1846 Birth of Swedish critic and conductor Johan Andreas HALLEN in Gothenberg, Sweden. d-Stockholm, 11 MAR 1925.
1853 Birth of Venezuelan pianist, singer and composer Maria Teresa CARRENO in Caracas. d-NYC, 12
JUN 1917.
1853 Birth of Polish bass Eduardo de RESZKE in Warsaw. Died 25 May 1917
Debut as Re in Aida (Verdi) 22 Feb 1876
Teachers:- Alba, Ciaffei, Filippo Coletti, Jean de Reszke, Escudier
Giovanni Sbriglia, Steller
Pupil :- Emanuel List
Created Don Diego in Cid (Massenet)
Ruben in Figliuol Prodigo (Ponchielli)
Gilberto in Maria Tudor (Gomes)
Duc D'Albe in Patrie (Paladilhe)
King in Elda (Catalani)
Colonel in Lady of Longford (Bach E)
Duc de Sante-Fe in Aben-Hamet (Dubois)
Sang in premiere of Elaine (Bemberg)
1858 Birth of Italian opera composer Giacomo PUCCINI in Lucca. d-Brussels,
29 NOV 1924.
1894 FP of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Orchestra of the Societe National de Musique. Composed in 1892 it was choreographed
by Nijinsky. He performed the ballet in 1912 to Paris audiences who thought it was too erotic.
1901 (23rd?)Birth of Russian born-American conductor Andre KOSTELANETZ in St. Petersburg. d-Port Au
Prince Haiti, 13 JUN 1980. m-Soprano Lily Pons. Biography
1902 Birth of Afro Poli Baritone
Born 22 Dec 1902 Pisa Died 22 Feb 1987
Debut as Germont in Traviata (Verdi) 1927
Pupil :- Domenic Natole
Sang in premiere of Pulce D'Oro (Ghedini)
Madonna Imperia (Alfano)
Dama Boba (Wolf-Ferrari)
1903 Birth of Rosette Anday Mezzo-Soprano
Born 22 Dec 1903 Budapest Died 21 Sep 1977
Debut 1920
Teachers:- Gyorgy Anthes, Mme Charles Cahier, Gino Tessari
Created Simon's Wife in Danton's Tod (Von Einem)
Mother in Werbeklied (Salmhofer)
1903 Death of French composer Paul Agricole Genin in Paris. b-Avignon, 14 FEB 1832.
1906 (21st?) FP of A. Glazunov's Symphony No. 8, in St. Petersburg.
1908 Birth of
1908 Birth 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)
1913 Birth of Elfriede Trotschel Soprano
Born 22 Dec 1913 Dresden Died 20 June 1958
Debut as Aennchen in Freischutz (Weber) 1935
Teachers:- Sophie Kuhnau-Bernard, Paul Schoeffler, Doris Winkler
Sang in premiere of Hochzeit des Jobs (Haas)
1915 Birth of American conductor (Hollywood Bowl Symphony) Felix SLATKIN in St. Louis, MO. Father of
conductor Leonard Slatkin. d-Los Angeles, 8 FEB 1963.
1916 Birth of Fernando Corena Bass
Born 22 Dec 1916 Geneva Died 26 Nov 1984
Debut as Varlaam in Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky) 1947
Teacher :- Enrico Romani
Created Cannizares in Cordovano (Petrassi)
Sang in premiere of Figliuol Prodigo (Malipiero)
1921 Birth of Greek composer, teacher and guitarist Dimitri FAMPAS. d-3 MAY 1996. Father of guitarist Eva Fampas.
1921 Birth of composer Robert KURKA. d-12 DEC 1957.
1922 Birth of Anne Bollinger Soprano
Born 22 Dec 1922 Lewiston Ohio Died 11 July 1862
Debut as Frasquita in Carmen (Bizet) 1 Nov 1949
Teachers:- Rosalie Miller, Lotte Lehmann
1928 Death of Selma Nicklass-Kempner Teacher of Singing
Born 2 Apl 1849 Died 22 Dec 1928
Debut 1867
Teacher :- Jenny Meyer
Pupil :- Rita Fornia, Gertrude Forstel, Mary Hagen, Frieda Hempel
Estelle Liebling, Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann, Rachel Morton
Ursula van Dieman, Julie Shelley
1935 Birth of Viorica Cortez Mezzo-Soprano
Born 22 Dec 1935 Bucium Rumania
Debut as Delilah in Samson et Delilah (Saint-Saens) 1965
Created Lupa in Lupa (Tutino)
Sang in premiere of Noces de Sang (Chaynes)
Ondine (Daniel-Lesur)
1935 Death of Sophie Braslau Mezzo-Soprano
Born 16 Aug 1892 New York Died 22 Dec 1935
Debut as Voice in Parsifal (Wagner) 27 Nov 1913
Teachers:- Albert Buzzia-Peccia, Mario Marafioti, Marcella Sembrich
Gabriele Sibella, Herbert Witherspoon
Created Shanewis in Shanewis (Cadman)
Sang in premiere of Madame Sans-Gene (Giordano)
1940 Death of Enrico Nani Baritone
Born 4 Nov 1873 Rome Died 22 Dec 1940
Debut as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) 1899
Teacher :- Antonio Cotogni
1977 Death of Austrian composer Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart. b-Eferding, 30 NOV 1895.
1981 Birth of American composer Zhou TIAN.
1991 Death of Austrian avant-garde composer, teacher and writer Ernst Krenek in Palm Springs, CA. b-Vienna, 23 AUG 1900. His Jazz-Opera Jonny spielt auf (1925) was his best-known work. He came to the USAmerica in 1937.
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