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1474 Death of Belgian composer Guillaume DuFAY, in Cambrai. b-Bersele, 5 AUG 1397.
1731 Birth of Italian violinist Gaetano PUGNANI in Turin. Learned from Tartini and taught Viotti. d-Turin, 15 JUL 1798.
1743 FP of G. F. Handel's Dettingen Te Deum and Anthem at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, in London. Composed to celebrate the safe return of George II to England following victory over the French in Bavaria.
1855 FP, in USAmerica, of Johaness Brahms' orginal Piano Trio No. 1 in B with violinist Theodore Thomas, cellist Carl Bergmann, and pianist William Mason, at Dodworth's Hall in NYC. European premiere on 13 OCT 1855, in Danzig.
1887 Death of Marianna Barbieri-Nini Soprano
Born 18 Feb 1818 Florence Died 27 Nov 1887
Debut in Belisario (Donizetti) 1840
Teachers:- Luigi Barbieri, Giuditta Pasta, Nicolai Vaccai
Created Lucrezia Contarini in Due Foscari (Verdi)
Gulnara in Corsaro (Verdi)
Luisa Strozzi in Lorenzino de Medeci (Pacini)
Merope in Merope (Pacini)
Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Verdi)
Leila in Ebreo (Apollini)
1891 Birth of Giovanni Brevario Tenor
Born 27 Nov 1891 Bergamo Died 8 Oct 1982
Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 25 Oct 1924
Teacher :- Dante Lari
1896 FP of R. Strauss' Also Spract Zarathustra. The composer conducting in Frankfurt.
1897 Death of Bernhard Pollini Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 16 Dec 1838 Cologne Died 27 Nov 1897
Debut as Arturo in Puritani (Bellini) 1858
Pupils :- Georg Maikl, Anna Bahr-Mildenberg, Alberto Caffo
Marie Knupfer-Egli, Gaetano Nava
1899 Death of French soprano Louise Puget Lemoine in Pau. b-Paris, 11 FEB 1810.
1903 FP of Wolf-Ferrari's opera Le Donne Curiose, 'The Curious Woman', at the Residenztheater in Munich.
1912 Birth of Solange Michel Mezzo-Soprano
Born 27 Nov 1912 Paris
Debut as Charlotte in Werther (Massenet) 1942
Teachers:- Andre Gresse, Thomas Salignac
Created Maharini of Rajaputana in Last Savage (Menotti)
1914 Death of composer Eduard Kremser.
1913 FP of George Tempelton Strong, Jr's orchestral suite Die Nacht 'The Night'. Orchestre du Kursaal, Ernest Ansermet conducting in Montreux, Switzerland.
1915 Birth of American conductor Victor ALESSANDRO, in Waco, TX. d-1976.
1925 Birth of German composer Bertold HUMMEL in Hüfingen. d-Würzburg, 9 AUG 2002.
1928 Birth of Austrian pianist Walter KLIEN (pr: kleen) in Graz. d-
Vienna, 9 FEB 1991.
1928 FP of Igor Stravinsky's ballet, Le Baiser de la fée 'The Fairy's Kiss' at the Paris Opéra, by the Ida Rubinstein Company, composer conducting.
1936 Birth of Alexandrina Milcheva Mezzo-Soprano
Born 27 Nov 1936 Shouman Bulgaria
Debut as Carmen in Carmen (Bizet) 1961
Teacher :- G Cherkin
Created Ada in Vera Storia (Berio)
1942 Birth of Michael Devlin Bass-Baritone
Born 27 Nov 1942 Chicago
Debut as Spalanxani in Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach)
Teacher :- Daniel Ferro, Norman Treigle
Created Pantalone in Servant of Two Masters (Giannini)
Sgt Pete Fisher in Nine Rivers From Jordan (Weisgall)
Axel in Axel (De Leeuw / Van Vlijman)
Sang in premiere of Ritorno di Casanova (Arrigo)
1947 Birth of Neil Rosenshein Tenor
Born 27 Nov 1947 New York
Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1972
Created Husband in Duchess of Malfi (Burton)
Sang in premiere of Aspern Papers (Argento)
Ghost of Versailles (Corigliano)
1947 Death of Paul Bender Bass
Born 28 July 1875 Dreidorf Died 27 Nov 1947
Debut as Sarastro in Zauberflote (Mozart) 26 Sep 1900
Teachers:- Baptist Hoffmann, Louise Reuss-Belce
Pupils :- Wilhelm Ernst, Helmut Fehn, Josef Greindl, Hans Hopf
Folke Jonssen, Karl Liebl, Max Probstl, Benno Ziegler
Created Puis IV in Palestrina (Pfitzner)
Sang in premiere of Der Mond (Orff)
1967 Death of Argentinian composer Héctor Ettore Panizza in Milan. b-Buenos Aires, 12 AUG 1875.
1971 Birth of American composer Edward SCHOCKER in Detroit, MI.
1971 Death of Gianni Maritati Soprano
Born 1931 Alessandria Died 27 Nov 1971
Debut 1955
Sang in the premiere of Nuova Euridice (Lupi)
1972 FP, posthumous, of E. W. Korngold's Symphony, in Munich. Rudolf Kempe conducting.
1981 Death of Harold Blackburn Bass
Born 25 April 1925 Hamilton Scotland Died 27 Nov 1981
Debut as Ferrando in Trovatore 1947
Teacher :- Percy Hemings
Created William Humpage in Penny for a Song (Bennett)
M. Corfan in Story of Vasco (Crosse)
Sailor in Nelson (Berkeley)
1993 Death of American composer Jerry Hunt in Canton, OH. b-Waco, TX 30 NOV 1943.
1994 Death of Portugese composer Fernando Lopes Graça in Parede. b-Tomar, 17 DEC 1906.
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