1875 Birth of Leon-Pierre Campagnola Tenor
Born 8 Feb 1875 Marseilles Died 11 Jan 1955
Debut as Vincent in Mireille (Gounod) 1903
Teacher :- Manoury
1875 Birth of Janina Korolewicz-Wayda Soprano
Born 8 Feb 1875 Warsaw Died 20 Jun 1955
Debut as Hanna in Haunted Manor (Moniuszko) 1894
Teachers:- A.Myszuga, Valerie Wysocki
Sang in premiere of Goplana (Zelensky)
1875 Birth of Georgette Leblanc Soprano
Born 8 Feb 1875 Tancarville Died 27 Oct 1941
Debut as Francoise in Attaque au Moulin (Bruneau) 23 Nov 1893 (Premiere)
Teacher:- Saint-Yves Bax
Created Ariane in Ariane et Barbe Bleu (Dukas)
Sang in premiere of L'Oiseau bleue (Wolff)
La Mort de Tintagiles (Nougues)
1879 Birth of Mizzi Gunther Soprano
Born 8 Feb 1879 Warnsdorf Bohemia Died 18 Mar 1961
Debut 1897
Created Hanna Glawari in Merry Widow (Lehar)
Eva in Eva (Lehar)
Sang in premier of Dollarprinzessin (Fall)
Sirene (Fall)
Kleine Konig (Kalman)
Bajadere (Kalman)
Rastelbinder (Lehar)
Gottergatte (Lehar)
Furstenkind (Lehar)
Die ideale Gattin (Lehar)
Sterngucker (Lehar)
Drei Wunsche (Ziehrer)
Das Susse Madel (Reinhardt)
Der Schatzmeister (Ziehrer)
Endlich allein (Lehar)
Czardasfurstin (Kalman)
Faschingsfee (Kalman)
Reiter der Kaiserin (Pepock)
1888 Birth of Dutch composer Matthijs VERMEULEN in Helmond. d-Laren, 26 JUL 1967.
1900 Birth of Laurens Bogtman Baritone
Born 8 Feb 1900 Oudkarspel Holland Died 1969
Teacher :- Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius, Otto Iro
Pupil :- Aafje Heynis
1903 Birth of Bela Rozumova Soprano
Born 8 Feb 1903 Pribram, Died 1962
Debut as Marenka in Bartered Bride (Smetana) 1923
Teachers:- Olga Borova-Valouskova, Otto Iro, Masa Fleischerova
1904 Death of Malvina Garrigues Soprano
Born 7 Dec 1825 Copenhagen Died 8 Feb 1904
Debut in Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer) 1841
Teacher :- Manuel Garcia Jnr
Pupils :- Heinrich Gudehus, Rosalie Miller
1904 FP of Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto in Helsinki. Helsingsfors Philharmonic conducted by the composer. Victor Novácek as soloist.
1906 Birth of Polish-American pianist Arthur BALSAM. aka Artur. d-NYC, 1994.
1906 Birth of Ferdinand Frantz Bass-Baritone
Born 8 Feb 1906 Cassel Died 26 May 1959
Debut as Ortel in Meistersingers (Wagner) 1927
Sang in premiere of Das Opfer (Zillig)
1907 FP of Arnold Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1 with the Rosé Quartet and members of the Vienna Philharmonic in Vienna.
1911 Birth of Gerhard Frei Bass
Born 8 Feb 1911 Breslau
Debut as Landgraf in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1940
Teacher :- Hecker, Bertermann, Otto Iro
Sang in premiere of Weiber von Lyon (Kosma)
Der Arme Konrad (Forest)
Joe Hill (Bush)
1912 Birth of Ilona Steingruber Soprano
Born 8 Feb 1912 Vienna Died 12 Dec 1962
Sang in premiere of Moses & Aron (Schoenberg)
1912 Birth of Russian born Swiss pianist Nikita MAGALOFF in St. Petersburg.
1914 Birth of Italian tenor Giacinto PRANDELLI in Lumezzane. Debut as Rodolfo in Boheme (Puccini) 1942
Teachers:- Fornarini, Edmondo Grandini
Pupil :- Stephano Secco
Created Son in Tesoro (Napoli)
Antonio in Il Dottor Antonio (Alfano)
Sang in premiere of Prosperina y el Extranjero (Castro)
1915 Birth of English conductor and musicologist Newell JENKINS. d-21 DEC 1996.
1921 Death of Francisco D'Andrade Baritone
Born 11 Jan 1859 Lisbon Died 8 Feb 1921
Debut as Amonasro in Aida (Verdi) 1882
Teachers:- Corrado Miraglia, Sebastiano Ronconi, Manuel Carreira
Luiz da Costa, Jose Romano
Pupils :- Carl Clewing, Alexander Haydter
Sang in premiere of Donna Bianca (Keil)
1925 FP of Henry Cowell's Ensemble the original version for strings and 3 American Indian 'thunder-sticks. Sponsored by the International Composers' Guild at Aeolian Hall in NYC.
1925 FP of Miaskovsky's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7, in Moscow.
1928 Birth of Welsh harpist and tenor Osian ELLIS.
1932 Birth of American composer, conductor and pianist
John Towner WILLIAMS in NYC. Conducted Boston Pops. Composed serious works and many film scores; Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones and others. m-Barbara Ruick, an American singer and actress born in 1930 Pasadena, California and died in 1974 of a cerebral haemorrhage. Parents of Joseph Williams.
1933 Birth of Patrick McGuigan Baritone / Teacher of Singing
Born 8 Feb 1933 Dublin
Debut as Golaud in Pelleas et Melisande (Debussy) 1965
Teachers:- E Herbert Caesari, Frederick Cox, Tino Pattiera, Adelio Vianni
Pupils :- Matthew Best, John Connell, Stephen Gadd, Glenville Hargreaves,
John Harris, Henry Hereford, Keith Latham, Jeffrey Lawton
Anthony Mee, Stephen Richardson, Nigel Robson, Andrew Shore
Gwion Thomas, John Tomlinson
1934 Birth of Dutch soprano Elly AMELING in Rotterdam.
Debut as Ilea in Idomeneo (Mozart) 1973
Teachers:- Pierre Bernac, Jo Bollekamp, Bodi Rapp, Jacoba Dresden-Dhont
Gabriela Herrera
1934 FP of Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts.
1935 Birth of Tugomir Franc Bass
Born 8 Feb 1935 Zagreb Died Jan 1983
Debut as Re in Aida (Verdi) 1960
Teachers:- Elisabeth Rado, Zlatko Sir, Lav Vrbanic
1938 Birth of Marco Bakker Baritone
Born 8 Feb 1938 Beverwijk Holland
Debut in Orfeo (Monteverdi) 1967
Teachers:- Ruth Horna, Hans Hotter, Otaker Kraus, Coby Riemens
Created Student in De Droom (De Leeuw)
Sang in premiere of Catiline Conspiracy (Hamilton)
1941 Birth of American composer, flutist and composer Kay GOODMAN in Freeport, NY.
1941 Birth of Kosuke Taguchi Tenor
Born 8 Feb 1941 Tottori Japan
Debut as Beppe in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1969
Teachers:- Takanosuke Watanabe, Tsuruyo Takeokaka
1942 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Danses concertantes. Werner Janssen Orchestra of Los Angeles, composer conducting.
1943 Birth of Malcolm Donnelly Baritone
Born 8 Feb 1943 Sydney
Debut as Ceprano in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1967
Teachers:- Vida Harford, Marianne Mathy
Created Lentulus in Catiline Conspiracy (Hamilton)
1944 Death of Lina Cavalieri Soprano
Born 25 Dec 1874 Viterbo Died 8 Feb 1944
Debut Nedda in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1900
Teacher Maddelena Mariani-Masi
Created Ensoleillad in Cherubin (Massenet)
Belle-Isle in Madamoiselle Belle-Isle (Samara)
1946 FP of Bela Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 finished by Tibor Serly. Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting. György Sándor, soloist.
1947 Birth of Elke Schary Soprano
Born 8 Feb 1947 Beuthen
Debut as Blondchen in Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Mozart) 1972
Teachers:- Erna Berger, Clara Ebers, Hermann Fitchow, Maria Reining
1948 Birth of English baritone Stephen ROBERTS.
Debut as Ubalde in Armide (Gluck) 1982
Teachers:- Gerald English, Redvers Llewellyn, Helga Mott,
Erich Vietheer
1959 FP of Elie Siegmeister's Symphony No. 3, in Oklahoma City.
1961 Death of Luisa Villani Soprano
Born 15 Oct 1884 San Francisco Died 8 Feb 1961
Debut as Amor in Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) 17 Mar 1907
Teacher :- Vincenzo Villani (father)
Created Fiora in Amore dei Tre Re (Montemezzi)
1963 FP of Benjamin Lee's (Lysniasky) Violin Concerto, in Boston.
1966 FP of Lou Harrison's Symphony on G. Cabrillo Music Festival by the Oakland Symphony, Gerhard Samuel conducting.
1973 FP of George Crumb's Makrokosmos, Volume II for amplified piano, in New York.
1976 Death of Gladys Moncrieff Soprano
Born 13 Apr 1892 Queensland Died 8 Feb 1976
Teacher :- J C Williamson
1983 Death of Charles Kullmann Tenor
Born 13 Jan 1903 New Haven Connecticut Died 8 Feb 1983
Debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 1929
Teachers:- Harold Huni, Jiacinto Marcosano, Francis Rogers, Thomas Salignac
Anna Schoen-Rene
Pupils :- William Brown, Elliott Palay, Felicia Weathers
Sang in premiere of Das Herz (Pfitzner)
Das Veilchen (Bittner)
1985 FP of Earle Brown's Tracer for six instruments and four-track tape, in Berlin.
1986 FP of Daniel Pinkham's Symphony No. 3. Plymouth Philharmonic, Rudolf Schlegel conducting in Plymouth MA.
1988 Death of Gino Penno Tenor
Born 1920 Felizzano Died 8 Feb 1998
Teacher :- Adriano Tocchio, Ettore Campogalliani
Created Dioneo in Allegra Brigata (Malipiero)
Sang in premiere of Arcangelo (Guerrini)
2001 FP of Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra's Concerto for Orchestra. Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting.
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