1700 Death of Italian composer Antonio Draghi in Vienna. b-Rimini, 1635.
1724 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 155 Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange on the 2nd Sunday following Epiphany, was part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1723-24.
1728 Birth of Italian opera composer Niccoló PICCINNI, in Bari.
d- Passy, France 7 MAY 1800.
1738 Death in Paris of French of organist and composer Jean Francois Dandrieu. b-Paris, 1682.
1739 FP G. F. Handel's Saul. Runs for six performances at the King's Theater in the Haymarket, in London.
1861 Birth of Albert Alvarez Tenor
Born 16 Jan 1861 Bordeaux Died 26 Feb 1933
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1887
Teacher :- A De Martini
Created Araquil in Navarraise (Massenet)
Nicias in Thais (Massenet)
Paris in Helene (Saint-Saens)
Leicester in Amy Robsart (De Lara)
Mirko in Montagne Noire (Holmes)
Merowig in Fredegonde (Giraud)
Jean in Helle (Duvernoy)
Guatier in Burgonde (Vidal)
Hercule in Astarte (Leroux)
Bar-Kokeba in Fils de l'Etoile (Erlanger)
Gautier in Messidor (Bruneau)
Earl of Longford in Lady of Longford (E Bach)
Sang in premiere of Messaline (De Lara)
1869 FP of Alexander Borodin's Sym No. 1, in St. Petersburg.
1879 Death of Lorenzo Salvi Tenor
Born 4 May 1810 Ancona Died 16 Jan 1879
Debut as Cam in premiere of Diluvio Universale (Donizetti) 1830
Teacher :- Bonaccini
Created Edoardo di Sanval in Giorno di Regno (Verdi)
Gianni of Paris in Gianni di Parigi (Donizetti)
Ferrando in Furioso all'Isola di San Domingo (Donizetti)
Daniel in Betly (Donizetti)
Oliviero in Adelia (Donizetti)
Ernesto in Valeria (Pacini)
Murray in Reggente (Mercadante)
Riccardo in Oberto (Verdi)
Sang in premiere of Il Duello sotto Richelieu (Ricci F)
1886 Death of Italian opera composer Amilcare Ponchielli, in Milan. b-born Paderno, Italy, 31 AUG 1834.
1886 Death of Joseph Maas Tenor
Born 30 Jan 1847 Dartford Died 16 Jan 1886
Debut as Phassilis in Babil & Bijou (Herve / Clay)
Teachers:- Mme Bodda-Pyne, J L Hopkins, Antonio San Giovanni
1891 Death of French ballet composer Leo Delibes,in Paris. b-St.-Germain-du-Val, 21 FEB 1836.
1900 Birth of Wilhelm Hiller Bass
Born 16 Jan 1900 Karlsruhe Died 7 Apl 1964
Debut 1923
Created Ferdinand Bol in Rembrandt van Rijn (Von Klenau)
Sang in premiere of Peer Gynt (Egk)
1905 FP of second version of Eugene d'Albert's opera Tiefland, The Lowlands, at the Stadttheater, in Magdeburg.
1905 Birth of Spanish composer Ernesto HALFFTER in Madrid. d-1989.
1907 Birth of German composer Martin SCHERBER in Nuremberg. d-Nuremberg, 10 JAN 1974.
1909 Death of Maria De Macchi Soprano
Born Jan 1870 Peruzzarro Died 16 Jan 1909
Debut as Laura in Gioconda (Ponchielli) 1889
Teacher :- Virginia Boccabadati
Sang in premiere Cecilia (Orefice)
1918 Birth of Vera Borisenko Mezzo-Soprano
Born 16 Jan 1918 Bylorussia
Teachers:- Evtushenko, Saizewa
Created Nastasia in Armoured Train (Kabalevsky)
Sang in premiere of Mother (Khrennikov)
1918 Birth of Valeria Heybalova Soprano
Born 16 Jan 1918 Kamnik Slovenia
Debut 1948
1919 Birth of Angelica Tuccari Soprano
Born 16 Jan 1919 Rome
Debut as Rosina in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1948
1920 Death of American composer, critic and conductor Henry DeKoven in Chicago. b-Middleton, CT 3 APR 1859.
1922 Birth of Jean Cox Tenor
Born 16 Jan 1922 Gadsden Ala
Debut as Xerxes in Xerxes (Handel) 1954
Teachers:- Wally Kirsamer, Max Lorenz, Luigi Ricci, William Steven
Maria Sundelius, Bertelli
1923 Death of Hippolyte Belhomme Bass
Born 1 Dec 1854 Paris Died 16 Jan 1923
Debut as Baskira in Lalla Roukh (David) 1879
Pupil :- Albert Huberty
Created Crespel in Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach)
Sang in premiere of Louise (Charpentier)
1924 Death of Fritz Schrodter Tenor
Born 15 Mar 1855 Leipzig Died 16 Jan 1924
Sang in premiere of Merlin (Goldmark)
Heimchen am Herd (Goldmark)
Ein Wintermarchen (Goldmark)
1924 Birth of French composer Jeanine BAGANIER in La Nayenne.
1928 (28 JAN? 12 OCT?) Birth of Spanish soprano Pilar LORENGAR in Saragossa Spain. d-1 JUN 1996. Debut 1949
Teachers:- Carl Ebert, Hertha Klust, Angeles Ottein
Also see Photo. Brief bio.
1933 Birth of Armin Ude Tenor
Born 16 Jan 1933 Weisenfels A D Saale
Debut as Fenton in Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai) 1959
Teachers:- Dagmar Freiwald-Lange, Erna Hahnel-Zuleger
1933 FP of Nicolai Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 11, in Moscow.
1934 Birth of American mezzo-soprano Marilyn HORNE in Bradford, PA. m/d conductor Henry Lewis. Debut as Hata in Bartered Bride (Smetana) 1954
Teachers:- Lotte Lehmann, William Vennard, Edna Luce
Pupil :- Isobel Bayrakdarian
Created Houri in Ghosts of Versailles (Corigliano)
Lora in Harvest (Giannini)
1936 FP of Frank Bridge's Ovation Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. BBC Symphony, composer conducting. Florence Hooton, cellest, in London.
1937 Birth of Kenneth Woollam Tenor
Born 16 Jan 1937 Chester
Debut 1962
Teachers:- Heddle Nash, Hervey Alan, Ruth Packer
Created Challcuchima in Royal Hunt of the Sun (Hamilton)
Millet / Bricard in Toussaint (Blake)
Man in Gentle Spirit (Taverner)
1938 Birth of Charlotte Lehmann Soprano
Born 16 Jan 1938 Zweibrucken
Teacher :- Sybille U Fuchs
Pupil :- Thomas Quasthoff
1942 FP of Benjamin Britten's Diversions on a Theme for Piano Left Hand, with pianist Paul Wittgenstein. Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.
1952 Birth of Swedish composer Par LINDGREN in Gothenberg.
1955 Birth of American composer David Thomas ROBERTS in Moss Point, Mississippi.
1955 Death of Mirielle Berthon Soprano
Born 6 Aug 1889 Paris Died 16 Jan 1955
Debut as Thais in Thais (Massenet) 1917
Teachers:- Louise Grand-Jean, Hettich, Angelica Pandolfini, Albert Saleza
Sang in premiere of Ninon de Lenclos (Mainguenant)
1957 Death of Italian-American conductor Arturo Toscanini in NYC.
1989 Death of Stefania Malagu Mezzo-Soprano
Born 11 Mar 1932 Milan Died 16 Jan 1989
Debut as Katchen in Werther (Massenet) 1956
Teachers:- Guido Gonfallonieri, Arturo Martinis
Sang in premiere of Linguaggio Dei Fiori (Rossellini)
1997 FP of Esa-Pekka Salonen's L.A. Variations for orchestra. Los Angeles Philharmonic, composer conducting.
2003 FP of William Kraft's Concerto for English Horn The Grand Encounter with Carolyn Hove,
English Horn, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under
Esa-Pekka Salonen. More information on William Kraft and his music is available
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