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- 1696 (26th?)FP of Bononcini's opera Il Trionfo di Camilla at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples.
- 1723 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 64 Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget on the 3rd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1723-24.
- 1724 FP of Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 133 Ich freue mich in dir on the 3rd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1724-25.
- 1725 FP of Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 151 Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt on the 3rd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1725-27.
- 1734 FP of Bach's Herrscher der Himmels, erhöre das Lallen third of the six part Christmas Oratorio S. 248, in Leipzig.
- 1765 Birth of Elizabeth Billington Soprano
Born 27 Dec 1765 London Died 25 Aug 1818
Debut as Polly in Beggar's Opera (Pepusch) 1783
Teachers:- Johann Christian Bach, James Billington (husband)
Venanzio Rauzzini, Antonio Sacchini
Created Ceres in Ratto di Prosperina (Winter)
Sang in premiere of Inez di Castro (Bianchi)
Fernando nel Messico (Portugallo)
- 1800 Birth of English composer and conductor Sir John GOSS.
- 1841 Birth of German composer and musicologist Philipp SPITTA in Wechold near Hoya. Biographer of Bach and
Schumann.
- 1841 Franz Liszt performs at the Singakademie in Berlin and becomes popular with women all over Europe.
- 1856 Birth of French composer and teacher Andre GEDALGE in Paris. d-Paris, 10 FEB 1926.
- 1858 Death of French composer Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly in Paris. b-Versailles, 19 APR 1785.
- 1859 Birth of Irish pianist and composer Hope TEMPLE, aka Alice Maude Davis, in Dublin. d-Folkestone, 10 MAY 1938. m- French composer André Messager but did not live with him long. Her pianist career was ruined by a riding accident. She composed sentimental ballads.
- 1859 Birth of English music historian, writer and teacher William Henry HADOW in Ebrington. d-London, 8 APR 1937.
- 1872 Birth of Danish composer, teacher and violinist Georg HOEBERG in Copenhagen. d-Verboek, 3 AUG 1950.
- 1882 Birth of Charles Manners Bass
Born 27 Dec 1882 London Died 3 May 1935
Teacher :- William Shakespeare
Debut / Creation as Private Willis in Iolanthe (Sullivan) 1882
Formed Moody Manners Opera Company with his wife Fanny Moody
- 1887 Birth of Dutch composer Bernard van DIEREN in Rotterdam. d-London, 24 APR 1936.
- 1888 Birth of Elvira De Hidalgo Soprano
Born 27 Dec 1888 Arragena Died 22 Jan 1980
Debut as Rosina in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1908
Teachers:- Bordalba, Melchiorre Vidal
Pupils :- Maria Callas, Leyla Gencer, Arda Mandikian, Elvina Ramella
J Hill
- 1890 Death of Giovanni Belletti Baritone
Born 17 Feb 1813 Sarzana Died 27 Dec 1890
Debut as Figaro in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1838
Teacher :- Pilotti
- 1891 Birth of Carolina Lazzari Mezzo-Soprano
Born 27 Dec 1891 Milford Connecticut Died 17 Oct 1946
Debut as Giglietta in Isabeau (Mascagni ) 12 Nov 1917
- 1892 Birth of American composer Felix LABUNSKI. d-1979.
- 1896 FP of Ernest Chausson's Poéme Op. 25. Guy Ropartz conducting, Eugène Ysayë as soloist, in Nancy.
CD-Joshua Bell - Poème ~ Chausson · Massenet · Saint-Saëns · Ravel / RPO · Litton
1906 Birth of American pianist and composer Oscar LEVANT in Pittsburgh. d-Beverly Hills, CA 14 AUG 1972. Played Gershwin's music in movie An American in Paris. BOOK-A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant
1906 FP of Florent Schmitt's Psalm XLVII in Paris.
1907 Birth of Dutch conductor and composer Willem van OTTERLOO in Winterswijk. d-Melbourne, Australia 1978. Director of Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras.
1909 Birth of Charles Holland Tenor
Born 27 Dec 1909 Norfolk Va Died 7 Nov 1987
Teacher :- Clyde Burrows
Sang in premiere of Four Saints in 3 Acts (Thomson)
1916 Death of Russian music critic, writer and teacher Nikolai F. Soloviev in St. Petersburg. b-Petrozavodsk, 9 MAY 1846.
1920 Birth of Sigrid Ekkehard Soprano
Born 27 Dec 1920 Berlin
Debut 1943
Teacher :- Hedwig Francillo-Kauffmann, Maja Nissen-Stone
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner
1925 Birth of American composer Allan BLANK.
1927 Birth of American composer Joseph CASTALDO.
1927 FP of Jerome Kern's Showboat in NYC. CD- Showboat: Presented By The Chicago Musical Review
1930 Birth of Belgian composer Jacqueline FONTYN in Antwerp.
1931 Death of Agustarello Affre Tenor
Born 23 Oct 1858 St Chinian 27 Dec 1931
Debut as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1890
Teachers:- Edmond Duvernoy, Pierre Gailhard
Pupil :- Marcel Clavare
Sang in premiere of Mage(Massenet)
1931 FP of George Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing in NYC.
1932 Birth of French composer Louis-Noël BELAUBRE in Muret.
1932 Opening of S. L. 'Roxy' Rothafel's Radio City Music Hall in NYC.
1934 FP of Daniel Gregory Mason's English Folk Song Suite and
Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra under Bruno Walter. Rachmaninov was pianist.CD-Serge Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4/Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini
1936 Birth of Glafira Korolyova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 27 Dec 1936 Perm
Debut as Olga in Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 1963
Teachers:- R J Alpert, E K Levinson, F S Petrova
1944 Death of American composer and pianist Amy Marcey Cheney (Mrs. H.H.A.)Beach, age 77, in NYC. b-Henniker, NH 5 SEP 1867.
1945 Birth of Indian-born composer, longtime resident in Europe, Clarence Albertson BARLOW in Calcutta, India.
1947 Birth of Janet Perry Soprano
Born 27 Dec 1947 Minneapolis
Debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1969
Teacher :- Eufemia Giannini-Gregory
1949 Birth of Isola Jones Mezzo-Soprano
Born 27 Dec 1949 Chicago
Debut as Olga in Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 15 Oct 1977
1949 Birth of American composer Carson KIEVMAN.
1954 FP of Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street in NYC. Won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Music.CD-Menotti: The Saint of Bleecker Street
1958 Birth of Russian composer Igor PANOV in Magnitogorsk.
1958 Birth of Quentin Hayes Baritone
Born 27 Dec 1958 Southend
Debut as Morales in Carmen (Bizet) 1985
Teachers:- Rudolf Piernay, Arthur Reckless
Created Eddy in Greek (Turnage)
Soldier in What is the Point(Gregory)
Benno in East & West (McQueen)
Taft in Camera (Moore)
Sailor/Bearkeeper/Collinson/Helmsman in Tornrak (Metcalf)
1970 Birth of Russian conductor and composer Vsevolod CHMOULEVITCH in Iaroslavl. aka Vsevolod Polonsky.
1978 Birth of American composer Jason THOMAS in Tennessee.
1983 Death of Fidelia Campigna Soprano
Born 1894 Almeria Andalusia Died 27 Dec 1983
Debut as Margherita in Mefistofele (Boito) 1913
Teacher :- Antonio Dabuyo
Pupil :- Carlos Guichandut
1986 Death of Swedish composer Lars Erik Larsson in Hälsingborg. b-Akarp, 15 MAY 1908.
1992 Death of American composer Stephen Joel Albert, in a car accident in Truro, MA. b-NYC, 6 FEB 1941.
1995 Death of Ukranian-American pianist Shura Cherkassky age 86. b-Odessa, 7 OCT 1911.
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