1827 Birth of American composer Edmond Dédé in New Orleans, LA. d-Paris, 1903.
1849 Birth of Eugen Hildach Baritone
Born 20 Nov 1849 Wittenberg 27 July 1924
Teacher :- Elisabeth Dreyschock
Pupil :- Otto Helgers
1866 In Europe, FP of Johannes Brahms' String Sextet in G, Op. 36, in Zürich, Swizterland. FP in Boston, at a concert by the Mendelssohn Quintet Club on 11 NOV 1866.
1867 Birth of Ivan Ershov Tenor
Born 8 Nov 1867 Rostow Died 21 Nov 1943
Debut 1894
Teachers:- Alexandra Alexandrova-Kochetov, Stanislaus Gabel, C Rossi
Palechek
Pupils :- Sofia Preobrashenskaya
Created Grisha in Invisible City of Kitesh (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Orestes in Oresteia (Taneyev)
Valery in Servilia (Rimsky-Korsakov)
1873 Birth of American composer Daniel Gregory MASON in Brookline MA.
Music prof. at Columbia University to 1940. d-Greenwich, CT 4
DEC 1953.
1879 FP of Brahms' Violin Sonata in G. in Vienna, with Brahms and Joseph
Hellmesberger.
1882 Death of Hungarian composer Albert Bela Keler.
1887 Birth of Flora Perini Mezzo-Soprano
Born 20 Nov 1887 Rome Died Sep 1975
Debut as Anaconda in Christofo Colombo (Franchetti) 1908
Created Pepa in in Goyescas (Granados)
Princess in Suor Angelica (Puccini)
Light in L'oiseau bleu (Wolff)
Sang in premiere of Il Sueno d'Alma (Buchardo)
1888 Birth of Lillian Grenville Soprano
Born 20 Nov 1888 New York Died 1928
Debut as Juliette in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) 1906
Teachers:- Algier, Rossi, Aramis, Sebastiani
Created Salud in Vida Breve (De Falla)
Barbara in Natoma (Herbert)
Octavie in Cleopatre (Massenet)
1889 FP Mahler's Sym No 1, in Budapest, with Mahler conducting.
1890 Birth of Gabriella Besanzoni Mezzo-Soprano
Born 20 Nov 1890 Rome Died 8 July 1962
Debut as Adalgisa in Norma (Bellini) 1911
Teachers:- Hilde Brizzi, Alessandro Maggi
Pupils :- Paulo Fortes, Heloisa De Albuquerque
Created Morka in Fnlandia (Fracassi)
Smaragdi in Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai)
Sang in premiere of Jorgen de Danemark (Challan)
Jacquerie (Marinuzzi)
La Leggende delle sette Torri (Gasco)
1891 Birth of Joseph Rogatschevsky Tenor
Born 20 Nov 1891 Mirogod May 1985
Teachers:- Hettich, Jacques Isnardon, Lucette Korsoff
Pupil :- Michel Trempont
1891 FP of Loeffler's Les Veilees d l’Ukraine Suite. Arthur Nikisch conducting the Boston Symphony.
1893 Birth of Zita Fumagalli-Riva Soprano
Born 20 Nov 1893 Milan Died 4 Oct 1994
Debut in Marken (Bucceri) 1920
Teacher :- Salvatore Cairone
Pupils :- Raina Kabaivanska, Franco Tagliavini, Licilio Montefusco
Gianni Maffeo, Bonaldo Giaiotti. Leo Nucci, Ottavio
Garaventa
Sang in premiere of La Sulamita (Zanella)
1894 (GC, JC=8 NOV)
Death of Russian composer and pianist Anton RUBENSTEIN in Peterhof. Founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory. b-Vikhvatinets, 28 NOV 1829.
1897 Birth of Australian pianist and teacher Margaret SUTHERLAND in Adelaide. d-Melbourne, 17 AUG 1984.
1899 Birth of Paolo Civil Tenor
Born 20 Nov 1899 Teia Nr Barcelona 28 Dec 1987
Debut as Duke in Rigoletto (Verdi) 9 Sep 1925
Teacher :- Jose Sabater
Created Orfeo in Prosperina (Bianchi)
Collatino in Lucrezia (Respighi)
Lo Sconosciuto in Morte de Frine (Rocca)
Sang in premiere of Alcassino e Nicoletta (Barbieri)
Il revisore (Zanella)
Canigo (Massana)
1901 FP of Jules Massenet's opera Griselidis, in Paris, at the Opera Comique.
1936 Death of Luise Perard-Petzl Soprano
Born 1884 Donau Died 20 Nov 1936
Created Sulamith in Sulamith (von Klenau)
1937 Birth of American pianist Ruth LAREDO in Detroit. d-NYC, 26 MAY 2005.
1937 Birth of German tenor Rene KOLLO in Berlin. Debut as Oedipus Rex in Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky) 1965
Teacher :- Elsa Varena
1938 Death of Jean Athanasiou Baritone
Born 28 Jan 1885 Bucharest Died 20 Nov 1938
Debut as Silvio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1912
Teachers:- Manlio Bavagnoli, Ernesto Colli
1939 Death of Borghild Bryhn Soprano
Born 23 July 1883 Kongvinger Norway Died 20 Nov 1939
Debut as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) 1907
Teacher :- Raimund von zur Muhlen
1943 Birth of American composer, dancer, choreographer and singer Meredith MONK in Lima, Peru. [some
biographical dictionaries give 1942; however there are several different
birth places: NYC,Lima-Peru, etc.]
1943 Death of composer Richard Fall in Auschwitz concentration camp. b-3 APR 1882 in Gewitsch. Brother of composer Leo Fall.
1946 Birth of Paolo Barbacini Tenor
Born 20 Nov 1946
Sang in premiere of Doctor Faustus (Manzoni)
1946 FP of Paul Hindemith's grand piano concerto, The Four Temperments in NYC.
1950 Death of Italian opera composer Francesco Cilea at age 84, in d'Varazze.
b-Palmi, 26 JUL 1866.
1950 Death of Arnold Flogl Bass
Born 10 July 1885 Kromerz Died 20 Nov 1950
Teacher :- Emil Burian
Pupil :- Jan Hadraba, Bohus Hanak
Sang in premiere of Cunning Little Vixen (Janacek)
1952 FP of Roy Harris' Symphony No. 7 original version, Chicago Symphony, Rafael Kubelik conducting.
1987 Death of James Atherton Tenor
Born 27 April 1943 Montgomery Alabama Died 20 Nov 1987
Teachers:- Rosa Ponselle, Martial Singher
Created Pacheco in Ines de Castro (Pasatieri)
1987 FP of John Harbison's String Quartet No. 2, by the Emerson String Quartet at Jordan Hall in Boston.
1998 Death of Alessandro Cassis Baritone
Born 9 Feb 1937 Died 20 Nov 1998
Sang in premiere of La Favola D'Orfeo (Casella)
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