1798 FP DELLA MARIA: "L'opéra comique" Paris (1798).
1811 Birth of American music teacher Benjamin Franklin BAKER in Wenham, MA. 1875, from its foundation, principal of the Boston music school.
d-1889.
1820 Birth of French amateur cellist and violin
writer Louis Antoine VIDAL in Rouen. d-Paris, 1 JAN 1891.
1825 Death of Ludwig Fischer Bass
Born 18 Aug 1745 Mainz Died 10 July 1825
Debut in Fiera di Venezia (Salieri) 1772
Teacher :- Anton Raaff
Created Osmin in Entfuhrung (Wagner)
Brennus in Brenno (Reichardt)
Rudolf II in Gunther von Schwarzburg (Holzbauer)
Goffredo in Gerusalemme Liberata (Righini)
Her von Bar in Rauchfangkehrer (Salieri)
1835 Birth of Polish violinist and composer Henryk WIENIAWSKI in Lubin, Poland. d-Moscow, 31 MAR 1880.
1839 Death of Spanish composer Fernando Sor at age 61,in Paris. b-Barcelona, 13 FEB 1778.
1844 Birth of Austrian soprano Materna, Amelie (s) (1844-1918) Austrian. (73) b. July 10, 1844; d.
Jan. 18, 1918. Debut 1865
Teacher :- Heinrich Proch
Pupils :- Alexander Kirchner, Hermine Kittel, Oskar Lassner
Created Kundry in Parsifal (Wagner)
Brunnhilde in Siegfried (Wagner)
Brunnhilde in Gotterdammerung (Wagner)
Queen of Sheba in Queen of Sheba (Goldmark)
1875 Birth of Sylva, Marguerite (m/s) (1875-1957) Belgian. (81) b. Brussels, July
10, 1875: d. Glendale, CA, Feb. 21, 1957:
1882 Birth of Italian composer and pianist Riccardo PICK-MANGIAGALLI, in
Bohemia. d-Milan, 8 JUL 1949.
1885 Birth of Arnold Flogl Bass
Born 10 July 1885 Kromerz Died 20 Nov 1950
Teacher :- Emil Burian
Pupil :- Jan Hadraba, Bohus Hanak
Sang in premiere of Cunning Little Vixen (Janacek)
1888 Birth of Polish soprano Schwarz, Vera in Zagreb. d. Vienna, Dec. 4, 1964: Debut 1912
Teacher :- Philip Forsten
Pupils :- Donald Dame, Nelson Eddy
Created Lisa in Land des Lachelns (Lehar)
Sang in premiere of Paganini (Lehar)
Zarewitsch (Lehar)
1889 Birth of American ragtime lyricist Nobel SISSLE in Indianapolis, IN. Collaboration with James Hubert 'Eubie' Blake from
1915 to 1975, together they introduced many popular shows and songs to Broadway.
1890 Birth of Canadian composer Rodolphe MATHIEU in Portneuf, Quebec. d-Montreal, 29 June 1962.
1895 Birth of German composer Carl ORFF in Munich. d-Munich, 29 MAR 1982.
1895 Death of Marie Miolan-Carvalho Soprano
Born 31 Dec 1827 Marsailles Died 10 July 1895
Debut as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1859
Teachers:- Louis-Gilbert Duprez, Francois Felix-Miolan (father)
Pupil :- Elisabe Parkina
Created Marguerite in Faust (Gounod)
Baucis in Philemon et Baucis (Gounod)
Mireille in Mireille (Gounod)
Juliette in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)
Sylvie in Colombe (Gounod)
Topaze in Reine Topaze (Masse)
1896 Birth of Gerhart, Maria (s) (1896-1975) Austrian. b. July 10, 1896; d.
Vienna, Nov. 30, 1975:
Debut 1918
Teacher :- Irene Schlemmer-Ambros
Pupil :- Maiju Kuusova
1896 Death of German conductor Ludwig Meinardus in Bielefeld. b-Hooksiel, Oldenburg, 17 SEP 1827.
1898 Birth of Cristobal Altube Tenor
Born 10 July 1898 Arevhavaleta Died May 1951
Debut as Samson in Samson et Delilah (Saint-Saens)
Teachers:- Robert Bussel, Walter Krone
1900 The trademark His Master’s Voice, was registered at the U.S. Patent Office. The image of the Victor Recording Company, in later years RCA Victor, shows Little Nipper the dog, cocking his head to question the sound of his masters voice coming from the horn of a gramophone machine.
1902 Birth of Russian tenor Lemeshev, Sergei [Yakovlevich] (t) (1902-1977) Russ. (76) b. Staroe
Knydzevo, Russia, July, 10, 1902; d. Moscow, June 26, 1977:
Lemeshev became one the leading tenors at the Bolshoi Opera between
(1930-50). He hd a bright, lyric tenor voice. He sang a wide
variety of operas, including the standard Russian repertoire, as
well as French, Italian and German lyric roles, all sung in
Russian. He also enjoyed great success not only on the Russian
opera and concert stage, but in cinema as well. Début:: Sverdlovsk
(1926) Kharbin Opera in Manchuria (1927-29); Tiflis Opera (1929-31);
Bolshoi (1931). He retired in 1961, and taught in the Moscow
Conservatory. At the Bolshoi, on his 70th birthday, he sang [Lensky]
Eugene Onegin (1972). Debut 1926
Teachers:- N C Raiskis, Stanislavsky
Sang in premiere of Armoured Train (Kabalevsky)
1904 Birth of Italian Mezzo-Soprano Ebe STIGNANI in Naples. d. Imola, Oct. 5, 1974:
Debut as Amneris in Aida (Verdi)
Teacher :- Agostino Roche
Created Cathos in Prezione Ridicole (Lattuada)
Voice in Lucrezia (Respighi)
1913 Birth of Bulgarian Soprano Ljuba WELITSCH in Velitchkova, near Varna. d-1 SEP 1996: MET: Début:
Feb. 4, 1949 [Salome] Salome, 5 seasons (1948-52, 71-72) 63 perf., 7
works. Debut in Louise (Charpentier) 1936
Teacher :- Theodor Lierhammer, Gyorgy Zlatev-Cherkin
Pupil :- Kenneth Chertok
1919 Birth of Scottish bass Ian WALLACE in London. London
Debut as Schaunard in Puccini's La Boheme in 1946. A student of
Norman Allin, Dino Borgioli, Rudolfo Mele, W S Drew.
Sang in premiere of Searle's Take a Life. Debut as Schaunard in Boheme (Puccini) 1946
Teachers:- Norman Allin, Dino Borgioli, Rudolfo Mele, W S Drew
Sang in premiere of Take a Life (Searle)
1920 FP MALIPIERO: "Sette canzoni" Paris (1920).
and MALIPIERO: "Orfeo, ovvero L'ottava canzone" Paris (1920 ).
1925 Birth of Dino Dondi Baritone
Born 10 July 1925 Bologna
Sang in premiere Assassinio nella Cattedrale (Pizzetti)
1927 Birth of Faulhaber, Werner (b) (1927-1953) Ger. (26) b. Dresden, July 10,
1927; d. Portofino, May 27, 1953:
1930 Birth of British mezzo-soprano Josephine VEASEY in London. MET: Début:
Nov. 22, 1968 [Fricka] Das Rheingold, 1 season (1968-69) 6 perf., 2
works. Debut 1949
Teachers:- Audrey Langford, Maria Olczewska
Pupils :- Richard Angus, Kim Begley, Sally Burgess, Phyllis Cannen
Adrian Clark, Michael Druiett, Anne Evans, Helene Field
Mary Hegarty, Simon Masterson-Smith, Felicity Palmer
Ethna Robinson, Peter Sidhom, Vivian Tierney
Created Andromache in King Priam (Tippett)
Emperor in We Came to the River (Henze)
1932 Birth of Gerd Nienstadt Bass-Baritone
Born 10 July 1932 Hanover
Debut 1954
Teacher :- Otto Kohler
1933 Birth of Broadway Musical composer Jerry HERMAN, in NYC.
1933 Birth of American soprano Jan DeGAETANI in Massillon, OH. d-15 SEP 1989, irreversible leukemia. Teacher :- Kimball Wheeler
1939 Birth of Jonny Blanc Tenor
Born 10 July 1939 Lessebo Sweden
Teachers:- Clemens Kaiser-Brerne, Kathe Sundstrom
Created Martin in Anne Pedersdotter (Braein)
Narrator in Tintomara (Werle)
1940 Birth of American soprano Helen DONATH in Corpus Christi, TX.
MET: Début: Jan. 1, 1991 [Marzelline] Fidelio, 3 seasons
(1990-91, 92-94) 21 perf., 4 roles, 3 works. Debut as Wellgunde in Rheingold (Wagner)
Teachers:- Carl Dapholl, Klaus Donath, Carl Duckwall, Paola Novikova
Created Elsalil in Doppelgangerin (Meyerowitz)
1940 Death of British composer and conductor Sir Donald Tovey at age 64, in Edinburgh. b-Eton, 17 JUL 1875.
1941 Death of French composer Philippe Gaubert in Paris. b-Cahors, 3 JUL 1879.
1941 Death of American pianist and gambler Ferdinand Joseph Morton in LA, CA. b-New Orleans, LA 20 SEP 1885. Known to his fans and friends as 'Jelly Roll'.
1947 Death of Corinne Rider-Kelsey Soprano
Born 24 Feb 1877 Le Roy N Y Died 10 July 1947
Debut as Micaela in Carmen (Bizet) 1908
Teachers:- Theodore Toedt, R A Torrens
1950 Birth of English pianist Graham JOHNSON.
1951 FP of Luigi Nono's Polifonica Monodia Ritmica in Darmstadt.
1952 Death of Danish composer Rued Immanuel LANGGåRD in Denmark. b-Denmark, 28 JUL 1893.
1960 Death of Povla Frijsch
Born 3 Aug 1881 Denmark Died 10 July 1960
Teachers:- Sarah de Lalande, Jean Perier
Pupil :- Jean Kraft, Hilda Ohlin, Ginia Davis
1972 Death of Jean Madeira Mezzo-Soprano
Born 14 Nov 1918 Centralia Ill Died 10 July 1972
Debut in Martha (Flotow) 1943
Teacher :- Karin Branzell
Created Circe & Melanto in Ulisse (Dallapiccola)
1974 Death of Emmy Funk Soprano
Born 1916 Vienna Died 10 July 1974
Debut 1946
Sang in premiere Mathis der Maler (Hindemith)
1979 Death of American conductor of the Boston Pops, from 1930-1979, Arthur FIEDLER at the
age of 84. Obituary.
1981 Birth of Italian composer, pianist and organist Simone STELLA in in Florence.
1982 Death of Maria Jeritza Soprano
Born 6 Oct 1887 Brno Died 10 July 1982
Debut as Elsa in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1910
Teachers:- Ariadne, Marcella Sembrich, Blanche Marchesi
Created Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
Nurse in Frau ohne Schatten (Strauss)
1983 Death of Bruna Castagna Mezzo-Soprano
Born 15 Oct 1905 Bari Italy Died 10 July 1983
Debut as Marina in Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky) 1925
Teacher :- Tina Scognamiglio
1983 Death of German composer Werner Egk at age 82, in Inning. b-Auchsesheim, 17 May 1901.
1996 Death of Antonio Annaloro Tenor
Born 10 May 1920 Died 10 July 1996
Debut as Arnold in William Tell (Rossini) 1942
Created Giovanni dei Neri in Oro (Pizzetti)
Pentheus in Baccanti (Ghedini)
Vieri in Vanna Lupa (Pizzetti)
Cagliostro in Diavolo nel Giardine (Mannino)
Sang in premiere of Fiery Angel (Prokofiev)
2001 FP of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story Suite for violin and orchestra, arranged by William David Brohn. Joshua Bell and the New York Philharmonic, William Eddins, conducting in Central Park, NYC.
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