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- 1512 Birth of Spanish composer, choral director and vocalist Christobal MORALES in Seville. d-Malaga, 14 JUN 1553.
- 1678 Opening of the Gaensemarkt Theater, Hamburg's first opera house.
- 1726 Death of Italian composer Domenico Zipoli in Córdoba, Argentina. b-Prato, 16 OCT 1688.
- 1732 Birth of Bohemian composer of
church music and organist Franz Xaver BRIXI in Prague. d- 14 OCT 1771. aka Frantisek Xaver BRIXI.
- 1747 Death of French composer, violinist and conductor Jean-Fery Rebel in Paris. b-Paris 18 APR 1666.
- 1753 Death of Marie Maddalena Pieri Contralto
Born 1683 ? Florence Died 2 Jan 1753
Created Tamerlano in Tamerlano (Vivaldi)
Sang in premiere of Carceriere de se Stesso (Orlandini)
Bajazate (Leo)
Artaserse (Hasse)
- 1780 (1 JAN?) Death of German composer Johann Ludwig Krebs, in Altenburg. b-Weimer, 1713.
- 1825 Opening of the Munich Opera House.
- 1837 (Julian Calendar, 31 DEC) Birth of Russian composer Mili BALAKIREV in Nizhny-Novgorod. d-St. Petersburg, 29 MAY
1910.
- 1843 FP of Wagner's Flying Dutchman opera, in Dresden.
CD-Flying Dutchman-Complete Opera
1856 Birth of Alma Fohstrom Soprano
Born 2 Jan 1856 Helsinki Finland Died 20 Feb 1936
Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1878
Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, Francesco Lamperti,
Henriette Nissen-Salomon
1888 Birth of Tito Schipa Tenor
Born 2 Jan 1888 Lecce Died 16 Dec 1965
Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1910
Teachers:- Alceste Gerunda, Emilio Piccola
Pupils :- Andrej Kucharsky, Cesare Valletti, Bruce Brewer
Created Ruggero in Rondine (Puccini)
Sang in premiere of Caminante (Sanchez De Fuentes)
1884 Death of Marietta Gazzaniga Soprano
Born 1824 Voghera Died 2 Jan 1884
Debut as Jane Seymour in Anna Bolena (Donizetti) 1840
Teachers:- Cetta, Alberto Mazzucato
Created Climene in Cid (Pacini)
Lina in Stiffelio (Verdi)
1889 Birth of Italian tenor Tito SCHIPA. d-1965.BOOK-Tito Schipa: A Biography (Great Voices, No 3)
1890 Death of Julian Gayarre Tenor
Born 9 Jan 1844 Valle de Roncal Died 2 Jan 1890
Teachers:- Lamperti, Melchiorre Vidal
Created Enzo in Gioconda (Ponchielli)
Marcello di Bruges in Duca D'Alba (Donizetti)
1891 Death of French composer Alexis Roland-Manuel in Paris. b-Paris, 22 MAR 1891.
1894 Birth of Polish American conductor Arthur RODZINSKI.
1895 Birth of Marie Hlouskova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 2 Jan 1895 Caslav Died 29 June 1940
Debut Veruna in V Studni (Blodek)
Teacher :- Egon Fuchs, M Nedbal
Pupils :- Ruzena Horakova, Josef Valka
1901 Birth of Torsten Ralf Tenor
Born 2 Jan 1901 Malmo Sweden Died 27 April 1954
Debut as Cavaradossi 1924
Teachers:- Hertha Dehmlow, John Forsell, Hjaldis Ingebjart
Created Apollo in Daphne (Strauss)
Sang in premiere of Zauberinsel (Sutermeister)
1904 James Melton Tenor
Born 2 Jan 1904 Moultrie Ga. Died 24 April 1961
Debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly 1938
Teachers:- Gaetano De Luca, Enrico Rosati, Michael Raucheisen
1904 Lea Piltti Soprano
Born 2 Jan 1904 Finland Died February 1982
Debut as Lakme in Lakme (Delibes) 1926
Teachers:- Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi, Olga Eisner
Pupils :- Seppo Juhani Ruohonen, Anita Valkki, Usko Viitanen
1905 Birth of British composer Michael TIPPETT in London. d-London, 9 JAN
1998.BOOK-The Music and Thought of Michael Tippett: Modern Times and Metaphysics
1907 Birth of Todor Mazaroff Tenor
Born 2 Jan 1907 Vienna Died 13 Sep 1975
Debut as Messenger in Prince Igor (Borodin) 1935
1912 Birth of Antonio Cassinelli Bass
Born 2 Jan 1912 Noceto Parma Died 29 June 1993
Debut as Landgraf in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1937
Pupil :- Maria Chiara
Sang in premiere of Assassinio nella Cattedrale (Pizzetti)
Madame Bovary (Pannain)
Burlesca (Veretti)
Misteri Gloriosi (Cattozzo)
1912 Birth of Canadian composer Barbara PENTLAND in Winnipeg. d-5 FEB 2000.
1913 Birth of American composer Gardner READ in Evanston, IL.
1913 Birth of American organist and composer Robert Hall ELMORE.
d-1985.
1915 Death of Austro-Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark, in Vienna. b-Keszthely, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 18 MAY 1830.
1925 Birth of Irina Arkhipova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 2 Jan 1925 Moscow
Debut 1954
Teachers:- Nadejda Malisheva, Leonid Savransky
Pupils :- Kristine Zadovska, Sonia Aksenova
1928 Birth of Italian conductor Alberto ZEDDA.
1930 Death of Therese Malten Soprano
Born 21 June 1855 Intersburg Died 2 Jan 1930
Debut as Pamina in Zauberflote in 1873
Teacher :- Gustav Engel, R Kale
1936 FP of Morton Gould'sChorale and Fugue in Jazz. Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
1944 Birth of Hungarian composer and conductor Peter EOTVOS.
1945 Birth of English clarinetist Janet HILTON.
1947 Death of Ellen Gulbranson Soprano
Born 4 Mar 1863 Stockholm Died 2 Jan 1947
Debut as Aida in Aida (Verdi) 1889
Teachers:- Julius Gunther, Ellena Kenneth, Mathilde Marchesi,
Blanche Marchesi
Pupil :- Eida Norena
1950 Birth of Taro Ichiara Tenor
Born 2 Jan 1950
Teacher:- Luciano Pavarotti
1951 Birth of German composer Volker BLUMENTHALER in Nuremburg.
1954 Birth of American composer Bill MOLENHOF.
1954 Birth of American composer John LINK.
1955 American debut of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould in Washington, D.C.
1958 Birth of Russian pianist Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV.
1959 FP of Mili Balakirev's Overture on Russian Songs in Moscow.
1960 Death of Leila Megane Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1890 Died 2 Jan 1960
Teacher :- Jean de Reszke
1963 Birth of American pianist Tzimon BARTO. Management Biography.
1993 Death of American violinist, conductor, and composer Karl Ahrendt in Athens, OH. b-Toledo, OH 3 MAR 1904. Director of the Ohio University School of Music, Athens, 1950-1967.
1997 Death of Federico Davia Bass
Born 7 July 1933 Genoa Died 2 Jan 1997
Debut as Colline in Boheme (Puccini) 1959
Teachers:- Piero Magenta, Tristano Illersberg
Sang in premiere of Al Gran sole carico d'amore (Nono)
Orfeo A.D MCMXLVII (Ramous)
Alfabeto A Sopresa (Mortari)
1999 Death of Swiss composer Rolf Liebermann in Paris. b-Zürich, 14 SEP 1910. Timeline
2000 FP of Bright Sheng's Naking, Naking in Hamburg. North German Radio Symphony, under Christoph Eschenbach. Also...
2000 FP of Christopher Rouse's Concert de Guadi for guitar and orchestra, guitarist Sharon Isbin.
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