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- 1676 Birth of French composer, organist and harpsichordist Louis Nicholas CLERAMBAULT
in Paris. d-Paris, 26 OCT 1749.
- 1733 FP of Thomas Arne's masque Dido and Aeneas, in London, at the Haymarket.
- 1739 Death of
Gottfried Grunewald Bass
Born 1675 Eywau Died 19 Dec 1739
Sang in premiere of Germinicus (Grunwald G)
Costanza Vince L'Inganno (Graupner)
- 1745 Birth of Italian composer Giuseppe GIORDANI in Napoli. d-Fermo, 4 JAN 1798.
- 1746 Birth of Venanzio Rauzzini Castrato
Born 19 Dec 1746 Camerino Died 8 Apr 1810
Debut in Finto Astrologo (Piccini) World premiere 7 Feb 1765
Teacher :- Nicolo Porpora
Pupils :- Elizabeth Billington, John Braham, Mrs Dickons, MichaelKelly
Charles Incledon, John Lacy, Nancy Storace, Elizabeth Clending
Charles Edward Horn, Gertrud Mara, Rosemond Mountain
Created Alceste & Demetrius in Demetrio (Bernasconi)
Cecilio in Lucio Silla (Mozart)
Sang in premiere of Finto Astrologo (Piccinni)
Sesostri (Guglielmi)
Siroe (Traetta)
Partenope (Hasse)
Siamano nel Mogo (Paisiello)
Armida (Rauzzini)
Montezuma (Sacchini)
- 1749 Death of Italian composer Francesco Antonio Bonporti in Padua. b-Trento, 11 JUN 1672.
- 1781 In USA, first printing of an American opera. Francis Hopkinson's The
Temple of Minerva.
- 1817 Birth of French violinist Charles DANCLA in Bagneres-Bigorre. d-Tunis, 9 NOV 1907.
- 1825 Birth of American composer George Frederick BRISTOW, in Brooklyn, N.Y. d-1898.
- 1847 Birth of Paul Bulss Baritone
Born 19 Dec 1847 Priegnitz Died 19 Mar 1902
Debut as Zarin in Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing)
Teacher :- Giovanni Lamperti, Eduard Mantius, Gustave Engel, Emile Gotze
Pupil :- Werner Engel
Sang in the premiere of Evangeliman (Kienzl)
Don Quixote (Kienzl)
- 1863 Birth of Milka Ternina Soprano
Born 19 Dec 1863 Croatia Died 18 May 1941
Debut as Amina in Sonnambula (Bellini) 1882
Teachers:- Joseph Gansbacher, Ida Winterberg
Pupil :- Zinka Milanov
- 1864 Birth of Croatian soprano Milka TERNINA in in Doljnji Sip, Vezisce, Moslavina; east of Zagreb. Photo.
- 1865 FP of Rimsky-Korsakov's First Symphony, first
major symphonic work by a Russian composer, in St. Petersburg.
- 1873 FP of P. I. Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasia The Tempest based on Shakespeare, in Moscow.
CD-Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / The Tempest
1879 Birth of French music critic and composer Louis VUILLEMIN in
Nantes. d-1929.
1879 Birth of Swedish composer Otto OLSSON in Stockholm. d-Stockholm, 1 SEP 1964.
1881 FP of Massenet's opera Herodiade in Brussells.
1882 Birth of Polish violinist and conductor Bronislaw HUBERMAN near
Warsaw.
1884 Birth of Sigismund Pilinsky Tenor
Born 19 Dec 1884 Budapest Died 9 Dec 1957
Debut 1912
Teachers:- Frau Bohme-Kohler, Konrad von Zawilowski
1888 Birth of Hungarian-born American conductor Fritz REINER, in Budapest. In USA from 1922. Chicago Sym 1953-62, naturalized American 1928. d-NYC, 15 NOV 1963.BOOK-Fritz Reiner: A Biography
1890 FP of Tchaikovsky's opera Pique Dame. Napravnik
conducting, in St. Petersburg.CD-Pytor Il'ich Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
1894 Birth of German conductor and composer Paul DESSAU in Hamburg. d-Berlin, 28 JUN 1979.
1900 Birth of Dusolina Giannini Soprano
Born 12 Dec 1900 Philadelphia Died 29 June 1986
Debut as Aida in Aida(Verdi) Nov 1925
Teacher :- Ferruccio Giannini (Father), Marcella Sembrich
Pupils :- Guillermo Sarabia, Thomas Heardon
Created Hester Prynne in Scarlet Letter (Giannini)
1900 Birth of Audrey Mildmay Soprano
Born 19 Dec 1900 Herstmonceux Died 31 May 1953
Teacher :- Johnstone-Douglas, Jani Strasser
1901 Birth of Bulgarian composer and pianist Dimiter NENOV in Razgrad. d-Sofia, 30 August 1953.
1902 Birth of American soprano Dusolina GIANNINI in Philadelphia.
1915 Birth of French singer Edith PIAF. d-1963.BOOK- Piaf: A Passionate Life
1917 Birth of Columbian composer Hans Federico NEUMAN in Barranquilla. d-Barranquilla, 5 JAN 1992.
1919 FP of Charles Tomlinson Griffes' The White Peacock for orchestra. Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
1930 FP in USAmerica of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. Boston Symphony under Serge Koussevitzky, he commissioned the work for the Boston Symphony's 50th Anniversary. The FP was in Brussels on 13 DEC 1930, under Ernest Ansermet.CD-Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms/Symphony in 3 Movements
1931 Birth of American pianist Dalton BALDWIN.
1937 Birth of American composer Milcho LEVIEV.
1939 Birth of American band arranger and composer William RYDEN in NYC.
1943 Birth of Wendy Fine Soprano
Born 12 Dec 1943 Durban S A
Teachers:- John Van Zyl, Christian Moeller, Erik Werba, Maria Hittorf
Debut as Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 1965
1944 Birth of American harsichordist and conductor William CHRISTIE.
1945 Death of Oscar Seagle Baritone
Born 31 Oct 1877 Chattanooga Died 19 Dec 1945
Debut as Silvio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1897
Teacher :- Jean de Reszke
Pupil :- May Peterson
1947 Death of Karl Jorn Tenor
Born 5 Jan 1873 Riga Latvia Died 19 Dec 1947
Debut as Lionel in Martha (Flotow) 1896
Teachers:- Elizabeth Jacobs, Johannes Ress, Schutte-Harmsen, Lohse
Eugen Robert Weiss
Sang in premiere of Roland von Berlin (Leoncavallo)
1949 Birth of Russell Smythe Baritone
Born 12 Dec 1949 Dublin
Debut as Ballad Singer in Paul Bunyan (Britten) 1976
Teachers:- Audrey Langford, Arthur Reckless
Created Tom Jones in Tom Jones (Oliver)
1955 Birth of American composer Ron KUIVILA.
1957 Birth of German baritone Olaf BAR. Debut as Nardo in Finta Giardiniera (Mozart) 1981
Created Hoffman in Goldene Topf (Mayer)
Marquis in Song of Love & Death of Cornets Christoph Rilke(Matthus)
Master Mateh in Master Mateh (Trieder
1958 Birth of English cellist Steven ISSERLIS in London. GMN Biography.
1963 Death of George Meader Tenor
Born 6 July 1888 Minneapolis Died 19 Dec 1963
Debut as Steersman in Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
Teachers:- Anna Schoen-Rene, Pauline Viardot-Garcia
Created Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
1967 Death of Carmen Melis Soprano
Born 16 Aug 1885 Longone Al Segrino Died 19 Dec 1967
Created Thais in Thais (Massenet) 1905
Teachers:- Carlo Carighani, Antonio Cotogni, Jean De Reszke,Teresina Singer
Pupils :- Alfredo Giacometti, Rita Orlandi Malaspina, Adriana Maliponte
Renata Tebaldi, Marcella De Osma, Gudrun A Simonar
Orianne Santunione
Created Ginevra in Cena Delle Beffe (Giordano)
Sang in premiere of Petronio (Giovannetti)
1967 Death of Edith Jacques Mezzo-Soprano
Died 19 Dec 1967
Sang in premiere of Cyrnos (Ameller A)
1971 Death of Andre D'Arkor Tenor
Born 23 Feb 1901 Liege Died 19 Dec 1971
Debut Gerald in Lakme (Delibes) 1925
Teachers:- Francois Malherbe, Elizabeth Seguin, Paul Virly
1975 Death of Aksel Schiotz Tenor
Born 1 Sep 1906 Copenhagen 19 Dec 1975
Debut as Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart) 1939
Teacher :- John Forsell, Valdemar Lincke, Agnete Zacharias
Pupils :- Claes Hakan Ahnsjo, Alan Titus, Robert Christeson
1987 Death of Antonio Zerbini Bass
Born 1924 Reggio Emilia Died 19 Dec 1987
Debut in Forza Del Destino (Verdi) 1952
Created Centurione in Celestina (Testi)
Sang in premiere of Furure di Oreste (Testi)
Panchina (Liberovici)
1991 FP of John Corigliano's opera The Ghosts of Versailles at the MET in NYC.
2004 Death of Italian opera diva Renata Tibaldi at her home in Marino, Italy. b-Pesaro, 1 FEB 1922
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