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1785 Death of Italian composer Baldassare Galuppi, in Venice. b-Burano, 18 OCT 1706.
1786 Birth of German conductor, organist and composer Johann SCHNEIDER in Alt-Waltersdorf. d-Dessau, 23 NOV 1853.
1806 Birth of Henrietta Sontag Soprano
Born 3 Jan 1806 Coblenz Died 17 June 1854
Debut as Princess in Jean de Paris (Boieldieu) 1821
Teachers:- Bayer, Giulio Bordogni, Czegka, Pixis, Triebensee
George Smart
Created Euryanthe in Euryanthe (Weber)
Sang in premiere of La Tempesta (Halevy)
1823 Birth of Belgian organist and composer Nicolas Jaques LEMMENS in Antwerp. d-Linterpoort, 30 JAN
1888 ('81?).
1843 FP of Donizetti's Don Pasquale, in Paris.CD-Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
1850 Death of Giuseppina Grassini Mezzo-Soprano
Born 8 Apr 1773 Varese Died 3 Jan 1850
Debut in Pastorella Nobile (Guglielmi) 1789
Teachers:- Girolamo Crescenti, Lodovico Marchesi, Benedetto Secchi
Domenica Zucchinetti
Pupils :- Giuditta Pasta, Giulia Grisi, Giuditta Grisi
Created Orazia in Orazi e I Curiazi (Cimarosa)
Giulietta in Giulietta e Romeo (Zingarelli)
Zaira in Zaira (Winter)
Prosperina in Ratto di Prosperina(Winter)
Sang in premiere of Artaserse (Zingarelli)
1868 Death of German composer and teacher Moritz Hauptmann in Leipzig. b-Dresden, 13 OCT 1792.
1869 Birth of Paul Charles Landormy
Born 3 Jan 1869 Issy Paris
Teachers:- Pol Plancon, Giovanni Sbriglia
1870 Birth of violinist and composer Henry EICHHEIM. Photo. d-1942.
1877 Birth of Thomas Denijs Baritone
Born 3 Jan 1877 Hague Died 14 Nov 1935
Debut as Papageno in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1901
Teacher :- Cornelie Van Zanten, Daniel De Lange, V Zweers, J B de Pauw
Jules Algier, Johannes Messchaert
Sang in premiere of Het Eerekruis (Dopper)
1878 FP in US of Johaness Brahms' First Symphony, in Boston.CD-Johannes Brahms: The Symphonies
1879 Birth of Lina Abarbanell Mezzo-Soprano
Born 3 Jan 1879 Berlin Died 6 Jan 1963
Teachers:- Plohn, Steinmann
1887 Birth of Manuel Salazar Tenor
Born 3 Jan 1887 San Jose Costa Rica Died 6 Aug 1950
Debut as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1913
Pupils :- Zacarias Mora, Fernando Valero
1892 Birth of Gladys Parr Mezzo-Soprano
Born 3 Jan 1892 Bury Died 4 Nov 1988
Debut 1915
Created Miss Baggott in Little Sweep (Britten)
Mrs Noah in Noye's Fludde (Britten)
Miss Pike in Albert Herring (Britten)
1895? Birth of Ukrainian composer, conductor and teacher Boris LIATOSHINSKY in Zhitomir. d-Kiev, 15 APR 1968.
1897 FP of Paul Dukas' Symphony in C, in Paris.
1900 Birth of French composer Maurice JAUBERT in Nice. d-Azerailles, 19 JUN 1940.
1905 Birth of Manfred Huebner Bass-Baritone
Born 3 Jan 1905 London Died 14 May 1978
Debut in Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) 1931
Teachers:- Oscar Daniel, Fritz Feinhals, Frau Fortelli, Max Gillmann
1909 Birth of Danish pianist and musical humorist Victor BORGE (Borghe Rosenbaum) in Copenhagen. d-CT, 23 DEC 2000. Borge died at home in his sleep, would have been 92 on 3 JAN 2001. BOOK-
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1914 Birth of Belgian composer Jean LOUëL in Oostende.
1914 Death of French composer, pianist and teacher Stephane Raoul Pugnois in Moscow. b-Montrouge, 23 JUN 1852.
1917 Birth of French conductor Pierre DERVAUX.
1922 Birth of English pianist Ronald SMITH.
1925 American debut of German conductor and composer Wilhelm Furtwängler, conducting the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, in NYC.
1926 Birth of Nell Rankin Mezzo-Soprano
Born 3 Jan 1926 Montgomery Alabama
Debut as Ortrud in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1949
Teachers:- Karin Branzell, Jeanne Lorraine, Conrad von Bos
Pupils :- Thomas J Carson
1932 Birth of Johanna Peters Mezzo-Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 3 Jan 1932 Glasgow Died 26 May 2000
Debut as Marcellina in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1959
Teacher :- Anne Wood
Pupils :- Maria Bovinio, Isobel Bradshaw, Maureen Braithwate
Alison Buchanan, Yvonne Burnett, Joseph Cornwall
Sophie Daneman, Julia Gooding, Julie Gossage, Richard Halton
Bernadette Lord, Helen Lothian, Sarah Pring, Sarah Rhodes,
Elen Ap Robert, Valerie Seymour, Peter Snipp,Talitha Theobald
Rachel Tovey, Janice Watson, Annabelle Williams
Paul Scott Williams, Caroline Zygadic
Created Miss Pross in Tale of Two Cities (Benjamin)
Sempronia in Catiline Conspiracy (Hamilton)
Sang premiere of Midsummer Nights Dream (Britten)
Elena and Eclipse (Halahan)
1936 Birth of Dutch composer Jos KUNST in Roermond. d-18 JAN 1996.
1936 Birth of Gerd Brenneis Tenor
Born 3 Jan 1936 Nienhagen Germany
Debut 1960
Sang in premiere of Corinna (Fortner)
Fiesta (Milhaud)
1941 FP of Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances. Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy.CD-Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/ Vocalise/ Etudes-tableaux
1942 Death of Russian composer and violinist Julius Conus, in Malenski. b-Moscow, 1 February 1869. Known for his popular concerto in e, for violin and orchestra.
1943 Birth of Esther Hinds Soprano
Born 3 Jan 1943 Barbados
Teachers:- Clyde Burrows, Helen Hubbard
Debut as 1st Lady in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1970
Created Basilissa in Egg (Menotti)
1943 Birth of Austrian composer and double bassist H. K. GRUBER in Vienna. Grandson of Franz Gruber.
1944 Birth of English conductor David ATHERTON in Blackpool.
1944 Death of Julia Jahnke-Mandahl Mezzo-Soprano
Born 8 Nov 1873 Stockholm Died 3 Jan 1944
Debut as Pantalis in Mefistofele (Boito) 1894
Teacher :- Dannstrom
1950 Birth of American composer Beth ANDERSON. (Member MUSIClassicalist, send a blank e-mail to subscribe.)
1953 Birth of American composer pianist and vocal coach in NYC, Martin HENNESSY.
1953 Birth of American composer Zae MUNN.
1956 Death of Russian composer Alexander Tikhonovitch Gretchaninov in NYC. b-Moscow, 25 OCT 1864.
1965 Death of Mario Basiola Baritone
Born 12 July 1892 Cremona 3 Jan 1965
Debut 1918
Teacher :- Antonio Cotogni
Pupils :- Richard Ames, Mario Bertolino, Grace Hoffmann, Alvinio Misciano
Joseph Rouleau, Mario Sereni, Joyce Barker, Mario Basiola (son)
Created General MacArthur in Marilyn (Ferrero)
General Ivolgin in Idiota (Chailly)
Sang in premiere of Al Gran Sole Carico D'Amore (Nono)
Rappresentazione e Festa (Malipiero)
Don Tartufo Bacchettone (Malipiero)
Il Monaco Nero (Cassado)
1965 Death of George Rasely Tenor
Born 1889 St Louis Died 3 Jan 1965
Created Blenner Hassett in Man Without a Country (Damrosch)
1967 Death of Mary Garden Soprano
Born 20 Feb 1874 Aberdeen Died 3 Jan 1967
Debut as Louise in Louise (Charpentier) 10 Apl 1900
Teachers:- Jacques Bouhy, J Chevalier, Mrs Robinson Duff, Lucien Fugere
Mathilde Marchesi, Giovanni Sbriglia, Angelo Trabadello,
Jules Chevalier
Pupils :- Helen Jepson, Grace Moore, Fanchon Thompson, Beverly Sills
Mary McCormick, Jean Tennyson, Ginia Davis
Created Natoma in Natoma (Herbert)
Melisande in Pelleas et Melisande (Debussy)
Chrysis in Aphrodite (Erlanger)
Camille in Camille (Forrest)
Ktusha in Resurrezione (Alfano)
Cherubin in Cherubin (Massenet)
Sang in premiere of Reine Fiammetta (Leroux)
Fille de Tabarin (Pierne)
Princess Osra (Bunning)
1969 Death of John Brownlee Baritone
Born 7 Jan 1900 Geelong Melbourne Died 3 Jan 1969
Debut as Nilakantha in Lakme (Delibes) 1926
Teachers:- Ivor Boustead, Emilio De Gogorza, Dinh Gilly
Pupils :- Barbara Blanchard, Ezio Flagello, Johanna Meier, Oscar Natzke
Created Guido II in Judgement of St Francis (Flagello)
1972 Birth of American composer Kevin PUTS.
1974 Birth of English composer Ian VINE.
1974 Death of Raoul Jobin Tenor
Born 8 Apl 1906 Quebec 3 Jan 1974
Debut as Tybald in Romeo & Juliette (Gounod) 1930
Teachers:- Louis Gravel, Emile Larochelle, Mme D'Estainville-Rousset
Pupils :- Jean Bonhomme
Created Luca in Island God (Menotti)
Fabrice del Dongo in Chartreuse de Parme (Sauguet)
Sang in premiere Guercoeur (Magnard)
1983 Death of English composer Bernard Stevens in Colchester. b-London, 2 MAR 1916.
1963 Death of Marion Talley Soprano
Born 20 Dec 1907 Nevada Died 3 Jan 1983
Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 17 Feb 1926
Teachers:- Frank La Forge, Alberto Caffo
1985 Soprano Leontyne Price's final performance with the
Metropolitan Opera in New York. As Aida. She joined the MET in 1961.
1990 Death of Kurt Baum Tenor
Born 16 Mar 1900 Cologne Died 3 Jan 1990
Debut in Kreidekries (Zemlinsky) 1933
Teachers:- Edoardo Garbin, Gino Scolari
Pupils :- Judith De Paul, Salvador Novoa
1994 Death of Joseph Witt Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 17 May 1901 Munich 3 Jan 1994
Debut 1920
Pupils :- Norman Bailey, Walter Berry, Mimi Coertse
Anny Felbermayer, Frederick Guthrie, Ernst Gutstein
Gertrude Jahn, Margarita Kyriaki, Antigone Sgourda
Created Robespierre in Danton's Tod (Von Einem)
Sang in premiere Johanne Balk (Wagner-Regeny)
1997 Death of Dutch composer Cor Kee in Zaandam. b-Zaandam, 24 NOV 1900.
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