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- 1453 Death of English composer John Dunstable in London, b-c.1390.
- 1625 Birth of German composer Johann Rudolf AHLE in Mühlhausen. d-Mühlhausen, 9 JUL 1673.
- 1710 Birth of German organist and composer Johann Christoph ALTNIKOL in Berna, Silesia. d- Naumberg, 25 JUL 1759.
- 1739 FP of G. F. Handel's oratorio Acis and Galetea revision.
CD-Handel - Acis and Galatea / Daneman, Petibon, Agnew, Cornwell, A. Ewing, Les Arts Florissants, Christie
1772 Birth of Austrian composer Joseph WOELFL in Salzburg. d-Great Marylebone Street, London, 21 MAY 1812.
1781 The first promoted two-piano performance. Mozart and
Clementi playing a Paisiello piece, in Vienna.
1813 Birth of American composer Henry Wellington GREATOREX. d-1858.
1821 Birth of composer Italian Giovanni BOTTESINI in Crema. d-Parma, 7 JUL 1889.
1821 Birth of Dutch composer Johannes WORP in Broek in Waterland, The Netherlands. d-Groningen, 21 APR 1891.
1824 Birth of German composer and writer Peter CORNELIUS. d-1874.
1835 Birth of Cosima WAGNER at Lake Como, daughter of Franz Liszt, married H. V.
Bulow and R. Wagner. d-Bayreuth, 1 APR 1930. Promoted Bayreuth Festival and works of R. Wagner.
1840 England's Prince Albert also a composer and conductor, changes Queen
Victoria's wind band into a complete orchestra and improves its'
repertoire.
1846 Birth of Italian bass-baritone Giovanni TAGLIAPIETRA in Venice. Leading baritone with Patti, died 11 APR 1921. The famous Teresa Carrefio was his first wife.
1871 FP of Aida to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal
after Verdi twice refused the commission, at the Khedival Theater in Cairo.CD-Verdi - Aida / Caballé · Domingo · Cossotto · Ghiaurov · Cappuccilli · Roni · NPO · Muti
DVD-Verdi - Aida / Levine, Domingo, Millo, Metropolitan Opera
1874 Birth of Adamo Didur Bass
Born 24 Dec 1874 Sanok Poland Died 7 Jan 1946
Debut as Mepistopheles in Faust (Gounod) 1894
Teachers:- Franz Emmerich, Valerie Wysocki
Pupils :- Ira Malaniuk, Marian Nowakowski, Eugenia Zareska
Andrzej Hiolski
Created Ashby in Fanciulla del West (Puccini)
Woodcutter in Konigskinder (Humperdinck)
Win-Shee in Oracolo (Leoni)
Talpa in Tabarro (Puccini)
Simone in Gianni Schicci (Puccini)
Sang in premiere of Canterbury Pilgrims (De Koven)
Anima Allegra (Vittadini)
Figlia di Jorio (Franchetti)
1881 Birth of American composer Charles Wakefield CADMAN in Johnstown, PA. d-LA, 30 DEC 1946.
1887 (1888?) Birth of Spanish soprano Lucrezia BORI in Valencia.
1887 FP of George W. Chadwick's Melpomene Overture. Boston Symphony.CD-Chadwick: Aphrodite; Suite Symphonique; Symphonic Sketches
1888 Birth of Lucrezia Bori Soprano
Born 24 Dec 1888 Valencia Died 14 May 1960
Debut Micaela in Carmen (Bizet) 31 Oct 1908
Teachers:- Frank La Forge, Gabriele Sibella, Pietro Varvaro
Melchiorre Vidal
Created Consuelo in Anima Allegra (Vittadini)
Sang in premiere of El Suede d'Alma (Buchardo)
1906 Birth of German-American conductor and composer Franz WAXMAN (Wachsmann) in Konigshutte. d-LA, 24 FEB 1967. Score for film Sunset Boulevard won 1950 Oscar.
1908 Birth of English conductor and composer Sir Vivian DUNN. d-1958.
1908 (23rd?) Death of Belgian composer Francois Gevaert in Brussells. b-Huysse, 31 JUL 1828.
1915 Birth of Bruno Aderhold Baritone
Born 24 Dec 1915
Sang in premiere of Amphitrion (Heinrich)
1918 Birth of Canadian-born American cellist Zara NELSOVA. d-10 OCT 2002.
1920 At the MET Opera in NYC, final performance of Enrico Caruso singing
Eleazar in La Juive by Halevy. Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Caruso died in Naples at the age of 48 on 2 AUG 1921.
1923 Birth of David Kelly Bass-Bariton
Born 24 Dec 1923 Kilmarnock
Debut as Timur in Turandot (Puccini) 1955
Pupils :- Gordon Sandison, Marie Slorach
Sang in premiere of Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
1925 Birth of English clarinetist Dame Thea KING.
1927 Birth of American soprano Teresa STITCH-RANDALL in West Hartford CT.
Debut as Gertrude Stein in Mother of us All (Thomson) Premiere 7 May 1947
Created Evangeline in Evangeline (Luching)
Sang in premiere of Mystere de la Nativite (Martin)
1929 Birth of American composer Noel Da COSTA. d-2002.
1930 Death of composer Oscar Nedbal.
1931 Birth of Argentine conductor and composer Mauricio KAGEL in Buenos Aires.
1932 Death of Norwegian composer Eyvind Alnaes in Oslo. b-Fredrikstad, 29 APR 1872.
1935 Death of composer Alban Berg, in Vienna, from an absessed tooth. b-Vienna, 9 FEB 1885.
1938 Birth of Denis Korolyov Tenor
Born 24 Dec 1938 Moscow
Debut as Lenski in Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 1964
Teacher :- G I Tits
1939 Birth of Swedish conductor Arnold OSTMAN, in Malmö.
1942 Birth of Maria Chiara Soprano
Born 24 Dec 1942 Oderzo Italy
Debut as Desdemona in Otello (Verdi) 1965 [Ed. note: According to WHO'S WHO IN OPERA (1976 Ed.) which was compiled from questionnaires to the artists themselves, Maria Chiara was born in 1942, but on November 24, not December.
The year of her debut as Desdemona in Otello (Verdi) at La Fenice is also given as 1966, not 1965.]
Teachers:- Maria Carbone, Antonio Cassinelli
1943 Birth of Libuse Marova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 24 Dec 1943 Susice
Debut as Azucena in Trovatore (Verdi) 1965
Teachers:- Premysl Koci, Josef Frydl, Stepanka Stepanova, Michael Zabejda
1945 Death of Adelina Stehle Soprano
Born 30 Jun 1860 Graz Died 24 Dec 1945
Debut as Amina in Sonnambula (Bellini) 1881
Pupil :- Giannini Arangi-Lombardi
Created Walter in Wally (Catalani)
Nanetta in Falstaff (Verdi)
Nedda in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
Adin in Condor (Gomes)
Maria in Guglielmo Ratcliffe (Mascagni)
Matilde in Silvano (Mascagni)
1950 Birth of American composer Libby LARSON aka Elizabeth Brown, in Wilmington, DE.
1951 FP of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors. Live Christmas Eve broadcast on the NBC-TV network by the NBC Television Opera Theater.CD-Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
1953 Birth of German composer Hans-Jurgen von BOSE in Munich.
1954 Birth of American composer Cynthia FOLIO.
1954 Death of Ella Gmeiner Mezzo-Soprano
Born 12 Nov 1874 Kromstadt Died 24 Dec 1954
Teachers:- Etelka Gerster, Emilio Herzog
1957 Birth of Richard Cowan Baritone
Born 24 Dec 1957 Euclid Ohio
Debut as Angelotti in Tosca (Puccini)
Created Maestro Wolfgang in Ispirazione (Bussotti)
1960 Birth of American composer and pianist Michael JONES.
1965 Death Mariss Vetra Tenor
Born 19 July 1901 Tirza Latvia Died 24 Dec 1965
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1922
Created Laimons in Vaidelote (Medins)
Edgars in Uguni (Kalnins)
Sang in premiere of Kaiserin Katharina (Kattnig)
1966 Death of Spanish composer Gaspar Cassadó in Madrid. b-Barcelona, 30 SEP 1897.
1967 Birth of American composer Andrew Earle SIMPSON.
1969 Death of Armando Dado Baritone
Born 1902 Rome Died 24 Dec 1969
Debut as Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1929
Sang in premiere of Gli Orazi (Porrino)
1972 Death of Franch composer César Geoffray. b-20 FEB 1901.
1975 Death of American composer and conductor Bernard Herrmann, in Los Angeles, at age 64, just completing the filmscore for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. b-29 JUN 1911.
1976 Birth of American composer American composer Philip ROTHMAN in Buffalo, NY.
1987 Death of Sara Scuderi Soprano
Born 11 Dec 1906 Catania Died 24 Dec 1987
Debut as Desdemona in Otello (Verdi) 1925
Teacher :- Matteo Aderno
Sang in premiere of Volte Della Vergine (Carmassi)
Giulio Cesare (Malipiero)
2000 Death of Aage Haugland Bass-Baritone
Born 1 Feb 1944 Copenhagen Died 24 Dec 2000
Debut as Brewer in Comedy on Bridge (Martinu)
Teachers:- Kristian Riis, Mogens Woeldike
Created Jason in Freispruch fur Medea (Liebermann)
2002 Death of Italian conductor Luciano Chailly in Milan. b-Ferrara, 19 JAN 1920. Composer of 13 operas, ballets and other works. Father of famed conductor Riccardo Chailly.
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