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- 1715 Birth of Austrian composer Georg Christoph WAGENSEIL.
- 1732 FP of Handel's opera Ezio which runs for only five performances.
- 1775 Death of Italian composer Giovanni Battista Sammartini, in Milan. b-Milan, 1701. Brother of Giuseppe.
- 1822 Birth of Salvatore Marchesi Baritone
Born 15 Jan 1822 Palermo Died 20 Feb 1908
Debut as Carlo in Ernani (Verdi) 1848
Teachers:- Manuel Garcia II, Francesco Lamperti, Pietro Raimondi
Pupil :- Basser
- 1830 Birth of Jean Baptiste Faure Baritone
Born 15 Jan 1830 Moulins France Died 9 Nov 1914
Debut as Pygmalion in Galathee (Masse) 1852
Teachers:- Moreau-Sainti, Louis Ponchard
Pupils :- Hariclea Darclee, Jean Nadolovich, Herbert Witherspoon
Henri Albers, Hermann Devries
Created Hoel in Dinorah (Meyerbeer)
Rodrigo in Don Carlos (Verdi)
Hamlet in Hamlet (Thomas)
Nelusko in Africaine (Meyerbeer)
Sang in premiere Jeanne d'Arc (Mermet)
- 1831 Birth of Albert Niemann Tenor
Born 15 Jan 1831 Magdeburg Germany Died 13 Jan 1917
Debut 1849
Teachers:- Louis-Gilbert Duprez, Albert Nusch, Friedrich Schneider
- 1838 Death of Maria Therese Bland Soprano
Born 1769 London Died 15 Jan 1838
Teacher :- Charles Dibdin
- 1845 Birth of Heinrich Vogl Tenor
Born 15 Jan 1845 Munich Died 21 Dec 1900
Debut as Max in Freischutz (Weber) 1865
Teachers:- Karl Jenke, Franz Lachner
Pupils :- Mathilde Mallinger, Gustav Walter
Created Loge in Rheingold (Wagner)
Siegmund in Walkure (Wagner)
Baldur in Fremdling (Vogl H)
Sang in premiere Faule Hans (Ritter A)
- 1849 Death of Elizabeth Bannister Soprano
Born 1757 Died 15 Jan 1849
Sang in premiere of Flitch of Bacon (Shield)
Agreeable Surprise (Arnold)
- 1853 Birth of Rutland Barrington Baritone
Born 15 Jan 1853 Penge 31 May 1922
Created Doctor Daly in Sorcerer (Sullivan)
Corcoran in HMS Pinafore (Sullivan)
Sergeant of Police in Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan)
Archibald Grosvenor in Patience (Sullivan)
Earl of Mountararat in Iolanthe (Sullivan)
Hildebrand in Princes Ida (Sullivan)
Pooh Bah in Mikado (Sullivan)
Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Ruddigore (Sullivan)
Giuseppe Palmalieri in Gondoliers (Sullivan)
King Paramount the First in Utopia (Sullivan)
Ludwig in Grand Duke (Sullivan)
- 1859 Birth of Andrew Black Baritone
Born 15 Jan 1859 Glasgow 15 Sep 1920
Debut 1887
Teachers:- Albert Randeggar, Dom Scafati, J B Welch
- 1866 Birth of American organ craftsman Ernest M. SKINNER in Clarion, PA.
- 1871 Birth of American composer Bertram SHAPLEIGH. d-1940.
- 1878 Birth of Austrian composer and teacher Johanna MULLER-HERMANN in Vienna. d-Vienna, 19 APR 1941.
- 1890 FP of Tchaikovsky's ballet Sleeping Beauty, in St. Petersburg.
- 1893 Birth of English composer, playwrite and actor Ivor NOVELLO (David Ivor
Davies) in Cardiff. d- London, 6 MAR 1951.
- 1905 Birth of Corry Bijster Soprano
Born 15 Jan 1905 Haarlem Died 1995
Teacher :- Dora Zweer-de-Louw
- 1906 Birth of Alexander Welitsch Baritone
Born 15 Jan 1906 Skoplje Yugoslavia
Debut 1936
Pupil :- Inge Borkh
Created Don Juan in Don Juan und Faust (Reutter)
- 1908 Birth of Margherita Perras Soprano
Born 15 Jan 1908 Bitola Macedonia Died 2 Feb 1984
Debut as Norina in Don Pasquale (Donizetti) 1926
Teacher :- Oscar Daniel
- 1908 Birth of American composer Roberta BITGOOD.
- 1908 Opera debut of Luisa Tetrazzini, in NYC. d-Milan, 28 APR 1940.
- 1909 Birth of American composer Elie SIEGMEISTER in NYC. d-Manhasset, NY 10 MAR 1991.
- 1915 Death of Canadian composer Guillaume Couture in Montreal. b-1851.
- 1922 Birth of Argentine composer Silvano PICCHI.
- 1923 FP of Gabriel Pierné's Cydalise et le chèvre-pied at the Paris Opéra.
- 1924 FP of S. Prokofiev's Chout Symphonic Suite, Op. 21a. F. Ruhlmann conducting in Brussels.
- 1925 Birth of American pianist Ruth SLENCZYNSKA in Sacramento, CA.
- 1927 Birth of Richard Kogel Bass-Baritone
Born 15 Jan 1927 Munich
Debut as Figaro in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1952
Teachers:- Eichhorn, Hedwig Fichtmuller, Reuther
Created Wayward Saint in Widerspenstige Heilige (Kothar)
- 1934 FP of Bax Fifth Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 1935 Death of Lucien Fugere Baritone
Born 22 July 1848 Paris Died 15 Jan 1935
Debut in Ba-Ta-Clan (Offenbach) 3 Mar 1870
Teachers:- Edouard Batiste, Raguneau
Pupils :- Mary Garden, Miguel Villabella
Created Father in Louise (Charpentier)
Turlupin in Madame Turlupin (Guiraud)
Devil in Griseldis (Massenet)
Pandolphe in Cendrillon (Massenet)
Chevalier des Grieux in Portrait de Manon (Massenet)
Andre in Fortunio (Messager)
Sang in premiere of Roi Malgre Lui (Chabrier)
Filibuster(Cui)
Pepita (Delahaye)
Sange (De Lara)
Mules de Suzette (Douai)
Pain Bis (Dubois)
Carmosine (Fevrier)
Vivandiere (Godard)
Tour de Moulinet (Hubans)
Bonhomme Jadis (Jacques-Dalcroze)
Taverne des Trabans (Marechal)
Basoche (Messager)
Chevalier d'Harmental (Messager)
Muguette (Missa)
Mme L'Archiduc (Offenbach)
Creole (Offenbach)
Boit au Lait (Offenbach)
Fille de Tabarin (Pierne)
Amour Medecin (Poise)
Joli Gilles (Poise)
Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien (Puget)
Phyrne (Saint-Saens)
Branche Cassee (Serpette)
Moulin de Vert-Galant (Serpette)
Mariage de Telemaque (Terrasse)
Sorrentine (Vasseur)
Portrait de Manon (Massenet)
Xaviere (Dubois)
- 1935 FP of Daniel Gregory Mason's Prelude and Fugue for piano and
orchestra. The National Orchestra Assn, NYC with Mason as soloist.
- 1935 Birth of American pianist Malcolm FRAGER in St. Louis, MO. d-1991.
- 1936 Birth of Emilia Ravaglia Soprano
Born 15 Jan 1936 Padua
Debut as Gnese in Campaniello (Wolf-Ferrari) 1961
Teachers:- Gilda Dalla Rizza, Adelaide Saraceni, Toti Dal Monte
Created Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn (Ferrero)
Sang in premiere of Coccodrillo (Bucchi)
Luisella (Mannino)
- 1941 FP of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time at the Stalag 8A prison camp at Gurlitz, Silasia.
- 1947 FP of Wolfgang Korngold's Violin Concerto in D, by the St. Louis Symphony conducted by Vladimir Golschmann. Violinist, Jascha Heifetz.
- 1948 Birth of Linda Ormiston Mezzo-Soprano
Born 15 Jan 1948 Motherwell
Debut as Angelina in Cenerentola (Rossini) 1974
Teachers:- Winifred Busfield, Joy Mammen
Created Mary Seton in Mary Queen of Scots (Musgrave)
Marie in Belle Vivette (Offenbach)
Sang in premiere of Caritas (Saxton)
- 1949 Death of Amedeo Bassi Tenor
Born 29 July 1874 Montespertoli Died 15 Jan 1949
Debut in Ruy Blas (Marchetti) 1897
Teacher :- Pavesi Negri
Pupils :- Benvenuto Finelli, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Caroline Unger
Created Chopin in Chopin (Orefice)
Lionello in Amica (Mascagni)
Sang in premiere of Tess (Erlanger)
- 1953 Death of Heinrich Knote Tenor
Born 26 Nov 1870 Munich Died 15 Jan 1953
Debut as Georg in Waffenschmied (Lortzing) 1892
Teacher :- Emanuel Kirschner
Pupils :- Paul Kuen, Karl Mikorey
Sang in premiere Der Barenhauter (Wagner S)
- 1955 Birth of American composer Peter COUKIS in Waterbury, CT.
- 1958 FP of Samuel Barber's opera Vanessa. Dimtri Mitropoulos conducting at the MET in NYC.
- 1959 Birth of Zigride Krigere Soprano
Born 15 Jan 1959 Riga
Debut 1888
Teachers:- Katina Angeloni, Regina Frinberg
- 1960 Birth of American composer Jeremy BECK in Painesville, OH.
- 1960 Birth of American composer Aaron Jay KERNIS, in Philadelphia, PA.
- 1964 Birth of Finnish composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä in Suomussalmi.
- 1965 Death of Daniza Ilitsch Soprano
Born 21 Feb 1914 Belgrade Died 15 Jan 1965
Debut as Nedda in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1936
- 1976 FP of Paul Chihara's Missa Carminum for a capella chorus, in LA, CA.
- 1979 Death of Euphemia Giannini-Gregory Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 1895 Philadelphia Died 15 Jan 1979
Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1916
Teacher :- Gigola
Pupils :- Judith Blegen, Frank Guarrera, Jean Kraft, Anna Moffo
Howard Nevison, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Ellen Faull,
Doris Doree, Janet Perry
- 1989 Death of Gunther Reich Baritone
Born 22 Nov 1921 Liegnitz Died 15 Jan 1989
Debut as Iago in Otello (Verdi) 1961
Pupil :- Karl-Friedrich Durr, Segeleitner, Unold
Created Lower Perl in Schwarze Maske (Penderecki)
Soroker in 200,000 Taler (Blacher)
Sang in premiere of Hamlet (Reutter)
Madchen aus Domrery (Klebe)
Die Soldaten (Zimmermann B A)
- 1994 FP of Ellen T. Zwilich's Fantasy for orchestra. JoAnn Falletta conducting the Long Beach Symphony, CA.
- 1998 FP of Richard Danielpour's Elegies in Jacksonville, FL, with mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and baritone Thomas Hampson. The Jacksonville Symphony conducted by Roger Nierenberg.
- 1998 FP of Christopher Rouse's Der gerettete Alberich 'Alberich Redeemed' for percussion and orchestra. Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi, with persussionist Evelyn Glennie.
- 2005 Death of Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles in Barcelona. b-Barcelona, 1 NOV 1923.
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