1701 FP of Bononcini: G. "Gli affetti più grande vinti dal più giusto" Vienna
( 1701).
1706 FP of BONONCINI: A. "Arminio" Vienna (1706).
1708 FP of ARIOSTI: "Amor tra nemici" Vienna (1708).
1708 FP of Bononcini: G. "Mario fuggitivo" Vienna (1708).
1709 FP of KEISER: "Desiderius, König der Langobarden" Hamburg (1709).
1710 FP of KEISER: "Der Morgen des europäischen Glückes oder Aurora" Hamburg
(1710).
1710 FP of BONONCINI: A. "Tigrane, re d'Armenia" Vienna (1710).
1785 FP of GOSSEC: "Le Premier Navigateur, ou Le Pouvoir de l'amour" ballet-
opera, Paris (1785).
1737 FP of HASSE: "Atalanta" Dresden (1737).
1757 FP of DUNI: "Le Peintre amoureux de son modèle" Paris (1757).
1773 FP of HAYDN: "L'infedeltà delusa" Esterházy (1773).
1782 Birth of Irish composer, teacher and pianist John FIELD in Dublin. His nocturnes influenced Chopin. d-Moscow, 23 JAN 1837.
1791 Birth of Austrian composer Franz Xaver MOZART in Vienna. Composer and teacher
and sixth child and youngest surviving son of W.A. d-Carlesbad, Austria 29 JUL 1844.
1822 Birth of Anne Zerr Soprano
Born 26 July 1822 Baden Baden Died 14 Nov 1881
Debut 1846
Teacher :- Giulio Bordogni
Created Catherine in Pietro il Grande (Jullien)
Lady Harriett in Martha (Flotow)
1833? Birth of Geistinger, Marie (s) (1833-1903) Ger. b. Graz (Steiermark) July
26.1833? d. Sep. 29, 1903:
1836 Birth of German soprano Marie GEISTINGER in Graz Died 28 Sep 1903
Created Rosalinde in Fledermaus (J Strauss)
Fantasca in Indigo (J Strauss)
Sang in the premiere of Carneval in Rom (J Strauss)
Cagliostro (J Strauss)
1852 FP of BALFE: "The Devil's in It" London (1852).
1856 Birth of dramatist, music critic and music writer George Bernard SHAW
in Dublin. d- 2 NOV 1950.
1863 Birth of Latvian composer and teacher Joseph WIHTOL. Founded Riga
Conservatory. d- 24 APR 1948.
1866 Birth of Italian opera composer Francesco CILEA in Palmi, Calabria. d-Varazze, 20 NOV 1950.
1871 Birth of Andrei Labinsky Tenor
Born 26 July 1871 Kharkhiv Died 8 Aug 1948
Debut in 1897
Teachers:- Stanislaus Gabel, V M Samus
Created Vsevolod in Invisible City of Kitesh (Rimsky-Korsakov)
1874 (GC, JC=14 JUL) Birth of Russian-American conductor and double-bass player Serge KOUSSEVITZKY in Vishny Volotchok. In 1924, became conductor of Boston Symphony Orchestra. He
founded the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, MA in 1940. d-NYC, 4 JUN 1951.
1875 Birth of Maria Philippi Mezzo-Soprano
Born 26 Jul 1875 Mullheim Died 16 June 1944
Debut 1901
Teachers:- Julius Stockhausen, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Emil Hegar
Pupils :- Lore Fischer, Walburga Wegner
1876 Birth of American composer, conductor and pianist Ernest SCHELLING in Belvidere, NJ.
1878 Birth of Theodor Schutz Tenor
Born 26 July 1878 Prague Died 28 Aug 1961
Debut as Jenik of Bartered Bride (Smetana)
Teacher :- Zikes
1882 FP of Wagner's Parsifal with Hermann Levi conducting at Bayreuth. Was first titled "Parzival".
1904 Birth of English conductor, musicologist and critic Jack Allan WESTRUP. Author
of a popular book on Henry Purcell.
1906 Birth of Mercer, Ruby (s) (1906-1999) U.S. (92) b. Athens, OH, July 26, 1906;
d. Toronto, Jan. 26, 1999. Mercer became a soprano, radio host and
author. She studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory, and at
Juilliard. In 1937, she made her Canadian début with the Compagnie
d'opéra de Montréal. She also appeared on Broadway, and in the mid-
1940s, with Vancouver's Theatre Under the Stars. She became the
hostess of various radio programs including Opera Time, Opera in
Stereo and Saturday Night at the Opera. Mercer was active in the
opera field, she founded the magazine Opera Canada (1960), and the
Canadian Children's Opera Chorus (1968). She authored the
biographies, The Tenor of His Time (1976) and The Quilicos - Louis,
Gino and Lina (1990). MET: Début: May 8, 1937 [Marguerite] Faust,
2 seasons (1935-37) 4 perf., 2 works.
1918 Birth of Bernhard Sonnerstadt Bass
Born 26 July 1918 Norrhult Sweden
Debut as Gremin in Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 1940
Teachers:- Joel Berglund, Giuseppe De Luca, Dagmar Gustafson
1921 Birth of American oboist John de LANCIE in Berkeley, CA. Former principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and director of the Curtis Institute of Music. d-Walnut Creek, CA 17 MAY 2002.Philadelphia Inquirer Obituary.
1923 Birth of Kirkop, Oreste (t) (1923-1998) Maltese. (74) b. Hamrun, Malta, July
26, 1923; d. May 10, 1998:
1927 Birth of Hanns Herbert Schulz Baritone
Born 26 July 1927 Weimar
Created Adam Fletcher in Men of Blackmore (Bush)
1928 Birth of Polish composer Tadeusz BAIRD in Grodzisk Mozowiecki. d-Warsaw, 2 SEP 1981.
1928 Birth of Scottish conductor Bryden THOMSON in Ayr. d- Dublin, Ireland 14 NOV 1991. Succeeded Neeme Jarvi as director of Scottish National Orchestra in 1988. Baker's Bio.
1935 Birth of Margarita Lilova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 26 July 1935 Bulgaria
Debut as Maddalena in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1959
Teachers:- Michail Jankoff, Dragan Kardjeff, Ljubomir Piphoff, Maria Zibulka
1940 FP of Henry Cowell's Pastoral and Fiddler's Delight by the All-American Youth Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
1943 Birth of English composer and pianist Roger SMALLEY.
1944 Birth of Canadian composer John HAWKINS in Montreal.
1949 Birth of Irish composer Kevin VOLANS in Pietermaritsburg, South Africa .
1950 Birth of Glenville Hargreaves Baritone
Born 26 July 1950 Bradford
Debut as Figaro in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1961
Teachers:- Frederic Cox, Patrick McGuigan, Basil Smallman
Created Sir Charles Keighley & Judge in Tornrak (Metcalf)
1956 Death of Mexican composer Miguel Bernal-Jiménez in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. b-Morelia, 16 FEB 1910.
1965 Birth of Brazilian composer and guitarist Marcelo FORTUNA in Rio de Janeiro.
1967 Death of Dutch composer Matthijs Vermeulen in Laren. b-Helmond, 8 FEB 1888.
1971 Death of Lappas, Ulysses (t) (1881-1971) Grk. (90) b. Athens, 1881. Debut 1913
Sang in the premiere of Macigno (De Sabata)
1977 Death of Canadian composer Gena Branscombe in NYC. b-Picton, Ontario 1881.
1985 FP of Elliott Carter's Penthode. Ensemble InterContemporain and the Paris Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Pierre Boulez at London's Royal Albert Hall.
1995 Death of Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida in LA, CA. b-in Miracatú, São Paulo, 2 SEP 1917.
2003 FP of Bright Sheng's two act opera Madame Mao with libretto by Colin Graham. Santa Fe Opera conducted by John Fiore in Sante Fe, NM.
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