- 1654 Birth of Italian composer, organist and priest Agostino STEFFANI in Castelfranco Veneto. d-Frankfurt-am-main, 12 FEB 1728.
- 1657 Birth of German composer Philipp Heinrich ERLEBACH in Esens. d-Rudolstadt, 17 APR 1714.
- 1710 FP of BONONCINI: "Tigrane, re d'Armenia" Vienna (1710).
- 1788 Mozart finishes a Symphony he began on June 27th, the popular 40th
in g. K.550.
- 1798 FP of Cherubini: "L'Hôtellerie portugaise" Paris (1798).
- 1814 Death of British composer, singer and promoter Charles Dibdin, in London. b-Southampton, 4 APR 1745.
- 1831 Death of Polish composer Maria Szymanowska in St. Petersburg, Russia. b-Warsaw, 14 DEC 1789.
- 1847 FP of FESCA: "Der Troubadour" Furstenberg (1847).
- 1867 Birth of French bass Marcel JOURNET in Grasse.
d. Vittel, Sep. 7, 1933: MET: Début: Dec. 22, 1900, 8 seasons(1900-
08) 225 perf. Debut as Balthasar in Favorita (Donizetti) 1891
Teachers:- Louis-Henri Obin, Seneghetti
Created Simon Magus in Nerone (Boito)
Duke of Mendoza in Inez Mendo (Regnal (Baron D'Erlanger))
- 1878 Birth of German-American composer and pianist Heinrich GEBHARD in Sobernheim, Rhine Provence. d-North Arlington, NJ, 5 MAY 1963.
- 1878 (15th?) Birth of of Hasselmans, Louis (con/opera) (1878-1957) Fr. b. Paris. d. San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 27, 1957: He began as
cellist, taking a first prize at the Conservatoire (1893). He was
principal of the Concerts Lamoureux and a member of the celebrated
Quatuor Capet before turning to conducting. From (1909-11), he was
at the Opéra-Comique, and again (1919-22); Montreal in (1911-13);
and at the Chicago Civic Opera (1918-19). MET: Début: Jan. 20,
1922, Faust, 15 seasons (1921-36) 534 perf., 19 works.
- 1880 Birth of Castles, Amy (s) (1880-1951) Aussie. (71) b. Melbourne, July 25,
1880; d. Fitzroy, Nov. 19, 1951. Born into a musical family. Melbourne début at the annual meeting
of the Austral Salon (1899). Studied with Mme. Marchesi in Paris, début at St. James's Hall with Ada Crossley
and Clara Butt (1901). sang
at the Queen's Hall concerts in London and gave a command
performance before King Edward VII (1906). appeared in
Hamlet at Cologne, Gounod's Romeo and Juliet and Faust. Australian premiere of Puccini's Madame Butterfly. referred to as the
Australian Nightingale. At the outbreak of war Castles returned to
Australia where she completed a tour of the capital cities. She made
her U.S. début at Carnegie Hall, New York (1917), as well as giving
concerts for sick and wounded soldiers and opening her Manhattan
home to visiting Australians. Williamson Grand Opera
Company Castles toured Australia (1919 & 1925). She sang leading
soprano roles at the Vienna Opera and was appointed Court Singer for
the Hapsburg Court in Vienna.
- 1883 Birth of Italian pianist, composer and conductor of the
Boston Pops 1927-29, Alfredo CASELLA, in Turin. d-Rome, 5 MAR 1947.
- 1894 Birth of BARANOVIC: Kresimir (con/comp/opera) (1894-1975) Croatian.
- 1894 Birth of Printemps, Yvonne (s) (1894-1977) Fr. (82) [Wigniolle] b. Ermont,
Seine-et-Oise, July 25, 1894; d. Neuilly, nr Paris, Jan. 18, 1977:
- 1898 Birth of Zamboni, Maria (s) (1895-1976) It. (81) b. Peschiera, July 25, 1898;
d. Mar. 25, 1976. Debut in Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1921
Teacher :- M.Silva
Created Liu in Turandot (Puccini)
Maria in Staniero (Pizzetti)
- 1899 FP of BERUTTI: "Yupanki" Buenos Aires (1899); w/Enrico Caruso (t) (1873-
1921) It.
- 1907 Birth of German composer Karl HöLLER in Bamberg. d-Hausham, Bavaria, Germany 14 APR 1987.
- 1907 FP of FALL: "Der fidele Bauer" operetta, Vienna (1907).
- 1909 Birth of Italian conductor Gianandrea GAVAZZENI in Bergamo. d-Feb. 5, 1996: MET: Début: Oct. 11, 1976, Il
Trovatore, 1 season (1976-77) 8 perf., 1 work.
- 1922 Death of Polish-American composer and pianist Jaroslaw de Zielinski in Santa Barbara, CA. b-Lubycza Krolewska, 31 MAR 1844.
- 1925 Birth of English composer and conductor Kenneth ALWYN.
- 1925 Birth of Lance, Albert (Lancelot Albert Ingram) (t) Aus/Fr. cit. b. Adelaide,
Australia, July 25, 1925;
- 1925 Birth of Jonic, Bettina (s) Croatian. b. Zadar, Yugoslavia, July 25, 1935;
- 1926 Birth of George Maran Tenor
Born 25 July 1926 Attleboro Mass
Teachers:- Merle Alcock, Ruth Streeter
Sang in the premiere of Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
- 1926 Birth of Maran, George (t) U.S. b. Attleboro, MA, July 25, 1926;
- 1929 FP of Schlosser, Vera (s) July 25, 1929;
- 1930 Birth of Canadian contralto Maureen FORRESTER in Montreal, Canada. aka Kathleen Stewart. Debut as Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) 1961
Teachers:- Bernard Diamant, Sally Martin, Franck Rowe
- 1934 Birth of American composer Don ELLIS in Los Angeles, CA. d-Los Angeles, CA 1978.
- 1935 Birth of Belliard, Jean (t) b. July 25, 1935;
- 1935 Birth of Bettina Jonic
Born 25 July 1935 Zadar Yugoslavia
Created Elmire in Tartuffe (Benjamin)
- 1936 Birth of American composer Edward GOLD in Brooklyn, NY.
- 1937 Birth of Baldani, Ruza (m/s) (née Ruza Pozpis) Croation. b. Varazdin,
Yougoslavia, July 25, 1937; Croatia. MET: Début: Feb. 16, 1966
[Maddalena] Rigoletto, 6 seasons (1965-67, 69-73) 57 perf., 11 roles.
- 1937 FP of Aaron Copland's Music For Radio in CBS radio broadcast, he later renamed it Prairie Journal.
- 1937 FP of Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 1 at Salzburg Festival, with the Vienna Philharmonic, Arthur Rodzinski conducting.
- 1938 Birth of American composer Richard TRYTHALL.
- 1939 FP of Panizza: "Bisanzio" Buenos Aires (1939).
- 1942 Birth of Ruza Pospis Baldani Mezzo-Soprano
Born 25 July 1942 Varazdin Yugoslavia
Debut as Konchakovna in Prince Igor (Borodin) 1961
Teachers:- Marija Brocic, Ankica Opolski, Georgine von Milinkovic
- 1942 FP of DELANNOY: "Ginevra" comic opera, Paris (1942).
- 1943 Debut of American Mezzo-soprano Nan Merriman, soloist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini conducting.
- 1948 Birth of Murgu, Corneliu (t) Rumanian. b. Timisoara, July 25, 1948; MET: Nov.
3, 1982 [Riccardo] Un Ballo in Maschera, 1 season (1982-83) 5 perf.,
1 work.
- 1953 Birth of New Zealand composer Christopher CREE-BROWN in Christchurch.
- 1954 Death of Louis Van de Sande Bass-Baritone
Born 18 Nov 1887 Tilburg Holland Died 25 July 1954
Teacher :- Anton Sistermans
- 1955 Birth of English composer Ian VENABLES in Liverpool, Lancashire.
- 1955 Death of Finnish composer and pianist Toivo Hannikainen in Kuhmoinen. b-Jyvaskyla, 19 OCT 1892.
- 1957 Birth of Danish composer Jacob VEJSLEV in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1957 Birth of Carolis, Natale de (bs/b) It. b. Anagni, July 25, 1957; MET: Début
Jan. 4, 1989 [Figaro] Le Nozze di Figaro, 2 seasons (1988-89, 90-91)
9 perf., 2 roles.
- 1963 Death of Dutch composer Daniël Ruyneman in Amsterdam. b-Amsterdam, 8 AUG 1886.
- 1967 Death of French composer Andrés Orchassal Sas in Lima, Peru. b-Paris, 6 APR 1900.
- 1969 Death of American opera composer, Douglas Moore at age 75, in Greenport, NY. b-Cutchogue, NY, 10 AUG 1893.
- 1970 FP of Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointain for Cello and Orchestra, in Aix-en-Provence.
- 1970 FP of Henri Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointain for Cello and Orchestra, in Aix-en-Provence.
- 1972 Birth of Columbian composer Johann HASLER in Medellín.
- 1976 FP of Philip Glass' Einstein on the Beach at the Théatre Municipale, Avignon Festival, France.
- 1979 Death of Dora Gatta Soprano
Born 1921 Foggia Died 25 July 1979
Debut 1942
Sang in the premiere of Cordovano (Petrassi)
- 1983 Death of American composer, film and broadway, Jerome Moross in Miami, FL. b-Brooklyn, NY 1 AUG 1913.
- 1989 Death of Gatta, Dora (s) (1921-1979) It. (57) b. Foggia, Nov. 11, 1921; d.
Milan, July 25, 1989:
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