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1724 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 116, Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ on the 25th Sunday following Trinity as part of his second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1724-1725.
1760 Birth of Celeste Coltellini Mezzo-Soprano
Born 26 Nov 1760 Livorno Died 28 July 1829
Debut 1780
Teachers:- G B Mancini, G Manzuoli
Created Dori in Grotta di Trofonio (Salieri)
Nina in Nina (Paisiello)
1760 Marriage of 28 year old Franz Joseph Haydn to 31 year old Maria Anna Keller in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. She was the daughter of wigmaker Johann Peter Keller, who helped Haydn in his years of poverty employing him as a music teacher.
1865 Birth of American composer Earl Ross DRAKE. d-1916.
1866 Death of Belgian composer and cellist Adrien Francois Servais in Hal, Belgium. b-Hal, 6 JUN 1807.
1870 Birth of Heinrich Knote Tenor
Born 26 Nov 1870 Munich 15 Jan 1953
Debut as Georg in Waffenschmied (Lortzing) 1892
Teacher :- Emanuel Kirschner
Pupils :- Paul Kuen, Karl Mikorey
1872 Birth of Luise Ulrich Soprano
Born 26 Nov 1872 Freslev Denmark 31 Jan 1952
Debut 1894
Teachers:- Frau Gotze, Sophie Keller
1876 Birth of Aline Sanden Soprano
Born 26 Nov 1876 Berlin 8 May 1955
Teachers:- Frau Albrecht-Fraude, Valeska Von Facius
1887 FP of Tchaikovsky's Mozartiana on an all Tchaikovsky program in
Moscow conducted by the composer.
1915 Birth of American pianist Earl WILD in Pittsburgh, PA.
1916 Birth of Petre Munteanu Tenor
Born 26 Nov 1916 Campina Rumania Died 18 July 1988
Debut 1940
Teacher :- Hermann Weissborn
Created Emigrant in Intolleranza 1960 (Nono)
1916 Birth of Gerhard Unger Tenor
Born 26 Nov 1916 Salzungen
Debut as Tamino in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1947
Sansin premiere of Hamlet (Reutter)
1916 Death of Albert Saleza Tenor
Born 28 Oct 1867 Bruges France 26 Nov 1916
Debut as Mylio in Roi D'Ys 1888
Teachers:- Saint-Yves Bax, Louis-Henri Obin
Pupils :- Louise Cazette, Mireille Berthon
Created Eiolf in Hulda (Franck)
Frederic in Nais Micoulin (Bruneau)
1920 Birth of Hungarian composer Istvan SARKOZY.
1924 Birth of Naomi Ornest Soprano
Born 26 Nov 1924 Utica NY
Sang in premiere of Satan's Trap (Piket)
1925 Death of Norwegian composer Johanness Haarklou in Oslo. b-Fřrde, 13 MAY 1847.
1927 Birth of Hildegard Hillebrecht Soprano
Born 26 Nov 1927 Hanover
Debut as Leonore in Trovatore (Verdi) 1951
Teacher :- Franzisca Martiennson-Lohmann
1937 FP of Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto, Karl Bohm, conducting Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Georg
Kulenkamph, soloist. Performance was attended by Adolph Hitler.
1940 Death of Alice Guszalewicz Soprano
Born 1878 Hungary 26 Nov 1940
Pupil :- Genia Guszalewicz
1943 FP of Garedner Reed's Symphony No. 2, composer conducting in Boston, MA.
1944 Birth of Susan Marsee Mezzo-Soprano
Born 26 Nov 1944 San Diego
Debut as Sara in Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) 1970
Teachers:- Nadine Conner, Richard Fredericks
Created Dona Manuela in Juana La Loca (Menotti)
Shelly Ward in Angle of Repose (Imbrie)
Mariana in Student from Salamanca (Jan Bach)
Estelle Drummle in Miss Haversham's Dreams (Argento)
1946 Death of Maria Basilides Mezzo-Soprano
Born 11 Nov 1886 Hungary Died 26 Nov 1946
Debut in Quo Vadis (Nougues) 1911
Created Widow in Spinning Room (Kodaly)
1954 FP of Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra in Warsaw.
1956 Death of Edith Helena Soprano
Born 23 Dec 1876 Brooklyn Died 26 Nov 1956
Debut as Violetta in Traviata (Verdi) 1904
Teachers:- Alberto De Bassini, Giovanni Tagliapietra
1957 Birth of English soprano Vivian TIERNEY in London. Debut as Ida in Princess Ida (Sullivan) 1978
Teachers:- Eduardo Asquez, Josephine Veasey
Created Clarissa Harlowe in Clarissa (Holloway)
Mrs Foran in Silver Tassle (Turnage)
1959 Death of British light-music composer Albert W. Ketčlbey at age 84, on the Isle of Wight. b-Aston, 9 AUG 1875.
1964 Death of Amelita Galli-Curci Soprano
Born 18 Nov 1883 Milan Died 26 Nov 1964
Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1909
Teachers:- Carlo Carignani, Sara Dufes
Pupil :- Beverly Sills
1973 Death of Simone Mangelsdorff Soprano
Born 19 Jan 1931 Bad Durrenburg Died 26 Nov 1973
Debut 1958
Teachers:- Maria Carpi, Paul Lohmann
1973 Death of Edith Mason Soprano
Born 22 Mar 1893 St Louis Missouri Died 26 Nov 1973
Debut as Nedda in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 7 Jan 1912
Teachers:- Enrico Beltran, Edmond Clement, Arnaldo Conti, Victor Maurel
Salvatore Cottone, Vittorio Vanza, Dino Bigalli
Pupils :- Mary Kime, Carol Fox
Sang in premiere of Canterbury Pilgrims (De Koven)
1984 Death of Fernando Corena Bass
Born 22 Dec 1916 Geneva Died 26 Nov 1984
Debut as Varlaam in Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky) 1947
Teacher :- Enrico Romani
Created Cannizares in Cordovano (Petrassi)
1991 Death of Primo Zambruno Tenor
Born 3 Sep 1914 Tortona Died 26 Nov 1991
Debut in Forza Del Destino (Verdi) 1951
Teachers:- Aureliano Pertile, Francesco Merli, Ferdinando Cineselli
1992 Death of Marcel Cordes Baritone
Born 11 Mar 1920 Stelzenberg Died 26 Nov 1992
Debut as Canio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1941
Teacher :- Fritz Krauss
Created Tansur in Harmonie der Welt (Hindemith)
1993 Death of Gustav Sacher Teacher of Singing
Born 1898 Bukovnia Died 26 Nov 1993
Pupils :- Sylvia Fisher, Adele Leigh, Gwent Lewis, Simon Masterson-Smith
Rosina Raisbeck, Amy Shuard
1993 FP of Stanislaw Skrowaczewski's Chamber Concerto Ritornelli poi Ritornelli. Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, with the composer conducting.
1996 Death of Joan Hammond Soprano
Born 24 May 1912 Christchurch N. Zealand 26 Nov 1996
Debut 1932 as Giovanna in Rigoletto (Verdi)
Teacher :- Dino Borgioli
Pupil :- Cheryl Barker; Peter Coleman-Wright
1997 FP of John Corigliano's The Red Violin for Violin and Orchestra with Joshua Bell with the San Francisco Symphony, Robert Spano conducting. Scored for film.
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