1632 FP of Landi's Il Sant 'Alessio in Rome. Composed for the opening of the Palazzo Barberini at the Rome Opera House.
1727 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 52 Ich habe genug on the Feast of the Purification, was part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1725-27.
1744 FP of G. F. Handel's oratorio Semele in London.
1749 FP of Handel's oratorio Susanna in London.
1791 Birth of Austrian composer Carl CZERNY in Vienna. d-Vienna, 15 JUL 1857.
1801 Birth of Czech violinist and composer Johann KALLIWODA in
Prague.
d- 3 DEC 1866.
1836 Birth of French ballet composer Leo DELIBES in St. Germain du Val, Sarthe. d- 16 JAN 1891.
1844 Birth of French composer organist Charles Marie WIDOR in Lyon. d-Paris, 12 MAR 1937.
1845 Birth of American coloratura soprano Emma THURSBY in Brooklyn, NY. Photo.
1857 Birth of Nicolai Figner Tenor
Born 21 Feb 1857 St Petersburg Died 13 Dec 1918
Debut in Philemon & Baucis (Gounod) 1882
Teachers:- De Roxas, Camille Everardi, Francesco Lamperti
Ippolit Pryanishnikov
Created Hermann in Pique Dame (Tchaikovsky)
Count Vaudemont in Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)
Vladimir in Dubrovsky (Napravnik)
Sang in premiere of Caramo (Lortzing)
Francesca da Rimini (Napravnik)
1861 Death of librettist Eugène Scribe. From 1830 he collaborated with the greatest French and Italian composers; Auber, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Adam, Halévy, Donizzetti and Giuseppe Verde with Les Vêpres siciliennes in 1855.
1873 Birth of Siegfried Adler Tenor
Born 21 Feb 1873 Amschelberg
Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1893
1874 Birth of Vincenzo Reschiglian Bass-Baritone
Born 21 Feb 1874 Venice Died 17 Jul 1955
Created Bello in Fanciulla del West (Puccini)
Pinellino in Gianni Schicci (Puccini)
Brigodo in Madame Sans-Gene (Giordano)
Sang in premiere of Maschere (Mascagni)
1881 Birth of English bandmaster Kenneth ALFORD (aka F.J.Ricketts, Bandmaster of the Argyll and Southerland Highlanders). d-1945. See: Col. Bogey March.
1886 FP of M. Mussorgsky's opera Khovanschchina with Rimsky-Korsakov, in St. Petersburg.
1887 Birth of Antonin Trantoul Tenor
Born 21 Feb 1887 Toulouse Died 31 Aug 1965
Debut as De Grieux in Manon (Massenet) 1911
Teacher :- Jean De Reszke
Pupil :- Jean Lafont
Created Gherardo in Fra Gherardo (Pizzetti)
Rodrigue in Nerto (Widor)
Hippias in Noces Corinthiennes (Busser)
1891 Birth of American composer and bandmaster Karl Lawrence KING. d-1971.
1893 Birth of Spanish guitarist and teacher Andres SEGOVIA. d- Madrid, 2
JUN 1987.
1896 Birth of Clara Clairbert Soprano
Born 21 Feb 1896 Brussels Died 6 Aug 1970
Debut as Olympia in Contes d'Hoffman (Offenbach) 1924
Pupil :- Wilma Driessen
1897 Birtth Maria Nezadal Soprano
Born 21 Feb 1897 Pardubice
Debut 1924
Teachers:- Joseph Bohm, Eugen Fuchs, Ferdinand Pujman, Albin Sima
1897 FP of Alexander Glazunov's Symphony No. 6.
1907 Birth of Oldrich Kovar Tenor
Born 21 Feb 1907 Prague
Debut 1938
Teachers:- Hans Duhan, Egon Fuchs, Alfred Piccaver, Schonwald
Sang in premiere of Mirandolina (Martinu)
1907 FP of Delius' opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, in Berlin.
in Berlin.
1909 FP of Anatole Liadov's Enchanted Lake, in St. Petersburg.
1914 Birth of Daniza Ilitsch Soprano
Born 21 Feb 1914 Belgrade Died 15 Jan 1965
Debut as Nedda in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1936
1916 Birth of American composer Paul STOUFFER in Chambersburg, PA.
1917 FP of S. Rachmaninoff's Etudes-tableaux.
1919 Birth of Martin Ritzmann Tenor
Born 21 Feb 1919 Oberschonau Died 7 Aug 1984
Debut as Chapelou in Postillon de Longjumeau (Adam) 1951
Teacher :- C Gaebler
Sang in premiere of Puntila (Dessau)
1920 FP of Darius Milhaud's ballet Le Boeuf sur le Toit. 'The Bull on the Roof' in Paris.
1922 Birth of American tenor John McCOLLUM in Coalinga, CA.
1923 Birth of Russian-American violinist Zvi ZEITLIN in Dubrovina.
1925 Death of Fernando De Lucia Tenor
Born 11 Oct 1860 Naples Died 21 Feb 1925
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1885
Teachers:- Beniamino Carelli, Vincenzo Lombardi
Pupils :- Enzo Aita, Carolina Caprile, Gennro Caracciolo, Ciro Formisano
Enzo De Muro Lomanto,Alfredo Matteotti, Rodolfo Mele,
Maria Nemeth, Angelo Notariello, Gianna Pederzini,
Mihail Popov, Mario Podesta, Endre Rosler
Ivan Petroff, Petar Raitscheff, Nina Sabatano, Georges Thill
Tom Burke, Melchiorre Luise, Pet Bjorn, Brenner, Boris Cristoff
Created Fritz Kobus in Amico Fritz (Mascagni)
Osaka in Iris (Mascagni)
Giorgio in Rantzau (Mascagni)
Silvano in Silvano (Mascagni)
Azim in Profeta Velato (Napoletano)
Yann in Vita Brettona (Mugnone)
Giorgio in Marcella (Giordano)
1927 Birth of American composer Walter S. HARTLEY in Washington, DC.
1928 Birth of Andreas Agrelli Baritone
Born 21 Feb 1928 Barden
Teachers:- Hans Duhan, Hermann Gallos
1929 Birth of Pekka Nuitio Tenor
Born 21 Feb 1929 Wyborg Finland
Debut as Duke in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1958
Teachers:- Clemens Glettenberg, Olavi Nyberg
1929 FP Respighi's Roman Festivals, Toscanini conducting NY
Philharmonic Society Orch.
1940 Birth of Heinz Zednik Tenor
Born 21 Feb 1940 Vienna
Deb 1964 Trabusco in Forza del Destino (Verdi) 1964
Teachers:- Karl Hudez, Klein, Marga Wissman
Created Director in Re in Ascolta (Berio)
Hadanck in Schwarze Maske (Penderecki)
Kalb in Kabale und Liebe (Von Einem)
Time / Green in Wintermarchen (Boesman)
Sang in premiere of Gesualdo (Schnittke)
Kehraus um St Stephen (Krenek)
Der Besuch der Alten Dame (von Einem)
1944 Opening performance for the New York City Opera, with Puccini's Tosca.
1945 Birth of John Brocheler Baritone
Born 21 Feb 1945 Vaals Netherlands
Teachers:- Leo Ketelaars, Pierre Bernac
Created Felipe / Ferdinand / Son in Juana la Loca (Menotti)
Thijl in Thijl (Van Gilse)
Sang in premiere of Die Erprobung des Petrus Hebraicus (Pousseur)
Mare Nostrum (Kagel)
1945 Birth of Lisbeth Balslav Soprano
Born 21 Feb 1945 Abrena Denmark
Debut as Yaroslavna in Prince Igor (Borodin) 1975
Created Schustersfrau in Die Wundersome Schustersfrau (Zimmermann U)
1946 Death of Guerrina Fabbri Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1868 Ferrara Died 21 Feb 1946
Debut as Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) 1885
Teachers:- A Mattioli, Galetti-Gianola
Sang in premiere of Los Amantes de Teruel (Breton)
1946 FP of Roy Harris' Memories of a Child's Sunday. New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Harris.
1948 FP of Henry Cowell's Suite for Woodwind Quintet, at the McMillan Theater of Columbia University in NYC.
1949 Birth of Mexican-American flautist Elena DURAN.
1952 Death of Jeanne Gordon Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1884 Wallaceberg Canada Died 21 Feb 1952
Debut as Amneris in Aida (Verdi) 1918
Sang in premiere of L'Oiseau Bleu (Wolff)
Cleopatra's Nights (Hadley)
1957 Death of Marguerite Sylva Soprano
Born 10 Jul 1875 Brussels Died 21 Feb 1957
Debut as Carmen in Carmen (Bizet) 1892
Sang in premiere of Fortune Teller (Herbert)
1961 NYC debuts of Marilyn Horne and Joan Sutherland at Town Hall in a
concert performance of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda for the
American Opera Society.
1989 Death of Erika Koth Soprano
Born 15 Sep 1927 Darmstadt Died 21 Feb 1989
Debut as Philine in Mignon (Thomas) 1948
Teacher :- Elsa Blank, Mecklenburg, Willner
Pupil :- Barbara Cordes
1996 Death of American composer and former ASCAP president, Morton Gould.
Pulitzer Prize-winner, at age 82 in Orlando, FL.
2002 FP of Joseph Schwantner's September Canticle- In Memoriam. James Diaz with the Dallas Symphony, conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
2003 FP of Bright Sheng's Tibetan Swing by Dusseldorf Symphony in
Dusseldorf, Germany.
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