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• 1664 FP of Cavalli's opera Scipio Africanus at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice.
• 1740 Death of German composer, organist and teacher Vincent LüBECK, at age 85, in Hamburg. b-Padinbüttel SEP 1654.
• 1744 Birth of composer Amos BULL. d-1825.
• 1765 Death of English composer, soprano, organist and painter Elisabetta de Gambarini in London. b-London, 9 FEB 1765.
• 1771 Birth of American composer Daniel BELKNAP. d-1818.
• 1794 Death of Marie Fel Soprano Born 24 Oct 1713 Bordeaux Died 9 Feb 1794 Debut as Venus in Philomene (La Coste) 1734 Teacher :- Christina Vanloo Pupil :- Sophie Arnould Created Altisidore in Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (Boismortier) Folly in Platee (Rameau) Amelite in Zoroastre (Rameau) Phrygian Woman in Dardanus (Rameau) L'Amour in Castor et Pollux (Rameau) Nais in Nais (Rameau) Sang in premiere of Daphmis et Alcimadure (Mondonville) Scylla et Glaucus (Leclair) Les Fetes d'Hebe (Rameau) Les Fetes de l'Hymen et de l'amour (Rameau) La Guirlande (Rameau) Les Surprises de l'Amour (Rameau)
• 1812 Death of German composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister, at age 57, in Vienna. b-Rothenberg, 12 MAY 1754.
• 1812 FP of Beethoven's Overture and incidental music to play 'The Ruins of Athens', in Pest.
  CD-Beethoven: Complete Overtures
• 1834 Birth of German composer and writer of church music Franz Xaver WITT in Walderbach, Bavaria.
• 1834 Birth of Charles R Adams Tenor / Teacher of Singing Born 9 Feb 1834 Charles Town Mass Died 3 July 1900 Debut as Elvino in Sonnambula (Bellini) 1863 Teachers:- Giovanni Lamperti, Carlo Barbieri Pupils :- Ellen Beach Yaw, Marcella Craft, Emma Eames, Nellie Melba
• 1840 Birth of Bronislava Dowiakowska Soprano Born 9 Feb 1840 Warsaw Died 3 Oct 1910 Debut as Leonora in Alessandro Stradella (Flotow) Teacher :- Jan Quattrini Created Eve in Countess (Moniuszko) Hanna in Haunted Manor (Moniuszko) Zuzia in Verbum Nobile (Moniuszko) Neale in Pariah (Moniuszko)
• 1863 Birth of Poldi Augustin Soprano Born 9 Feb 1863 Vienna Died Jan 1951 Sang in premiere of Die Landstreicher (Ziehrer)
• 1882 Birth of Fritz Windgassen Tenor Born 9 Feb 1882 Hamburg Died 18 Apl 1963 Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1909 Pupils :- Gottlob Frick, Wolfgang Windgassen (son) Created Michael Kohlhaas in Michael Kohlhaas(Von Klenau) Sang in premiere of Brautwahl (Busoni) Gondoliere des Dogen (von Reznicek)
• 1884 Birth of American ragtime composer Henry LODGE. Composed popular Temptation Rag. d-1933.
• 1885 Birth of Austrian composer Alban BERG in Vienna. d-Vienna, 24 DEC 1935.
  
• 1893 FP of Verdi's Falstaff, in Milan. It was the last of his 26 operas, composed at the age of 80.
  DVD-Verdi - Falstaff / Muti, Maestri, Frittoli, Florez, Frontali, Antonacci, Busseto Teatro Verdi
• 1909 Birth of German composer Harald GENZMER near Bremin. Germany's oldest living composer celeberates 95th birthday. See Soundgenerator.com. A special birthday concert, at the Bayern Academy of Fine Art in Munich.
• 1909 FP of Albeniz Iberia piano suite, in Paris.
  CD-Albéniz: Iberia; Granados: Goyescas
• 1918 Birth of Siv Ericsdotter Soprano Born 9 Feb 1918 Norrkopine Sweden Debut 1948 Teacher :- Nanny Larsen-Todsen Sang in premiere of Gilgamesch (Rangstrom)
• 1919 Death of Bessie Abott Soprano Born 1878 Riverside N Y Died 9 Feb 1919 Debut as Juliette in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) 1901 Teachers:- Jacques Bouhy, Victor Capoul, Mathilde Marchesi Frieda Ashford, Fidele Konig Created Nariste in Nariste (Bellenot)
• 1919 FP of Chadwick's symphonic poem Angel of Death in NYC.
  CD-Chadwick: Orchestral Works
• 1921 ('23?) Birth of American pianist Constance KEENE in NYC. d-24 DEC 2005 Obituary. The pianist and composer Abram Chasins, who taught her in her teens, later became her first husband and duo partner.
• 1924 Birth of English organist Dr. George GUEST. d-20 NOV 2002. Was organist and choirmaster for St. John's College, Cambridge.
• 1926 Birth of Gisela Vivarelli Soprano Born 9 Feb 1926 Geneva Died Feb 1950 Teacher :- Anna-Maria Guglielmetti
• 1927 Birth of American composer Joseph Gabriel Esther MANERI.
• 1928 Birth of Rolf Apreck Tenor Born 9 Feb 1928 Leipzig Debut as Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1952 Teachers:- Friedrich Hartel, Hans Lissmann
• 1929 Birth of composer James M. DREW.
• 1932 Death of Rosa Papier-Paumgartner Mezzo-Soprano / Teacher of Singing Born 15 Sep 1959 Vienna Died 9 Feb 1932 Debut 1881 Teacher :- Mathilde Marchesi Pupils :- Anna Bahr Mildenberg, Helene Offenberg, Bella Paalen Rose Pauly, Charlotte von Seebock, Luci Weidt, Grete Holm Helene Wildbrunn, Felicie Huni-Mihaczek, Paula Buchner Yella Hochreiter Sang in premiere Der Vasall von Szigeth (Smareglia)
• 1937 Birth of German soprano Hildegard BEHRENS in Oldenburg Debut as Countess in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1971 Teacher :- Ines Leuwen Sang in premiere of Cronaca del Luogo (Berio)
• 1937 Birth of Alessandro Cassis Baritone Born 9 Feb 1937 Died 20 Nov 1998 Sang in premiere of La Favola D'Orfeo (Casella)
• 1940 Debut at the MET Opera in NYC of Licia Albanese.
• 1941 FP of Morton Gould's Spirituals for Orchestra in NYC.
  CD-Composers in New York
• 1943 Birth of English tenor Ryland DAVIEA in Cwm Ebbw Vale Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 30 Sep 1964 Teachers:- Frederic Cox, Patrick MacGuigan Created M.Ploc in Belle Vivette (Offenbach)
• 1944 Birth of Marilyn Zschau Soprano Born 9 Feb 1944 Chicago Teachers:- Geraldine Cate, Walter Golde, Florence Page Kimball Lotte Leonard, John Lester, Christopher West Created Woman in Before Breakfast (Pasatieri)
• 1946 Death of Robert Burg Baritone Born 29 Mar 1890 Prague Died 9 Feb 1946 Debut Valentin in Faust (Gounod) 1914 Teacher :- Hans Pokorny Created Faust in Doktor Faust (Busoni) Cardillac in Cardillac (Hindemith) Sang in premiere Der Eroberer (Brandt-Buys) Lord Spleen (Lothar)
• 1949 Birth of English baritone and conductor Paul HILLER near Dorchester.
  
• 1949 Death of Italian tenor Giovanni Zenatello in NYC, age 72. b-22 FEB 1876.
• 1950 Birth of American composer Jay REISE.
• 1951 Death of Mila Kocova Soprano Born 10 Jun 1898 Vienna Died 9 Feb 1951 Debut as Antonia in Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach) 22 Mar 1924 Teacher :- Dadla Skardova
• 1952 Birth of Marilyn Hill Smith Soprano Born 9 Feb 1952 Carshalton Surrey Debut in Adele in Fledermaus (J Strauss) 1978 Teacher :- Arthur Reckless
• 1953 Birth of Kaaren Eickson Soprano Born 9 Feb 1953 Seattle Died 30 Aug 1997 Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1982 Teachers:- Martial Singher, Maurice Abravanel Sang in premiere of The Voyage (Glass)
• 1960 Death of Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor Ernst Von Dohnanyi at age 82, in NYC. b-Pozsony, 27 JUL 1877.
  
• 1964 Birth of American composer Mary Lou NEWMARK.
• 1966 Birth of English soprano Amanda ROOCROFT in Lancashire. Debut as Sophie in Rosenkavalier (Strauss) 1990 Teacher :- Barbara Robotham
• 1967 Death of Marta Curellich Mezzo-Soprano Born 1877 Trieste Died 9 Feb 1967 Debut in Mignon (Thomas) 1901 Sang in premiere of La Feste del Grano (Finoteil)
• 1967 Arrest of 'topless cellist'... Charlotte Moorman.
  See Paik TV documentary.
• 1968 Birth of composer Carlos R. CARRILLO-COTTO.
• 1981 Death of Leone Paci Baritone Born 18 Dec 1887 Perugia Died 9 Feb 1981 Debut in Favorita (Donizetti) 1910 Sang in premiere of Lodoletta (Mascagni) Il Dibuk (Rocca) Don Giovanni (Lattuada)
• 1990 Death of Ilse Hollweg Soprano Born 23 Feb 1922 Solingen Died 9 Feb 1990 Debut as Blonde in Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Mozart) 1942 Teacher :- Gertrude Forstel Sang in premiere of Titus Feuerfuchs (Sutermeister) Troilus und Cressida (Zillig) Der Goldene Bock (Krenek) Il Canto Sospeso (Nono)
• 1994 Death of Jarmila Novotna Soprano Born 23 Sep 1907 Prague Died 9 Feb 1994 Debut as Violetta in Traviata (Verdi) 1926 Teachers:- Emmy Destinn, Antonio Guarnieri, Hilbert Vavra, Victor Fuchs Raffaele Tenaglia Created Giuditta in Giuditta (Lehar) Sang in premiere of Fruhlingssturme (Weinberger)

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