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- 1724 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 122 Das neugeborne Kindelein on the Sunday after Christmas as part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1724-25.
- 1762 Leopold Mozart and his son and daughter leave Vienna to Salzburg.
- 1782 Mozart finishes the first of his 'Haydn' string quartets, K. 387.
- 1791 Birth of Austrian tenor Franz WILD.
- 1809 Death of German composer Franz Ignaz Beck in France. b-Manheim, 20 FEB 1734.
- 1827 Birth of French soprano Marie CARVALHO, aka Marie Felix-Miolan, in Marseilles. Died 10 July 1895
Debut as Isabella in Robert Le Diable (Meyerbeer) 1849
Teachers:- Louis-Gilbert Duprez, Francois Felix-Miolan (father)
Pupil :- Elisabeth Parkina
Created Marguerite in Faust (Gounod)
Baucis in Philemon et Baucis (Gounod)
Mireille in Mireille (Gounod)
Sylvie in Colombe (Gounod)
Juliette in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)
Topaze in Reine Topaze (Masse)
Sang in premiere of Giralda (Adam)
Noces de Jeannette (Masse)
- 1830 Death of Giacomo Davide Tenor
Born 1750 Bergamo Died 31 Dec 1830
Debut in premiere of Zon Zon (Gazzaniga) 1773
Teacher :- Nicola Sala
Pupils :- Giovanni Davide(son), Andrea Nozzari
Created Alceo in Aristo e Temira (Bertoni)
Lucio Paperio in Quinto Fabio (Bertoni)
Sang in premiere of Circe (Cimarosa)
Idalide (Sarti)
Lodoiska (Mayr)
Ginevra di Scozia (Mayr)
Zon Zon (Gazzaniga)
Sang in premiere of Zaira (Federici)
- 1832 Death of Adelaida Malanotte Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1785 Verona Died 31 Dec 1832
Debut 1806
Created Enrico in Elisabetta D'Inghilterra (Pavesi)
Semiramide in Semiramide (Rossini)
Sang in premiere of Alzira (Manfroce)
- 1837 Birth of American composer John R. SWENEY in West Chester, PA. d-Chester, PA 10 APR 1899.
- 1842 FP of Albert Lortzing's opera Der Wildschütz 'The Poacher' at the Stadttheater in Leipzig.
- 1865 FP of Rimsky-Korsakov's Symphony No. 1, Balakirev
conducting, in St. Petersburg.
CD-Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Tsar's Bride Overture; Fantasia
1869 Death of Anton Haizinger Tenor
Born 14 Mar 1796 lichtenstein Died 31 Dec 1869
Debut as Gianetto in Gazza Ladra(Rossini) 1821
Teachers:- Giuseppe Mozatti, Antonio Salieri, Wolkert
Created Adolar in Euryanthe (Weber)
1871 Birth of tenor Charles DALMORES.
1876 Birth of Elisabeth Van Endert-Bohm Soprano
Born 31 Dec 1876 Neuss Died 27 Feb 1956
Debut 1908
Teacher :- Richard Muller, Wally Schauseil
1877 Death of Alberto Mazzucato Teacher of Singing
Born 28 July 1813 Udine Dead 31 Dec 1877
Pupils :- Sim Reeves, Marcella Lotti della Santa, Marietta Gazzaniga
1879 Birth of Genevieve Vix Soprano
Born 31 Dec 1879 Le Havre Died 25 Aug 1939
Debut as Aphrodite in Aphrodite (Erlanger) 1906
Created Concepcion in L'Heure Espagnole (Ravel)
Circe in Circe (Hillmacher)
Sang in premiere of Francisca da Rimini (Leoni)
Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr (Chapuis)
1879 Opening of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance
in London. FP in USA, the night before.
1885 Birth of German conductor Frans Von HOESSLIN in Munich. d-France, 28 SEP 1946.
1889 Birth of Panamanian composer Alberto GALIMANY.
1892 Birth of Frank Titterton Tenor
Born 31 Dec 1892 Handsworth Died 24 Nov 1956
Teachers:- William Bennett, Ernesto Beraldi, Jean De Reszke
Charles Victor, Mary Ann Wooley
Pupils :- John Fryatt, Eric Shilling
1894 Birth of British composer Ernest John 'Jack' MOERAN in Heston, Middlesex. d-Kenmare, Ireland 1 DEC 1950.
1899 Birth of Mexican composer and violinist
Silvestre REVUELTAS in Santiago, Papasquiaro. d-Mexico City, 5 OCT 1940.
1899 Death of Austrian composer Karl Millöcker in Baden. b-Vienna, 29 APR 1842.
1903 R. Strauss finishes Sinfonia Domestica.
1904 Birth of Russian-American violinist and composer Nathan MILSTEIN in
Odessa.
d-1993.
1907 Birth of Lesley Chabay Tenor
Born 31 Dec 1907 Beksesaba Hungary Died 16 Mar 1989
Debut 1932
Teachers:- Fritz Feinhals, Edoardo Garbin
Sang in premiere of Casanova in der Schweiz (Burkhard)
1908 Birth of Marko Rothmuller Baritone
Born 31 Dec 1908 Zagreb Died 20 Jan 1993
Debut as Ottokar in Freischutz (Weber) 1932
Teachers:- Franz Steiner, Eugen Robert Weiss
Pupil :- Gillian Sands
Created Truchess von Waldburg in Mathis der Maler (Hindemith)
1908 Birth of Russian-born American pianist Victor BABIN. d-1972.
1915 FP of Ernest Schelling's Impressions from an Artist's
Life, composer was the pianist, the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Dr. Karl Muck.
1916 Birth of American composer Jaap SCHROEDER.
1925 American concert debut of pianist Ottorino Respighi. Also well known
as Italian composer. Playing his Mixolydian Mode Piano Concerto with the
NY
Philharmonic.
1927 Birth of Jutta Vulpius Soprano
Born 31 Dec 1927 Erfurt
Debut as Queen of the Night in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1951
Teacher :- Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann
Created Lydia Barbent in Noch Einen Loffel Gift Liebling (Matthus)
1931 Birth of Noel Mangin Bass-Baritone
Born 31 Dec 1931 Wellington New Zealand Died 4 Mar 1995
Debut as Rodolfo in La Boheme (Puccini)
Teachers:- Domenique Modesti, Joseph Hislop, Alexander Kipnis
Created Dr Turtlespit in Help Help the Globolinks (Menotti)
King in Taverner (Maxwell-Davies)
Black Will in Arden Must Die (Goehr)
Brown in Knife (Jones)
1934 Paris Opera gives 2,000th performance of Gounod's
Faust.
1936 Birth of Eva Randova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 31 Dec 1936 Kolin Czech
Teacher :- J Svabova
Debut 1962
1938 Birth of American composer Calvin HAMPTON in Kittanning, PA. d-Port Charlotte, FL 5 AUG 1984.
1941 Death of Mary Lewis Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1897 Hot Springs Arkansas Died 31 Dec 1941
Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 19 Oct 1923
Teachers:- Jean De Reszke, Alice Henniger, William Thorner
Created Mary in Hugh the Drover (Vaughan Williams)
1948 Birth of English conductor Stephen CLEOBURY in London.
1948 Death of English composer, pianist and violinist Ethel Barnes in Maidenhead. b-1874.
1948 FP Antiles' Sym No 5. Eugene Ormandy conducting the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
1948 FP of Howard Hanson's Piano Concerto. Pianist Rudolph
Firkusny with Boston Symphony Orchestra.CD-Music of Howard Hanson, Vol.2
1950 Death of French composer Charles Koechlin, (SHARL KERSH' Lin) in Canadel, France. b-Paris, 27 NOV 1867.BOOKS-Catherine Urner (1891-1942) and Charles Koechlin (1867-1950): A Musical Affaire
Charles Koechlin, 1867-1950: His Life and Works (Contemporary Music Studies, Vol. 1)
1954 Death of Dutch composer and conductor Peter van Anrooy in The Hague. b-Zaltbomme, 13 OCT 1879.
1962 Birth of American composer Jennifer HIGDON in Brooklyn, NY.
1962 Death of Bella Alten Soprano
Born 30 June 1877 Zaxaczewo Poland Died 31 Dec 1962
Debut as Aennchen in Freischutz (Weber) 1897
Teachers:- Gustave Engel, Aglaia von Orgeni
Salvatore Baccaloni Bass
Born 14 Apr 1900 Rome Died 31 Dec 1969
Debut as Bartolo in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Apr 1922
Teacher :- Giuseppe Kaschmann
Created Georgibus in Prezione Ridicole (Lattuada)
Astolfi in Campiello (Wolf-Ferrari)
Sang in premiere of Fra Gherardo (Pizzetti)
Madama di Challant (Guarino)
Maddalena (Michetti)
Farsa Amorosa (Zandonai)
Vigna (Guerrini)
Il Dibuk (Rocca)
1970 Death of British composer Cyril Scott, in Eastbourne, England. b-Oxton near Birkenhead, 27 SEP 1879. BOOK-Cyril Scott: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music)
1970 FP of Bruno Maderna's Oedipe-Roi in Monte Carlo.
1977 Death of Maria Janowska Soprano
Born 20 Mar 1890 Poznan Poland Died 31 Dec 1977
Debut as Zofi in Halka (Moniuszko) 1913
Teacher :- Jean de Reszke
Created Angele in Tsar Has A Photograph Taken (Weill)
1981 Death of Cesarini Valobra Soprano
Born 3 July 1907 Died 31 Dec 1981
Debut in Boheme (Puccini) 1928
Teacher :- Vittorio Vanza
Created Lisabetta in Cena delle Beffe (Giordano)
Sang in premiere of Delitto e Castigo (Pedrollo)
Maddalena (Michetti)
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