1755 Birth of Carolina Fredrika Mueller Mezzo-Soprano
Born 5 Feb 1755 Copenhagen Died 17 Nov 1826
Created Christina Gyllenstierna in Gustaf Wasa (Naumann)
Christina von Holstein in Gustaf Adolf och Ebba Brahe (Vogler)
Aretea in Alcides Intrade I Varlden (Haefffner)
1763 Birth of Charles Incledon Tenor
Born 5 Feb 1763 Cornwall Died 11 Feb 1826
Debut as Alphonso in Castles of Andalusia (S Arnold) 1784
Teacher :- Venanzio Rauzzini, Richard Landon, William Jackson
Sang in premiere of Woodman (Shield)
1791 Death of John Beard Tenor
Born 1717 Died 5 Feb 1791
Debut as Priest in Esther (Handel) 1732
Created Macheath in Beggar's Opera (Pepusch)
Artabanes in Artaxerxes (Arne)
Lurcanio in Ariodante (Handel)
Oronte in Alcina (Handel)
Jupiter in Semele (Handel)
Amintas in Atlanta (Handel)
Samson in Samson (Handel)
Fabio in Berenice (Handel)
Vitaliano in Giustino (Handel)
Varo in Arminio (Handel)
Sang in premiere of Devil to Pay (Coffey)
1795 Death of Antoine Trial Tenor
Born 1737 Avignon Died 5 Feb 1795
Debut as Bastien in Sorcier (Philidor) 4 July 1764
Created Ali in Zemire and Azor (Gretry)
Bertrand in Deserteur (Monsigny)
Andre in Epreuve Villageoise(Gretry)
Crispin in Melomananie (Champein)
1810 Birth of Norwegian composer and violinist Ole BULL, in Bergen. d- Lysų, 17 AUG 1880.
1816 FP of Rossini's Barber of Seville, in Rome.
1818 Birth of composer Samuel JACKSON. d-1885.
1825 Death of Pierre Gaveaux Tenor
Born 9 Oct 1760 Beziers Died 5 Feb 1825
Teachers:- Francois Beck, Combes
Created Jason in Medee (Cherubini)
Floreska in Lodoiska (Cherubini)
Romeo in Romeo et Juliette (Steibelt)
Florestan in Leonore (Beethoven)
Belfort in Les Visitandines (Devienne)
Armand in Les Deux Journees (Cherubini)
Ruben in Joseph (Mehul)
1852 Marriage of soprano Jenny Lind to her pianist, Otto Goldschmidt.
1862 Birth of Mexican composer Felipe VILLANUEVA in Tecamac, state, Mexico. d-Mexico City, 28 MAY 1893.
1884 Birth of Alfred Piccaver Tenor
Born 5 Feb 1884 Long Sutton Lincoln Died 23 Sep 1958
Debut as Fenton in Falstaff (Verdi) 1 Sep 1912
Teachers:- Mme Jaeger, Allan Lindsey, Ludmilla Prohaska-Neumann, Rosario
Pupils :- Nigel Douglas, Oldrich Kovar, Hugh Beresford
Created Marzellus in Theodora (Zorlig)
Sang in premiere of Ring of Polycrates (Korngold)
1887 FP of Verdi's opera Otello with Toscanini at the cello, at La Scala
in Milan.
1894 Birth of William Wernigk Tenor
Born 5 Feb 1894 Chemnitz Died 21 Jan 1973
Sang in premiere of Die Dame im Traum (Salmhofer)
Danton's Tod (Von Einem)
1895 Pianist Rosina Lhevinne debuts with the Moscow Symphony.
1895 FP of Ippolitiv-Ivanov's Caucasian Sketches, in
Moscow. The composer conducting.
1897 FP in USA of Richard Strauss' Also Spracht Zarathustra in Chicago with Theodore Thomas conducting.
1898 Birth of Yoshie Fujiwara Tenor
Born 5 Feb 1898 Fukuoka Japan Died 22 Mar 1976
Debut 1921
1902 Birth of Polish composer Bronislaw KAPER. d-1983.
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1903 Birth of Persian violinist Ivan GALAMIAN in Tabriz.
1904 Birth of Erna Schluter Soprano
Born 5 Feb 1904 Oldenburg Died 1 Dec 1969
Debut 1925
Sang in premiere of Der Rossknecht (Zillig).
1907 Death of German composer Ludwig Thuille, age 45, in Munich. b-Bozen, 30 NOV 1861.
1909 Birth of Polish composer Grazyna BACEWICZ in Lodz. d-Warsaw, 17
JAN 1969.
1911 Birth of Swedish tenor Jussi BJORLING,
in Stora Tina. d-near Stockholm, 9 SEP 1960. However 2
February is the date he thought of as his birthday and celebrated all his
life. It is the date on his tombstone. d-6 Sep 1960
Debut as Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1930
Teachers:- David Bjorling (father), John Forsell, Joseph Hislop
Julia Svedelius, Tullio Voghera
Created Martin Skarp in Fanal (Atterberg)
Bargeman in Journey to America (Rosenberg)
1916 Death of Francesco Marconi Tenor
Born 14 May 1853 Rome Died 5 Feb 1916
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1878
Teachers:- Ottavio Bartolini, Veneslao Persichini, Enrico Tamberlik
Sang in premiere of La Pellegrina (Clementi)
Spartaco (Platania)
1917 Birth of Austrian bass-baritone Otto EDELMANN in Vienna. d-Vienna, Austria 14 MAY 2003. Star of the Vienna State Opera famous for his interpretation of Strauss's Baron Ochs. Andante, obituary, London Times, obituary, NY Times, obituary. Debut as Figaro in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1937
Teachers:- Gruner Graarud, Josef Krips, Theodor Lierhammer
1921 Birth of English conductor Sir John PRITCHARD in London. d-San Francisco, 5 DEC 1989.
1926 Birth of French composer and teacher Andre GEDALGE in Chessy. d-Paris, FEB 1926.
1929 Death of German composer and choral conductor Siegfried Ochs in Berlin. b-Frankfurt-am-main, 19 APR 1858.
1931 Elvina Ramella Soprano
Born 5 Feb 1931 Biella
Debut as Rosina in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1951
Teachers:- Italo Brancucci, Elvira De Hidalgo
1934 Birth of Pietro Bottazzo Tenor
Born 5 Feb 1934 Padua Died 22 Sep 1999
Debut as Wilhelm in Mignon (Thomas) 1959
Teachers:- Cecilia Sacchetti, Maria Carbone
Sang in premiere of Sentenza (Manzoni)
1934 Birth of English conductor and organist John POOLE.
1939 FP of Carl Orff's opera Der Mond 'The Moon' at the Nationaltheater, in Munich.
1942 Death of Robert Hutt Tenor
Born 8 Aug 1878 Karlsruhe Died 5 Feb 1942
Debut 1903
Teachers:- Wilhelm Guggenbuhler, Julius Kniese
Sang in premiere of Oberst Chabert (Waltershausen)
1953 Birth of Suzanne Adams Soprano
Born 28 Nov 1872 Cambridge Mass Died 5 Feb 1953
Debut as Juliette in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) 1894
Teachers:- Jacques Bouhy, Mathilde Marchesi,
Created Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (Stanford)
1958 Death of William Michael Baritone
Born 10 Jul 1888 Ammansford S Wales Died 5 Feb 1958
Debut as Silvio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1917
1958 FP of Sir Michael Tippett's Symphony No. 2. BBC Symphony, Sir Adrian Boult conducting, in London.
1962 Death of Leon Bjorker Bass
Born 1 May 1900 Died 5 Feb 1962
Debut in Crown Bride (Rangstrom) 1929
Teachers:- John Forsell, Oskar Lejdstrom
Sang in premiere of Marionetter (Rosenberg)
Fanal (Atterberg)
Aladdin (Atterberg)
Genoveva (Berg)
Der Sturm (Atterberg)
1962 Death of French composer Jacques Ibert, at age 71, in Paris. b-Paris, 15 AUG 1890.
1967 Birth of Australian soprano and composer Sonia JACOBSEN in Camden, New South Wales.
1969 FP of Thea Musgrave's Clarinet Concerto, in London.
1970 FP of Elliott Carter's Concerto for Orchestra. New York Philharmonic.
1991 Death of John Hargreaves Baritone
Born 10 Mar 1910 Colne Lancs Died 5 Feb 1991
Debut as Valentin in Faust (Gounod) 1936
Teacher :- Frederick Austin
Pupil :- Malcolm Rivers
Created Charles Strickland in Moon & Sixpence(Gardner)
2000 Death of Canadian composer Barbara Pentland. b-Winnipeg, 2 JAN 1912.
2000 Death of Pablo Elvira Baritone
Born 24 Sep 1938 San Juan P R Died 5 Feb 2000
Debut as Rigoletto in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1968
Teacher :- Angeles Ottein
Created Heracles in Heracles (Eaton)
2003 FP of Kaija Saariaho's Terestre. Camilia Hortenga, flute; Felix Fan, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Steven Schick, percussion; Yonah Zur, violin. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, NYC.
2004 FP of Stephen Paulus' Paean commissioned by Pat and Reidar Bjorhovde, symphony patrons. Tucson Symphony Orchestra, George Hanson conducting as part of the TSO“s Diamond Jubilee in Tucson, AZ.
2004 FP of Bright Sheng“s The Pheonix. Jane Eagland, soprano. Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwartz, conducting, in Seattle, WA.
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