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- 1566 (1564? although some scholars set the date at 1560 or 61)Birth of Italian composer Carlo GESUALDO in Venosa. d-Gesualdo, 8 SEP 1613.
- 1714 Birth of German composer Carl Phillip Emanuel BACH second son of J.S. in Weimar. d-Hamburg, 14
DEC 1788.
- 1752 FP of G. F. Handel's oratorio Jephtha in London.
- 1813 First concert of the London Philharmonic Society, Argyll Rooms, Salomon conducting, Clementi pianist and Viotti in the orchestra.
- 1835 Birth of Hans Freiherr von Rokitansky Bass
Born 8 Mar 1835 Vienna 2 Nov 1909
Debut as Oroveso in Norma (Bellini) 1857
Pupils :- Adolf Wallnofer, Marcella Sembrich, Therese Boschetti
Joseph Staugigl
Sang in premiere of Koenigin von Saba (Goldmark)
- 1839 Death of Adolphe Nourrit Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 3 Mar 1802 Montpellier Died 8 Mar 1839
Debut as Pylade in Iphigenie en Tauride (Gluck)
Teachers:- Manuel Garcia Snr, Louis Nourrit (father), Gaetano Donizetti
Pupils :- Jeanne Anais Castellan, Prosper Derives, Marie Falcon
Pierre-Francois Wartel
Created Gustav III in Gustav III (Auber)
Masaniello in Masaniello (Auber)
Raoul in Huguenots (Meyerbeer)
Eleazar in Juive (Halevy)
Robert in Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer)
Poliuto in Poliuto (Donizetti)
Arnold in William Tell (Rossini)
Ory in Count Ory (Rossini)
Stradella in Stradella (Niedermayer)
Neocles in Siege de Corinthe (Rossini)
Don Sanche in Don Sanche (Liszt)
Lindor in Belle au Bois Dormant (Carafa)
Ubaldo in Elena da Feltre (Mercadante)
Cleomede in Lasthenie (Herold)
Gaston in Vendome en Espegne (Aubert & Herold)
Sang in premiere of Dieu la Bayadere (Auber)
Philtre (Auber)
Serment (Auber)
Virginie (Berton)
Macbeth (Chelard)
1849 Birth of Hermann Winkelmann Tenor
Born 8 Mar 1849 Brunswick Died 18 Jan 1912
Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1875
Teacher :- Koch
Created Parsifal in Parsifal (Wagner)
Nero Claudius in Nero (Rubinstein)
- 1849 FP of Otto Nicolai's opera Merry Wives of Windsor in Berlin.
- 1857 Birth of Italian composer Ruggiero LEONCAVALLO Napoli. d-Montecatini, 9 AUG 1919.
- 1869 Death of French composer Hector Berlioz at the age of 62, in Paris. b-Cote-St. Andre, Grenoble, 11 DEC 1803.
- 1970 Birth of Dezso Zador Baritone
Born 8 Mar 1870 Hungary Died 24 Apr 1931
Debut as Count in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1898
Teacher :- Adele Passy-Cornet
Created Dark Fiddler in A Village Romeo & Juliet (Delius)
Sang in premiere of Nadeya (C.Rossi)
Coeur As (Kunneke)
- 1872 Birth of Russian-German composer Paul JUON in Moscow.
- 1876 Birth of Italian composer Franco ALFANO in Posilippo, Naples. d-San Remo, 27 OCT 1954.
- 1896 FP of S. Rachmaninoff's The Rock in Moscow.
- 1898 Birth of Jo Vincent Soprano
Born 8 Mar 1898 Amsterdam Died 28 Nov 1989
Teachers:- Cornelie Van Zanten, Catherine Van Rennes
- 1898 FP of R. Strauss' Don Quixote Wüllner conducting in Cologne.
- 1901 Birth of Belgian composer Peter BENOIT in Harelbeke. b-Antwerp, 17 AUG 1835.
- 1902 FP of Jean Sibelius' Second Symphony. Composer conducting in Helsinki.
- 1903 Birth of English composer, pianist and conductor, Avril COLERIDGE-TAYLOR in South Norwood. d-Seaford, 21 DEC 1998.
The daughter of Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor.
- 1903 FP of Georges Enescu's Rumanian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2, composer conducting, in Bucharest.
- 1904 (21st?) Birth of Greek composer Nikos SKALKOTTAS, island of Euboca. d-20 SEP 1949.
- 1904 Birth of Gottlieb Zeithammer Bass-Baritone
Born 8 Mar 1904 Vienna Died 17 June 1982
Debut 1926
Pupil :- Christa-Maria Ziese
Sang in premiere of Die Pfiffige Magd (Weisman)
Der Garten des Paradieses (Petyrek)
Die Schwarze Spinne (Burkhard)
Barbasuk (Burkhard)
Fruhling (Lehar)
Carlo Ricci, Vera RozsaFranz Klarwein Tenor
- 1909 Birth of American composer Anthony DONATO. d-1990.
- 1911 Birth of American composer Alan HOVHANESS in Somerville, MA. d-Seattle, WA 21 JUN 2000.
SEE-A selected look at Hovhaness's discography.
1914 Birth of Born 8 Mar 1914 Garmisch Died 16 Feb 1991
Debut 1937
Teacher :- Fritz Kerzmann
Created Priest in Versuchung (Tal)
Timoleon in Play of Love & Death (Cikker)
Italian Singer in Capriccio (Strauss)
Sang in premiere of Harmonie der Welt (Hindemith)
1924 Birth of American composer Lloyd CONLEY.
1927 Birth of Doreen Murray Soprano
Born 8 Mar 1927 Newcastle on Tyne
Sang in premiere of Incognita (Wellesz)
Elanda and Eclipse (Halahan)
1931 Death of Clara Kathleen Rogers Soprano
Born 14 Jan 1844 Cheltenham 8 Mar 1931
Teachers:- Auguste Gotze, Antonio Sangiovanni
Daniel Shamdlin, Ruth Ann Swenson
1934 Birth of American composer Christian WOLFF in Nice, France.
1934 FP of Walter Piston's Concerto for Orchestra. Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting.
1935 Birth of Liselotte Rebmann Soprano
Born 8 Mar 1935 Stuttgart
Debut Countess in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1957
Teacher :- Friedel Mielsch-Nied, Hermann Reutter
Sang in premiere of Comoedia de Christi Resurrectione (Orff)
1936 Birth of Belgian composer Vic NEES in Mechelen.
1939 Birth of Horst Laubenthal Tenor
Born 8 Mar 1939 Duderstadt
Debut as Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1967
Teacher :- Rudolf Laubenthal
1939 Birth of Welsh tenor Robert TEAR in Barry Glamorgan
Debut as Quint in Turn of the Screw (Britten)
Pupil :- Christopher Gillet
Created Dov in Knot Garden (Tippett)
Younger Son in Prodigal Son (Britten)
Todd in Grace of Todd (Crosse)
Ubu in Ubu Rex (Penderecki)
Deserter in We Come to the River (Henze)
Rimbaud in Therese (Taverner)
Sang in premiere of Burning Feiry Furnace (Britten)
1940 Birth of Bernadette Antoine Soprano
Born 8 Mar 1940 Nancy
Debut as Musetta in Boheme (Puccini) 1967
Created Marquise in Liaisons Dangereuses (Prey)
Ann in Corde (Videau)
Sang in premiere of Don Juan ou l'amour de la geometrie (Semenoff)
1941 Birth of American composer Yvar MIKHASHOFF. d-1993.
1942 Birth of Patricia Payne Mezzo-Soprano
Born 8 Mar 1942 Dunedin New Zealand
Dedut as Joacim in Susanna (Handel)
Teachers:- Dora Drake, Peter Harrison, Roy Henderson, Hans Hotter,
Valda McCracken, Ruth Packer, Elizabeth Puritz,
1943 Death of Alice Nielsen Soprano
Born 7 June 1876 Nashville Died 8 Mar 1943
Debut as Yum Yum in Mikado (Sullivan) 1893
Teacher :- Ida Valerga, Max Dessi
Sang in premiere of Fortune Teller (Herbert)
The Sacrifice (Conserve)
1944 Death of Aroldo Lindi Tenor
Born 26 May 1888 Tune Sweden Died 8 Mar 1944
Teachers:- Dean Dossert, Renata Bellini
Debut as Radames in Aida (Verdi) 191
1945 Birth of Australian composer Bruce BROUGHTON.
1945 Death of Xenia Dorliak Soprano
Born 11 Jan 1882 St Petersburg Died 8 Mar 1945
Teachers:- Natalia Iretskaya, Sofia Gladkaya
Pupil :- Nina Dorliak, Elena Kruglikowa, Tamara Janko, Tatjana Takachadze
Solomon Khromchenko
1949 Birth of Belgian recorder player and flutist Barthold KUIJKEN.
1952 Death of Octave Dua Tenor
Born 28 Feb 1882 Ghent Died 8 Mar 1952
Debut as Vasek in Bartered Bride (Smetana) 1904
Sang in premiere of Love of 3 Oranges (Prokofiev)
1954 Birth of composer Jonathan BERGER in NYC.
1954 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare conducted by Robert Craft at an "Evenings on the Roof" concert in LA.
1956 FP David Diamond's Symphony No. 6. Boston Symphony, Charles Munch conducting.
1957 Death of Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck at age 70, in Zurich. b-Brunnen, 1 SEP 1886.
1957 FP of I. Xenakis' Pithoprakta in Munich.
1958 Birth of English choral director Simon HALSEY.
1961 Death of British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham at age of 81, in London. b-St. Helens, Lancaster, 29 APR 1879.
1966 Birth of American composer Yoav GAL.
1967 Death of Paul Reinecke Tenor
Born 3 Feb 1902 Lodz Died 8 Mar 1967
Debut as Italian Singer in Rosenkavalier (Strauss) 1922
Created Amandus in Zaubergeige (Egk)
Sang in premiere of Die Windsbraut (Zillig)
Garten des Paradieses (Petyrek)
Wat Tyler (Bush)
1979 FP of Wolfgang Rihm's opera Jakob Lenz at the Opera stabile, Staatsoper, in Hamburg.
1983 Death of British composer Sir William Walton, at age 80, on island of Ischia, Italy. b-Oldham, Lancashire, 8 MAR 1983.
1984 Death of Louis Noguera Baritone
Born 12 Dec 1910 Algeria Died 8 Mar 1984
Debut 1935
Pupils :- Andree Esposito, Marc Vento
Sang in premiere of Jorgen de Danemark (Challen)
La Carrose du Saint Sacrement (Busser)
La Princesse de Cleves (Regie)
1988 Death of Polish-Mexican composer and violinist Henryk Szeryng. b-22 SEP 1918.
1991 FP of Daniel Asia's At the Far Edge for orchestra. Seattle Youth Symphony, Ruben Gurevich conducting.
2000 FP of Karen Tanaka's At the Grave of Beethoven. Brodsky Quartet, in London.
2000 FP of John Tavener's The Lord's Prayer. Tallis Scholars in Guildford, England.
2001 Death of Dickson Titus Baritone / Teacher of Singing
Born 1924 Died 8 Mar 2001
Pupils :- Richard Bernstein, Hope Briggs, Judith Christian, John Del Carlo
John Duykers, Greg Fedderly, Peggy Kriha-Dye, Brian Leerhuber
Susan Quittmeyer, Paula Rasmussen, Elise Ross, Don Sherrill
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