1767 (30?) Birth of French composer and singer Amelie Julie CANDEILLE in Paris. d-Paris, 4 FEB 1834. Daughter of Pierre-Joseph Candeille (1744-1827) opera singer and composer.
1828 Birth of Belgian composer, organist, musicologist and conductor
Francois Auguste GEVAERT in Huysse. d-Brussels, 24 DEC 1908. Director Brussels Conservatory 1870 to 1907. Edited ancient music, wrote an organ method and a treatise on instrumentation. Composed the national anthem for the Belgian Congo. Edited the Haydn D-Major Cello Concerto in 1890.
1830 Birth of Czech teacher, conductor and composer Frantisek SKUHERSKY.
1845 Adolph Sax inventor of the saxophone sells his instrument to French
Army Bands.
1847 Birth of Cuban pianist and composer Ignacio CERVANTES.
d-29 APR 1905.
1848 Birth of French composer J. Robert PLANQUETTE in Paris. d-Paris, 28 JAN 1903.
1856 Death of Giulio Marco Bordogni Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 23 Nov 1789 Gazzaniga Died 31 July 1856
Debut as Argirio in Tancredi (Rossini) 1813
Teacher :- J S Mayr
Pupils :- Jeanne Anais Castellan, Laure Cinti-Damoreau, Sofia Cruvelli
Julie Aimee Dorus-Gras, Marie Cornelie Falcon, Giovanni Mario
Heinrich Panofka, Sims Reeves, Hermine Rudersdorff
Henrietta Sontag, Leon Achard, Anna La Grange, Anna Thillon
William Balfe, Anna Kerr, Johanna Wagner
Created Libenskof in Viaggio a Reims (Rossini)
1856 FP of Offenbach: "Le"66" Paris (1856).
1863 Birth of American music critic and writer Richard ALDRICH.
1869 FP of Offenbach: "La Princesse de Trébizonde" Baden-Baden (1869); rev.
Dec. 7, 1869.
1877 Birth of American composer Nathaniel Clark SMITH in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. d-1933.
1879 Birth of Chalmers, Donald (bs) (1879-1937) U.S. (57) b. In Pennsylvania, July
31, 1879; d. Wannamassa, NJ, May 16, 1937:
1885 Birth of Baracchi, Aristide (b) in Reggio Emiliad. d-Aug.
28, 1964: MET: Début: Apr. 24, 1909 [Guard] Manon, 2 seasons (1908-
10) 22 perf., 3 roles. Created Slave Admonisher in Nerone (Boito)
Mandarin in Turandot (Puccini)
Vinicio in Nerone (Mascagni)
Guardian of Fire & 4th Shepherd in Maria D'Allessandria (Ghedini)
Sang in FP of Cena delle Beffe (Giordano)
Diavolo el Campanile (Lualdi)
Fra Gherardo (Pizzetti)
Bella e il Monstro (Ferrari-Fontana)
Delitto e Castigo (Pedrollo)
1886 Death of Polish composer Franz LISZT at age 74 in Bayreuth. b-Doborján, 22 OCT 1811.
1887 Birth of Schulthess, Claire (s) (1887-19??) Ger. b La Fertésous-Jouarre,
July 31, 1887; d. 19??:
1894 Birth of Bongartz, Heinz (con/opera) (1894~1978) Ger. b. Krefeld, July 31,
1894; d. 1974:
1894 FP of EDWARDS: "Madeleine" New York (1894).
1896 Birth of Apostolescu, Nicu (b/t) (1896-????) Romanian. b. Braila, July 31,
1896; d. ? Debut as Amonasro in Aida (Verdi) 1921
Teacher :- Dimiter Popovici
1911 Birth of violinist and conductor George LIBERACE, administrator of Liberace Museum was brother of pianist/entertainer Liberace. d-16 OCT 1983.
1918 Birth of American musicologist Jan LA RUE in Sumatra of American
parents. His father a botanist working on rubber plants. President of
American Musicologist Assn, 1966-68. Prepared many thematic catalogs.
1919 Birth of English
conductor Norman DEL MAR in London. d-6 FEB 1994.
1922 FP of Paul Hindemith's Kammermusik No. 1, Op. 42a, with Hermann Scherchen conducting at Donaueschingen, Germany.
1922 FP of Paul Hindemith's Kammermusik No. 1, Op. 42a. Hermann Scherchen conducting at Donaueschingen, Germany.
1924 Birth of Bandin, Sofia (s) Argentine b. Buenos Aires, July 31, 1924;
1928 Birth of Zobel, Ingeborg (s) in Gorlitz. Debut as Amelia in Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) 1952
Teacher :- Eduard Plate
1929 Birth of Canadian bass Don GARRARD in Vancouver.
1930 Birth of Lavirgen, Pedro (t) Andalusien in Bajalance. Debut as Radames in Aida (Verdi) 1964
Teacher :- Miguel Barrosa
1931 Birth of Rebroff, Ivan (bs) b. July 31, 1931;
1931 Birth of Don Garrard Bass
Born 31 July 1931 Vancouver
Debut as Speaker in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1952
Teacher :- Luigi Borgonovo
Created Burden in Willie Stark (Floyd)
1938 FP of Morton Gould's Second American Sinfonietta conducted by Gould at a New York Philharmonic concert at Lewisohn Stadium in NYC.
1939 Birth of English conductor and pianist Steuart BEDFORD in London, July 31, 1939; MET:
Début: Oct. 18, 1974, Death in Venice, 4 seasons (1974-77, 96-97) 39
perf., 3 works.
1940 Death of Weidt, Lucie (s) (1876-1940) Ger. b. Bohemia (Silesia) 1876/79; d.
July 31, 1940. She sang at Paris, La Scala,
Buenos Aires, Vienna and the MET Opera. Studied in
Vienna and made her operatic début at Leipzig [Elisabeth] Tannhäuser
(1900); and her début rôle (1902). The [Marschallin] and [Kundry] were generally regarded as
her finest interpretations. In 1919, she created to role of "The
Nurse" [Amme] Die Frau ohne Schatten. After her retirement, she
taught in Vienna and resided there till her death. Gustav Mahler
was a great
admirer. MET Opera
Début, Nov. 18, 1910 [Brünnhilde] Die Walküre, 1 season (1910-11) 10
perf., 3 works. Debut 1900
Teacher :- Heinrich Weidt (father), Rosa Paper-Paumgartner
Created Nurse in Frau Ohne Schatten (Strauss)
1943 Birth of Wise, Patricia (s) U.S. b. July 31, 1943;
1952 Birth of German violinist and conductor Reinhard GOEBEL.
1958 Birth of Riedel, Deborah (m/s/s) Aussie. b. Sydney, July 31, 1958; MET:
Début: Nov. 5, 1997 [Donna Anna] Don Giovanni, 1 season (1997-98) 6
perf., 1 work.
1960 Death of Otto Feustel Tenor
Died 31 July 1960
Sang in premiere of Viel Larm um Nichts (Heinrich)
1982 FP of George Rochberg's opera The Confidence Man based on the novel by Hermann Melville, at the Sante Fe Opera, NM.
1989 Death of Piero Guelfi Baritone
Born 1914 Germany Genoa Died 31 July 1989
Created Dionysus in Baccanti (Ghedini)
Sempronio in Celestina (Testi)
Satin in Albergo dei Poveri (Testi)
Sang in premiere of Allegra Brigata (Malipiero)
Stirpe di Davide (Mannino)
Misteri Gloriosi (Cattozzo)
1989 Death of Horst Lunow Baritone
Born 1929 Schwerm Died 31 July 1989
Sang in premiere of Tagebuch eines Irren (Searle)
Fiesta (Milhaud)
1992 Death of Pietro Medici Tenor
Born 17 Jun 1914 Sassuolo Modena 31 July 1992
Debut in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Jan 1937
Teacher :- Emilio Piccioli
2003 Death of Taussig, Walter (con/opera) (1908-2003) Austrian. (95) b.
Vienna, 1908; d. July 31, 2003:
2004 FP of Jennifer Higdon's Loco by the Chicago Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach conducting at the Ravinia Festival, 200 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park, IL 60035. Ravinia Centennial.
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