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- 1739 London based music publisher John Walsh, Jr. releases Handel's Trio Sonatas, Op. 5.
- 1781 Birth of American-Bohemian violinist and composer Anthony Philip HEINRICH. d- 3 MAY 1861.
- 1791 FP of F. J. Haydn's Symphony No. 92, Haydn conducting at the first of his London concerts.
CD-
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 92, 94, & 96
1791 FP of Haydn's 73rd Symphony, in D. Salomon
conducting, in London. CD-
Haydn: Complete Symphonies (Box Set)
1811 Birth of Francesco Lamperti Singing Teacher
Born 11 Mar 1811 Savona Died 1 May 1892
Teacher :- Giuditta Pasta
Pupils :- Sophie Loewe, William Shakespeare, Eliza Biscaccianti
Cornelie Van Zanten, Emma Albani, Max Alvary
Desiree Artot de Padilla, Lola Beeth, Angela Peralta
Italo Campanini, Sofia Cruvelli, Nikolay Figner
Alma Fohstrom, Helene Hastreitter, Emmy Thursby
Arthur J Hubbard, Salvatore Marchesi, Romilda Pantaleoni
Franz Nachbaur, Oscar Niemann, George Osgood
Antonio Scotti, Marcella Sembrich, Teresa Stoltz
Jennie Van Zandt, Marie Waldmann, Cornelie Hollosy-Lonovicz
Herbert Witherspoon, Emmy Achte,Irene Abendroth
Gottardo Aldighieri, Guido Vannuccini, Franz Ferenczy
Aurelie Wilczek, Adolf Robinson, John Acton, Paul Kalisch
Friederike Gruen, Tiberini, Anna de la Grange
Angelica Moro, Vialetti, Deveris, Palermi, Hjalmar Frey
Camille Everardi, Emilia Tagliani, Daniel Filleborn
1812 Birth of Irish violinist, organist and composer of Operas,
William Vincent WALLACE, nearly lost his life in a U.S. Steamboat accident in
1850. d- France, 12 OCT 1865.
1829 Mendelssohn, age 20, directs Bach's St. Matthew Passion.
First time since Bach's death and sparks interest in Bach's music. CD-
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
1830 FP of Bellini's opera I Capuleti ed i Montecchi in
Venice. CD-
Vincenzo Bellini: Romeo and Juliet
1839 FP of Mendelssohn's Ruy Blas Overture and incidental
music, in Leipzig. CD:
The Best of Mendelssohn
1851 FP of Verdi's Rigoletto, in Venice, at Teatro la Fenice. CD-
Verdi: Rigoletto / Sutherland
1867 FP of Verdi's Don Carlos, in Paris.
1874 Birth of Domenico Russo Tenor
Born 11 Mar 1874 Messina Died 28 Sep 1932
Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1892
Teachers:- Paccini, Rossi
1876 Birth of American composer Carl RUGGLES in Marion, MA. d-Bennington, VT 24 OCT 1971. Presser bio.
1886 FP of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony inspired by Byron, in Moscow.
CD-
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
1888 FP of Antonin D'vorak's Symphony No. 2 in Bb (1865), in Prague. CD- D'vorak:
Symphonies 1-9
1890 Birth of Martha Amstad Soprano
Born 11 Mar 1890 Beckenreid Switzerland Died 22 Sep 1981
Teachers:- Virginia Ferni-Germano, Wally Schauseil
1893 Birth of Jozef Sterkens Tenor
Born 11 Mar 1893 Antwerp Died 3 May 1952
Debut as Eisslinger in Meistersingers (Wagner) 1925
Teacher :- Edmond Bergers
1895 Birth of Dorothea Manski Soprano
Born 11 Mar 1895 New York Died 24 Feb 1967
Debut 1911
Teacher :- Emmy Raabe-Burg
Pupils :- Felicia Weathers, Eldred A Thierstein
Sang in premiere of Sharazade (Sekles)
1897 Birth of American composer Henry Dixon COWELL in Menlo
Park, CA. d-Shady, NY 10 DEC 1965.
1900 Birth of Paul Payen Baritone
Born 11 Mar 1900 Auberchicourt Died 31 Aug 1982
Debut as Yamadori in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 21 Nov 1925
Teacher :- Jacques Isnardon
Created Ehemann in Les Mamelles de Tiresias (Poulenc)
Sang in premiere of Le Roi d Yvetot (Ibert)
Mon Oncle Benjamin (Bousquet)
La Farse de Maitre Patelin (Barraud)
1902 Birth of Zdenek Otava Baritone
Born 11 Mar 1902 Vitejeves U Policky Died 4 Dec 1980
Debut as Iago in Otello (Verdi)
Teachers:- Bohumil Benoni, Max Koblizek, Joseph Masopust
Riccardo Stracciari
Pupils :- Ludmilla Hanzalikova, Nadezda Kniplova
Marcela Machotkova, Eva Zikmundova
Created Baron Prus in Makropulos Affair (Janacek)
Columbus in Columbus (Skroup)
Sang in premiere of Kraluv Mincmistr (Vostrak)
1903 The MET Opera stages first opera composed by a woman, Ethel
Smyth's Der Wald (The Forest).
1911 Birth of American conductor and cellist Howard MITCHELL in
Lyons, Nebraska. Conductor of Washington
D.C. National S.O. 1949-1970.
1911 FP of Enrique Granados Goyescas, inspired by Goya paintings, composer performing in Barcelona. CD- Albéniz: Iberia; Granados: Goyescas
1912 Birth of Spanish (Catalan) composer Xavier MONTSALVATGE in
Gerona. Biography of MONTSALVATGE,
Xavier also see Spanish Catalan composer. d-Barcelona, 7 MAY 2002.
1913 Birth of Canadian composer John WEINZWEIG in Toronto.
1915 FP of Maurice Ravel's orchestral suite for ballet Ma Mère l'Oye 'Mother Goose' at the Paris Opéra.
1917 FP of O. Respighi's tone-poem The Fountains of Rome in Rome. CD:
Respighi: Pini di Roma/Feste Romane/Fontane di Roma
1920 Birth of Marcel Cordes Baritone
Born 11 Mar 1920 Stelzenberg Died 26 Nov 1992
Debut as Canio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1941
Teacher :- Fritz Krauss
Created Tansus in Harmonie der Welt (Hindemith)
Sang in premiere of Titus Feuerfuchs (Sutermeister)
1921 Birth of Argentinian composer Astor PIAZZOLA in Mar del Plata, Argentina. d- Buenos Aires, 4 JUL 1992.
1923 FP of Deems Taylor's Through the Looking Glass full orchestral suite.
Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony Society Orchestra. Original chamber version was FP in 1919. CD-
The Music Fantasies Of Griffes & Taylor
1926 Birth of Turkish-American electronic music composer Ilhan MIMAROGLU in Istanbul.
1929 FP of Colin McPhee's Concerto for Piano with Wind Octet, in Boston.
1932 Birth of American composer, violinist and arranger Leroy JENKINS.
1932 Birth of Stefania Malagu Mezzo-Soprano
Born 11 Mar 1932 Milan Died 16 Jan 1989
Debut as Katchen in Werther (Massenet) 1956
Teachers:- Guido Gonfallonieri, Arturo Martinis
Sang in premiere of Linguaggio Dei Fiori (Rossellini)
1937 Birth of Victoria Bezetti Soprano
Born 11 Mar 1937 Konstantza Rumania
Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1964
Teacher :- Viorel Ban
1940 Birth of American composer Jon GIBSON.
1940 Birth of American composer Richard TOENSING in St. Paul, MN.
1941 Death of Melanie Kurt Soprano
Born 8 Jan 1880 Vienna Died 11 Mar 1941
Debut as Elisabeth in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1902
Teachers:- Lilli Lehmann, Marie Lehmann, Fannie Muller
1943 Birth of English mezzo-soprano Sarah WALKER in Cheltenham. Debut as Diana in Calisto (Cavalli) 1971
Teachers:- Ruth Packer, Vera Rozsa, Cuthbert Smith
Created Suzanne in Toussaint (Blake)
Agave in Bakxai (Buller)
1946 Death of Susan Strong Soprano
Born 3 Aug 1870 Brooklyn N Y Died 11 Mar 1946
Debut as Sieglinde in Walkure (Wagner) 1893
Teacher :- Francis Korbay
1950 (?)Birth of French pianist Katia LABEQUE.
1950 Birth of American Vocalist and conductor Bobby McFERRIN. Biography.
1956 Birth of American composer Michael ROBINSON.
1956 Death of Ernest Bauer Tenor
Born 16 Apr 1899 Vevey Died 11 Mar 1956
Teachers:- Peter Hegar, Magda Donatelli
1967 Death of Geraldine Farrar Soprano
Born 28 Feb 1882 Melrose Mass Died 11 Mar 1967
Debut in Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 15 Oct 1896
Teachers:- Francesco Graziani, Lilli Lehmann, Mrs J H Long, Emma Thursby
Angelo Trabadello
Created Rosaura in Donne Curiose (Wolf-Ferrari)
Goose Girl in Konigskinder (Humperdinck)
Angelica in Suor Angelica (Puccini)
Orlanda in Reine Fiammette (Leroux)
Catherine Huebscher in Madame Sans Gene (Giordano)
Amica in Amica (Mascagni)
Margareta in Ancetre (Saint Saens)
Sang in premiere of Le Clown (Camondo)
1967 Death of American soprano Geraldine Farrar in Ridgefield, CT.
1976 Birth of American composer Roger PRZYTULSKI.
1979 Death of Gerhard Stolze Tenor
Born 1 Oct 1926 Dessau Died 11 Mar 1979
Debut as Moser in Meistersingers (Wagner) 1949
Teachers:- Willy Bader, Rudolf Dittrich, Hermann Weissborn
Created Ulysses in 17 Tage und 4 Minuten (Egk)
Satan in Mystere de la Nativite (Martin)
Sang in premiere of Revisor (Egk)
Julietta (Erbse)
Oedipus der Tyrann (Orff)
Jacobowsky und der Oberst (Klebe)
Der Arme Konrad (K Forest)
1988 Death of Gianna Pederzini Mezzo-Soprano
Born 10 Feb 1900 Vo di Avio Died 11 Mar 1988
Debut as Preziosilla in Forza del Destino (Verdi) 192
Teacher :- Fernando De Lucia
Pupil :- Veronika Kincses
Created Old Prioress in Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc)
Sang in premiere of Re Lear (Ghislanzoni)
1990 Death of Muriel Dickson Soprano
Born 1903 Edinburgh Died 11 Mar 1990
Debut 1927
Teacher :- Luigi Ricci
1991 Death of Maria Reining Soprano
Born 7 Aug 1903 Vienna Died 11 Mar 1991
Debut 1931
Pupil :- Gabriele Fuchs
1999 FP of John Corigliano's A Dylan Thomas Trilogy. National Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
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