oscar Wilde, at
the Dresden Court. Condemned as obscene. First use
of the heckelphone, a baritone oboe invented by W. Heckel.CD-Strauss - Salome / Studer, Rysanek, Hiestermann, Terfel, Bieber, A. Murray, Sinopoli
1906 Birth of Greet Koeman Soprano
Born 9 Dec 1906 Zaandam Died 2 Sep 1961
Debut as Barbarina in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1938
Teachers:- Johann Den Hertog, Aaltje Noordewierreddingius
Created Duchess in Francois Villon (Dresden)
Sang in premiere of Philomela (Andriessen)
1906 FP of Alexander Glazunov's Symphony No. 8, in St. Petersburg.CD-A. Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8
1908 Birth of Emery Darcy Baritone then Tenor
Born 9 Dec 1908 Chicago
Debut as Malatesta in Don Pasquale (Donizetti) 1932
Teachers:- Lucie Lenox, Walter Taussig, Hermann Weigart
1915 Birth of German soprano Elisabeth SCHWARZKOPF in Jarotschin, Germany. d.- 3 AUG 2006. Appreciated for her
performances in R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier.
Debut as Flower Maiden in Parsifal (Wagner) 1938
Teachers:- Egenolf, Maria Ivogun, Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, Erich Vietheer
Pupils :- Thomas Hampson, Jane Leslie Mackenzie, Rita Shane
Dana Talley, Eduardo Villa, Barry Banks, Jane Eaglen
Alison Hagley, Mary Hegarty, Ingrid Attrot, Tinuke Olafimihan
Hans-Gunter Dotzauer, Stephan Genz, Mariane Nicolescu
Created Anne Trulove in Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Sang in premiere of Trionfo D'Afrodite (Orff)
1917 Birth of Tomislav Neralic Bass-Baritone
Born 9 Dec 1917 Karlovac
Debut 1939
Teacher :- Sergio Nazor
Sang in premiere of Konig Hirsch (Henze)
1924 Death of Dutch composer Bernard Zweers, Gisbertus of Aemstel, at age 70 in Amsterdam. b-Amsterdam, 18 MAY 1854.
1925 Death of composer Eugene Gigout (GEE joh), at age 81 in Paris. b-Nancy, 23 MAR 1844.
1926 FP of Darius Milhaud's Carnival d'Aix for piano and orchestra with the composer as the piano soloist in NYC. CD-Karneval - Carnival - Carnaval -- Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix / Johan Severin Svendsen: Norwegischer Künstlerkarneval, Op. 14 / Britten: Canadian Carnival, Op. 19
1927 Birth of Helen Watts Mezzo-Soprano
Born 9 Dec 1927 Milford Haven
Teachers:- C Hatchard, Fred Jackson
1927 Birth of French composer Pierre HENRY in Paris.
1927 Birth of English music writer Benny GREEN. Obit.
1928 FP of M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Piano Concerto, in Rome.
1929 Birth of film composer Michel FANO.
1931 Death of Marie Lehmann Soprano
Born 15 May 1851 Hamburg Died 9 Dec 1931
Debut as Annchen in Freischutz (Weber) 1867
Teachers:- Lilli Lehmann, Marie Loewe, Melanie Kurt
Created Wellgunde in Gotterdammerung (Wagner)
1933 Birth of Gilbert Py Tenor
Born 9 Dec 1933 Sete
Debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 1964
1933 Birth of Luciano Saldari Tenor
Born 9 Dec 1933 Ascoli Piceno
Debut as Duke in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1957
Teacher :- Antonio Melandri
1934 Birth of Anton Diakov Bass
Born 9 Dec 1934 Sofia
Debut in Rangoni in Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) 1960
Teachers:- Assem Dimitrov, Luigi Ricci
Created Mayor in Drache (Meier)
Sang in premiere of Augustin (Meier)
1934 Birth of composer Alan RIDOUT.
1938 Birth of American composer William Thomas McKINLEY in New Kensington, PA.
1938 Birth of American Mezzo-Soprano Tatiana TROYANOS. d-1993.
1938 FP of John Cage's Trio for Percussion in Santa Monica, CA.CD-John Cage: Music for Percussion
1939 FP of Cage's First Construction (in Metal) for six percussionists, in Seattle, WA.CD-The 25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage
1942 FP of A. Khachaturian's Gayne ballet in Perm.CD-Khachaturian:Gayne Ballet Music/Shostakovich: Symphony No.5
1942 FP of Aaron Copland's Danzón Cubano for Two Pianos played by the composer and Leonard Bernstein. League of Composers 20th Anniversary concert at the Town Hall Forum, in NYC. Titled Birthday Piece on Cuban Themes. B00000FDIM
CD-Copland: Appalachian Spring/Fanfare For The Common Man/El Salón México/Danzón Cubano
1942 American conductor George Szell makes his MET Opera debut conducting Salome.
1949 FP of Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata. Vladimir Horowitz, in Havana, Cuba.
1950 Death of Georg Hann Bass-Baritone
Born 30 Jan 1897 Vienna Died 9 Dec 1950
Debut 1927
Theodor Lierhammer
Created Sergeant in Friedenstag (Strauss)
La Roche in Capriccio (Strauss)
1950 FP of Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 27, posthumously, in Moscow.
1953 Birth of Christopher Robson Counter-Tenor
Born 9 Dec 1953 Falkirk
Debut as Argone in Samson (Handel) 1979
Teachers:- Paul Esswood, James Gaddarn, Thomas Hemsley
Helga Mott, Geoffrey Parsons, Peter Pears, Laura Sarti
John Shirley Quirk, Nigel Wickens
Created Ometh in Golem (Casken)
1953 Birth of Scottish counter-tenor Christopher ROBSON.
1956 Death of composer and organist Hans Barth, at 59.
1958 Birth of Susan Bullock Soprano
Born 9 Dec 1958 Cheshire
Debut as Pamina in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1986
Teacher :- Audrey Langford, Marjorie Thomas
1958 Birth of English cellist Stephen ISSERLIS.
1960 Death of Gunnar Graarud Tenor
Born 1 Jun 1886 Oslo Died 9 Dec 1960
Debut 1919
Teachers:- Fred Husler, Konrad von Zawilowski
Pupil :- Otto Edelmann
Sang in premiere of Campana Sommersa (Respighi)
1960 Death of Mado Robin Soprano
Born 29 Dec 1918 Tours Died 9 Dec 1960
Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 12 Aug 1945
Teachers:- Mario Podesta, Mme Fourestier
1966 Death of composer Yuri Alexandrovich Shaporin, at 79.
1967 Birth of American violinist Joshua BELL.
1969 FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' Vsalii Icones in London.
1971 Birth of Slovakian composer Anton STEINECKER in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
1974 Death of composer Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, at 64.
1974 Death of Ludwig Weber Bass
Born 29 July 1899 Vienna Died 9 Dec 1974
Debut as Fiorello in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1920
Teachers:- Alfred Boruttau, Roller
Pupils :- Frederick Guthrie, Olivera Miljakovic, Hans Christian
Created Holsteiner in Friedenstag (Strauss)
1974 FP of Lou Harrison's Suite for Violin with American Gamelan, violinist Lauren Jakey at Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, CA.CD-Harrison: Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Javanese Gamelan
1976 Death of Nino Martini Tenor
Born 7 Aug 1902 Verona Died 9 Dec 1976
Debut as Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1925
Teachers:- Maria Gay, Giovanni Zenatello
1982 Death of Polish-Dutch violist Paul Godwin [Goldfein], at 80.
2003 Concert by The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra,
Mohammed Amin Ezzat, conductor
and the National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor with
Guest Soloist Yo-Yo Ma, cello at Kennedy Center, Washington, DC.
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