1639 FP of Mazzocchi and Marazzoli's comic opera Chi Soffie Speri at the Barberini Theater in Rome.
1649 Birth of German composer Johann Philipp KRIEGER in Nuremberg. d-Weissenfels, 6 FEB 1725.
1709 Birth of Francois Lepage Baritone
Born 27 Feb 1709 Joinville Died 1780
Created Teycer / Ismenor in Dardanus (Rameau)
Jupiter / Tiresias in Nais (Rameau)
Citheron in Platee (Rameau)
Cindor in Zais (Rameau)
Sang in premiere of Zoroastre (Rameau)
Acante et Cephise (Rameau)
Castor et Pollux (Rameau)
Fete de Polmnie (Rameau)
Temple de la Gloire (Rameau)
Fetes de l'Hymen et de l'amour (Rameau)
Zaid (Royer)
Isbe (Destouches)
1728 FP of Handel's opera Cyrus, the King of Prussia with text by Metastasio.
1729 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 159 Sehet, wie gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem on Esto mihi Sunday in Leipzig, was part of Bach's fourth annual Sacred Cantata cycle on texts by Christian Friedrich Henrici, aka Picander. Season, 1728-29.
1737 FP of Handel's opera Giustino in London.
1740 FP of Handel's oratorio L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato at Lincoln's Inn Field, in London. FP Handel's Organ Concerto in Bb, Op. 7, no. 1.
1839 Birth of Victor Capoul Tenor
Born 27 Feb 1839 Toulouse Died 18 Feb 1924
Debut in Chalet (Adam)
Teachers:- Mocker, Revial
Pupils :- Bessie Abott, Augustin Nuibo, Herbert Witherspoon
Created Guy de Kerdrel in Grande Tante (Massenet)
Sang in premiere L'Absent (Poise)
Premier jour de bonheur (Auber)
Vert Vert (Offenbach)
Paul et Virginie (Masse)
1846 Birth of Spanish light opera composer Joaquin VALVERDE.
d-Madrid, 17 MAR 1910.
1856 Birth of Italian baritone Mattia BATTISTINI in Rome. d- Riete, 7 Nov 1928
Debut as Alfonso in Favorita (Donizetti) 11 Feb 1878
Teachers:- Antonio Cotogni, Luigi Mancinelli, Venaslao Persichini
Augusto Rotoli, Eugenio Terziani
Pupils :- Alexander Baturin, Margherete Siems, Nikolai Speransky
Hilbert Vavra
Created Simar in Regina del Nepal (Bottestini)
Gianni Rantzau in Rantzau (Mascagni)
Sang in premiere Assedio di Cesarea (Persiani)
Sardanapolo (Libani)
Baldassare (Villate)
Donna Branca (Keil)
1870 Birth of German composer Louis COERNE. d-1922.
1873 Birth of Italian tenor Enrico CARUSO in Naples. d- 2 AUG
1921. Debut in Amico Francesco (Morelli) 16 Nov 1894
Teachers:- Carolina Ferni, Vincenzo Lombardi, Guglielmo Vergine
Pupil :- Riccardo Martin
Created Frederick Loewe in Germania (Franchetti)
Loris Ipanov in Fedora (Giordano)
Dick Johnson in Fanciulla del West (Puccini)
Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
Federico in Arlesiana (Cilea)
Yupansky in Yupansky (Berutti)
1888 Birth of German soprano Lotte LEHMANN in Perleberg. d- Santa Barbara,
26 AUG 1976. Debut as 3rd Boy in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1910
Teachers:- Etelka Gerster, Helene Jordan, Mathilde Mallinger, Eva Reinhold
Erna Thiele, Erna Tiedke, Elise Elizza, Alma Schadow
Pupils :- Jeannine Altmeyer, Karen Armstrong, Janet Baker, Anne Brown
Judith Beckmann, Grace Bumbry, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Kay Griffel
Marilyn Horne, Nan Merriman, Carol Neblett, Matalin Niska
Katsuumi Niwa, Marcella Reale, Gerard Souzay, Benite Valente
Shirley Verrett, Jeanne Cook, Anne Bollinger, Adair McGowen
Page Swift, William Cochran, Rose Bampton, Leonora Corona
Created Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
Barak's Wife in Frau ohne Schatten (Strauss)
Christine in Intermezzo (Strauss)
1890 Birth of Salvadoran composer María de BARATTA in San Salvador, El Salvador. d-San Salvador, El Salvador, 4 JUN 1978.
1891 Birth of French composer Georges MIGOT in Paris. d-Levallois, 5 JAN 1976.
1892 Birth of Maartje Offers Mezzo-Soprano
Born 27 Feb 1892 Koudekerke Holland Died 28 Jan 1944
Debut as Delilah in Samson et Delilah (Saint-Saens) 1917
Teacher:- Pauline De Haan-Manifarges, Frau Hekking, Arnold Spoel
1894 Birth of Russian conductor Issay DOBROWEN. d-Oslo, 9 DEC
1953.
1908 FP of Amy Beach's Piano Quintet. Hoffmann Quartet and Beach, piano at Boston's Potter Hall.
1909 Birth of Ruth Michaelis Mezzo-Soprano
Born 27 Feb 1909 in Posen Died 3 Dec 1989
Debut 1933
Teachers:- Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Hans Beltz, Jean Robert
Sang in premiere of Rappelkopf (Lothar)
Monika (Dostal)
1913 FP of Walter Damrosch's opera Cyrano de Bergerac at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC.
1915 Death of Rudolf Berger Baritone / Tenor
Born 17 APR 1874 Brno Died 27 Feb 1915
Debut as Telramund in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1897
Teachers:- Adolf Robinson, Oscar Saenger
Created Thomas Wintz in Roland von Berlin (Leoncavallo)
Sang in premiere of Mudarra (Le Borne)
Die Beichte (Hummel F)
Die Heirat wider Willen (Humperdinck)
1915 FP of N. Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 3, in Moscow.
1920 Birth of Vilma Bukovetz Soprano
Born 27 Feb 1920 Trebinje
Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1944
Teachers:- Darianu, Bogo Leskovich
1924 Death of Karolina Oestberg Soprano
Born 17 May 1853 Stockholm Died 27 Feb 1924
Debut as Annchen in Freischutz (Weber) 1873
Teacher :- Julius Gunther
1926 Death of Elena Theodorini Soprano
Born 25 Mar 1857 Cracow Died 27 Feb 1926
Debut as Condi in Maria de Rohan (Donizetti) 1877
Teacher :- Antonio Sangiovanni
Pupils :- Nicola Moscona, Bidu Sayao, Zina Brozia
Sang in premiere of Baldassare (Villate)
Bianca di Cervia (Smareglia)
1928 Birth of Austrian conductor and recorder player Rene CLEMENCIC.
1928 Birth of Arne Tyren Bass
Born 27 Feb 1928 Stockholm
Debut as Bartolo in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1954
Teacher :- Ragnar Hulten
Created Herr von Hancken in Herr von Hancken (Blomdahl)
Portrait in Portrait (Rosenberg)
Chefone in Aniara (Blomdahl)
Reuterholm in Tintomara (Werle)
Sang in premiere of Grand Macabre (Ligeti)
Drommen on Therese (Werle)
1935 Birth of Italian soprano Mirella FRENI in Modina. Debut as Micaela in Carmen (Bizet) 1955
Teachers:- Dante Arcelli, Luigi Bertazzoni, Ettore Campogalliani, Leone Magiera
Pupils :- Sonia Corsini, Nicola Ulivieri.
1935 Birth of Alberto Remedios Tenor
Born 27 Feb 1935 Liverpool
Debut as Tinca in Tabarro (Puccini) 1957
Teachers:- Clive Carey, Edwin Francis, Joseph Hislop
Pupil :- Paul Wilson
1936 Birth of Ricardo Cassinelli Tenor
Born 27 Feb 1936 Buenos Aires
Debut as Amenophis in Mose (Rossini) 1968
Teachers:- Aldo Bonifanti, Anatolio Kavancic
1937 Birth of American composer Lynn KURTZ.
1938 Birth of Margaret Curphey Soprano
Born 27 Feb 1938 Douglas Isle of Man
Teachers Joan Cross, John Carol Case, David Galiver
1940 Death of Margaretha Abler Soprano
Born 18 May 1899 Wiesbaden Died 27 Feb 1940
Teachers:- Franz Nowak, Anna Klett, Ernst Grenzebach
1940 FP of William Schuman's String Quartet No. 3. Coolidge Quartet at Town Hall in NYC.
1944 Birth of Erland Hagegard Baritone
Born 27 Feb 1944 Brunskog
Debut in Trois Operas Minutes (Milhaud) 1968
Teachers:- Arne Sunnegaard, Erik Werba, Gerald Moore
1945 FP of Amy Beach's opera Cabildo. Opera Workshop directed by Hugh Hodgson, at the University of Georgia in Athens. Professionally on 13 MAY 1995, at Alice Tully Hall in New York City was a PBS TV broadcast conducted by Ransom Wilson.
1947 FP of Paul Hindemith's Piano Concerto. Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell conducting, with pianist Jesús Maria Sanromá.
1947 Birth of violinist Gidon KREMER in Riga Latvia. Won the 1970 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Biography
1954 Birth of Alan Oke Baritone
Born 27 Feb 1954 London
Debut as Belcore in Elisir D'Amore (Donizetti) 1978
Teachers:- Joan Alexander, Hans Hotter, Lilian Liddell
Created Jester in Taverner (Maxwell Davies)
Sang in premiere of A Night at the Chinese Opera (Weir)
1956 Death of Elisabeth Van Endert-Bohm Soprano
Born 31 Dec 1876 Neuss Died 27 Feb 1956
Debut 1908
Teacher :- Richard Muller, Wally Schauseil
1960 Birth of Swedish composer Reine JöNSSON in Näsum.
1969 Death of Alida Vane Soprano
Born 11 Oct 1899 Sarkamuiza Died 27 Feb 1969
Debut in Asreal (Franchetti) 1926
Teacher :- Vittorio Vanza
1971 Death of Elsa Margarethe Gardelli Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1923 Funn Died 27 Feb 1971
Teacher :- Dora Sigurdsson
1981 Death of Germana Di Giulio Soprano
Born 1910 Died 27 Feb 1981
Debut as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) 1938
Teacher :- Ernestina Gonsalez
1963 Death of Giovanni Pullini Tenor
Born 10 Nov 1910 Longiano Died 27 Feb 1983
Debut 1932
Teachers:- Arturo Melocchi, Manlio Marcantoni
1984 FP of Libby Larsen's Parachute Dancing. American Composers Orchestra, Tom Nee conducting.
1985 Death of Benvenuto Franci Baritone
Born 1 July 1891 Pienza Died 27 Feb 1985
Debut as Gianetto in Lodoletta (Mascagni) 1918
Teachers:- Antonio Cotogni,Enrico Rosati
Created Neri in Cene Delle Beffe (Giordano)
Carpenter in Piccolo Marat (Mascagni)
Sang in premiere of Cavalieri di Ekuba (Zandonai)
Bella e il Monstro (Ferrari-Fontana)
Ecuba (Malipiero)
Palla de Mozzi (Marinuzzi)
Ollantay (Gaito)
1986 FP of German composer Udo Zimmermann's opera Weisse Rose 'White Rose' by the Opera Stabile, Hamburg.
1999 FP of Peter Lieberson's Horn Concerto, soloist William Purvis with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
2003 Death of English composer and ballet conductor John Lanchbery, OBE, in Melbourne, Australia. b-London, 15 MAY 1923.
2004 FP of Michael Gordon´s Gotham. Multimedia presentation with the American Composers Orchestra, Sloan, conducting, at the Ridge Theater, Zankel Hall, NYC.
2006 Death of American conductor Milton Katims in Seattle. b-Brooklyn, NY 24 JUN 1909. Obit.
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