1783 Death of German composer and writer Johann Philipp Kirnberger in Berlin. b-Saalfeld, 24 APR 1721. Made musical puzzles.
1784 Birth of French-English pianist Andre Georges Louis ONSLOW in Clermont-Ferrand. d-Clermont-Ferrand, 3 OCT 1853.
1824 Birth of theater director Kar TREUMANN.
1848 Birth of Russian pianist Vladimir de PACHMAN in Odessa. Well known for his playing of Chopin music and eccentric performing.
1853 Birth of American hymn composer and organist Henry Morton DUNHAM. d-1929.
1857 FP of Offenbach: "Une Demoiselle en lôterie" Paris, 1857.
1867 (28 or 29th?) Birth of Spanish composer and conductor Enrique GRANADOS in Lerida. d-at sea following sinking of the SS Sussex in the English Channel in World War I, 24 MAR 1916 by a German
submarine.
1872 Birth of Svedelius, Ernst (bs) (1872-1945) Swed. (73) b. Copenhagen, July 27,
1872; d. Stockholm, Oct. 20, 1945. Debut 1900
Teacher :- Julius Gunther
1875 Birth of Frease-Green, Rachel (s) (1875-1953) U.S. (78) b. Canton, OH, July
27, 1875; d. Cleveland, Nov. 11, 1953. Debut as Eva in Meistersingers (Wagner) 1908
Teachers:- Jean De Reszke, Mathilde Marchesi
1877 Birth of Hungarian composer and pianist Erno (Ernst) Von DOHNANYI in Poszony, Pressburg. Grandfather of conductor Christophe Von Dohnanyi. d-NYC, 9 FEB 1960.
1882 Birth of Razavet, Paul (t) (1882-1957) Fr. b. Auray, July 27, 1882; d. MAR
1957. Debut 1911
Pupil :- Gerard Serkoyan
1883 Death of German composer Albert Franz Doppler in Baden-Baden. b-Lemberg, 16 OCT 1821.
1890 Birth of Clemens, Hans (t) Ger. b. Gelsenkirchen, July 27, 1890; d.25 Aug 1958.
1896 Birth of Ivar Andresen Bass
Born 27 July 1896 Oslo Died 6 Nov 1940
Debut as Re in Aida (Verdi) 1919
Teachers:- Gillis Bratt, Hjaldis Ingebjart
Pupil :- Sven Nilsson
1897 Birth of Andrésen, Ivar (bs) (1896-1940) Norw. (44) b. July 27, 1897; d. Nov.
24/26, 1940: MET: Début: Nov. 1, 1930 [Daland] Der Fliegende
Holländer, 2-seasons (1930-32) 36-Perf. of 7-roles.
1897 FP of BERUTTI: "Pampa" Buenos Aires (1897).
1899 Birth of Crawford, Robert M. (b) (1899-????) Can b. Dawson, Yukon Territory,
July 27, 1899;
1899 Birth of American composer and lecturer Harl McDONALD in suburban Boulder, CO. Choral director at University of Pennsylvania. In 1939 manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra. d-1955.
1900 Birth of HAUG: Hans (com/opera) b. Basle, July 27, 1900; d. Lausanne, Sep.
15, 1967.
1906 Birth of Schirp, Wilhelm (bs/b) 1906-1974) Eng. (68) b. Elberfeld, July 27,
1906; d. Dec. 26, 1974:
1911 Birth of German organist and composer Max Martin STEIN in Jena.
1912 Birth of Lorenz Fehenberger Tenor
Born 24 July 1912 Oberbayern Died 27 Jul 1984
Debut 1939
Teacher :- Elizabeth Wolff
Pupils :- Dodi Protero. Alan Crofoot
Created Blind Citizen in Versuchung (Tal)
Sang in premiere of Antigonae (Orff)
1912 Birth of Russian-born conductor and composer Igor MARKEVITCH in Kiev. d-Antibes, France, 7 MAR 1983.
1914 Birth of Kenneth Neate Tenor
Born 27 July 1914 Cessnock Australia
Teacher :- Emilio De Gogorza, Elizabeth Schumann
Pupil :- Angela Feeney
Created Judge Danforth in Crucible (Ward)
Sampiero Corso in Sampiero Corso (Tomasi)
1915 Death of Danish composer Johan Adam Krygell in Copenhagen. b-Naestved, 18 SEP 1835.
1915 Birth of Italian tenor Mario del MONACO, in Florence. del Monaco, Mario (t) (1915-1982) It. (67) b. Florence. d. Venice, Oct. 16, 1982: MET: Début Nov. 27, 1950 [Des
Grieux] Manon Lescaut, 7 seasons (1950-53, 54-55, 56-59) 42 perf.,
16 roles. Debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 29 Dec 1940
Teachers:- Luisa Melia-Palazzini, Arturo Melocchi
Pupils :- Peter Lindroos, Dana Talley, Silvano Carroli
Created Ariodante in Ariodante (Rota)
1916 Birth of German composer Siegfried REDA in Bochum. d-Mülheim a/d Ruhr, Rheinland, 12 DEC 1968.
1918 Birth of American cellist Leonard ROSE in Washington, D.C. d-1984. Member of Stern-Rose-Istomin trio.
1918 Death of American music critic Gustav Kobbe' off the Long
Island coast where a navy hydroplane struck the mast of his boat. Author-editor
1919 FP of ZANDONAI: "La via della finestra" Pesaro (1919); rev. Trieste,
1/18/1923.
1924 Birth of composer Otar TAKAKISHVIH.
1924 Death of Italian-German composer and pianist Ferruccio Busoni at age 58, in Berlin. b-Empoli, Italy, 1 APR 1866.
1927 Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith's radio cantata Der Lindbergflug "Lindberg's Flight" at the Baden-Baden Musiktag festival in Germany.
1928 Birth of Ferrin, Agostino (bs) (Agostino Ferin) b. Padua, July 27, 1928. Debut in Comte Ory 1957
Teacher :- Cesara Chiesa
1928 Birth of Roman Wegrzyn Tenor
Born 27 July 1928 Lemberg Poland
Debut as Jontek in Halka (Moniuszko) 1960
Teacher :- Anatol Wronski
1932 Birth of Carroll, Joan (s) U.S. b. Philadelphia, July 27, 1932; Début
[Zerbinetta] Ariadne auf Naxos (1957). Debut 1957
Teacher :- Margarethe von Winterfeldt
1933 Death of Luisa Bertana Mezzo-Soprano
Born 11 Jan 1898 Buenos Aires Died 27 July 1933
Debut as Preziosilla in Forza del Destino (Verdi) 1921
Teacher :- Rinaldi
Created Rubria in Nerone (Boito)
1935 Birth of Woitach, Richard (con/opera) U.S. b. July 27, 1935; MET: Début: Feb.
24, 1974, Syllabaire pour Phèdre, 19 seasons (1972-82, 83-85, 86-92,
93-94) 162 perf., 27 works.
1935 Birth of Meghor, Camillo (b) (1935-1993) Belgian. (59) b. Antwerp, July 27,
1935; d. 1993. Debut as Marcello in Boheme (Puccini) 1958
Teachers:- Tino Pattiera, Helge Roswaenge
1941 Birth of Boesch, Christian (b) Austrian. b. Vienna, July 27, 1941; MET:
Début: Feb. 17, 1979 [Papageno] Die Zauberflöte, 4 seasons (1978-79,
80-81, 83-85) 32 perf., 4 works. Debut 1966
1941 FP of Bernard Herrmann's Symphony No. 1, on a CBS radio network broadcast by the Columbia Symphony with Herrmann conducting.
1941 FP of Paul Creston's Prelude and Dance and A Rumor in NYC.
1952 Birth of American soprano Carol VANESS in Los Angeles. She studied piano when she entered California State
Polytechnic College, but also took an interest in voice. She began taking voice and studied in graduate school at California State University. In 1976,
she became one of six singers chosen to take part of the inaugural
year of the San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program for young
singers. Her apprenticeship lasted two years, during which she
studied with Kurt Herbert Adler, then the general director of the
San Francisco Opera. Adler advised Vaness to resist offers to sing
major parts at such an early stage in her career, and as a result
she turned down offers from the opera companies in Houston; Tucson,
Arizona; and Glyndebourne. In 1977, took the small
part of Henrietta in Bellini's I Puritani with Beverly Sills as
Elvira. NYCO in 1979. In 1980, Vaness
made her European debut as Vitellia in Bordeaux, France. Glyndebourne Festival debut in 1982 as Donna Anna and
her Covent Garden debut as Mimi in La Bohème. MET Opera
Début: Feb. 14, 1984 [Armida] Rinaldo, 16 seasons (1983-90, 91-thru
2000) 176 perf., 19 roles, 14 works. Debut as Vitellia in Clemenza di Tito (Mozart) 1977
Teacher :- Scott David
1956 Birth of Rorholm, Marianne (m/s) b. July 27, 1956;
Send us your comments, corrections and additions via e-mailCLASSICALmanac editors are always updating information in this MUSIClassical directory. Please send updates on the entry in question and help us correct any errors or make additions. Photos are welcome. Editor/members will evaluate your submission and update the entry. We appreciate your help by email or by using our discussions area.
MUSIClassicaLIVE365
™
