1820 Birth of German composer Cornelius GURLITT in Altona. d-Altona, 17 JUN 1901.
1838 Birth of Marie-Julie Baretti Soprano
Born 10 Feb 1838 Bordeaux Died 16 Dec 1872
Created Margyane in La Statue (Reyer)
Sang in premiere of Pecheurs de Catane (Maillart)
Le Saphir (David)
1841 Birth of English composer, organist and teacher Walter Parratt in Huddersfield. d-Windsor, 27 MAR 1924.
1843 Birth of Adelina Patti Soprano
Born 10 Feb 1843 Madrid Died 27 Sep 1919
Debut as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 24 Nov 1859
Teachers:- Ettore Barilli, Maurice Strakosch, E Valentini, Florence Stevens
Created Dolores in Dolores (Pollonnais)
Gelmina in Gelmina (Poniatowski)
Velleda in Vellada (Lenepveu)
Gabriella in Gabriella (Pizzi)
1860 FP of Brahms' Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16, with Brahms conducting in Hamburg.
1870 Birth of Italian operatic tenor Alessandro BONCI in Bologna Died 9 Aug 1940
Debut as Fenton in Falstaff (Verdi) Jan 1896
Teachers:- Felice Coen, Enrico Delle Sedie, Carlo Pedrotti
Sang in premiere of Signor di Poureaugnac (Franchetti)
Sogno di Alma (Buchardo)
1874 >Birth of Marie Gutheil-Schroder Soprano
Born 10 Feb 1874 Weimar Died 4 Oct 1935
Debut as 1st Lady in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1891
Teacher :- Virginia Naumann-Gungl, Fedor von Milde, Richard Strauss
Pupils :- Anny Helm, Rise Stevens, Harriet Henders
Created Woman in Erwartung (Schoenberg)
Sang in premiere of Der Musikant (Bittner)
1876 Death of Swedish composer and choral conductor Johan August Soderman in Stockholm. b-Stockholm, 17 JUL 1832.
1884 Birth of Ettore Bergamaschi Tenor
Born 10 Feb 1884 Bologna Died 7 Aug 1975
Debut as Alvaro in Forza del Destino (Verdi) 1912
Sang in premiere of Glauco (Franchetti)
1885 Birth of George Baker Baritone
Born 10 Feb 1885 Birkenhead Died 8 Jan 1976
Teachers:- Gustav Garcia, John Acton
Pupils :- Richard Angas
1896 FP of Walter Damrosch's opera The Scarlet Letter in Boston.
1897 Death of Italian composer Antonio Bazzini in Milan. b-Brescia, 11 MAR 1818.
1897 Death of Armand de Casta Castelmary Bass
Born 16 Aug 1834 Toulouse Died 10 Feb 1897
Debut 1863
Created Don Diego in Africaine (Meyerbeer)
Monk in Don Carlos (Verdi)
Horatio in Hamlet (Thomas)
Sang in premier of Amy Robsart (De Lara)
1900 Birth 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)
1908 Birth of Canadian pianist and composer Jean COULTHARD in Vancouver.
1910 Birth of English actress and singer Joyce GRENFELL. d-1979.
1910 Birth of Moldavian soprano Maria CEBOTARI (Cebotaru), in Kishinev, Bessarabia. d-Vienna, 9 JUN 1949.
1914 Birth of American Harmonica player and composer Larry ADLER. d-London, 6 AUG 2002.
1919 Birth of New Zealand composer and music historian Dorothy Whitson FREED in Dunedin, NZ. d-NZ 1 APR 2000.
1920 Birth of Cesare Siepi Bass
Born 10 Feb 1920 Milan
Debut as Sparafucile in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1941
Teacher :- Cesare Chiesa
Created Martino / Nonno Innocenzo in L'Oro (Pizzetti)
1923 Birth of Italian bass Cesare SIEPE in Milan.
1927 Birth of American soprano Leontyne Mary Violet PRICE in Laurel, MS. Debut as St Cecilia in Four Saints in Four Acts (Thomson)
Teacher :- Florence Page Kimball
Created Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra (Barber)
1927 FP of Krenek's jazz opera Jonny spielt auf
'Johnny leads the Band' at the Stadttheater in Leipzig.
1929 Birth of American film score composer Jerry GOLDSMITH in Pasadena, CA. d-21 JUL 2004.
1930 Birth of Cornelius Opthof Baritone
Born 10 Feb 1930 Rotterdam
Teachers:- Herman Geiger-Torel, Katherine Hendrikse
1932 Birth of Georges Liccioni Tenor
Born 10 Feb 1932 Marseille
Debut as Vincent in Mireille (Gounod) 1958
Teacher :- Pierre Mercadel
1933 Birth of Aleksandra Imalska Mezzo-Soprano
Born 10 Feb 1933 Kalisz Poland
Debut as Hadwiga in Haunted Manor (Moniuszko) 1960
Teachers:- Frau Cyganska, Frau Zielinska
1934 FP of Howard Hanson's opera Merry Mount Tulio Serafin conducting at MET in NYC.
1939 Birth of American composer and clarinetist Barbara KOLB in Hartford CT.
1942 Death of Bohumil Benoni Baritone
Born 25 Feb 1862 Chrudim Died 10 Feb 1942
Teachers:- Anny Chrzova, Jan Ludevit Lukes
Pupil :- Zdenek Otava
Sang in premiere of Bride of Messina (Fibich)
Jacobin (Dvorak)
Debora (Foerster)
Rusalka (Dvorak)
Eva (Foerster)
1957 Death of Angelo Minghetti Tenor
Born 6 Dec 1889 Bologna Died 10 Feb 1957
Debut 1920
Teacher :- Emilia Corsi, M Belluci, Lari, Tenaglia
Pupil :- Ragnar Ulfung
Sang in premiere of Fiamma (Respighi)
La Flaminga (Donaudy)
Nemici (Guerrini)
La Maggiolata Veneziana (Selvaggi)
1961 FP of W. Piston's Symphony No. 7. Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting. Won Pulitzer Prize for Music [1961].
1964 MET Opera debut of Russian-American baritone Igor Gorin. b-Ukraine, 26 OCT 1908. d-Tucson, AZ 24 MAR 1982. Taught voice at the University of Arizona.
1966 FP of Richard Rodney Bennett's Symphony No. 1, in London.
1971 Birth of American computer music composer Seongah SHIN.
1976 FP of Ulysses Kay's Southern Harmony by the North Carolina Symphony.
1977 Death of Welsh composer, music teacher and broadcaster Grace Mary Williams in Barry, b-Barry, 19 FEB 1906.
1981 Death of Mary McCormick Soprano
Born 1885 Belville Arkansas Died 10 Feb 1981
Debut as Micaela in Carmen (Bizet) 1921
Teacher :- Mary Garden
Pupil :- William Blankenship
1995 FP of Daniel Asia's Piano Concerto. Grand Rapids Symphony, conducted by Carl St. Clair, with pianist André-Michel Schub in Grand Rapids, MI.
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